University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone, whose book ‘Childfree By Choice’ was published in June, recently had opinion pieces published in Grazia, Ms. and Time. In “Why I’m Child-Free, Not Child-Less” in Grazia, Blackstone wrote that the reasons that she and her husband Lance had “for not wanting to be parents — joy, fulfilment, the […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Amy Blackstone, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, about her research on the decision to not have children. “Society has always assumed that all women innately want to have children,” Blackstone said. “That’s simply not true. […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Maine leads on reproductive freedom.” Blackstone is a member of the of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, spoke with KCRW, a public radio station in Santa Monica, about the choice to be childfree and respecting family choices. Blackstone, whose book “Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence” was recently released, said girls are pushed […]
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ABC News interviewed Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, for its story “Are child-free, single women really happier? An author’s claim sparks debate.” The story was in response to Paul Dolan’s book “Happy Ever After,” in which the London School of Economics professor of behavioral science asserted women without kids […]
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Having children and investing time, love and money is no guarantee to avoiding loneliness in old age, wrote Amy Blackstone in her opinion piece titled “Grow Old Like ‘The Golden Girls’’ in The New York Times. “We are finally beginning to understand that just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes […]
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The Honors College Servant Heart Research Collaborative, in conjunction with Honors students who have been awarded the Davis Foundation Projects for Peace grant, will travel to Sierra Leone June 7–19 to work with local partners on the observation and implementation of two projects created by the collaborative. Stephen Kaplan, a rising sophomore computer science major, […]
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Amy Blackstone will celebrate the June 11 release of her first book “Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence” at two Bangor events. The Briar Patch will host a Sip & Sign at COESPACE 5:30–6:30 p.m. Copies of the book will be available for signing. Then at 6:30 […]
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Drisanna Watson will begin her Native American Research Internship (NARI) at the University of Utah a couple of weeks after wrapping up her 19-credit spring semester at the University of Maine. The 10-week paid summer experience supports academic, career and personal development of Native American students interested in health science careers. A goal is to […]
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For her outstanding feminist advocacy and use of sociology to improve conditions for women, Amy Blackstone will receive the Sociologists for Women in Society Feminist Activism Award. The professor with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Department of Sociology researches childlessness and the childfree choice, workplace harassment and civic engagement. Her […]
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