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Find an Expert

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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Chloe E. Bird

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

Topics of Expertise: Aging / Aging (Public Policy) / Health & Illness / Health Care / Work & Family
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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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Robert Crosnoe

Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Economic Inequality / Health & Illness / Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Public Policy / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood / Work & Family
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Irene Headen

Assistant Professor, Drexel University

Topics of Expertise: African American Families / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Race, Ethnicity & Culture
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Adina Nack

Professor of Sociology, California Lutheran University

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
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Luke Russell

Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Health & Illness / Loss & Resiliency within Families / Marriage & Divorce / Step-Families
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Kevin Shafer

Associate Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University & McMaster University

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Health Care / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Public Policy
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Susan Short

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University

Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
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Debra Umberson

Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas

Topics of Expertise: Health & Illness / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Loss & Resiliency within Families
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Ellen Wartella

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication, Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Professor of Medical Social Sciences Director, Center on Media and Human Development School of Communication Chair, Department of Communication Studies

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Health & Illness
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Kristi Williams

Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Marriage & Divorce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Reproductive Health
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Emma Zang

Assistant Professor, Yale University

Topics of Expertise: Aging / Children / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Economic Inequality / Family Law / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Public Policy / Work & Family
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Sigrid Luhr

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Browse Publications by Topic

  • Adoption & Foster Care
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  • Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families
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  • Children
  • Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage
  • Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce
  • Division of Labor in Families
  • Domestic Violence & Child Abuse
  • Economic Inequality
  • Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)
  • Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention
  • Family Law
  • Feminism & Families
  • Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Health & Illness
  • History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
  • Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families
  • LGBTQ Partnering & Families
  • Loss & Resiliency within Families
  • Media Briefs
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  • Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
  • Public Policy
  • Race, Ethnicity & Culture
  • Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
  • Singles & Dating
  • Step-Families
  • Transition – Adolescents to Adulthood
  • Transition – Couples to Parenting
  • Trauma and Disaster
  • Work & Family

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