Kristenne Robison, Westminster College instructor of sociology, participated at the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) meetings Aug. 7-11 in San Francisco.

At the ASA meeting, Robison was one of three co-presenters on the panel "Web-Based Networking: A New Tool for Success in Graduate School." The presentation's purpose was to increase and improve Web-based networking skills of graduate students.

Robison was one of four co-presenters on the SSSP Family Policy panel. Her paper, "Negotiating Police Work and Motherhood: Strategies of Policewomen," was from her dissertation research on women police officers. The abstract states:

"Understanding how policewomen experience family-work conflicts is important as, increasingly, police departments receive social and legal pressure to hire women. While there are many aspects involved in hiring and retaining women police officers, this study focuses on a previously understudied aspect of policing, the advantages and disadvantages of being both a mother and a police officer. This study asks: How do women, mothers in particular, shape police cultures and in what ways do they accommodate their family lives for their work lives as well as accommodate their work lives for their family lives?"

Robison, who joined the Westminster faculty in August, earned an undergraduate degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and masters from The Ohio State University and Syracuse University.

Contact Robison at (724) 946-6033 or e-mail robisokm@westminster.edu for additional information.

Kristenne Robison