Invited address at "The Future of Work" Conference, Boston, MA, April 28, 2005.   Work-Family Challenges for Blue-Collar Families in Massachusetts.

Invited address at the Murray Research Center, Harvard University, October 19, 2004.   Work-Family Challenges in Socio-Cultural Context.

Invited address at the Sloan Center, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, April 14, 2004.   Title of Talk:   Just Squeezing By:   Blue-collar Workers Negotiating Jobs and Parenthood.

Invited Address at the the Work, Family, Health and Well-Being Conference, sponsored by National Institute (NIH) and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), June 16-18, 2003, Washington, DC.   Work in the Working Class:   Challenges Facing Workers and Their Families.

Invited Address at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, April, 2002.   Title:   Just Squeezing By:   Blue-Collar Workers Negotiating Jobs and Parenthood.

Keynote Address at the 1997 Family and Community Leadership Institute, Amherst, MA, May, 1997.   Women and Families in the 1990s and Beyond.

Keynote Address at the Springfield Human Service Forum, January, 1997.   The Relationship Between the Family Work Week and Family Dynamics:   Implications for Workplace Policy.

Invited Talk at Murray Research Center, Radcliff College, October, 1996.   Work in the Working Class: Negotiating Jobs and Parenthood.

Meteyer, K, Bourne, H., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   When working works:   Workplace conditions and parents' mental health.   Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations, November 2005.

Logan, J., Henninger, K., Claxton, A., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Parental depression and its relation to children's socio-emotional outcomes.   Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations, November 2005.

Smith, J., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Predictors of role overload for working parents:   A longitudinal analysis.   Poster presented at National Council on Family Relations, November 2005.

Perry-Jenkins, M.   Feminists at work:   Navigating professional lives as feminists.   Special Session at National Council on Family Relations, November 2005.

O'Brien, J., Meteyer, K., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Doing dishes, doing gender:   Gender ideology and the division of household tasks.   American Psychological Association, August 2005.

Meteyer, K., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Predictors of Father Involvement across the transition to Parenthood. American Psychological Association, August 2005.

Bourne, H., Claxton, A., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Breastfeeding Intentions and experiences:   Obstacles Facing Dual-Earner Parents.   Poster presentation at Society for Research in Child Develoment, April 2005.

Smith, J. & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Work-family Spillover, Parenting Stress and Children's Achievement:   A Longitudinal Analysis.   Society for Research in Child Development, April 2005.

Bourne, H., & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Work conditions and breastfeeding for working-class new mothers.   Poster presentation at National Council on Family Relations, November 2004.

Perry-Jenkins, M., & Turner, E.   Taking the "blues" out of blue-collar marriage:   Linkages between positive assessments of marriage and new parents' mental health.   Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, Canada, November 19-22, 2003.

Turner, E, Perry-Jenkins, M., Goldberg, A.   Marital Quality and Perceptions of Infant Temperament in Dual-Earner, Working-Class Families.   Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, April 24-27, 2003.

Perry-Jenkins, M., Pierce, C., Salesman, V., & Goldberg.   Blue Collar Marriage:   Linkages between Job Conditions and New Parents Marital Quality.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Houston TX, November 2002.

Marks, S.R., MacDermid, S., Perry-Jenkins, M.   The Transition to Parenthood and Role Balance.   Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Houston TX, November 2002.

Goldberg,A. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2001).   The Division of Labor and Women's Well-Being Across the Transition to Parenthood.   Paper presented at Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Rochester NY, November 2001.

Haley, H.L., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2001).   Social Support, Maternity Leave, and Working-Class Women's Depression Following the Transition to Parenthood.   Paper presented at Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Rochester NY, November 2001.

Pierce, C. & Perry-Jenkins, M.   Conflict Resolution strategies and marital quality for husbands and wives during the transition to parenthood.   Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, April 2001.

Perry-Jenkins, M. & Goldberg, A.   Father involvement in same- and alternating shift families:   Implications for marriage and well-being.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis MN, November 2000.

Perry-Jenkins, M., & Haley, H.   Creating role salience and balance across the transition to parenthood.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Irvine CA, November 1999.

Huddleston-Casas, C, & Perry-Jenkins, M..   It takes two to divide labor:   Implications of couple analysis versus a gender analysis regarding perceptions of fairness in the division of labor.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Irvine CA, November 1999.

Perry-Jenkins, M., & Payne, D.   Father Involvement by Choice or Necessity:   Implications for parents' well-being.   Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Albuquerque NM, April 1999.

Miller, W. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (1998).   The Good Providers:   Working-class attitudes and realities across the transition to parenthood.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Milwaukee WI, November 1998.

Perry-Jenkins, M., & Armenia, A.   Constructing Parenthood as a Single Mother.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Arlington VA, November 1997.

Perry-Jenkins, M. & Mason, K.   He said, she said:   Divergent views of marital roles across the transition to parenthood.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Arlington VA, November 1997.

Perry-Jenkins, M., Miller, W. & Armenia, A.   "I can do cartwheels in the living room", Children's perceptions of parents' work.   Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Washington DC, April 1997.

Perry-Jenkins, M.   Social Class:   A new look at an old variable.   Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Portland OR, November 1995.

Perry-Jenkins, M. & Gillman-Hanz, S.   Linkages between parents' daily experiences on job and involvement in family activities.   Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis MN, November 1994.

Huddleston, C., Perry-Jenkins, M. & Gillman-Hanz, S.   The great divide:   Relations between the division of labor, perceptions of equity, and spouses' marital and personal well-being.   Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis MN, November 1994.

Perry-Jenkins, M.   Class, jobs, and locations as contexts for family life.   Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore MD, November 1993.

Perry-Jenkins, M. & Grimm, K.   Work in the working class:   The relationship between two parents' jobs and one child's well-being.   Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA, 1993.