Sloan

The Alfred P. Sloan Working Families Center is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is located at NORC, the University of Chicago, and Michigan State University.

You can contact us at:

Sloan Center on Parents,
Children and Work
at the University of Chicago (1997-2006)
and at Michigan State University (2005-2007)

Michigan State University
516 Erickson Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
bschneid@msu.edu
(517)-432-0300

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Workshops

in the Center's workshop series

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2004-2005 Workshops

FALL QUARTER

September 30, 2004
Alisa Lewin
University of Chicago
"Matches and Mismatches: Homogamy and Divorce in Israel"

October 14, 2004
Rachel Soloveichik
University of Chicago: Graduate School of Business
"Sickness and in Health? Divorce Law and Risk-Sharing within Households"

November 4, 2004
Ariel Kalil
University of Chicago
"Parental Job Loss and Children's Academic Progress"

November 18, 2004
Jaeki Jeong
University of Chicago
"ESM as a Time Use Instrument: Comparing ESM with FDD"

WINTER QUARTER

NOTE: WINTER QUARTER WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN THE NORC BUILDING, 1155 E. 60th, ROOM 140C, from 3:30-5 PM

January 13, 2005
Jennifer Hanis-Martin
University of Chicago
"Embodying Contradictions: The Case of Women's Basketball"

January 27, 2005
**NOTE ROOM CHANGE TO 1st FLOOR AUDITORIUM of 1155 E. 60th**
Kazuo Yamaguchi
University of Chicago
"The Determinants of Attitude and Behavior of Childbirth among Japanese Couples: Some New Insights into Declining Birth Rate"

February 3, 2005
Alicia Adsera
University of Chicago: Population Research Center
"Balancing Work and Children in a Panel of Women of 13 European Countries"

February 17, 2005
Damon Phillips
University of Chicago: Graduate School of Business
"Interorganizational Determinants of Promotion: Client Leadership and the Attainment of Women Attorneys"

March 3, 2005
David Maume
University of Cincinatti
"Men's Temporal Change in Time Spent with Children from 1977-1997"

March 10, 2005
Karrie Snyder
University of Chicago: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sloan Center
TBA

SPRING QUARTER **3:00-4:30 in NORC (1155 E. 60th) Room 140C**

April 14, 2005
Jason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania
"Working More, Paid Less, and Feeling Better: Women’s Health, Employment, and Family Life, 1974/2000"

April 28, 2005
Kathleen Gerson
NYU
"The Time Divide: Work Family and Gender Inequality"

May 12, 2005
Kazuo Yamaguchi
University of Chicago
"Gender Difference in Work Commitment: Modeling Prospective Employment Duration"

May 26, 2005
Donald Bogue
University of Chicago
"The Changing Household and Family Status of Women; Working and Non-Working"

2003-2004 Workshops

October 23, 2003
Omar McRoberts
University of Chicago
"Walking the Streets of Glory: Reflections on Religion in a Depressed Urban Neighborhood"

November 13, 2003
Carolyn Frantz
University of Chicago
"Marital Property: Equality and Independence"

November 20, 2003 Alisa Lewin
University of Chicago
"The Effect of Economic Stability on Family Stability among Welfare Recipients"

December 4, 2003
Joy Pixley
University of California, Irvine
"Spousal Agreement on Career Hierarchy: Indications and Implications"

January 13, 2004
Stephanie Coontz
Evergreen University
"The Historical Transformation of Marriage"

February 12, 2004
Phil Hammack
University of Chicago
"Cultural Conflict and Adolescent Identity Development: A Pilot Study with Israeli, Arab, and Palestinian Youth"

February 26, 2004
Kathleen Cagney
University of Chicago
"Social Disorder, Social Isolation, and the Neighborhood Context of Mid- and Later Life"

March 11, 2004
Cybele Raver
University of Chicago
"Lessons from the ECLS-K: Testing mediating models of poverty, parenting, and school readiness for African American, Hispanic American, and European American Children"

April 22, 2004
Pam Smock
University of Michigan
"'Everything's There Except Money': How Money Shapes the Decision to Marry Among Cohabiting Couples"

May 6, 2004
Kazuo Yamaguchi
University of Chicago
"The Use of LEM for Regression Models Including Latent-Class Variables"

May 13, 2004
Brian Powell
Indiana University
"We Are Family, Are You?: Public Constructions of 'The Family'"

May 27, 2004
Celeste Watkins
Northwestern University
"Difficult Dealings: Clients' Experiences in Post-Reform Welfare Offices"

June 3, 2004
Allison Deschamps
University of Chicago
"Aspects of Father Involvement in Unmarried Families"

2002-2003 Workshops

October 10, 2002
Barbara Schneider, Larry Gray, and Nicholas Dempsey
The University of Chicago
"The Impact of Ritalin Use on the Daily Experiences of Adolescents"

October 24, 2002
Rand Conger
University of California, Davis
"Understanding Family Stress Processes in the Lives of Parents and Children"

November 7, 2002
Jeffrey Timberlake & Patrick Heuveline
The University of Chicago
"Understanding Cohabitation in the United States: What Can We Learn From Other Countries"

November 21, 2002
Rachel Gordon & Robin Shirer
University of Illinois at Chicago
"Social Contacts and Social Support among Working Parents"

December 5, 2002
Shira Offer
The University of Chicago
"Dynamics of Social Support Among Dual-earner Families"

January 16, 2003
Yoosik Youm
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Sociology
"Network Approaches to the Division of Household Labor: Autonomy and Cohesion"

January 30, 2003
Martin Carnoy
Stanford University, School of Education
"Work, Family and Community in the Information Age -- New Public Policies for a Transforming Society?"

February 6, 2003
Kathryn Edin
Northwestern University, Department of Sociology & Institute for Policy Research
"Why Poor Women Put Children Before Marriage"

February 20, 2003
Barbara Okun
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Sociology
"Insight into Ethnic Flux: Marriage Patterns among Jews of Mixed Ancestry in Israel"

March 13, 2003
Elaine Marchena
University of Chicago, The Sloan Center

April 3, 2003
Matthew Weinshenker
University of Chicago, Department of Sociology
"Expected Maternal Employment across the Life Course: A Latent Class Regression Analysis"

May 8, 2003
Paula England
Northwestern University, Department of Sociology & Institute for Policy Research
"Gender and Housework in Australia and the U.S."

May 16, 2003
Claude Fischer
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Sociology
"Changes in American Households 1900-2000"

May 22, 2003
Kathleen Ziol-Guest
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
"Following in their Parents' Footsteps: How Characteristics of Parental Work Predict Adolescents' Interest in Parents' Jobs"

May 29, 2003
Chi-Young Koh
University of Chicago, Department of Sociology
"Emotional Bonding between Spouses: What Does It Mean? Is It Good or Bad?"

2001-2002 Workshops

October 4, 2001
Barbara Schneider
Co-Director, Sloan Center
Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
"Adolescents and Their Educational Aspirations"

October 18, 2001
Ross Stolzenberg and Kristi Williams
Affiliated Researchers, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Spousal Effects on Individual Health"

November 1, 2001
Carolyn Stuenkel
Pre-Doctoral Student, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Purchasing Services for the Home"

November 29, 2001
Kathleen Rosier
Central Michigan University
"Covenant Marriages"

January 10, 2002
Elizabeth Rudd
University of Michigan
"They'll Call You if He Completely Falls Apart: Gender and Work-Family Conflict in Post-Socialism Germany"

January 24, 2002
Wendy Manning
Bowling Green State University
"Parental Cohabitation and Adolescent Well-Being"

February 28, 2002
Kim Maier
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Socialization Process of the Transmission of Educational Aspirations"

April 11, 2002
Maggie Jackson
"Making Homes Wherever We Go: Cars, Hotels, Country Houses and Starbucks as 'Home'"

April 25, 2002
Mark Nielsen
Pre-Doctoral Student, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Making it Happen: What Works for Highly Satisfied Married Couples"

May 2, 2002
Elaine Marchena
Pre-Doctoral Student, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Parental Job Stress from Adolescents' Perspective"

May 9, 2002
Allison Deschamps
Pre-Doctoral Student, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Relative Equality in Lesbian Headed Households"

May 16, 2002
Lianne Kurina
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Family Cortisol Patterns in the Sloan Study"

May 23, 2002
Peter Brandon
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Family Provisions at the Workplace and Their Relationship to Labor Outcomes: Australian Evidence"

2000-2001 Workshops

October 19, 2000
Maud Schaafsma
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Women Lawyers Making Family Time: Dilemmas and Double Binds"

November 2, 2000
Damon Phillips
Center Researcher, Sloan Center
Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
"Law Firm Status and the Identification with Family Law Practice & Attorney Maternity Leave"

November 16, 2000
Ariel Kalil
Center Researcher, Sloan Center
Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
"Links Between Parents' Work Conditions and Parent-Adolescent Relationships"

November 30, 2000
Nick Dempsey
Pre-Doctoral Student, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"The Functions of Television and Other Media in Family Life"
Yun Suk Lee
Pre-Doctoral Student, Sloan Center
University of Chicago
"Housework as Caring: Examining Feelings of Being Appreciated for Housework"

January 11, 2001
Betty Farrell
Department of Sociology, Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges
"The Competing Dependencies of Childhood and Old Age: Historical Perspectives on U.S. Families"

January 25, 2001
Kim Weeden
Research Affiliate, Sloan Center
Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
"Is There a Flexiglass Ceiling? The Short-term Career Consequences of 'Family Friendly' Work Arrangements"

February 8, 2001
Linda Waite
Co-Director, Sloan Center
Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
"Marriage and the Work and Earnings Careers of Spouses"

February 22, 2001
Susan Lambert
Center Researcher, Sloan Center
School of Social Services Administration, University of Chicago
"Occupational Structure: An Overview of Current Approaches to Workplace Issues"

March 8, 2001
Winnifred Poster
University of Illinois
"The Challenge of Work-Family Policy for Global Organizations: Lessons from Multinational Corporations in India and the U.S."

April 12, 2001
Scott Coltrane
Department of Sociology, University of California-Riverside
"Studying Men in Families: Conceptual, Methodological, and Political Issues"

April 26, 2001
Kaz Yamaguchi
Center Researcher, Sloan Center
Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
"Families and Sexual Initiations of Children"

May 17, 2001
Joan Williams
American University
"Work Family Policy as Gender Discrimination"

May 24, 2001
Emma Adam
Affiliated Scholar, Sloan Center
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
"Parent Employment, Parent Emotion and Stress, and Behavioral, Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes in Young Children"

1999-2000 Workshops

October 7, 1999
Jerry Jacobs
University of Pennsylvania
"Resolving the Increasing Work/ Increasing Leisure Debate"

November 4, 1999
Jennifer Schmidt and Sami Abuhamdeh
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Introduction to Sloan Survey Data"

December 2, 1999
Jennifer Glass
University of Iowa
"Family Responsive Policies and Mother's Wage Growth"

January 13, 2000
Janet Hyde
University of Wisconsin
"The Wisconsin Study of Families and Work"

February 10, 2000
Marin Clarkberg
Cornell University
"Maternal Employment Experiences and Birth Spacing"

March 9, 2000
Linda Waite, Barbara Schneider, Jennifer Schmidt and Elaine Marchena
Alfred P. Sloan Center at the University of Chicago
"Panel on University of Chicago Sloan Study of Parents, Children and Work"

April 6, 2000
Barbara Wimsatt
Alfred P Sloan Center at the University of Chicago
"Evolution in Family Structure and the Persistence of Tradition: A Study of Work, Family and the Social/Emotional Support in 10 Medical Families"

May 4, 2000
Reed Larson
University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign
"The Organization of Time and Emotion among Working Middle Class Families in India"

June 1, 2000
Suzanne Bianchi
University of Maryland
"Gender and Perceptions of Mothering and Fathering Across Generations"

June 15, 2000
Regula Pfister
University of Zurich
"What is Flow? The Measurement of the Flow Experience by ESM"

1998-1999 Workshops

November 19, 1998
Linda J. Waite and Mark R. Nielsen
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"The Rise of the Dual-Career Middle Class Family"

January 14, 1999
Emma K. Adam
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Emotional and Physiological Stress in Working Mothers: The Effects of Relationship Style and Hours of Work"

February 4, 1999 Ada L. Baskina
Moscow State University
"Working Women in Families. Crossing Roles. Changes over the Past Century"

March 4, 1999
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Wives' Employment, Gender-Role Attitudes, and the Household Division of Labor"

March 11, 1999
Richard Bernard
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"The Effects of Husbands' and Children's Characteristics on Whether Women are Self-Employed: A Middle Class Phenomenon"

April 8, 1999
Kathleen Gerson
Department of Sociology, New York University
"Children of the Gender Revolution: Growing Up in an Era of Work and Family Change"

April 29, 1999
Rafe Stolzenberg
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Womens' Education, Wives' Employment, and Family Health"

May 13, 1999
Greg J. Duncan
Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
"Can A Generous Work Support Program Improve Family Functioning and Child Well-Being?"

May 27, 1999
Casey B. Mulligan
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Time Use and Population Representation In the Sloan Study of Adolescents"

1997-1998 Workshops

November 20, 1997
Casey Mulligan
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Work Ethic and Family Background"

January 8, 1998
Rachel Gordon
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Welfare, Work, and the Homeleaving Process"

March 12, 1998
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Charles Bidwell
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Discussion of Data Instrument Creation"

April 9, 1998
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at the University of Chicago
"Latent Classes of Gender Role Attitudes and Their Predictors Among Japanese Women"

May 14, 1998
Reed Larson
University of Illinois; Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children and Work at the University of Chicago
"Emotional Transmission in the Daily Lives of Families"