Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, School of Management and Labor Relations
Director: David Bensman
Dean: Barbara Lee
Professors:
Eileen Appelbaum, B.A., Temple; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
David Bensman, B.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Columbia
Joseph Blasi, B.S., Pittsburgh; Ed.D., Harvard
John F. Burton, Jr., B.S., Cornell; LL.B., Ph.D., Michigan
Dorothy Sue Cobble, B.A., California (Berkeley); M.A., San Francisco State; Ph.D., Stanford
Adrienne Eaton, B.A., Michigan; M.A., Ohio State; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Charles Heckscher, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Douglas Kruse, B.A., Harvard; M.A., Nebraska; Ph.D., Harvard
Paula B. Voos, B.A., Whitman; M.A., Portland State; Ph.D., Harvard
Associate Professors:
Wells Keddie, B.A., Stanford; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont
Jeffrey Keefe, B.A., Villanova; Ph.D., Cornell
Saul Rubinstein, B.A., Swarthmore; M.B.A., Ed.M., Harvard; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professors:
Carola Frege, B.A., Freiburg; M.Sc., Ph.D., London School of Economics
Lisa Schur, B.A., Harvard; J.D., Northeastern; Ph.D., California (Berkley)
The undergraduate labor studies program aims to provide students with
an opportunity to learn more about the nature of work, the problems of
working people, and what workers have done, both individually and
collectively, to address those problems. Its introductory courses offer
anyone interested in the world of work (or likely to have a job) the
opportunities to develop a realistic view of the dominant institutions,
practices, and values of the workforce and to think about how the work
world can change to meet the challenge of a new century. Intermediate
courses enable students to acquire a range of specific competencies
useful to employment, labor relations, and human resource specialists.
They also allow students to participate in a series of cultural and
disciplinary dialogues providing alternative perspectives on work and
the wider society. Advanced courses provide students majoring in labor
studies with an opportunity to consolidate what they have learned about
the nature of work through more in-depth study of a particular topic or
topics through either independent work or the senior seminar. Labor
studies majors are eligible to apply for a five-year Bachelor of Arts/
Master of Labor and Industrial Relations degree program.