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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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Kari Morgan

Teaching Associate Professor, Human Development & Family Science, Kansas State University

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Mark T. Morman

Professor of Communication & Director of Graduate Studies, Baylor University

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Feminism & Families / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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Jeylan Mortimer

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Life Course Center, University of Minnesota

Topics of Expertise: Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood / Work & Family
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Christin Munsch

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Singles & Dating / Work & Family
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Kelly Musick

Professor and Interim Department Chair of Policy Analysis and Management, Director of the Cornell Population Center, Cornell University

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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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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Laura Napolitano

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - Camden

Topics of Expertise: Adoption & Foster Care / Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood
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Ruth Nemzoff

Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

Topics of Expertise: Aging (Public Policy) / Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)
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Abigail Ocobock

Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Marriage & Divorce
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Chinyere Osuji

Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Camden

Topics of Expertise: African American Families / Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families / Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families / Race, Ethnicity & Culture / Singles & Dating
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Irene Padavic

Professor of Sociology, Florida State University

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Work & Family
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Christina Paxman

Assistant Professor of Communication and Department Coordinator, Minot State University

Topics of Expertise: Adoption & Foster Care / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Step-Families / Trauma and Disaster
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Joanna Pepin

NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / Work & Family
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Maureen Perry-Jenkins

Professor of Psychology & Director of Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Transition - Couples to Parenting / Work & Family
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Elizabeth Peters

Director, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute

Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Division of Labor in Families / Labor & Workforce / Marriage & Divorce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
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