WFRN Virtual Conference Series
Co-Sponsored by the Population Research Institute
Penn State University
Upcoming Events
Using ATUS Data to Investigate Work, Family, and Well-Being Before and During the Pandemic
Dates/Times:
- GMT/London Friday October 20, 2023 4:00-5:30pm
- Los Angeles, USA Friday October 20, 2023 8:00am-9:30am PDT
- New York, USA Friday October 20, 2023 11am-12:30pm EDT
- Seoul, South Korea Saturday October 21, 2023 12:00am-1:30am KST
- Melbourne, Australia Saturday October 21, 2023 2:00-3:30am AEST
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Organizer/Presider
- Jennifer Hook, Ph.D., University of Southern California, USA
Panelists
- Sarah Flood, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA
- Liana Sayer, Ph.D., University of Maryland, USA
The Event
IPUMS Time Use (timeuse.ipums.org) offers free, harmonized time diary data from the U.S. and around the world. These data facilitate comparative research and analysis of individuals within family contexts. Time use data are frequently used in demographic research, with a strong emphasis on examining how time use both reflects and reinforces gendered experiences across the life course. These data, however, are underutilized in population health research despite the emphasis on social determinants of health and life course health and well-being. This virtual workshop will focus on using IPUMS Time Use data to investigate work, family, and well-being before and during the Pandemic. Our goals are to describe the time diary data available via IPUMS, to demonstrate how to access the data, and to highlight their utility for exploring work, family, and well-being during the Pandemic.
To register, please click this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-atus-to-study-work-family-well-being-before-and-during-the-pandemic-tickets-722140360257?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Recent Past Events And Recordings
Recognizing Finalists for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research
View the Event Recording:
If you would like to view a recording of this virtual event, please click this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gwNcsahzyqn6OuaS8EHaW_fOgeON1G02/view?usp=sharing
Dates/Times:
- GMT/London Friday September 8, 2023 4:00-5:30pm
- Los Angeles, USA Friday September 8, 2023 8:00am-9:30am PDT
- New York, USA Friday September 8, 2023 11am-12:30pm EDT
- Seoul, South Korea Saturday September 9, 2023 12:00am-1:30am KST
- Melbourne, Australia Saturday September 9, 2023 1:00-2:30am AEST
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Organizers/Presiders
- Jennifer Hook, Ph.D., University of Southern California
- Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D., Purdue University
Finalists
- Fasang, A. E., & Aisenbrey, S. (2022). Uncovering social stratification: Intersectional inequalities in work and family life courses by gender and race. Social Forces, 101(2), 575-605. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soab151
- Jackson, M. I., & Schneider, D. (2022). Public investments and class gaps in parents’ developmental expenditures. American Sociological Review, 87(1), 105-142. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224211069975
- Lankes, J. (2022). Negotiating “impossible” ideals: Latent classes of intensive mothering in the United States. Gender & Society, 36(5), 677-703. https://doi.org/10.1177/08912432221114873
- Schmitt, L., & Auspurg, K. (2022). A stall only on the surface? Working hours and the persistence of the gender wage gap in Western Germany 1985–2014. European Sociological Review, 38(5), 754-769. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac001
- Shifrin, N. V., & Michel, J. S. (2022). Flexible work arrangements and employee health: A meta-analytic review. Work & Stress, 36(1), 60-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2021.1936287
- Thébaud, S., & Pedulla, D. S. (2022). When do work-family policies work? Unpacking the effects of stigma and financial costs for men and women. Work and Occupations, 49(2), 229-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884211069914
About the Award and Recipients
The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family established the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award in 2000 to raise the awareness of high-quality work-family research among the scholar, consultant, and practitioner communities. The Kanter Award identifies the highest-quality research in this interdisciplinary field each year and is now among the most prestigious recognitions in the work-life field.
No applications or nominations are accepted for this award; instead, a panel of over 70 reviewers from more than a dozen countries examine all articles published in a given year in more than 80 leading English-language journals from around the world.
After finalists are determined by the review committee, members of the National Workforce Roundtable, (hosted by the Boston College Center for Work and Family) are asked to review the articles to identify which of the ‘best of the best’ studies has the greatest potential for impacting workplace practices.
National Workforce Roundtable members are human resources professionals representing some of the world’s leading employers and collectively more than 4 million employees. As the Kanter Award continues to partner with these employers, the awareness of high-quality work-family research continues to rise, and actionable findings from the best studies become more accessible business communities to inform policy and best practices.
The Center for Families at Purdue University
The Center for Families provides a way for faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of Purdue to help improve the quality of life for families. We serve as a catalyst to integrate outreach, teaching, and research activities that support families. We increase and enhance collaboration among academic disciplines, professionals, policymakers, corporations, and community organizations to bring about change focused on families. Find out more about the Center for Families.
Boston College Center for Work and Family
Founded in 1990, the Boston College Center for Work and Family is committed to enhancing the quality of life of today’s workforce by providing leadership for the integration of work and life, an essential for business and community success. We serve as a bridge between the worlds of academia and corporate practice, bringing together the world’s top scholars and thought leaders to influence organizational strategy and policy. Our learning and networking community, the Boston College Workforce Roundtable, brings together employers committed to excellence in work-life to shape responses to the demands of work, home, and community in order to enhance employee effectiveness. Find out more about the Center for Work and Family.
Workshop: Using Freely Downloadable New Data to Advance Work-Family Research in 193 Countries
Dates/Times:
- GMT/London Thursday, June 8, 2023 23:00
- Los Angeles, USA Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 4:00-5:30 pm PDT
- New York, USA Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 7:00-8:30 pm EDT
- Seoul, South Korea Friday, June 9, 2023 at 8:00-9:30 am KST
- Melbourne, Australia Friday, June 9, 2023 at 9:00-10:30 am AEST
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Organizers/Presiders
- Jennifer Hook, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Presenters
Amy Raub, Principal Research Analyst WORLD Policy Analysis Center, University of California Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health
Event Description
Laws and policies fundamentally shape workers’ ability to balance work and family responsibilities. New data tools from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center enable in-depth and comparative analysis of the laws and policies that matter to caregiving responsibilities across the lifecourse for all 193 UN member states. In this workshop, WORLD’s Principal Research Analyst and co-author of Equality within Our Lifetimes, Amy Raub, will share how to access, download, and use these freely available data tools, spanning topics from caregiving discrimination at work to paid leave for care responsibilities from infancy through old age. She will also provide a background on the rigorous double coding methodology used to construct the detailed indicators that provide insights on adequacy of legal provisions and whether policies are designed to reach and meet the needs of all workers and families. Data use cases will be included to highlight how these data have been and can be used to promote evidence-based policymaking and advocacy, make structural inequalities and their impact transparent, and expand evidence of the impact of strengthening laws and policies on gender equality, health, economies, and other outcomes.
View the Recording:
To view the recording of this event click here or follow this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dULkj2rVchElptBr89sCL6WLpXDRxoLZ/view?usp=sharing
Work-Family Justice for LGBTQ+ Individuals: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Inclusivity in Practice and Research
DATE: May 12, 2023 10:00-11:30am US Eastern Time/New York ; 3pm-4:30pm GMT/London; 11pm – 12:30am May 13 Tokyo.
This WFRN Virtual Conference Series plenary session will focus on identifying barriers to achieving work-family justice for LGBTQ+ individuals and discussing pathways and strategies on how we may work toward achieving greater inclusivity both in practice (i.e., in workplaces) as well as in our research. Expert panelists will share their initial thoughts on this topic, and then engage in a moderated panel discussion. Following the panel discussion, the conversation will open to questions and comments from event participants. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Organizers/Presiders:
- Richard J. Petts, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Ball State University and WFRN Board Member
- Sarah Damaske, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Labor & Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University and WFRN Vice President (2021-2022)
- Jennifer Hook, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California and WFRN Vice President (2023-2024)
Moderator:
- Alexandra Beauregard, Ph.D., Professor of Organizational Psychology, Assistant Dean (International), School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London
Panelists:
- Abbie E. Goldberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Clark University
- Jamie J. Ladge, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Group Chair, D’Amore-McKim School of Business in Management and Organizational Development, Northeastern University
- Jean-Charles Languilaire, Ph.D., Jönköping International Business School and JCL Coaching
- Deborah A. Widiss, J.D., Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, Professor of Law and Ira C. Batman Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Register for the Event:
To view the video for the event, please click here or follow this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XN9P4RWROEOpU6PtFai6wL-7aqzBwUWH/view?usp=sharing
Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Work and Family Research: Bringing Marginalized Identities to the Forefront.
DATE: March 17, 2023 10:00-11:30am US Eastern Time/New York ; 2pm-3:30pm GMT/London; 11pm (March 17) -12:30am (March 18) Tokyo.
WFRN Virtual Conference Series event: The WFRN Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) subcommittee is organizing a virtual event that will bring together research that advances Equity, Diversity and Inclusion as it relates to work and family for a fair and just social world. Marginalised identities and those at the intersections of–gender, race, dis/ability, inequalities, ethnicity, colonialism, and migrants will be brought to the forefront in the presentations and our discussion. The WFRN’s EDI statement can be found here http://wfrn.org/statement-on-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/
Organizers/Presiders
- Ameeta Jaga, Ph.D., Professor Organisational Psychology and Commerce Faculty Deputy Dean: Transformation and inclusion at University of Cape Town
- Krista Lynn Minnotte, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of North Dakota
Presenters
- Sylvia Fuller, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus
- Konjit Hailu Gudeta, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
- Nicole Denier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta and Yang Hu, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University
- Hoyjin Seo, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Nicole Dillard, EdD., Assistant Professor, Human Resource Development, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
View the video of the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12xpldhPKO2pcaY3TazCF_5srE-xYdhNG/view?usp=sharing
Author-Meets-Readers: Claudia Goldin’s Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Towards Equity (Princeton University Press 2021)
Date: January 20, 2023 10:00-11:30am US Eastern Time/New York on ; 3pm-4:30pm GMT/London; midnight January 21, 2023 Tokyo.
***SPECIAL EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC***
This WFRN Virtual Conference Series plenary session invites discussion from both author and readers of Dr. Claudia Goldin’s new book, Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Towards Equity (Princeton University Press (2021). Drs. Mary Blair-Loy, Janet Gornick, Helen Kowalewska, Kris Marsh, and Berkay Özcan will serve on our panel of readers. Dr. Claudia Goldin will begin the session with short remarks about the book and each panelist will provide 6-8 minutes of reflection on the manuscript after which Dr. Goldin will respond to the readers’ comments. Our expert panelists will then engage in a moderated panel discussion. The session will then open to the general audience. Following the panel discussion, the conversation will open to questions and comments from event participants. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Organizers/Presiders:
- Sarah Damaske, Professor of Sociology, Labor & Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University and WFRN Vice President
- Richard J. Petts, Professor of Sociology, Ball State University and WFRN Board Member
Author:
- Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Readers:
- Mary Blair-Loy, Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
- Janet Gornick, Professor of Political Science and Sociology and the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Distinguished Chair in Socio-Economic Inequality, the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
- Helen Kowalewska, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath
- Kris Marsh, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
- Berkay Özcan, Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy & School of Public Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science
To view a recording of this event please click here or follow this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_ipbocll-cCmuN35VXdVQo8A1f4dlgW/view?usp=share_link
VIRTUAL PLENARY: WFRN’s Virtual Conference Day September 30, 2022
***SPECIAL EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC***
On September 30, 2022 the WFRN held a Virtual Conference Series event open to the public. Presentations and links to recordings are presented below. The WFRN extends thanks to co-organizers Sarah Damaske (WFRN Vice President) and Richard Petts (WFRN Board Member) and the presenters.
Organizers/Presiders
- Sarah Damaske, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Labor & Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University and WFRN Vice President
- Richard Petts, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Ball State University
Program
8 am Eastern Daylight Time: Work Family Balance and Policies Across the Globe
- Reena Shah – Antecedents and Effects of Work-Life Balance among Indian Professionals
- Tanuj Negi & Rajwinder Kaur – Predictive Value of Life and Work Antecedents on Work-Life Balance among Indian Professionals
- Birgit Pfau-Effinger – Theorizing the Role of Culture and Family Policy for Women’s Work-Childcare Behaviour
- Kai Sun – Work Family Balance of First-time Urban Chinese Mothers and Fathers in Shanghai
- Beatriz Millán Jara – A Gender Perspective on Successful STEM ventures, The case of Chile
View a recording of this session by clicking here.
9:30 am Eastern Daylight Time: Parenting, Parental Leave, and Unions: Their Antecedents and Effects
- Constanza Hurtado-Acuna – Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Association Between Women’s Employment and First Union Formation
- Julia Goodman – Work as a Social Risk Factor in Pregnancy: Focus Groups Examining Screening Practices Related to Working Conditions and Family Leave
- Merve Uzunalioglu – Competing Powers: What Matters for the Timing and Duration of Fathers’ Parental Leave
- Aziz Mensah – Working Hours, Sleep Disturbance and Self-Reported Health in Men and Women: A Multilevel Analysis of 30 Countries in Europe
- Deniz Yucel – Work-Family Boundary Permeability and Parent-Child Relationship
View a recording of this session by clicking here.
11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time: The Covid Pandemic and Work-Family Challenges
- Maike Philipsen – Immunities to Change: What COVID Taught Us About Work-Life Integration
- Beãta Nagy – The Role of Technology in Shaping the Gender Gap: Paid Work and Care Work of Men and Women Working from Home During the Pandemic
- Samantha Ammons – Attempting (and Failing) to Live up to the Ideal Worker Norm: Faculty Parents at Two Universities During COVID-19
- Amy Lucas – Parenting in the Pandemic: Lack of Balance and Plenty of Guilt
View a recording of this session by clicking here.
VIRTUAL PLENARY: How Do We Incorporate and Grow a Racial Justice Focus in Our Scholarship?
***SPECIAL EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC***
January 28th, 2022 2-3:30pm GMT (10:00-11:30am New York, US; 3:00-4:30pm London, UK; 11:00pm-12:30am Tokyo, Japan)
This special Virtual Conference Series plenary will ask panelists their thoughts on how we can incorporate and grow a racial justice focus in our scholarship. Following the panel discussion, the conversation will open to questions and comments from event participants. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Organizers/Presiders:
- Sarah Damaske, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Labor & Employment Relations and Women’s Studies, Associate Director, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
- Alexandra Beauregard, Ph.D., Professor of Organizational Psychology, Assistant Dean (International), School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London
- Heejung Chung, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent
Panelists:
- Regina Baker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
- Enobong (Anna) Branch, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Equity, Rutgers University
- Laura E. Enriquez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine
- Joya Misra, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology & Public Policy, Director of the Institute for Social Science Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Work-Family Teaching Virtual Conference Session: Community Conversation
December 3rd, 2021 2-3:30pm GMT (10:00-11:30am New York, US; 3:00-4:30pm London, UK; 11:00pm-12:30am Tokyo, Japan)
Organizers/Presiders:
- Caryn Medved, Professor, Baruch College, City University of New York, WFRN Teaching Specialist
- Julie Wellmann, PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota, WFRN Membership Committee
Speakers:
- Dr. Samantha K. Ammons, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Nebraska- Omaha
- Renada M. Goldberg, PhD, LGSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Simmons University
- Heather Cluley, Ph.D., Associate Director & Assistant Teaching Professor, Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development, Villanova University
VIRTUAL RESEARCH INCUBATOR: Technology, Work and Family
- October 21/22 12:00pm-1:30am GMT (8-9:30pm New York, US; 1:00-2:30am London, UK; 9:00-11:00am Tokyo, Japan)
- October 22 1-2:30pm GMT (9-10:30am New York US; 2:00-3:30pm London, UK; 10:00-11:30pm Tokyo, Japan)
Organizers/Presiders:
- Alexandra Beauregard, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Organisational Psychology, Assistant Dean (international), School of Business, Economics & Informatics, Birkbeck University of London
- Angela R. Grotto, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The O’Malley School of Business, Manhattan College
- Dominique Kost, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University
- Kaumudi Misra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business and Economics, California State University East Bay.
- Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Ph.D., Professor, Organisation and Human Resources Department, Université du Québec à Montréal
VIRTUAL PLENARY: Conversations about Covid-19 & Work-Family Around the Globe
***SPECIAL EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC***
This special two-day event will allow us to chat in time-zones friendly to folks in different parts of the world, inviting panelists to share the main finding from current research on Covid19 & Work-Family and what they think makes their country’s response to Covid19 unique. Research will feature countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa, Colombia, Canada, Korea, Japan, and Australia.
September 16, 2021 – 10:00pm to 11:30pm GMT (6:00-7:15pm New York, US; 11:00pm-12:15am London, UK; 12:00-1:15am Johannesburg, South Africa; 3:30-4:45am Delhi, India; 7:00-8:15am September 17 Tokyo, Japan; 8:00-9:15am September 17 Melbourne, Australia
Panelists:
- US: Yue Qian
- Canada/US/Australia: Melissa Milkie & Leah Ruppanner
- Canada: Scott Schieman
- Korea: Ito Peng
- Australia: Brendan Churchill
- Japan: Nobuko Nagase
Click here to view the recorded session
Click here to view the Zoom chat log
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September 17, 2021 – 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT (10:00am-11:15am New York, US; 3:00-4:15pm London, UK; 4:00-5:15pm Johannesburg, South Africa; 7:30-8:45 Delhi, India; 11:00pm-12:15am Tokyo, Japan; 12:00-1:15am September 18 Melbourne, Australia)
Panelists:
- US: Jess Calarco
- US: Kathleen Gerson
- UK: Heejung Chung
- Netherlands: Mara Yerkes
- Germany: Anja Abendroth
- South Africa: Ameeta Jaga & colleagues
- Colombia: Sandra Idrovo Carlier
Click here to view the recorded session
Click here to view the Zoom chat log
Organizers/Presiders:
- Sarah Damaske, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Labor & Employment Relations and Women’s Studies, Associate Director, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
- Alexandra Beauregard, Ph.D., Professor of Organizational Psychology, Assistant Dean (International), School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London
- Heejung Chung, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent
Innovations in the Work-Family Virtual Classroom
May 21, 2021 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT (10:00-11:30am New York, US; 3:00-4:30pm London, UK; 11:00pm-12:30am Tokyo, Japan)
Organizer/Presider:
- Caryn Medved, Ph.D, Professor & Graduate Program Director, Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College, City University of New York, WFRN, Teaching Specialist
Speakers:
- Samantha Ammons, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Omaha
- Brad Harrington, Ph.D., Executive Director and Research Professor, Boston College Center for Work & Family
- Matthew Weinshenker, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Fordham University
- Lisa M. Stewart, Ph.D., MSW, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, California State University, Monterey Bay