Bring your lunch and enjoy some snacks with the SPPGA comm unity as Sociology Assistant Professor Holly Hummer provid es a thought-provoking lunchtime talk that will draw on interview data with women in Japan and the United States who never had children for various re asons.
This event is co-sponsored by the Public Humanities H ub.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Holly Hummer is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Univers ity of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the social mechanisms shap ing individuals’ family and work pathways\, particularly in our era of low fertility rates. Much of her current work examines women’s childlessness in various postindustrial contexts such as the United States and Japan. She p rimarily uses qualitative methods\, such as in-depth interviews in multiple languages\, to capture the complexities inherent in reproductive and emplo yment experiences and decisions.
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