International closing conference of the ANR WORKLIFE project
The inaugural lecture will be presented by NAOMI GERSTEL
Distinguished University Professor and professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
National Science Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Sloan Foundation, and Russell Sage Foundation, and publications appeared in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Contexts, Social Forces, Social Problems, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Gender & Society, among others. Her most recent articles have examined marriage as a “greedy” institution, the effects of women’s employment on care to kin and friends, effects of race on caregiving, labor unions’ family policies, childcare, Family and Medical Leave Act, and hours and schedules of medical personnel. https://www.umass.edu/sociology/users/gerstel