Program
Conference Program
The conference will take place from June 14-16, 2012 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in Times Square, New York City. Go here to register for the conference.
The Preliminary Conference Program is available here.
Conference Program Committee
- Laura den Dulk, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL (Public Administration)
- Jeffrey Greenhaus, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
- Joe Grzywacz, Wake Forest University (Family and Community Medicine)
- Leslie Hammer, Portland State University (Psychology)
- Jerry A. Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania (Sociology)
- Susan Lambert, University of Chicago (Social Work)
- Melissa Milkie, University of Maryland (Sociology)
- Nancy Rothbard, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Rosanna Hertz, Wellesley College (Sociology)
- Monique Valcour, EDHEC Business School, Nice, France
Book Reception
There will be a New and Recent Book Reception at the conference. If you have published a book recently and would like to participate in this popular event, the cost is $100 if your press is paying, $50 if you are paying out of your own pocket. Each author/publisher is assigned a cocktail table at a reception with hosted snacks. You can display your book, distribute order forms, and publicize your work for potential classroom adoption and/or as a source for further research by your colleagues. To participate, please complete the form here.
Book exhibitors include:
- Suzy Fox, Terri Lituchy: Gender and the Dysfunctional Workplace
- Ellen Ernst Kossek: CEO of Me: Creating a Life that Works in the Flexible Job Age
- Lisa Levey: The Libra Solution: Shedding Excess and Redefining Success at Work and at Home
- Erynn Masi de Casanova :Making up the Difference: Women, Beauty, and Direct Selling in Ecuador
- Paula McDonald: Men, Wage Work & Family
- Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner, Phillippa Williams:Time Bomb -- Work, Rest and Play in Australia Today
- Kristin Smith, Ann Tickamyer: Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America
- Harvard University Press
- Loyola University Institute of Human Resources & Employment Relations
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
- The MIT Press
Exhibitor Information
Showcase your product or service to an international audience of 700+ professionals representing a broad range of fields and academic disciplines. The majority are university level educators. The scholarship level is very high with an excellent potential for publishers to obtain manuscript proposals. Exhibit at the Work and Family Researchers Network Meeting & Exhibition. Reserve your space now!
Exhibitors include:
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions
- Princeton University, The Future of Children
- University of Chicago, The Employment Instability, Family Well-Being, and Social Policy Network
- Work, Family & Health Network
- Working Mother Research Institute
Important dates
The Call for Papers has now closed. Presenters were contacted on November 15 regarding the status of their submission.
Conference presenters, please pay both your membership dues and conference registration fee by December 15, 2011.
Attendees, please book your hotel room.
