"The Australian Labour Market," Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 14 (June 1988), 455-468, co-author Judith Sloan.

Recently Quoted in or Interviewed by:
Boston Globe, "Work-Life Readings Worthy of Summer," August 12, 2007.
MX (Melbourne & Brisbane AU), "Setting a Tougher Standard," July 19, 2007.
Labor Family News, "Life Out of Balance," Spring 2007.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, "Teetering on Line Between Work, Home," April 18, 2007.
Work-Life Newsbrief, "Interview," April 2007.
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), "Small Business Owners Working More Hours Than They Would Like," July 23, 2007
West Australian (Perth), "Most Middle Class Professionals Are Unwilling Conscripts to the 50+ Hour Week Working Culture," July 21, 2007
The Australian, "Small Business is a Rat Race Too," July 19, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald, "Middle Class Men Would Rather Work Less Hours,' July 19, 2007
Radio Interviews on "Long Hours Volunteers and Conscripts" paper: 2CC (Canberra) and 2SM (Sydney), July 19, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle, "Lessons They Learned: Participants Reflect as Ms. Foundation Sponsors Its Final Take Our Daughters to Work Day," April 26, 2007
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "Working 'Sandwich' Couples Report Satisfaction, Too," March 1, 2007
Daily Collegian, "Local Businesses: Minimum Wage Raise Won't Affect Hiring," February 7, 2007
CNNRadio, "WalMart Fined for Unpaid Overtime," October 20, 2006.
Washington Post, "A Mother's Day Wish," May 14, 2006.
BNA Daily Labor Report, "Female House Democrats Push for Work and Family 'Bill of Rights'," May 12, 2006.
Centre Daily Times, "Added Benefits of Two Schools," May 12, 2006.
Northeastern University Magazine, "Where Did All the Women Coaches Go?" Spring 2006.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Having a Family to Care for Is Not a Sign of Weakness," March 5, 2006.
Pennsylvania Inside Out (WPSU TV), "Minimum Wages in PA," February 17, 2006.
Chicago Tribune, "Discrimination Still Opponent for Women in Coaching," October 25, 2005.
Toronto Globe and Mail, "Latercomers to the Career Game," October 19, 2005.
Chronicle of Higher Education, "Despite a Rise in Female Athletes, Fewer Head Coaches are Women," September 2, 2005.
Women in Higher Education, "Crisis in Female Coaches Shortchanges Women, Athletes," September 2005.
Christian Science Monitor, "Vacations, Sick Days, Whatever... in one 'Bank' of Time Off," May 4, 2005.
Los Angeles Times, "Work: Gambling on Luck-Based Benefits," March 20, 2005.
Nature, "Baby Blues," February 17, 2005.
Chronicle of Higher Education, "Are Your Parental-Leave Policies Legal?" February 11, 2005.
Daily Collegian (PSU), "Sunday the Day for Country to Relax, Take Back Time," Oct. 22, 2004.
Work/life Today, "Work/Life Advocates Need In-house Partners," Sept. 2004.
Chronicle of Higher Education, "Her Partner Stole My Job," Sept. 7, 2004.
ABC Radio (Australia), "Life Matters," July 8, 2004.
The Australian, "Bias Thrives in the Academe," June 9, 2004.
Chronicle of Philanthropy, "Tips for Job Seeking When a Pregnancy, a Handicap, or Other Personal Needs are Part of the Package," May 27, 2004.
Chronicle of Higher Education (online), "Singing the Grad-School Baby Blues," April 20, 2004.
Comcast TV (CNN), "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day," April 20, 2004.
Biloxi Sun Herald, "24/7 Economy Makes Finding Balance Hard," April 18, 2004.
Chicago Tribune, "Schedule Balancing Act Hard for Most," April 12, 2004.
Miami Herald, "Schedule Balancing Act Hard for Most," April 12, 2004.
Chronicle of Higher Education, "Family-Friendly Benefits that Go Unclaimed," April 9, 2004.
KCSN Radio (Los Angeles), "Academics andWork/Family," February 17, 2004.
WPSX-TV (PSU), "About Business," February 3, 2004.

 
Recent and Upcoming Presentations:
"Faculty and Family," presentation for the New Mexico State University NSF ADVANCE program, May 2008.

"Parenting of Infants: A Time Use Study," presentation for the Population Association of America annual meetings, New Orleans, April 2008.

"Striking a Balance: A New Agenda for Work and Family," Women's Studies seminar series, Richard Stockton College, March 2008.

"Faculty and Family," Medical College, University of Illinois at Chicago; Rollins College, Orlando; University of Florida, Gainseville, February 2008.

2007 lectures from Striking a Balance:
Women in Science and Engineering Program, Boston University (11/8), Center for Work and Family, Boston College (11/7); Workplace Center, MIT, Boston (11/6); Department of Economics, U.Mass/Amherst (11/5), Hunter College, NYC (10/24); Teachers' College, NYC (10/23); Columbia University, NYC (10/23); George Washington University, Washington DC; What's the Economy For? Conference, Washington DC (10/6); Department of Sociology, George Washington University, DC (10/4); District of Columbia Sociological Society, DC (10/4); University of Missouri, Columbia (9/25); Carework Conference, NYC (8/10); ACREW lecture, Monash University, Melbourne AU (7/3); Work/Life Association Roundtable, Melbourne AU (6/27); LERA Public Policy Forum, Washington DC (6/15); ADVANCE forum, Auburn University, AL (5/8); Boston College Work-Family Roundtable, San Diego CA (5/3); Association of Women Faculty lecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (4/26); MHRLR Spring Forum, UW-Milwaukee (4/19); Whitewater Economics Society, UW-Whitewater (4/18); Labor Studies Alumni meeting, Penn State, University Park (4/13); Department of Economics lecture, University of Massachusetts at Boston (4/6); START Diversity Conference, Penn State, University Park (3/30)

"Long Hours Volunteers and Conscripts," Presentation for the HILDA Conference, University of Melbourne, July 2007, and for the American Psychological Association meetings, San Francisco, August 2007.

"Advancing Women in the Academy: Work-Family Issues," NSF ADVANCE Conference, Auburn University, Alabama, May 2007.

"Advancing Women in Physics: Problems and Possibilities," Presentation for the American Center for Physics conference, "Gender Equity: Strengthening the Physics Enterprise in Universities and National Laboratories," College Park Maryland, May 2007.

"Work-Family Issues for Faculty: Problems, Opportunities and Policies," Faculty seminar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April 2007.

Colloquy, "Celebrating Women's Advancement in the Academy," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, March 2007.

"Challenges of Raising a Family in Academia," Keynote address for Rutgers Council of AAUP-AFT, "Issues in Work and Family", Rutgers University, Newark campus February 2007, New Brunswick campus October 2006.

"Work-Family Issues for Faculty: Problems, Opportunities and Policies," Faculty Development and Diversity lecture, Harvard University, November 2006.

"Who Wants Flexibility? Changing Work Hours Preferences and Life Events," Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics, University of Sydney, July 2006, also for the Melbourne Institute on Applied Economic and Social Research workshop series, Melbourne University, July 2006, and for the Economics Department seminar series, Monash University, July 2006.

"The Care Gap," Presentation for Congressional Seminar sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Senators Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy and Barak Obama, June 2006.

"Work Hours Mismatch in the U.S. and Australia," Sloan Conference on "Why Workplace Flexibility Matters: A Global Perspective," University of Chicago, May 2006.

"Release of the Work and Family Bill of Rights," Congressional Briefing, Washington DC, May 2006.

"The Coaching and Gender Equity Project," NCAA Gender Equity and Issues Forum, Cleveland OH, May 2006.

"Institutional Characteristics and the Avoidance of Bias Against Caregiving," Paper presented at "Work and Family: Changing Realities" Conference, Claremont McKenna College, Los Angeles CA, March 2006.

"The Avoidance of Bias Against Caregiving in the Academy," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, St. Louis MO, February 2006.

"The Coaching and Gender Equity Project," PSU Commission for Women, University Park PA, February 2006.

"Playing the Team Game," Panel presentation for the PSU Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity, University Park PA, February 2006.

"Time for Fair Trade," CNET television, State College PA, January 2006.

"Living Wage/Minimum Wage," Centre County Democrats, State College PA, January 2006.

"Making Work and Family Compatible in the Academy," Moravian College, Bethlehem PA, January 2006.

" Maximizing the Potential of Women in the Academy," Plenary presentation for National Academies Committee on Women in Academe convocation, Washington DC, December 2005.

"Making Work and Family Compatible: Challenges and Strategies for Change," Keynote Address, ADVANCE Day, University of Rhode Island, October 2005.

"Making Work and Family Compatible: Challenges and Strategies for Change," President and Provost's Diversity Lecture series, Ohio State University, October 2005.

"The Challenges of Flexibility for Faculty," ACE-Sloan Invitational Conference, Advancing an Agenda for Excellence, Chicago, September 2005.

"Work, Family and Life at the Department Level," Leadership Conference for Science and Engineering Department Chairs, University of Washington, July 2005.

"Work-Life Management? The Work/Life Agenda for Equitable and Sustainable Change," Inaugural Conference, Australian Centre for Research on Employment and Work, Melbourne, June 2005.

"Negotiating Flexibility," Speech for launch of Melbourne University's flexibility initiative, Melbourne, June 2005.

"Gender and Work Hours Transitions in Australia," Seminar for Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney, June 2005.

"Social Change and Academic Work: Men, Women, Family, and Career," Seminar for Equity and Diversity Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney, June 2005.

"Work and Family Innovations in Tough Times," Seminar for New South Wales EEO Practitioners' Association, Sydney, June 2005.

"Bias Avoidance in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities for Change," Sloan Working Families Conference, University of Chicago, May 2005.

"Biases Against Caregiving and Gender Equity," National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science, Harvard University, April 2005.

"Debate on Social Security Reform," moderator, Centre County Democrats, March 2005.

"Biases Against Caregiving in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities," College and University Work/Family Association Conference, Georgia Tech University, February 2005.

SERVICE
Developer/Moderator: Work/Family Newsgroup on the internet (1000 members, see http://lsir.la.psu.edu/workfam). Initiated in 1995, this group includes an international membership of academics, practitioners and policy-makers interested in issues of working time, linkages between work and family, and policies to improve work and family life. 1995-present

Co-chair, Steering Committee, Take Care Net. 2003-present

College and University Work/Family Association.
    President, 2006
    Board member, 2002-2007

Advisory Board Member, "Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work," TODSTW Foundation, 2003-present

Board Member, Berger Institute for Work, Family & Children, Claremont McKenna College. 2001-present

External Advisory Board Member, NSF ADVANCE WISEST Program, University of Illinois-Chicago, 2006-present

External Evaluator, NSF ADVANCE Mizzou, University of Missouri at Columbia, 2007-present

Advisory Committee Member, Sloan Work/Family Researchers Electronic Network. 1998-present

Advisory Board Member, Work/Life Today. 2002-2006

Alliance of Work/Life Professionals. 
    Board Member. 2001-2004
    Work/Life Credential Advisory Committee Member. 2000-2001
    National Conference Co-chair. 2003, 2004

Advisory Council Member, "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," Working Mother Magazine. 2000-2002

Member: College and University Work/Family Association, Council on Contemporary Families, International Association for Feminist Economics, Population Association of America.

Service at Penn State University