News and Events Archive

Doing documentary Work: Life, Letters, and the Field
March 4-6, 2004. Ann Arbor, MI. A Workshop and Conference sponsored by CEEL in association with DoubleTake magazine. The conference involved an international group of writers, documentarians, and social scientists focusing on the intersection of social science and literary approaches to documenting everyday life. Participants included the well-known author, Jonathan Raban (living in Seattle - author of Bad Land: An American Romance and the more recent novel, Waxwings). Thomas Lynch, our Milford undertaker, poet, and author will also be involved, as well as well-known University of Michigan writers such as Ruth Behar (Anthropology), Eileen Pollack (English Language & Literature), and Earl Lewis (History & Dean of U-M's Rackham Graduate School).

birth event poster Birth as an American Rite of Passage: Conversations with Robbie Davis-Floyd
October 18, 2003. Ann Arbor, MI. A special event sponsored by CEEL. Robbie Davis-Floyd has been an influential scholar in medical, ritual, and gender studies and the anthropology of reproduction. Her current research examines the global trends and transformations in midwifery, primarily in the United States and Mexico.

July 2001: The Farming Family: Work, Character, and Change in Rural America - article by Tom Fricke, FATHOM.com

March 2001: Two's the Charm?: The Second Kid is Harder than You Think- article by Carolyn Hoyt, Working Mother Magazine

January 25, 2001: Child Change Your Life? Just Wait for 2nd - article by Alfred Lubrano, The Arizona Republic

January 14, 2001: You Thought First Child Changed Your Life? - article by Sandra G. Boodman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

January 9, 2001: One and Counting . . . - article by Anne Rueter, Ann Arbor News

December 18, 2000: A Second Kid is Double Trouble for Working Parents - article by Stacey Schultz, U.S. News & World Report

December 1, 2000: Forcing Choices - article by Courtenay Edelhart, Indiana Star

September 2000: North Dakota Diary - article by Karen Wright, Discover Magazine

July 9, 2000: "Come Back to the Five & Dime Margaret Mead, Margaret Mead," Matt Crenson, Associated Press Wire (Distributed to over 1000 AP member papers nationwide)

Spring 2000: Studying West River - article by Tom Fricke, LSA Magazine

Winter 2000: Michigan Work and Family Studies Seminar Series
Fall 1999: Michigan Work and Family Studies Seminar Series
Fall 1998: A Man for All Horizons - article by Diane Swanbrow, Michigan Today, U-M News and Information Services