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Phyllis Moen
Principal Investigator at University of Minnesota
Email: phylmoen@umn.edu
Dr. Phyllis Moen is one of the nation's foremost scholars of the life course, with numerous studies of the nexus between occupational careers, health, gender, families, policy, and the social organization of work. She has published widely, applying a life-course theoretical perspective to work-family conflict and well-being; couples' strategic and gendered adaptations to the work-family mismatch; and role transitions and trajectories.
Erin Kelly
Principal Investigator at University of Minnesota
Email: kelly101@umn.edu
Erin L. Kelly, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and an affiliate of the Minnesota Population Center. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2000. Kelly's research investigates the adoption, implementation, and consequences of work-family and anti-discrimination policies in U.S. workplaces. She and colleague Phyllis Moen direct the Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, which is part of the Work, Family and Health Network supported by the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control. She has also investigated non-compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act, how U.S. companies manage flexible work arrangements, and the effects of corporate affirmative action, diversity, and family policies on the representation of women and African-Americans in managerial positions. Kelly received the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Work-Family Research (in 2000) and has published articles in leading journals including the American Sociological Review and the American Journal of Sociology.
Project Manager
Rachel Magennis
Email: magen001@umn.edu
Rachel Magennis is the Project Manager for the Flexible Work and Well-Being Center at the University of Minnesota. She received her B.S. in Sociology at Iowa State University and her M.A. in Sociology at the University of Missouri- Kansas City. Her thesis was titled, "Factors Associated with Burnout Among Social Service Workers." Before working with the Work, Family and Health Network, she worked on an evaluation of a credential program for social service workers which educates frontline social service workers to create partnerships with families they assist by assigning responsibilities to both worker and family members.
Graduate Students
Eric Tranby
Graduate Student- University of Minnesota
tran0410@umn.edu
Eric Tranby is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include gender and racial inequality in contemporary social life, comparative public policy, work-family balance, and life course research. His dissertation research examines the effect of family policies on women's employment outcomes in 14 modern welfare states. His work has been published in Social Problems, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.
Kelly Chermack
Graduate Student- University of Minnesota
cher0112@umn.edu
Kelly Chermack is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests organizational change and innovation, network analysis, and qualitative research methods. Her Dissertation is centered around resistance to innovation in organizations, and is tentatively titled; "Opposing Innovation: Managerial Resistance in a Corporate Retail Firm."
Rachelle Hill
Graduate Student- University of Minnesota
hill0896@umn.edu
Rachelle Hill is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota developing her reading list. She has worked with Flexible Work and Well-Being team since the Fall of 2008. She researches in the field of work, family, and gender.
Jack Lam
Graduate Student- University of Minnesota
lamxx142@umn.edu
Jack Lam is a first year Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology. He
received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern
California. His research interests include work, migration, globalization
and gender/sexuality.
Affiliates
Pat McGovern
Professor
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Email:pmcg@umn.edu
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Professor
University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management
Strategic Management and Organization
Email:avandeve@umn.edu
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