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Faculty Steering Committee
An interdisciplinary committee of CSBS faculty, dedicated to dramatically boosting the impact and visibility of the work of the Center, provides guidance to the center's development and direction.
David Arnold
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Psychology
darnold@psych.umass.edu
Practical early intervention for disruptive behavior and academic problems in young high-risk children. Parenting; preschool teaching; discipline. Family influences on developmental psychopathology and early academic development.
Brenda Bushouse
Ph.D., Indiana University, Political Science
bushouse@polsci.umass.edu
Early education and care policy, role of nonprofit organizations in the delivery of human services; effects of policies on industry change.
Nancy Folbre
Ph.D., Massachusetts, Economics
folbre@econs.umass.edu
Interface between feminist theory and political economy, with a particular interest in caring labor and other forms of non-market work.
Naomi Gerstel
Ph.D.,Columbia, Sociology
gerstel@soc.mass.edu
Family, Gender, Families and Work, Caregiving and Care Work.
Sanjiv Gupta
Ph.D., Michigan, Sociology
sangupta@soc.umass.edu
Family, Demography and Sociology; Gender Stratification; Methods.
Bernie Jones
Bernie Jones Ph.D., History, University of Virginia, Legal Studies
bdjones@legal.umass.edu
Law in the Historical Context; Law and the Family; Slavery and the Law; Critical Race Theory.
Lynnette Leidy Sievert
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, Anthropology
leidy@anthro.umass.edu
Older women's health; variation in age and sympton experience at menopause.
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Ph.D., Penn State University, Psychology
mpj@psych.umass.edu
Gender in families, work-family issues, single motherhood. Recent work: work-family issues for low-income families, shift work.
Paula Pietromonaco
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Psychology
powers@psych.umass.edu
Cognitive and affective processes in the context of close relationships; how interactions in close relationships contribute to each partner's emotional health.
Sally Powers
Ed.D., Harvard University and Director of CRF, Psychology
powers@psych.umass.edu
Family, community and endocrinological factors in adolescent development and psychopathology; direct observation of behavior; gender differences, depression.
Janet Rifkin, Dean
J.D., New York University School of Law, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Legal Studies
jrifkin@legal.umass.edu
Alternative dispute resolution.
Erica Scharrer
Ph.D., Syracuse University, Communication
scharrer@comm.umass.edu
Media effects on aggression and socialization; media portrayals of gender and violence.
