Goldberg article published in national journal

Family Social Science doctoral candidate successfully defends dissertation

An article written by Renada Goldberg, a doctoral candidate in Family Social Science, has been published in the journal, Community, Work, & Family. After the City of Minneapolis passed its Sick and Safe Leave act, Goldberg launched a research project to explore African American families’ negotiation of employment and caretaking roles. 
 

She collaborated with the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs to conduct a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project in partnership with African American parents, caregivers, and leaders of nonprofits to study and ultimately help shape state and municipal public policies.

Her article “Negotiating family resilience amidst caretaking and employment constraints: A qualitative analysis of African American employed caregivers,”was accepted by CWF in March and the abstract is available online.

Goldberg’s research was supported by a grant from the Minneapolis Foundation, and she is supported by the Shirley L. & Peter D. Zimmerman Fund for Family Policy Fellowship and Ragnhild E. Edwardson Fellowship, both from the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.

Doctoral Dissertation

Goldberg successfully defended her dissertation, “Access and Usage of Paid Sick Leave in African American Caregiving,” Friday, May 8, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Ph.D. in the Department of Family Social Science.

Goldberg’s Committee included: (all in Family Social Science unless otherwise noted) 
Zha Blong Xiong, PhD (chair) 
Catherine Solheim, PhD (advisor) 
Sara Axtell, PhD 
Lauren Martin, PhD, Associate Professor, UMN School of Nursing 
Debra Fitzpatrick, MA, Legislative Director, Children’s Defense Fund