Research Associates & Staff

Gillian Joseph, MSc (FRHD Gerontology)

Gillian Joseph works on CFWW research projects that explore the context of work and aging. Currently projects include those associated with nursing home workers, how employees combine work and elder care, risks associated with elder abuse, how employees and employers experience returning to work after a stress-related leave as well as working on several program evaluation projects with community partners. She is also a sessional instructor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition.

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Susan Turner, PhD

Susan Turner is Coordinator of the SSHRC (CURA) - funded research program "Rural Women Making Change" and leads two of its six projects. She uses institutional ethnography and a policy mapping method to work with community organizations and governments helping groups investigate policy and decision processes and develop strategies for change. She is a sessional instructor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

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Shirley Shanahan

Shirley Shanahan serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Centre, with a key role supporting the work of faculty, staff and graduate students in their research activities.

Email: cfww@uoguelph.ca

Carolyn Pletsch, MCE, PhD Candidate

Carolyn has worked in various capacities on many Centre projects and is soon to be RWMC’s new Coordinator.  She is currently completing a Doctorate in Rural Studies at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development.  Her research focus is rural governance practice in the non-profit sector.  Carolyn expects to finish her PhD at some point in 2009. Carolyn has extensive experience in business development, human resource development and project management.  She is also a consultant; working in human resource development and as a board of director’s trainer for the cooperative and non-profit sectors. 

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Margo Hilbrecht, Post Doctoral Fellow

Margo joined the Centre for Families Work and Well-Being in 2009 as a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research interests focus on the work-family interface, time use, and leisure, and how these areas are affected by economic restructuring. She is interested in the relationship between gender, work and well-being among parents, in particular what happens to family life when parents' employment routines are at odds with school and activity schedules, and other caregiving responsibilities. Her current research examines the social, health, and time use consequences of self-employment for parents.

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