A professor in the Department of Sociology, Naomi Gerstel has published articles on the gender gap in kinwork, factors shaping men’s caregiving, the work of maintaining sibling ties, the class, race and gender privileges embedded in FMLA and child care and labor unions’ family policies. Her ongoing research consists of two projects: 1) research on carework, focusing on variation by race/ethnicity in the gender gap, and 2) a study of the politics of time, focusing on paid work and families.  She served as a research fellow for the Center for Research on Families (CRF) in 2003-04. She has been selected as the Robin M. Williams, Jr., Lecturer for 2009-10 by the Eastern Eastern Sociological Association.

Curriculum Vitae:
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Areas of Interest:
Family, Families and Work, Gender, Carework, Race and Care.

Current Grants:
2009. Sloan Foundation. Unofficial Flexibility: An Analysis of Actual Day-to-Day Schedules. PI: Dan Clawson.

2006-08. NSF. Job Hours and Schedules: Explaining the Social Processes in Four Health Care Occupations. Co-PI: Dan Clawson.

Recent Grants:
2005-06.  Labor Center.  The Future of Work in Massachusetts. 

2004-05. National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). EMS Personnel: Work Hours and Schedules. Co-PI: Dan Clawson.

2000-06. American Sociological Association. Editorship of the Rose Series in Sociology. With Robert Zussman, Randall Stokes, Joya Misra, Dan Clawson, and Doug Anderton, co-editors).

Pending Grants:
Racial Gaps in Caregiving: Explanations and Links to Psychological Well-Being. NIH (Boston College Prime, Natasha Sarkisian, PI).

Contesting Time: Negotiations about Work Hours, by Gender and Class. NSF. PI: Dan Clawson.

Recent Publications:
"Marriage: The Good, The Bad, and The Greedy. Contexts November 2006. With Natalia Sarkisian.

"Family Leaves, the FMLA, and Gender Neutrality: The Intersection of Race and Gender." Social Science Research 35:871-91, 2006. With Amy Armenia.

"Kin Support Among Blacks and Whites: Race and Family Organization." American Sociological Review December, 2004. With Natasha Sarkisian.

Families at Work: Expanding the Boundaries. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002. Co-editors Dan Clawson and Robert Zussman.