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A central purpose of the Council on Contemporary Families is to help the media find experts in various arenas of family research and practice.

If you have a specific question that is not covered here, please contact our Director of Research and Public Education, Stephanie Coontz, who can connect you with other sources or send out a confidential query to our professional listserve, at coontzs@msn.com, 360.352.8117 or 360.556.9223 (cell). Many journalists have found this to be a useful way of discovering who is doing new research on a topic of interest.

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Michele Adams

Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
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Constance Ahrons

Professor Emerita, University of Southern California

Topics of Expertise: Aging (Public Policy) / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention / Family Law / Feminism & Families / Loss & Resiliency within Families / Marriage & Divorce / Step-Families
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Etiony Aldarondo

Executive Director, The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment, University of Miami

Topics of Expertise: Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention / Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families
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Ashton Applewhite

Author, Speaker, Activist; ThisChairRocks

Topics of Expertise: Aging
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M. V. Lee Badgett

Professor of Economics, School of Public Policy UMass Amherst; Williams Institute UCLA

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Labor & Workforce / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Marriage & Divorce
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Karla Mason Bergen

Associate Professor of Communication, College of Saint Mary

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / LGBTQ Partnering & Families
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Anne Bernstein

Professor, The Wright Institute

Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Step-Families
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Chloe E. Bird

Senior Sociologist, RAND Corporation; Professor of Sociology and Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Topics of Expertise: Health & Illness / Work & Family
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Dawn O. Braithwaite

Willa Cather Professor & Chair of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Step-Families
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Jessica Calarco

Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Transition - Couples to Parenting
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Kelly Campbell

Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

Topics of Expertise: Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Economic Inequality / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Race, Ethnicity & Culture / Singles & Dating / Transition - Couples to Parenting
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Daniel Carlson

Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce / Race, Ethnicity & Culture / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood / Work & Family
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Deborah Carr

Professor of Sociology, Boston University

Topics of Expertise: Aging / Aging (Public Policy) / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Health & Illness / Loss & Resiliency within Families / Marriage & Divorce / Singles & Dating / Work & Family
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Megan Carroll

Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University San Bernardino

Topics of Expertise: Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families
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Gabriella Celeste

Co-Director of the Childhood Studies Program, Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University

Topics of Expertise: Children / Public Policy
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Elizabeth Gershoff

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

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