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The Seattle Times Profiles CCF's Own Stephanie Coontz
“A Centennial Celebration of Suffrage: Stephanie Coontz: ‘The Way We Never Were’”
CCF's Stephanie Coontz Writes About the History of Wedding Traditions for NBC News:
Some for better and some definitely for worse.
Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in PRB Report for Mother's Day
The Population Reference Bureau released a report on time use patterns of married, cohabiting and single mothers based on research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin. Pepin finds that married and cohabiting mothers do more housework than single moms.
CCF's President, Barbara Risman, Wins the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award
Offered by the Southern Sociological Society, this award honors a record of excellence as a scholar and lecturer. Congratulations, Barbara!
CCF's Executive Director, Jennifer Glass, wins the 2019 Harriet B. Presser Award
Offered by the Population Association of America, this award honors a record of sustained research contributions to the study of gender and demography. Congratulations, Jennifer!
New CCF Fact Sheet Documents Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants
Youngmin Yi and colleagues find that the households of unauthorized immigrants are more complex and experience more instability than other Latino families.
CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”
JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected.

The Seattle Times Profiles CCF's Own Stephanie Coontz
“A Centennial Celebration of Suffrage: Stephanie Coontz: ‘The Way We Never Were’”
CCF's Stephanie Coontz Writes About the History of Wedding Traditions for NBC News:
Some for better and some definitely for worse.
Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in PRB Report for Mother's Day
The Population Reference Bureau released a report on time use patterns of married, cohabiting and single mothers based on research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin. Pepin finds that married and cohabiting mothers do more housework than single moms.
CCF's President, Barbara Risman, Wins the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award
Offered by the Southern Sociological Society, this award honors a record of excellence as a scholar and lecturer. Congratulations, Barbara!
CCF's Executive Director, Jennifer Glass, wins the 2019 Harriet B. Presser Award
Offered by the Population Association of America, this award honors a record of sustained research contributions to the study of gender and demography. Congratulations, Jennifer!
New CCF Fact Sheet Documents Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants
Youngmin Yi and colleagues find that the households of unauthorized immigrants are more complex and experience more instability than other Latino families.
CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”
JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected.

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Stephen Russell

Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

I joined the faculty in Human Development and Family Sciences and the Population Research Center in the summer of 2015. I study adolescent development, with an emphasis on adolescent sexuality, LGBT youth, and parent-adolescent relationships. Much of my research is guided by a commitment to create social change to support healthy adolescent development. I am […]

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The Seattle Times Profiles CCF's Own Stephanie Coontz

CCF's Stephanie Coontz Writes About the History of Wedding Traditions for NBC News:

Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in PRB Report for Mother's Day

CCF's President, Barbara Risman, Wins the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award

CCF's Executive Director, Jennifer Glass, wins the 2019 Harriet B. Presser Award

New CCF Fact Sheet Documents Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”

Featured CCF Member

Recent Postings

CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, August 1, 2019

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

Is Dropping out of High School More Likely after Stressful Life Events?

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

The Parenthood “Happiness Penalty”: The Effects of Social Policies in 22 Countries

Transgender Youth Allowed to Use Their Chosen Name Have Fewer Mental Health Problems

The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil

What are the Effects of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Depression and Thoughts of Death on Their Children’s Level of Parental Connectedness?

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

Same-Sex Couples Devote More Attention to End-of-Life Plans than Heterosexual Couples

Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health

For a Limited Time Only: Josh Coleman is ‘On the Air’ with ‘Knowledge@Wharton’

Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

Parenting Patterns, Racial Discrimination, and African American Adolescents’ Psychological and Academic Outcomes

Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health

CCF’s Kuperberg and Walker Publish New Research on College Hookups

The Date’s not Dead after all: New Findings on Hooking Up, Dating and Romantic Relationships in College

Renowned expert on the meaning of marriage, Stephanie Coontz, opines for the WP