The online version of Ms. magazine has posted a blog by Amy Blackstone. It’s Politics. What Does Motherhood Have To Do With It? July 20, 2016 by Amy Blackstone | Whether a person has children or not has nothing to do with her qualifications for political office. Yet for women, motherhood is too often used […]
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Amy Blackstone is pleased to share that “UMaine alum Mahala Stewart ’09 and I have an article, entitled “‘There’s More Thinking to Decide’: How the Childfree Decide Not to Parent,” in the forthcoming volume of The Family Journal. In it, we analyze data from interviews with childfree women and men and find that the processes by […]
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Our faculty was once again busy in this academic year. Here are some of their highlights: Steve Barkan News Professor Barkan became president of the Textbook and Academic Authors Association in July 2015 for a two-year term after serving as vice president for two years. He presented a paper on obesity and perceived discrimination at […]
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