The City College of New York
THE CENTER FOR WORKER EDUCATION
Third Scholarly Conference on Women and Work
Saturday, April 17, 2004


CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite you to join us in this unique scholarly conference involving a discussion among scholars, faculty members and workingwomen students about the connections between work, family and education. The Center for Worker Education is a 20-year-old undergraduate evening college program for working adults that is located off campus from City College. This is the third year of our conferences and we want you to be a part of our discussions.

We cordially invite scholars, students, and practitioners to present and discuss papers covering a wide range of topics and disciplines that address scholarly and experiential features of women and work. Those interested in participating can present a paper or organize a workshop.

Suggested Topics

Employment Patterns and Experiences

Women Workers in Male Dominant Occupations

Helping Hands: Women Nurses, Teachers, Nurturers and Counselors

The Backbone: Clerical and Office Workers

Technology and Women's Work

Women in the Professions

Workplace Issues

  • Fiscal, Physical, Political, or Social Workplace Conditions
  • Sexual Harassment, Racism, and Inequality on the Job
  • Sick and Tired: Women Workers and Health
  • Immigration and Women Workers
  • Unions and Women Workers

Education and Women Workers

  • Doing Homework at My Desk: The Impact of Going to College on Employment
  • Teaching Women Workers
  • Recording the Lives of Women Workers
  • Through the Glass Ceiling: Upward Mobility after Graduation
  • Reflections on the Center for Worker Education Experience

Home and Family

  • Balancing the Demands of Home, Work, and School

Managing Fertility and Childbearing

Health and Stress

Cultural, Religious, and Political Life of Working Women Students

Impact of College on Marriage and Children of Working Women Students

Deadline for Proposals: December 12, 2003

Please send a brief description of your proposal with your name, mailing address, phone and email address to Professor Barbara Omolade and Susan Hurse, Conference Coordinator City College, Center for Worker Education 99 Hudson Street 7th Floor, New York, New York 10013 212 925-6625 bomolade@aol.com

 


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