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Not all such research programs allow that, because they have set one- or two-year appointments. The Scholars Program is also large and "quite interdisciplinary," allowing scholars to make connections and look at their research in ways they might not elsewhere, she said. Through her membership in the Boston Bar Association, Ballard has been working on a project BRANDEIS Continued from Page 1 Lopman is writing a book on the impact of globalization on these women, which will include interviews with workers from Mandarin and other sweatshops, as well as a socioeconomic analysis of the data she's collected. "I also interviewed women who are organizing and women who are informing workers of their rights, and all of this has to be done in a very clandestine way," she said. "Because even when a woman is suspected of trying to organize, she is immediately fired and blacklisted." Lopman praised a newly instituted independent monitoring system as a step in the right direction and said there has been some evidence of improvement.

Boycotts, on the other hand, can be a dangerous response from well-intentioned Americans, unless called for by the workers. A boycott can lead either to firings on a small scale or the factory closing down, leaving everyone out of a job, she said. Lopman is a full professor at Regis College, but will leave at the end of the semester in January after 24 years. She wants to continue with the Brandeis Scholars Program and focus on her re Bring in a homemade snowflake -we'H give you a free mini teddy bear. Face painting wBecca 10am-1pm Jeff Danger, Magician 1 4 pm Balloon Man 11 am2pm Boston Ballet Nutcracker Players 1 4 pm Feet! Tfie Animals Every Day al Our Pelting Zoo CoslumeJ Characters Silhouettes ky Jean Comerfortl Sittings: Dec.

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She has also interviewed dozens of women across the country about their definitions of success. Ballard said she's interested in the trend toward people denning then-value in the workplace based on how much money they make make. "If your identity is really based on money, you have this incredibly unsettled feeling, and you're always at risk," she said. Ballard wants to make people more aware of the split between the qualities they say they value honesty, kindness, empathy and what is valued, or perceived as valuable, in the workplace. Although both Ballard's and Lopman's work focuses on employment issues, there is a much wider array of research going on at the center.

Sociologist Ellen Rosen is just beginning her work on what makes a marriage last Economic status is a likely factor, she said, because some research shows that men marry more and divorce less when they earn more money. If there are social forces pushing people out of marriage, she said, then perhaps social policy needs a closer look. Although the family structure has changed with both parents now more likely to work, Rosen said, social policy has not caught up by providing child care or paid maternity leave. Other examples of projects include a volume of essays on circumcisions and a recording of songs about the Holocaust The new Women's Studies Research Center will provide private office space for some researchers, as well as other work space, a reference library, an art studio, a large communal area, and an outdoor garden. The Women's Studies Program was founded in 1978 and now involves 15 departments at Brandeis.

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