Lectures
Penn State Intercom......August 9, 2001

Sociologist to talk about mothers'
wage growth, the quality of family
relationships during lecture

Jennifer Glass, professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Iowa, will discuss "Blessing or Curse? Family Responsive Policies and Mother's Wage Growth" at noon Friday, Sept. 28, in 102 Weaver Building on the University Park campus.

The speaker is part of the Department of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations' Work Family Series. Glass will analyze the wage growth of 150 employed mothers over the preschool years of their children, comparing mothers who used telecommunicating to those who did not.

Glass is currently researching the effects of family responsive policies on mother's wage growth over time and the quality of family relationships. Another project she is working on focuses on the impact of religious fundamentalism on women's labor force behavior following childbirth.

In addition to her current research, Glass has written many publications on related topics.

Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m.

Feminist scholar will discuss
virtual museum during her visit
to University Park campus

Griselda Pollock, professor of social and critical histories of art and director of the Center for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History at the University of Leeds, will speak at 3 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus.

Pollock will discuss "Matrixial Moments in the Virtual Feminist Museum." She is the first speaker for the fall semester in the Feminist Scholars Series sponsored by the Women's Studies Program at the University.

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