Naomi R. Gerstel

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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National Science Foundation, “Union contracts and the negotiation of work hours and schedules,” (co PI: Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel), 2010-2012
Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Research and Creative Activity, University of Massachusetts Amherst, UMass Amherst Faculty Convocation, 2009
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant, “Unofficial Flexibility: An Analysis of Actual Day-to-Day Schedules” (co PI: Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel), 2008-2009
National Science Foundation Award, “Emotions at Work: The Social Organization of Emotions in Two Nursing Homes" Project Advisor for Dissertation Award (Jason Rodriguez), 2007-2008
National Science Foundation Award, “Investigating the Use of Motherhood as Punishment in Correctional Facilities" Project Advisor for Dissertation Award (Brittnie Aielllo), 2007-2008
National Science Foundation Grant & Second Supplemental NSF Grant for “Explaining Job Hours and Schedules: Individual, Familial, and Organizational Processes in Four Health Care Occupations” (co PI: Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson), 2006-2009
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), Research Grant, “EMS Personnel: Work Hours and Schedules” (co-PI with Dan Clawson), 2004-2006
Future of Work Project, Research Grant Labor Studies, “The Politics of Time: Negotiations and Constraints In Four Health Care Occupations” (co-PI with Dan Clawson), 2004-2005
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Grant Project Title: “The Culture and Politics of Time,” (with Dan Clawson), 2003-2004
Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Families (CRF), University of Massachusetts, 2003-2004
National Science Foundation Award, “Child Care Workers in Context,” Project Advisor for Dissertation Award (Amy Armenia), 2002-2003

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Caring For Young Children: What the U.S. Can Learn from Some European Examples

Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Naomi R. Gerstel, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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doi:10.1525/ctx.2002.1.4.28

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Parents in the United States struggle to find and afford even mediocre private child care. Most European countries provide quality publicly-funded programs. Should child care emphasize education or play? Parents or peers? Organized care or parental involvement?

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Dan Clawson and Naomi R. Gerstel. "Caring For Young Children: What the U.S. Can Learn from Some European Examples" Contexts 1.4 (2002): 28-35.

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University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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