Why American Moms Can’t Get Enough Expert Parenting Advice
Caitlyn Collins writes in the Atlantic about women's struggle to balance work and family life.
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America is not for mothers
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch op-ed shares ideas from Caitlyn Collins' book "Making Motherhood Work."
Sociologist Caitlyn Collins named 2019 Malkiel Scholar
Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the award recognizes junior faculty “whose research focuses on American history, politics, culture and society, and who are committed to the creation of an inclusive campus community for underrepresented students and scholars.”
Flexible working for parents is great. But child-free people need it, too
Caitlyn Collins explores how work and family tensions are exacerbated by both a long-hours culture and what she sees as society’s dismissive attitudes towards care-giving in The Guardian.
Abandoning public education will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now
In The Highlight by Vox, Adia Harvey Wingfield discusses school choice and inequality.
WashU Expert: New labor laws would strengthen unions, fight income inequalities
The Source recaps Jake Rosenfeld's testimony on March 26 before a House Subcommittee exploring changes to the National Labor Relations Act.
Why U.S. Working Moms – And Are So Stressed What To Do About It
Caitlyn Collins discusses working moms, stress, and resolutions on HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review.
Can moms really have work-life balance?
Caitlyn Collins talks about the myth of work-life balance in an interview for KARE11.
Activists unnerved by deaths of men tied to Ferguson protests
Odis Johnson comments on the police response to the death of protesters in Ferguson, MO in the Associate Press.
Years of research prove what we already know: Working moms in the US are drowning in stress
Sociologist Caitlyn Collins comments on guilt, worry, and work-life conflict of mothers on The Bump.
Why it matters that Beto O’Rourke said he 'sometimes' helps his wife raise their 3 kids
Caitlyn Collins on the unequal division of labor and its disastrous consequences for women on Good Morning America.
Wash U Sociologist's New Book Explores How Women Navigate Work And Family In US, Elsewhere
St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talks with Caitlyn Collins, author of "Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving."