Phyllis Moen, PhD

McKnight Presidential Chair in Sociology
University of Minnesota
Research Fellow
Sloan Center on Aging & Work, Boston College 

Dr. Moen teaches and conducts research at the University of Minnesota on life-course transitions and trajectories related to work and family careers over the life course, aging and gender stratification, and family policy. In 1997 she received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish the Cornell Employment and Family Careers Institute. The institute serves to highlight the simultaneous and shifting relationships among work organizations, community institutions, occupational careers, and family careers. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota, and both her MA in sociology and BA in social science from the University of North Dakota.