Noelle Chesley | TecHealth

Biography

Noelle Chesley (PhD) is a sociologist with a Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA). She employs systems-level thinking to better understand how to enact behavioral and cultural change that will improve community health and well-being. She utilizes both quantitative sources of data (typically generated from population surveys) and qualitative interview data (responses from people in their own words about their experiences translated into written text) in her research. Her research program examines how technological innovations shape (and are shaped by) family life and relationships to influence health and well-being. She also examines how employees use technology to accomplish work to better understand work-related impacts of technology on health and well-being. Her current interest is in understanding the behavioral and cultural factors that influence water filter use in vulnerable populations. Dr. Chesley is an Associate Professor in the department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also directs the undergraduate sociology program and is a founding member of TecHealth.

Curriculum Vitae

Fall Semester Office Hours:

Tuesdays 2:00-3:00pm, Fridays 9:00-10:00am and by appointment

Education

PhD, Cornell University
MPA, Syracuse University
BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rufus King High School, Milwaukee, WI

Areas of Specialization

Life Course Studies; Gender; Adult Development and Aging; Health and Well-Being; Work and Family; Quantitative and Qualitative Research Design and Analysis

Teaching Schedule

Fall 2017
SOCIOL 282-001: Sociology of Aging
SOCIOL 361-401: Research Methods in Sociology
Spring 2018
SOCIOL 927-001: Seminar in the Sociology of Contemporary Institutions

Selected Publications

Chesley, N. A. (2016, November). What Does it Mean to be a Breadwinner Mother? Journal of Family Issues.

Chesley, N. A., & Flood, S. (2016, November). Signs of Change? At-Home and Breadwinner Parents’ Housework and Child Care Time. Journal of Marriage and Family, 79(2), 511-534.

Chesley, N. A., & Johnson, B. (2015). Technology Use and the New Economy: Work Extension, Network Connectivity, and Employee Distress and Productivity. Research in the Sociology of Work, 26, 61-99.

Chesley, N. A. (2014, January (1st Quarter/Winter)). Information and Communication Technology Use, Work Intensification, and Employee Strain and Distress. Work, Employment, & Society, 28(4), 589-610.

Chesley, N. A., & Johnson, B. (2014). Information and Communication Technology Use and Social Connectedness over the Life Course. Sociology Compass, 8/6, 589-602.

Chesley, N. A., Slibak, A., & Wajcman, J. (2013, November). Information and Communication Technology Use and Work-Life Integration. Major, D., & Burke, R. (Eds.). Handbook of work-life integration of professionals: Challenges and opportunities, 245-266. Elgar Publications.

Chesley, N. A., & Fox, B. (2012, February). Email Use and its Perceived Effect on Family Relationship Quality: Variation by Gender and Race/Ethnicity. Sociological Focus, 45(1), 1-22.

Fonk, J., Davidoff, D., Lutzow, T., Chesley, N. A., & Mathiowetz, N. (2012, January (1st Quarter/Winter)). The Effect of Advance Directives on End-of-Life Cost Experience. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(3), 1137-56.

Chesley, N. A. (2011, October (4th Quarter/Autumn)). Stay-at-Home Fathers and Breadwinning Mothers: Gender, Couple Dynamics, and Social Change. Gender & Society, Sage, 25(5), 642-644.

Chesley, N. A. (2005). Blurring Boundaries? Linking Technology Use, Spillover, Individual Distress, and Family Satisfaction. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 1237-1248.