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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Kossek to Deliver Kaufman Lecture November 18
On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, Distinguished Professor Ellen Kossek of Michigan State University will deliver IU South Bend’s Gloria Kaufman Memorial Lecture for 2009. Her talk “Managing Flexstyles: Women, Work and Family in a Flexible Job Age” will take place in Wiekamp Hall 1001, at 7:30 p.m. This talk is sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program at IU South Bend.
The presentation will focus on women and the economy at an historical moment: this topic is at the top of the news, in part because of the recent “Shriver Report” on the status of women in the U.S. Dr. Kossek, who teaches in MSU’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations, is the winner of many awards and the author of seven books and numerous scholarly articles. She is currently the Associate Director of the Center for Work-Family Stress and Health, a virtual center with Portland State University as part of the National Institute of Health National Workplace Health and Family Network. She holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Yale University, an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, and an A.B. from Mount Holyoke with honors in psychology.
Her talk at IU South Bend comes from her 2008 book, CEO of Me: Creating a Life that Works in the Flexible Job Age, and will take on the challenges women in particular face in the current job market. You can read more about her research at the following sites:
http://flex-work.lir.msu.edu/
http://wfsupport.psy.pdx.edu/
http://www.worklifeflexibility.msu.edu/
The talk is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception and a book signing. Questions? Contact Dr. Cathy Borshuk, Director of Women’s Studies at (574) 520-4122.
