Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
06/07/2011

Contact:
Katie Broendel, broendelk@aauw.org
202/785-7761

Lisa Goodnight, goodnightl@aauw.org
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Authors to Discuss Men's Roles in Family-Friendly Workplaces at AAUW Panel
Michael Kimmel, Joan C. Williams to Lead Conversation

WASHINGTON — The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will host a panel on Transforming the 21st-Century Workplace: Women and Men as Allies at its biennial convention on June 18, 2011, at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel. The discussion will address work-life balance and why men are needed to advocate for workplace flexibility.

Featured panelists include Michael Kimmel, author and professor of sociology; Joan C. Williams, author, professor of law, and founding director at the Center for WorkLife Law; and John W. Curtis, director of research and public policy at the American Association of University Professors. Kimmel’s work, including his 2008 book Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, focuses on men and masculinity. Williams’ expertise is in work and family issues. Her most recent book on the topic, Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, came out in 2010.

Who:
Author and State University of New York, Stony Brook Professor Michael Kimmel
Author, Center for WorkLife Law Founding Director, and University of California Hastings College of the Law Professor Joan C. Williams
American Association of University Professors Director of Research and Public Policy John W. Curtis

What:
Transforming the 21st-Century Workplace: Women and Men as Allies, a 2011 AAUW National Convention panel discussion

When:
Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9–10 a.m.

Where:
Grand Ballroom
Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel
999 Ninth St. NW
Washington, DC 20001

Read more about AAUW's convention and programming on our website and Facebook page.

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