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Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis

Posted on May 4, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis A briefing paper prepared by Amanda Miller, University of Indianapolis, and Sharon Sassler, Cornell University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. Much has been written about the challenges couples face as they adjust to “shelter in place” policies triggered by the coronavirus. […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Economic Inequality / Marriage & Divorce / Public Policy / Trauma and Disaster

When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind?

Posted on March 1, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Jessica Calarco

When “Helicopters” Go to School: Who Gets Rescued and Who Gets Left Behind? A briefing paper prepared by Jessica McCrory Calarco, Indiana University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. We’ve all read about – and maybe even known – the “helicopter” parents who sweep into K-12 schools, demanding special treatment for their children, second-guessing teachers’ […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty

Posted on October 28, 2019 in Fact Sheets

Experts: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia / Jennifer Glass

10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dr. Jennifer Glass, Executive Director, Council on Contemporary Families and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Believe it or not, Halloween has its origins in folk customs designed to lower inequality between the rich and the […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Public Policy

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

Posted on January 16, 2019 in Press Releases

Experts: Virginia Rutter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Sociology @ Framingham State University vrutter@gmail.com Sociologist Jill Yavorsky conducted a field audit on gender discrimination in hiring and shares this early exclusive summary and commentary with CCF. Her brief report, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options, shows that men as […]

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce

Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kristine Hopkins, Celia Hubert, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kari White, Daniel Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction Female community college students who have a child while in college are 65% more likely to drop out […]

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health

Is Dropping out of High School More Likely after Stressful Life Events?

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

Experts: Robert Crosnoe / Tama Leventhal

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Veronique Dupéré, Eric Dion, Tama Leventhal, Isabelle Archambault, Robert Crosnoe, and Michel Janosz Introduction High school dropout is associated with negative individual and social consequences. For example, dropping out of high school can lead to long-term economic […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Trauma and Disaster

Cohabitating Couples With Lower Education Levels Marry Less. Is This Because They Do Not Want To?

Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kelly Raley Introduction Today, nearly two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation, but even as living together has increasingly become part of the marriage process, fewer cohabitating couples get married and an increasing proportion break up within […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Economic Inequality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life

CCF ADVISORY: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Press Releases

Experts: Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

ADVISORY: Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. Gains, stalls, and setbacks August 25, 2017, Austin, TX: Since 1973, August 26th has been designated as Women’s Equality Day, offering a chance to assess the current status of gender equity. In a fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families, Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz (The […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Work & Family

Is TANF Working for Struggling Millennial Parents?

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia

A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Shawn Fremstad, JD, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of either organization. August 22, 2016 Millennial […]

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / TANF & Public Assistance

It’s Women’s History Month: Why is pay for caregiving work so low relative to other jobs with similarly low requirements for formal education?

Posted on March 14, 2016 in Brief Reports, CCF News, Publications

Experts: Paula England

It’s Women’s History Month: Why is pay for caregiving work so low relative to other jobs with similarly low requirements for formal education? A Briefing Paper Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Paula England, Ph.D, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at New York University. March 15, 2016 Two […]

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality

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EXPERTS

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia

Samuel F. and Rose B. Gingold Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Director, Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy/ The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

M. V. Lee Badgett

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

Jessica Calarco

Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Kelly Campbell

Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

David Cotter

Professor of Sociology, Union College

Robert Crosnoe

Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Sarah Damaske

Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University

Lori Delale-O’Connor

Assistant Professor of Education, University of Pittsburgh Center for Urban Education

Katherine Gallagher Robbins

Director of Family Policy, Center for American Progress

Kathleen Gerson

Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

Jennifer Glass

Professor of Sociology , University of Texas, Austin

Pilar Gonalons-Pons

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Rachel Gordon

Professor of Sociology & Faculty Fellow of the Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago

Janet C. Gornick

Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, Graduate Center CUNY

Jeffrey Hayes

Program Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research

Natalie Hengstebeck

Postdoctoral Fellow, Scholars Strategy Network, Duke University

Clare Huntington

Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

Roberta Iversen

Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Social Policy program, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice

Arielle Kuperberg

Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Tama Leventhal

Associate Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University

Ricci Levy

President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

Joan Maya Mazelis

Associate Professor, Rutgers University-Camden

Kelly Musick

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

Laura Napolitano

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - Camden

Joanna Pepin

NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

Maureen Perry-Jenkins

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

Allison Pugh

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia

Jennifer Randles

Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

Lee Roper-Batker

President and CEO, Community Foundations

Pamela J. Smock

Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

David Trimble

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

Reeve Vanneman

Professor, University of Maryland

Justin Wolfers

Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

Nicholas Wolfinger

Professor of Family & Consumer Studies and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Utah

Colleen Wynn

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Indianapolis