Kathleen E. Christensen

Kathleen E. Christensen is an American social scientist and author best known for her research on the changing nature of work, including remote and contingent work, as well as workplace flexibility.[1][2] She currently directs the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Working Longer program designed to deepen scholarly and public understanding of aging Americans’ work patterns.[3]

Workplace flexibility

Christensen established and led the Alfred P Sloan Foundation’s program on working families,[4][5][6] which resulted in $130 million of funding for work-family research.[7] She is considered one of the pioneers in the field.[8]

In 2003, Christensen launched the national workplace flexibility campaign,[9] which set the goal of making workplace flexibility a compelling national issue and the standard of the American workplace. This campaign funded many research studies and projects related to advancing workplace flexibility over the course of a decade.[10] The program culminated in 2010 with a White House Forum of Workplace Flexibility.[11]

In 2010, Working Mother magazine called Christensen “the foremost strategic supporter of research and initiatives in the area of work-life".[12]” [13]

Christensen spoke at the 2014 White House Summit on Working Families and the 2010 White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility.[14]

Prior to joining the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Christensen was a Professor of Environmental Psychology[15] at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where she was one of the first people to conduct research on remote work and contingent work.[16]

Education

Christensen received her BS from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay [17] and a PhD from Pennsylvania State University.[18]

Books and publications

Christensen’s published books include:

  • Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th Century Jobs for a 21st Century Workforce[19]
  • Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition
  • Turbulence in the American Workplace
  • Women and Home-based Work: The Unspoken Contract
  • The New Era of Home-based Work: Directions and Policies[20]

She has written op-eds that have appeared in the Washington Post,[21] USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.[22]

References
  1. Christensen, Kathleen; Schneider, Barbara, eds. (2010-02-25). Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801475856.
  2. "America's families have changed... its workplaces haven't | Richard Heffner's Open Mind Archive". Richard Heffner's Open Mind Archive. 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  3. Winerip, Michael (July 23, 2013). "Three Men, Three Ages. Which Do You Like?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. "Kathleen Christensen: A Vision for a Flexible Workplace | VoiceAmerica". VoiceAmerica. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  5. Greenhouse, Steven (January 7, 2011). "Flex Time Flourishes in Accounting Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  6. Smith, Lynn (July 29, 2001). "Two Incomes, With Kids and a Scientist's Camera". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  7. "2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member | Work and Family Researchers Network". workfamily.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  8. "Addressing Our Poverty of Imagination – Kathleen Christensen". Wharton Work/Life. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  9. legaleducation (2008-06-17), A Conversation on Workplace Flexibility Research Pt 1, retrieved 2017-02-03
  10. "2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member | Work and Family Researchers Network". workfamily.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  11. "3/31/10: White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility | Work and Family Researchers Network". workfamily.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  12. "Bright Horizons Honored at Working Mother's Annual WorkLife Congress | Bright Horizons®". www.brighthorizons.com. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  13. "Kathleen E Christensen". Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  14. "2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member | Work and Family Researchers Network". workfamily.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  15. Jacobs, Deborah (January 1, 1995). "Exiting The 'Mommy Track'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  16. "2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member | Work and Family Researchers Network". workfamily.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  17. http://www.uwgb.edu/alumni/awards/distinguished/christensen.asp
  18. "CHRISTENSEN, Kathleen E(lizabeth) 1951 -". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  19. Christensen, Kathleen; Schneider, Barbara (2015-07-09). Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801457203.
  20. "Christensen, Kathleen E(lizabeth) 1951-". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  21. Gomory, Kathleen E. Christensen; Ralph E.; Gomory, Kathleen E. Christensen; Ralph E. (1999-06-02). "Three Jobs, Two People". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  22. "Kathleen E. Christensen: Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation--Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
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