Barbara Risman, President of CCF, receives the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award from the Southern Sociological Society! This award honors a record of excellence as a scholar and lecturer. It was presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society in Atlanta, GA.
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CCF Executive Director Jennifer Glass Receives Harriet B. Presser Award

Jennifer Glass, Executive Director of CCF, receives 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. It was presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the PAA in Austin, TX. https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/prc/news/article.php?id=13957
Families Belong Together
Families Belong Together DATE: June 21, 2018 A deluge of people who study and work with families, many of them among Council on Contemporary Families members, have joined scholars in other organizations (such as the American Psychological Association, Physicians for Human Rights, the American Anthropological Association and others listed here) to express concern and alarm […]
CCF PRESS ADVISORY: In Time to Join #MeToo, Research Highlights Men’s Growing Support for Gender Equality
CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Framingham State University Sociology vrutter@gmail.com CCF Press Advisory In Time to Join #MeToo, Research Highlights Men’s Growing Support for Gender Equality April 3, 2018, Austin, TX: Two new studies, presented today to the Council on Contemporary Families, reveal that despite the serious obstacles still standing in the way of […]
CCF BRIEF: Not All Housework is Created Equal: Particular Housework Tasks and Couples’ Relationship Quality

Not All Housework is Created Equal: Particular Housework Tasks and Couples’ Relationship Quality A brief report prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dan Carlson, Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, daniel.carlson@fcs.utah.edu. April 3, 2018 The stories inspired by the #MeToo movement reveal that despite decades of struggle for gender equality […]
Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family LifeCCF BRIEF: Patterns of Progress? Changes in Gender Ideology 1977-2016

Patterns of Progress? Changes in Gender Ideology 1977-2016 A briefing paper prepared for The Council on Contemporary Families by David A. Cotter, Department of Sociology, Union College, cotterd@union.edu. April 3, 2018 The General Social Survey[i] has been asking a set of four questions about gender ideology since the mid 1970s. These cover the relative […]
Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family LifeCCF Press Advisory: CCF Announces Nina Martin (ProPublica) as 2018 Award Recipient for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 14, 2018 CONTACT: Christie Boxer, cboxer@adrian.edu Council on Contemporary Families Honors Nina Martin (ProPublica) for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues (2018) Austin, TX–The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is pleased to present its Thirteenth Annual Media Awards at 5:30 pm on Friday, March 2nd at the DoubleTree Hotel, Austin, TX, […]
SAVE THE DATE: CCF 2018 Conference
SAVE THE DATE: March 2, 2018 for “Conceiving American Families in the 21st Century: Reproductive Policies, Practices and Technologies” DoubleTree Hotel, Austin, Texas Mark your calendars now and join the Council on Contemporary Families for this one-day conference featuring Dr. Mary Ann Mason, former Graduate Dean of the University of California-Berkeley and Prof. Carol Joffe, of […]
CCF Press Advisory: CCF Announces Dan Carsen (WBHM & Southern Education Desk) and Ashley Cleek (Al Jazeera America) as 2016 Award Recipients for Outstanding Coverage of Family Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 4, 2016 CONTACT: Christie Boxer, cboxer@adrian.edu Council on Contemporary Families Honors Dan Carsen (WBHM & Southern Education Desk) and Ashley Cleek (Al Jazeera America) for Outstanding Coverage of Family Issues (2016) Austin, TX–The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is pleased to present its Twelfth Annual Media Awards at 4:15pm […]
Topics of Expertise: Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families / Race, Ethnicity & CultureCCF 2016 Conference: Orientation Information
CCF’s 2016 Conference March 4-5, 2016 Families as They Really Are: Demographics, Disparities, and Debates AUSTIN, TEXAS Worried about getting lost on UT campus? There’s an app for that! You can find an interactive map of the university and/or download an app to help keep you from losing your way at: http://maps.utexas.edu/#/MAG Parking: UT has […]