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Frank Furstenberg

Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Email:
fff@sas.upenn.edu
Topics of Expertise:
Aging / Aging (Public Policy) / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Public Policy / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood

Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, and Research Associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. His interest in the American family began at Columbia University where he received his Ph.D. in 1967. His most recent book is Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD (2013). His previous books and articles center on children, youth, families, and the public. His current research projects focus on the family in the context of disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, adolescent sexual behavior, cross national research on children’s well-being, and urban education. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 

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News & Publications by Frank Furstenberg

  • Frank Furstenberg: The Use and Abuse of Millennials as an Analytic Category
  • CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, January 2nd, 2017
  • CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, November 22nd, 2016
  • CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, December 24th, 2016
  • CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, December 9th, 2016
  • CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, December 6th, 2016
  • Teen Pregnancy and Poverty: 30-Year-Study Confirms That Living in Economically-Depressed Neighborhoods, Not Teen Motherhood, Perpetuates Poverty

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Irene Headen

Assistant Professor, Drexel University

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