Team
The Work and Family Researchers Network Team
Jerry A. Jacobs, President and Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania
Jerry A. Jacobs has been a member of the faculty in sociology at Penn since 1983, when he completed his Ph.D. in sociology at Harvard. He has served as the Editor of the American Sociological Review and the President of the Eastern Sociological Society. His research has addressed a number of aspects of women's employment, including authority, earnings, working conditions, part-time work and work-family conflict, and entry into male-dominated occupations. His most recent book, The Changing Face of Medicine, with Ann Boulis, (Cornell University Press, 2008), is a multi-faceted portrayal of women’s entry into the medical profession over the last 30 years. This project examines the lives and careers of busy professionals, themes that were developed in his earlier book, The Time Divide, with Kathleen Gerson (Harvard University Press, 2004). Jacobs’ current research projects include a study of interdisciplinary scholarly communication with grant support from the Alfred P. Sloan and Lyle M. Spencer Foundations.
Phone: 215.898.1536
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Judi C. Casey, Director, Boston College
Judi Casey, the Director of the new Work and Family Researchers Network, was instrumental in transitioning the former Sloan Work and Family Research Network to this new membership organization.
At the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, she served as both the Principal Investigator and Director from September 2005 until October 2010. Prior to the Network, she worked at the Boston College Center for Work & Family in various roles for 15 years. She was the Director of the New England Work & Family Association (NEWFA), conducted corporate research and custom analyses for the Center’s Standards of Excellence in Work/Life Integration project, and managed the Work/Life Certificate Program. Judi is well-known for her ability to bridge the world of the corporate practitioner with research about the work/life field.
Judi is the author (with S. Sweet & J. Lewis) of the 2009 article in Women’s Studies Quarterly, “Connecting motherhood to work: Teaching resources and strategies,” and with (S. Sweet, J. Mumm, & M. Pitt-Catsouphes) of the 2008 article in Teaching Sociology, “Teaching work and family to undergraduate students: Catalyzing pedagogical, curricular, and programmatic innovations.” She also wrote (with J. James), Business or Busyness: Strategies for Managing Workload and (with P. Chase), Creating a Culture of Flexibility: What it is, Why it Matters, How to Make it Work, from the Center’s 2004 Executive Briefing Series. She has written numerous articles on worklife topics and is a frequent speaker at local and national conferences. Judi has a BA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MSW from Boston University.
Phone: 617.552.2866
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Committees
Executive Committee
- Tammy Allen, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida
- Lotte Bailyn, Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
- 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, Nice, France
Additional Committees:
- Award Committee
- Blog Committee
- Membership Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Program Committee
- Repository Committee
- Website Committee
Officers >
The Officers of the WFRN shall be:
- President (3 year term)
- Past President
- Vice President (2 year term)
- Secretary-Treasurer (2 year term)
- Executive Officer (term set by Executive Committee)
More information here.
