PRI Family & Gender Working Group - APR 8, 2026 / Mary Schenk

Dear PRI Family and Gender Working Group colleagues,

I am delighted to share the talk schedule for the semester and to invite you all to join us for what promises to be an engaging and intellectually stimulating series of conversations.

We are grateful to our presenters for their willingness to share their work with the group, and we sincerely thank all of you for your continued participation and engagement, which make these sessions so valuable.

Scheduled talks so far include:

• March 4
  Johabed Olvera, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
  Challenging Intergenerational Loyalties: The Impact of Adult Day Care Services on the Wellbeing of Women Caregivers in the Sandwich Generation
• April 8
  Mary K. Shenk, Professor of Anthropology, Demography, and Asian Studies
  Talk title: TBD

We will meet via Zoom using the following link:
https://psu.zoom.us/j/99302515453?pwd=054qtfbVrlm693EIZTmSZTGVbrjwWm.1

Looking ahead, we still have open slots sooner and later in the semester, and I warmly encourage anyone interested in presenting to please sign up. We would be thrilled to feature additional work and continue building a vibrant, interdisciplinary conversation around family and gender.

Thank you again to our speakers and participants. I very much look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming sessions.

Warm regards,

Johabed G. Olvera, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

The Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Affiliate, The Population Research Institute