Conference Agenda

Friday, October 1, 2004

8:00 - Registration

9:00 - Welcome: Sally Kenney, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center on Women and Public Policy; Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.

9:15 - Family and Medical Leave in the U.S.: Historical and Political Reflections. Donna Lenhoff, JD. Former Legal Counsel; National Partnership for Women and Families, Washington, DC.

9:45 - Findings from the Minnesota Postpartum Health Study: Women?s Health After Childbirth. Pat McGovern, Ph.D. Principal Investigator and Associate Professor; School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

10:15 - Break

10:30 - Women?s Postpartum Mental Health: Reducing the Risk of Anxiety and Depression. Dwenda Gjerdingen, MD, MS. Co-Investigator and Professor; School of Medicine, University of Minnesota.

11:00 - Family Policy Lessons from European Developments. Janet Gornick, Ph.D. Associate Professor; Department of Political Science, Baruch College, New York, NY.

11:30 - Lunch

12:00 - Luncheon Speaker?The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn?t. Susan Maushart, Ph.D. Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Professor; Curtin University, Perth, Australia. More about Susan Maushart

1:15 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Initiatives: Lessons from The States. Lissa Bell, MS. Senior Policy Associate for Work and Family Programs; National Partnership for Women and Families.

1:45 - Estimating the Costs of Paid Family and Medical Leave. Vicki Lovell, Ph.D. Project Director, Family and Medical Leave; Institute for Women?s Policy Research, Washington, DC.

2:15 - Break

2:30 - Breakout Sessions

• A Legislative Perspective

Moderator: Sally Kenney, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center on Women and Policy, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.

Panelists:

• Senator Ellen Anderson, JD
• Lissa Bell, M.S., Sr. Policy Associate for Work and Family Programs, National Partnership for Women & Families.
• Roslyn Wade, Assistant Commissioner, Workplace Services Division, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
• Jim Koppel, M.S., Director, Children's Defense Fund of Minnesota.

• A Family Perspective

Moderator: Pat McGovern, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

Panelists:

• Charles Oberg, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine. More about Charles Oberg
• Dwenda Gjerdingen, M.D., Professor, Family Practice and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine.
• Tene Wells, President, WomenVenture

• An Employer Perspective

Moderator: Erin Kelly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Panelists:

• Eileen Trzincski, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University
• Dave Cossi, J.D., The General Counsel, LTD
• Lynda Laskow, Human Resources, Allina Hospitals and Clinics

4:00 - Break

4:15 - Reception (until 6:00 p.m.)

 

 

Conference Proceedings

Bell, Lissa. "Making Family Leave More Affordable: State Paid Leave Initiatives in 2004 and Prior State Legislatures." (PDF)

Cossi, David A. "Maternal Postpartum Health and the Legal Implications for Employers Granting Leave." (PDF)

Gjerdingen, Dwenda. "Women's Postpartum Mental Health: Reducing the Risk of Anxiety and Depression." (PDF)

Gjerdingen, Dwenda. "The Effects of Domestic Work Responsibilities: On Parents' Marital Satisfaction and Mental Health." (PDF)

Gornick, Janet C., and Marcia K. Meyers. "Supported for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States." (PDF)

Kenney, Sally J. "The Constitutional Status of the Family and Medical Leave Act." (PDF)

Kenney, Sally J. "Introduction and Welcome." (PDF)

Lenhoff, Donna R. "Family and Medical Leave in the United States: Historical and Political Reflections." (PDF)

Lovell, Vicky. "Estimating the Costs of Paid Family and Medical Leave." (PDF)

Maushart, Susan. "Unmasking Motherhood: Policy, Identity and What Women Want Next." (PDF)

McGovern, Pat, et al. "The Health of Employed Women at Six Weeks After Childbirth." (PDF)

Novotny, Lisa. "Breakout Session: An Employer's Perspective--General Mills, Minneapolis." (PDF)