As Interim Director of the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, I oversee all center activities, including research on women’s political leadership and a range of public policy issues that affect women in Massachusetts, New England, and beyond. My background includes work in politics, public policy development and analysis, and scholarship in gender and policy, with a focus on women's health. I earned my BA from Union College and my doctorate in Sociology from Brandeis University.
Articles
The physical challenges of early breastfeeding, Social Science and Medicine (2006)
Breastfeeding rates have recently increased in the United States and Canada and a majority of...
Contributions to Books
Nurturing Babies, Protecting Men: The Unequal Dynamics of Women’s Postpartum Caregiving Practices (with Bonnie Fox), Child Care and Inequality: Rethinking Carework for Children and Youth (2002)
Although caregiving takes a variety of forms in our society, the responsibility for people's welfare...
Your Hospital Stay, The Baby Resource Guide of Greater Boston (1998)
Presentations
Participatory Action Research Fellowship for Women of Color Leaders Project (with Ileana Cintrón and Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston), Office of Community Partnerships Posters (2012)
This project is a partnership with the Women’s Pipeline for Change which aims to build...
Reports
Caring for Women: A Profile of the Midwifery Workforce in Massachusetts (with Dorothy Brewin), Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy Publications (2011)
This profile of the Commonwealth’s midwifery workforce provides state-level data on the demographic characteristics, employment...
Unfinished Business: Building Equality for Women in the Construction Trades (with Susan Moir and Meryl Thomson), Labor Resource Center Publications (2011)
This review and analysis of over one hundred and twenty published and unpublished sources on...
Women in the Down Economy: Impacts of the Recession and the Stimulus in Massachusetts (with Randy Albelda), WPPP Publications (2010)
The “Great Recession” is affecting everyone in one way or another, but not everyone is...