Youngjoo Cha is Professor of Sociology at Indiana University-Bloomington. Her current research investigates how the trend toward long work hours and the normative forces behind it reinforce gender inequality and what organizational practices and conditions that can mitigate these impacts. Her work also explores the relationship between parenthood and the gender wage gap, how cultural norms surrounding ideal workers and ideal parents shape the consequences of using flexible work practices, and the role of stereotypes for the labor market outcomes for individuals of Asian origin in the U.S.