Poster Session

A juried poster session occurred on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 where invited researchers and graduate students were able to present new and original work on working families and workplace practices. For presentations and further comments, please contact individual presenters.

• Adolescent Attachment to Parents and Peers, Andrea Barrocas and Kelly A. Marin, Emory University
• How do working families put dinner on the table during the week?, Margaret Beck, UCLA
• Family Narratives of Shared Emotional Experiences and Relations to Child Outcome, Jennifer G. Bohanek, Ph.D., Emory University
• Negotiating an interactive web of activities: A critical look at working parents' multi-tasking, Jeffrey S. Good, UCLA
• Transforming the Place of Missionary Evangelism: Emergent Forms of Protestant World Engagement and Kinship in Minneapolis/ St. Paul and Southern Madagascar, Britt Halvorson, University of Michigan
• Psychological Impact of Early Retirement, Jacqueline B. James, Boston College
• Exploring Linkages Between SHRM, Work-Life Strategy, and New Ways of Working for Professionals, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Shaun Pichler and Ann Marie Ryan, Michigan State University; Mary Dean Lee, McGill University
• Working Families' Engagement in Children's Activities: Views from Italian and American Families, Tamar Kremer-Sadlik, Carolina Izquierdo and Kris Guiterrez, UCLA
• Timing family: Negotiating the "right time" of practices in family everyday life, Dr. Vivian Liberati, Italian Center for Everyday Life of Families, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
• Children's Socialization into Cleaning Practices: A cross-cultural perspective, Heather Lloyd, Alessandra Fasulo, and Vincenzo Padiglione, UCLA
• Work-Life Balance In Smaller Businesses in Scotland: Encouraging the Expansion of Flexible Working Policies and Practices, A. MacVicar; Professor M. McDougall; S. Bell; G. Maxwell; L. Rankine
• Dinnertime Rituals: Exploring what Families Talk about around the Dinner Table, Sheila Merchant, B.A.; Jennifer G. Bohanek, Ph.D.; Widaad Zaman, B.A.; Robyn Fivush, Ph.D.; Marshall P. Duke, Ph.D.
• The Invisible Hand: Middle Class Parent Pressures in Urban Schools—The Backside of the "Trust" Story, Elizabeth McGhee-Hassrick, University of Chicago
• Learning to be Connected: A Look at Technology-Mediated Social Worlds, Elisa Pigeron, UCLA
• Narratives and Mental Resilience: Physiological Stress Responses to Media Coverage of 9/11, Tage Rai, Emory University
• "A whole town of sleepy dads": Balancing shift work in a Wyoming coal mining community, Jessica M. Smith, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan
• Parenting Demands, Work Demands, and Work-Family Conflict, Karrie Snyder, Ph.D. and Alisa Lewin, Ph.D., Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work, University of Chicago
• Breastfeeding & Sleep Arrangements: Research Directions, Cecilia Tomori, University of Michigan
• Fatherhood Timing and Men's Employment, Hours, and Earnings, Matthew Weinshenker, University of Chicago
• Different Flight Paths? A Transnational Comparison of US and UK Flight Attendants, Drew Whitelegg, Emory University