Ep. 99 - Dr. Maureen Perry-Jenkins on How Parents’ Jobs Shape Children’s Well-Being

Dr. Maureen Perry-Jenkins is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a nationally renowned scholar whose contributions on the national, state, regional, and university levels have had a profound impact on family research. Her work focuses on the ways in which socio-cultural factors such as race, gender, and social class shape the mental health and family relationships of parents and their children. Holding a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State, her latest book is titled Work Matters: How Parents’ Jobs Shape Children’s Well-Being.