WFRN Election and Governance History

The Work and Family Researchers Network carries on the legacy of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, the premier online destination for work and family research from 1997-2010. In November 2010, Jerry A. Jacobs and Judi C. Casey received a final grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation that supported the creation of a new membership and virtual organization.

Judi was WFRN’s Director through 2014 following her tenure as Director of the Sloan Network from 2005-2010. Jerry was WFRN’s Founding President and continues to serve as its Executive Officer. Kathleen Christensen led the Workforce, Workplace and Working Families Program at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and has served as an Ex-Officio member of WFRN’s Executive Committee since its inception.

The WFRN is organized by a structure of committees and subcommittees governed by elected office holders. Members have the opportunity to fill leadership roles as elected officers or committee members and vote for their peers.  Elections for officers occur every two years, and every year an election is held to replace two members of the Executive Committee who rotate off the committee after serving three-year terms.  The first election for WFRN officers was held from January 8-20, 2013, and the current slate of officers won their posts in the January 16 – February 2, 2015 election.  The most recent election for two Executive Committee members was held from February 17 – March 4, 2016.

Elections are conducted by secret ballot, and the winners are those who receive a plurality of the legal votes cast.

 

Officers of the WFRN 2020

• President: Susan Lambert, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration
  Director, Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet)
• Vice-President: Tanja van der Lippe, Professor of Sociology of Households and Employment Relationships
  Department of Sociology,Chair of the Interuniversity Graduate School ICS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Treasurer: Lonnie Golden, Professor, Department of Economics, Penn State Abington USA
• Executive Officer: Stephen Sweet, Dana Professor of Sociology, Ithaca College

Executive Committee 2020

• Alexandra Beauregard: Birkbeck, University of London UK (2020-2023)
• Wen Fan – Boston College USA (2020-2023)
• Laura den Dulk: Erasmus University Rotterdam the Netherlands (2019-2020)
• Heejung Chung: University of Kent UK (2019-2020)
• Melissa Milkie: University of Toronto Canada (2019-2021)
• Krista Lynn Minnotte: University of North Dakota USA(2019-2021)

International Committee 2020

• Bianca Stumbitz – Middlesex University London (UK)
• Clarice Santos – Middlesex University London (UK)
• Wen Fan – Boston College (USA)
• Jarrod Haar – Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand)
• Ameeta Jaga – University of Cape Town (South Africa)
• Katherina Kuschel – CENTRUM PUCP (Peru)

Nominations Committee 2020

• Alexandra Beauregard (Chair) – Birkbeck, University of London (UK)
• Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya – Birkbeck, University of London (UK)
• Heejung Chung – University of Kent (UK)
• Jarrod Haar – Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand)
• Kaumudi Misra – California State University, East Bay (USA)
• Bianca Stumbitz – Middlesex University (UK)

Membership Committee 2020

• Kristie McAlpine, Ph.D. – Rutgers University, USA
• Krista Lynn Minnotte, Ph.D. – University of North Dakota, USA (Executive Committee Liaison)
• Léa Pessin, Ph.D. – Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Matthew Piszczek, Ph.D. – Wayne State University, USA (Chair)
• Julie Wellmann, Ph.D. – University of Minnesota, USA

 

Officers of the WFRN 2019

• President: Susan Lambert, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration
  Director, Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network (EINet)
• Immediate Past Co-Presidents: Kathleen Christensen, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Professor of Social Work, Boston College
• Vice-President: Tanja van der Lippe, Professor of Sociology of Households and Employment Relationships
  Department of Sociology,Chair of the Interuniversity Graduate School ICS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Treasurer: Shelley  MacDermid Wadsworth, Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Purdue University (1 year term)
• Executive Officer: Stephen Sweet, Dana Professor of Sociology, Ithaca College (term determined by Executive Committee)

Executive Committee 2019

• Naomi Gerstel: University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA (2017-2019)
• Erin Kelly: Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA (2016-2019)
• Laura den Dulk: Erasmus University Rotterdam the Netherlands (2019-2020)
• Heejung Chung: University of Kent UK (2019-2020)
• Melissa Milkie: University of Toronto Canada (2019-2021)
• Krista Lynn Minnotte: University of North Dakota USA(2019-2021)

Officers of the WFRN 2017-2018

• Co-Presidents: Kathleen Christensen, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Professor of Social Work, Boston College (3 year term; the first 2 years as Co-Presidents, the 3rd year as Past-Presidents)
• Immediate Past-President: Phyllis Moen, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota (served as President 2015-2016)
• Vice-President: Anne Bardoel, Associate Professor of Management, Monash University, Australia (2 year term)
• Treasurer: Sarah Damaske, Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University (2 year term)
• Executive Officer: Jerry A. Jacobs, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (term determined by Executive Committee)

New Executive Committee Member 2017

• Naomi Gerstel, Distinguished University Professor and Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3 year term)

New Executive Committee Members 2016

• Erin Kelly, Professor in Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management (3 year term)
• Tanja van der Lippe, Professor of Sociology of Households and Employment Relations, Utrecht University (3 year term)

Thank you to Michelle Budig and Susan Lambert for serving on the Executive Committee from 2013-2015.

Officers of the WFRN 2015-2016

• President: Phyllis Moen, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota (3 year term; the first 2 years as President, the 3rd year as Past-President)
• Immediate Past-President: Ellen Ernst Kossek, Professor of Management, Purdue University (served as President 2013-2014)
• Vice-President: Suzan Lewis, Professor of Organisational Psychology, Middlesex Business School, London (2 year term)
• Secretary-Treasurer: Jennifer E. Swanberg, Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work (2 year term)
• Executive Officer: Jerry A. Jacobs, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (term determined by Executive Committee)

New Executive Committee Members 2015

• Wendy Casper, Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Texas at Arlington (3 year term)
• Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Purdue University (3 year term)

Thank you to Kathleen Gerson and Heidi Hartmann for serving on the Executive Committee from 2012-2014.

Nominating Committee for 2015 Elections

• Jeffrey Hill, Brigham Young University, Chair
• Naomi Gerstel, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Jeffrey Greenhaus, Drexel University
• Gail Kinman, University of Bedfordshire, UK
• Susan McHale, Pennsylvania State University

New Executive Committee Members 2014

• Phyllis Moen, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota; NOTE:  Jeffrey Hill, Associate Professor of Family Life, Brigham Young University, was appointed to serve Phyllis Moen’s term on the Executive Committee upon her election to President in 2015 (3 year term)
• Stephen Sweet, Professor of Sociology, Ithaca College (3 year term)

Thank you to Lotte Bailyn and Monique Valcour for serving on the Executive Committee from 2011-2013.

New Executive Committee Members 2013

• Michelle J. Budig,Professor of Sociology, U-Mass Amherst (3 year term)
• Susan J. Lambert, Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago (3 year term)

Officers of the WFRN 2013-2014

• President: Ellen Ernst Kossek, Professor of Management, Purdue University
• Vice-President: Laura den Dulk, Professor, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
• Secretary-Treasurer: Jennifer E. Swanberg, Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work
• Executive Officer: Jerry A. Jacobs, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
• Director:Judi C. Casey

New Executive Committee Members 2012

• Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology, New York University (3 year term)
• Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (3 year term)

New Executive Committee Members 2011

• Lotte Bailyn, Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management (3 year term)
• Monique Valcour, Professor of Management, EDHEC Business School (3 year term)

WFRN Leadership 2011-2012

• Judi C. Casey, Director (former Director of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network from 2005-2010)
• Jerry A. Jacobs, Founding WFRN President and Executive Officer

Steering/Executive Committee 2011-2012

• Tammy Allen, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida
• Lotte Bailyn, Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Kathleen Christensen, Senior Program Officer, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology, New York University
• Janet Gornick, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Graduate Center, City University of New York
• Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
• Monique Valcour, Professor of Management, EDHEC Business School