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'''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.<ref>{{Cite book|url=httphttps://wwwarchive.cornellpress.cornell.eduorg/bookdetails/?GCOI=80140100223220workplaceflexibi0000unse|title=Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce|date=2010-02-25|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=9780801475856|editor-last=Christensen|editor-first=Kathleen|location=Ithaca, NY|editor-last2=Schneider|editor-first2=Barbara|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thirteen.org/openmind-archive/sociology/americas-families-have-changed-its-workplaces-havent/|title=America's families have changed... its workplaces haven't {{!}} Richard Heffner's Open Mind Archive|date=2014-01-11|newspaper=Richard Heffner's Open Mind Archive|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref> She currently directs the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Working Longer program designed to deepen scholarly and public understanding of aging Americans’Americans' work patterns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/booming/three-men-three-ages-who-do-you-like.html|title=Three Men, Three Ages. Which Do You Like?|last=Winerip|first=Michael|date=July 23, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|via=}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
== Workplace flexibility ==
Christensen received her BS from the [https[University of Wisconsin–Green Bay|University of Wisconsin- Green Bay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://enwww.wikipediauwgb.orgedu/wikialumni/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Green_Bayawards/distinguished/christensen.asp |title=Kathleen Christensen {{!}} Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient {{!}} Alumni {{!}} University of Wisconsin- Green Bay] <ref>|website=www.uwgb.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906124643/http://www.uwgb.edu/alumni/awards/distinguished/christensen.asp |archive-date=2015-09-06}}</ref> and a PhD from [[Pennsylvania State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/christensen-kathleen-elizabeth-1951|title=CHRISTENSEN, Kathleen E(lizabeth) 1951 -|last=|first=|date=|website=www.encyclopedia.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>▼
Christensen established and led the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation|Alfred P Sloan Foundation]]’s program on working families,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/73639/kathleen-christensen-a-vision-for-a-flexible-workplace|title=Kathleen Christensen: A Vision for a Flexible Workplace {{!}} VoiceAmerica|website=VoiceAmerica|language=en|access-date=2017-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/business/08perks.html|title=Flex Time Flourishes in Accounting Industry|last=Greenhouse|first=Steven|date=January 7, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/29/news/cl-27801|title=Two Incomes, With Kids and a Scientist's Camera|last=Smith|first=Lynn|date=July 29, 2001|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|via=}}</ref> which resulted in $130 million of funding for work-family research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/2017-nominees-wfrn-officers-executive-committee-member|title=2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref> She is considered one of the pioneers in the field.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://worklife.wharton.upenn.edu/2015/01/addressing-poverty-imagination-kathleen-christensen/|title=Addressing Our Poverty of Imagination – Kathleen Christensen|date=2015-01-06|newspaper=Wharton Work/Life|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>▼
 
InPrior 2003to joining the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Christensen launchedwas thea nationalprofessor workplaceof flexibility[[environmental campaign,psychology]]<ref>{{Citation|last=legaleducation|title=ACite Conversation on Workplace Flexibility Research Pt 1|date=2008-06-17news|url=https://www.youtubechicagotribune.com/watch?v1995/01/01/exiting-the-mommy-track/|title=sJY8FeTpEOoExiting The 'Mommy Track'|accessdatelast=Jacobs|first=Deborah|date=January 1, 1995|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2017-02-0310}}</ref> which setat the goalGraduate Center of making[[City workplaceUniversity flexibilityof aNew compellingYork]], nationalwhere issueshe andwas the standardone of the Americanfirst workplace.people Thisto campaignconduct fundedresearch manyon researchremote studieswork and projectscontingent related to advancing workplace flexibility over the course of a decadework.<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=httphttps://worklifewww.whartonnytimes.upenn.educom/20151986/0105/addressing13/us/rising-povertycottage-imaginationindustry-kathleenstirring-christensen/concern-in-us.html|title=2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|last=|first=|date=13 May 1986|websitenewspaper=workfamily.sas.upenn.eduThe New York Times|publisher=|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref> The program culminated in 2010 with a White House Forum of Workplace Flexibility.<ref>{{Cite web|urllast1=https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/33110-white-house-forum-workplace-flexibilityHerbers|titlefirst1=3/31/10: White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-03John}}</ref>
 
▲Christensen established and led the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation|Alfred P Sloan Foundation]]’s's program on working families,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/73639/kathleen-christensen-a-vision-for-a-flexible-workplace|title=Kathleen Christensen: A Vision for a Flexible Workplace {{!}} VoiceAmerica|website=VoiceAmerica|language=en|access-date=2017-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/business/08perks.html|title=Flex Time Flourishes in Accounting Industry|last=Greenhouse|first=Steven|date=January 7, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001/-jul/-29/news/-cl-27801-story.html|title=Two Incomes, With Kids and a Scientist's Camera|last=Smith|first=Lynn|date=July 29, 2001|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|via=}}</ref> which resulted in $130 million of funding for work-family research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/2017-nominees-wfrn-officers-executive-committee-member|title=2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref> She is considered one of the pioneers in the field.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://worklife.wharton.upenn.edu/2015/01/addressing-poverty-imagination-kathleen-christensen/|title=Addressing Our Poverty of Imagination – Kathleen Christensen|date=2015-01-06|newspaper=Wharton Work/Life|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>
In 2010, ''[[Working Mother]]'' magazine called Christensen “the foremost strategic supporter of research and initiatives in the area of work-life".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brighthorizons.com/about-us/child-care-news/bright-horizons-honored-by-working-mothers-work-life-congress|title=Bright Horizons Honored at Working Mother's Annual WorkLife Congress {{!}} Bright Horizons®|website=www.brighthorizons.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref>” <ref>{{cite web |title=Kathleen E Christensen |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/kathleen-e-christensen |website=Huffington Post |accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref>▼
 
ChristensenIn spoke2003, atChristensen launched the 2014national Whiteworkplace Houseflexibility Summitcampaign,<ref>{{Citation|last=legaleducation|title=A Conversation on WorkingWorkplace FamiliesFlexibility Research Pt 1|date=2008-06-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJY8FeTpEOo|accessdate=2017-02-03}}</ref> which set the goal of making workplace flexibility a compelling national issue and the 2010standard Whiteof Housethe ForumAmerican onworkplace. WorkplaceThis Flexibilitycampaign funded many research studies and projects related to advancing workplace flexibility over the course of a decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=httpshttp://workfamilyworklife.saswharton.upenn.edu/content2015/201701/addressing-nomineespoverty-wfrnimagination-officerskathleen-executive-committee-memberchristensen/|title=2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|last=|first=|date=6 January 2015|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|publisher=|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref> The program culminated in 2010 with a White House Forum of Workplace Flexibility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/33110-white-house-forum-workplace-flexibility|title=3/31/10: White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>
 
▲In 2010, ''[[Working Mother]]'' magazine called Christensen “the"the foremost strategic supporter of research and initiatives in the area of work-life".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brighthorizons.com/about-us/child-care-news/bright-horizons-honored-by-working-mothers-work-life-congress|title=Bright Horizons Honored at Working Mother's Annual WorkLife Congress {{!}} Bright Horizons®|website=www.brighthorizons.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref>”" <ref>{{cite web |title=Kathleen E Christensen |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/kathleen-e-christensen |website=Huffington Post |accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref>
Prior to joining the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Christensen was a Professor of Environmental [[Psychology]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-01-01/business/9501010375_1_mommy-track-big-talent-pool-patricia-caputo/2|title=Exiting The 'Mommy Track'|last=Jacobs|first=Deborah|date=January 1, 1995|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|via=}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/13/us/rising-cottage-industry-stirring-concern-in-us.html?pagewanted=all|title=2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|last=|first=|date=|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|publisher=|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref>
 
Christensen spoke at the 2014 White House Summit on Working Families and the 2010 White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/content/2017-nominees-wfrn-officers-executive-committee-member|title=2017 Nominees for WFRN Officers & Executive Committee Member {{!}} Work and Family Researchers Network|website=workfamily.sas.upenn.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref>
 
She has written op-eds that have appeared in the [[The Washington Post|Washington Post]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1999/06/02/three-jobs-two-people/84aeef17-549b-4a6b-a810-2672372b71e5/|title=Three Jobs, Two People|lastlast1=Gomory|firstfirst1=Kathleen E. Christensen; Ralph E.|date=1999-06-02|last2=Gomory|first2=Kathleen E. Christensen; Ralph E.|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref> [[USA Today]], [[Chicago Tribune]], [[The Philadelphia Inquirer|Philadelphia Inquirer]] and [[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|Atlanta Journal-Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/research/agingandwork/about/bios/christensen.html|title=Kathleen E. Christensen: Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation--Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College|website=www.bc.edu|access-date=2017-01-30|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073958/http://www.bc.edu/research/agingandwork/about/bios/christensen.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
== Education ==
▲Christensen received her BS from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Green_Bay University of Wisconsin- Green Bay] <ref>http://www.uwgb.edu/alumni/awards/distinguished/christensen.asp</ref> and a PhD from [[Pennsylvania State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/christensen-kathleen-elizabeth-1951|title=CHRISTENSEN, Kathleen E(lizabeth) 1951 -|last=|first=|date=|website=www.encyclopedia.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>
 
== Books and publicationsPublications ==
===Books===
Christensen’s published books include:
* Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th Century Jobs for a 21st Century Workforce<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_xgtQANQ5UC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dqq=Workplace+Flexibility:%3A+Realigning+20th-Century+Jobs+for+a+21st-Century+Workforce&sourcepg=bl&ots=G1rPYsFJfy&sig=78JVGtFlOrMdEN9-3ed0FxUI_pI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjosPP0ufHRAhUJOCYKHTtzBFo4FBDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=Workplace%20Flexibility:%20Realigning%2020th-Century%20Jobs%20for%20a%2021st-Century%20Workforce&f=falsePP1|title=Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce|lastlast1=Christensen|firstfirst1=Kathleen|last2=Schneider|first2=Barbara|date=2015-07-09|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0801457203|language=en}}</ref>
* 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/christensen-kathleen-elizabeth-1951|title=Christensen, Kathleen E(lizabeth) 1951-|last=|first=|date=|website=www.encyclopedia.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>
▲She has written op-eds that have appeared in the [[The Washington Post|Washington Post]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1999/06/02/three-jobs-two-people/84aeef17-549b-4a6b-a810-2672372b71e5/|title=Three Jobs, Two People|last=Gomory|first=Kathleen E. Christensen; Ralph E.|date=1999-06-02|last2=Gomory|first2=Kathleen E. Christensen; Ralph E.|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=2017-01-31}}</ref> [[USA Today]], [[Chicago Tribune]], [[The Philadelphia Inquirer|Philadelphia Inquirer]] and [[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|Atlanta Journal-Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/research/agingandwork/about/bios/christensen.html|title=Kathleen E. Christensen: Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation--Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College|website=www.bc.edu|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref>
 
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