2 June 2021 - 10:30 AM CST// 11:30 AM AST/ EST

"Youth and Families in the Midst of Change: Creating More Sustainable Futures"

Bahira Trask is Professor and Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. She holds a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on globalization, women’s employment and family change in Western and non-Western countries, and she presents regularly on these topics at international forums. Dr. Trask has authored and edited a number of books including Women, Work, and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities (Routledge, 2014), Globalization and Families: Accelerated Systemic Social Change, (Springer, 2010) and Cultural Diversity and Families (Sage, 2007). Over the last ten years, Dr. Trask has also worked closely with the Focal Point on the Family at the United Nations. She has been invited to present at a number of U. N. Expert Group meetings around the world, and her recommendations have been incorporated into global policies that support and strengthen families around work-family reconciliation, and promoting intergenerational solidarity.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81794055799?pwd=OVVuTTQ4QkNWaHhINkRid0o2WS9Edz09

Meeting ID: 817 9405 5799

Passcode: D21