Heidi Berggren
Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Professor Berggren's primary research and teaching interests are social policy, women and politics, and political behavior. She is a member of UMD's Women’s Studies Executive Committee and has published articles in a variety of journals, including Political Research Quarterly, the Review of Policy Research, as well as book chapters. Her current work focuses upon American work-family policy, and she recently published an article entitled "Are Some Mothers More Equal than Others?: Class Divisions in U.S. Family Leave Policy" in the Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering. Her most recent article, "U.S. Family-Leave Policy: The Legacy of Separate Spheres," was published in the International Journal of Social Welfare.
