Exploring the intersections of food and politics is the focus of a new University of Maine research collaborative inspired by the recipe collection of Margaret Chase Smith. The Margaret Chase Smith Recipe Research Collaborative formed in fall 2018 to support an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty who are passionate about food and interested in […]
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“Girl Talk: An Inter-Generational Conversation” will kick off Women’s History Month at the University of Maine noon-1:30 p.m. March 1 in the Bangor Room of Memorial Union. The conversation will recognize 2019 as the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted some — but of course, and significantly, not all — women […]
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Amy Blackstone will be part of the Women Who Empower Our World event March 1 at Northeastern University in Boston. The University of Maine sociology professor will be a member of a panel that will discuss “How Policy Impacts Women’s Careers and What Still Needs to Change.” For two decades, Blackstone has examined multiple facets […]
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Ms. Magazine published an opinion piece written by Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine and author of the forthcoming book “Childfree by Choice;” and Maxine Trump, filmmaker and director of the film “To Kid or Not To Kid.” The piece was titled, “What Choice Means to Childfree Women.” An upcoming […]
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The University of Maine Department of Sociology will host a screening and discussion of a new documentary, “To Kid or Not to Kid: The Movie,” at 3 p.m. Feb. 1 in Wells Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public. “To Kid or Not to Kid,” from the award-winning director of the […]
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A survey indicated that faculty who were harassed at an unspecified public university told friends, family and colleagues about their experiences far more frequently than they did campus human resources officials. The faculty members — who were aware of the university’s harassment policies — said they were dissatisfied with how their complaints were handled when […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show focused on choosing not to have children. Blackstone, a prominent researcher in the child-free movement, runs the blog “We’re {Not} Having a Baby!” with her husband, and wrote the forthcoming book […]
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Amber Tierney, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Moneyish article “Your love for fall isn’t basic — it’s baked in.” The article focused on subconscious reasons many people may have for loving the fall season, from the sensations of both nostalgia and newness to temporal landmarks like […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Moneyish for the article, “Why these women chose to be child-free — and why that’s completely fine.” “I love my life as it is,” Blackstone said of her decision not to have kids. “And I feel that parenting is such an […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Immigrants help make America great,” by Steven Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of “Criminology: A Sociological Understanding.” Barkan also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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