Kim Price-Glynn

Associate Professor, Sociology

Primary Research Theme

People and the City

Secondary Research Themes

Healthy Cities

Research Interests

Kim Price-Glynn’s current research focuses on paid and unpaid carework, in particular non-familial and collective care solutions.  Far too often, we see United States families in individualized terms.  Family care is seen as a private success or struggle.  However, we know that families rarely (if ever) exist in isolation.  In Communities of Care, Kim Price-Glynn explores the social organization – the structure, ideology and practices – of two parenting networks.  These organizations demonstrate both barriers and solutions to more equitable and transformative care practices.  

Recent Cities-related Projects

  • Communities of Care: The Social Organization, Ideologies, and Practices of Parenting Groups: My broad interest is in non-familial and collective care solutions. Far too often, we see United States families in individualized terms. Family care is seen as a private success or struggle. However, we know that families rarely (if ever) exist in isolation. I want to study how parents manage and navigate care in new and strategic ways, not by themselves, but in conjunction with others. I also want to prioritize innovations – how parents are navigating caring labor in unique and different ways. Exploring communities of care is one such example. In Communities of Care, I explore the social organization – the structure, ideology and practices – of two parenting networks – one populated by moms and the other populated by dads. By comparing two communities of care – a babysitting coop, open to all but filled with only women, and three dads’ groups, open to men – I examine the how, what, and why of men’s and women’s caring communities. These organizations demonstrate both barriers and solutions to more equitable and transformative care practices.
  • Co-chair, Carework Network: I co-chair (with Amy Armenia, Rollins College) The Carework Network Steering Committee. The Carework Network is an international organization of researchers, policymakers, and advocates involved in various domains of care work. We host a biennial summit, last held in Toronto (2019) where our group assembled 220 attendees, representing 16 countries, and six continents. Our next summit will be in Costa Rica (2021).
  • Co-chair, The Wood/Raith Living Trust for the Study of Gender: I am co-chair of the CLAS Foundation Fund Wood/Raith Living Trust for the Study of Gender. The Wood/Raith Living Trust is named for Audrey Wood (UCONN class of ‘47) and Edeltraut Raith. Wood and Raith generously gifted the University of Connecticut significant funds for the study of gender identity under the Wood/Raith Living Trust. Co-chair, Vicki Magley (Psychology) and I anticipate making awards for the next 5-8 years. Over the past two years, we have awarded 25 Summer Research Fellowships of $4000 each to students across 12 departments.

Selected Urban-Related Publications

Price-Glynn, Kim and Carter Rakovski. 2019. “Vulnerable Caregivers: A Comparison of Direct Care Workers’ Health Risks in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Private Homes.” Research in the Sociology of Health Care, “Underserved and Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Linkages with Health and Health Care Differentials,” Vol 37: 223-236.

Price-Glynn, Kim. 2017. “Strip Club: Gender, Power, and Sex Work.” In Sociology, 16th, Edited by John Macionis. Boston, MA: Pearson Higher Education (Reprinted from New York University Press, 2010).

Price-Glynn, Kim and Stacy Missari. 2017. “Perspectives on Violence Against Women: A Study of United States Nursing Textbooks,” Journal of Nursing Education, 56(3): 164-169.

Dill, Janette, Kim Price-Glynn, and Carter Rakovski. 2016. “Is There a Penalty for Caring?: Careers of Men in Caring Occupations Versus Male-Dominated Occupations.” Gender & Society, 20(2): 334-360.

Price-Glynn, Kim and Carter Rakovski. 2015. “The Best of Both Worlds?: How Direct Care Workers Perceive Home Health Agencies and Long-term Care Institutions.” In Caring on the Clock: The Complexities and Contradictions of Paid Care Work, Part II: The Contexts of Care, Chapter 3. Edited by Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia, and Clare Stacey, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 31-41.

Price-Glynn, Kim and Carter Rakovski.  2019. “Vulnerable Caregivers: A Comparison of Direct Care Workers’ Health Risks in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Private Homes.” Research in the Sociology of Health Care, “Underserved and Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Linkages with Health and Health Care Differentials,” Edited by Jennie Kronenfeld.  Vol 37: 223-236.

Carework Network Co-chair, 2019-Present:  www.uml.edu/Research/CWW/carework/carework-network/steering-committee.aspx

“Carework Network Global Summit, Site Selection Committee Co-Chair, 2019-21, “Social (Re)organization of Care: Connecting the Global North and South,”June 9-11, 2021, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica:  https://www.uml.edu/Research/CWW/carework/Summit/”

Price-Glynn, Kim and Stacy Missari.  2017. “Perspectives on Violence Against Women: A Study of United States Nursing Textbooks,” Journal of Nursing Education, 56(3): 164-169.

Dill, Janette, Kim Price-Glynn, and Carter Rakovski. 2016. “Is There a Penalty for Caring?: Careers of Men in Caring Occupations Versus Male-Dominated Occupations.”  Gender & Society, 20(2): 334-360.

Price-Glynn, Kim and Carter Rakovski. 2015. “The Best of Both Worlds?:  How Direct Care Workers Perceive Home Health Agencies and Long-term Care Institutions.” In Caring on the Clock: The Complexities and Contradictions of Paid Care Work, Part II: The Contexts of Care, Chapter 3.  Edited by Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia, and Clare Stacey, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 31-41.