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CCF President Barbara Risman Receives Distinguished Lectureship Award

Posted on April 15, 2019 in News & Upcoming Events
Experts: Barbara Risman

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

Posted on April 15, 2019 in News & Upcoming Events
Experts: Jennifer Glass

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

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Families Belong Together

Posted on June 21, 2018 in News & Upcoming Events


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 […]

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CCF PRESS ADVISORY: In Time to Join #MeToo, Research Highlights Men’s Growing Support for Gender Equality

Posted on April 3, 2018 in News & Upcoming Events, Press Releases


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 […]

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CCF BRIEF: Not All Housework is Created Equal: Particular Housework Tasks and Couples’ Relationship Quality

Posted on April 3, 2018 in Brief Reports, News & Upcoming Events
Experts: Daniel Carlson

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 […]

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Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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CCF BRIEF: Patterns of Progress? Changes in Gender Ideology 1977-2016

Posted on April 3, 2018 in Brief Reports, News & Upcoming Events


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 […]

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Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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CCF Press Advisory: CCF Announces Nina Martin (ProPublica) as 2018 Award Recipient for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues

Posted on February 14, 2018 in Media Awards, News & Upcoming Events, Press Releases


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, […]

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SAVE THE DATE: CCF 2018 Conference

Posted on September 27, 2017 in News & Upcoming Events


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 […]

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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

Posted on February 5, 2016 in CCF News, Media Awards, News & Upcoming Events, Press Releases


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 […]

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Topics of Expertise: Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families / Race, Ethnicity & Culture
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CCF 2016 Conference: Orientation Information

Posted on September 18, 2015 in CCF News, News & Upcoming Events


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 […]

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Recent News & Publications

  • Why Families Need More Financial Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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  • CCF Board Member Barbara Risman On How To Help Working Parents While Also Equalizing Children’s Educational Access

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