Work and Family

Daniel B. Cornfield (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. His research on labor movements, immigration, organizational careers, and social relations in workplaces and labor markets has appeared in over 40 articles and several books, has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, UN International Labor Office, Tennessee state government, and Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County, and has been translated into Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. A member of the the Sociological Research Association (national honorary society), he is the recipient of the 1993 Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award from Vanderbilt University and the 2000 Excellence in Education Award (Sociology) of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly the Industrial Relations Research Association). He was elected Chair of the Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work of the American Sociological Association, and appointed Chair of the Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University, a member of the editorial boards of several U.S., Latin American, and European scholarly journals, and a member of NSF, NIH, and European Union grant review panels.

• PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGEWork and Family in Women′s Lives in the German Democratic Republic - H TrappPublic Opinion and Congressional Action on Work, Family and Gender - P Burstein and S WierzbickiPART TWO: THE JUGGLING ACTDo Americans Feel Overworked? Comparing Ideal and Actual Working Time - J A Jacobs and K GersonNonstandard Employment Schedules among American Mothers - A G Cox and H B PresserThe Relevance of the Marital StatureEffects of Public and Private Policies on Working after Childbirth - S HofferthReturning to Work - J C Sandberg and D B CornfieldThe Impact of Gender, Family and Work on Terminating a Family or Medical LeavePART THREE: LATER IN THE LIFE COURSEThe Effects of Parental Work and Maternal Nonemployment on Children′s Reading and Math Achievement - T L Parcel, R A Nickoll and M J DufurWork-Family Orientations and Attainments in the Early Life Course - M K Johnson and J T MortimerTransmission of Family Values, Work and Welfare among Poor Urban Black Women - R Iverson and N Farber