Enid Logan was recently quoted in a Huffington Post article discussing race, medicine, science, and the state. The article focused on the contrasting societal responses to maternal use of prescription drugs and crack-cocaine during pregnancy.
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Heather McLaughlin, Chris Uggen, and Amy Blackstone's article "Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power" in American Sociological Review is available online, along with a podcast interview with Heather regarding her research.
Ann Meier and Kelly Musick provide insights in an article in the New York Times Sunday Review suggesting that the benefits of family dinners are not as strong or as lasting as some claim them to be. Their research was recently published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Phyllis Moen is featured in a US News and World Report article that outlines several helpful tips when negotiating retirement with your spouse.
Josh Page and undergraduate teaching assistant Robert Stewart recently spoke about higher education in prisons on Minnesota Public Radio's The Daily Circuit. Listen to the show.
Michael Goldman is one of three Minnesota scholars who organized the international conference on Urban Revolutions in the Age of Global Urbanism to be held in Jakarta. Graduate student Sinan Erensu is one of only 12 young scholars presenting.
Jeremy Staff (PhD 2004) & Jeylan T. Mortimer examine whether the motherhood wage penalty results from differences in the accumulation of work interruptions and breaks in schooling in their recent Demography article, Explaining the Motherhood Wage Penalty During the Early Occupational Career.
Carolyn Liebler was recently quoted by the Associated Press regarding the 2010 Census racial categories where at least 1 in 14 went beyond the standard labels and wrote how they self identity.
Phyllis Moen and Erin Kelly provide insights on their recent papers on flexible work and well-being and how they are changing the business world in an interview with Business@the U of M.
Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen found that employees who were allowed to routinely change when and where they worked based on their individual needs and job responsibilities, showed improved health and well-being. Their findings are published in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
