Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Professor

Sociology
608 Tobin Hall
(413) 545-0258
mpj@psych.umass.edu
website

Education: Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Studies: Pennsylvania State University, 1988

Research Interests: work-family/child care issues and policies; human development; family psychology

Maureen Perry-Jenkins' research focuses on the role of race, gender, and social class in shaping the mental health and family relationships of employed parents and their children. Her current research involves a ten-year, longitudinal study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health that examines the transition to parenthood and transition back to paid employment for working-class, low wage couples and for African-American, Latino and European-American single mothers. She is the author of numerous articles and chapters published in Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Family Psychology, and Family Relations. She was a recent recipient of the University of Massachusetts Distinguished Outreach Research Award for her efforts to apply her research to policy.

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