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Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”?

Posted on September 2, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”? A briefing paper prepared by Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky for the Council on Contemporary Families. September 3, 2020 Children face continued social isolation this fall, with 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country choosing remote learning instead of in-person […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct

CCF’S Stephanie Coontz Interviewed by Legacy Washington

Posted on July 31, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

“Legacy Washington recently recorded an interview with author/historian Stephanie Coontz. Watch Legacy Washington historian Bob Young interview Coontz, an expert on family and marriage whose writing influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Coontz has recently appeared in The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine, and gave this year’s commencement speech […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family

CCF Experts Featured in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Deseret News

Posted on July 9, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts

CCF experts Dan Carlson, Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin discuss the findings of their latest brief report on gendered division of labor during the covid-19 pandemic with Deseret News’ Lois M. Collins. Read the article, “More men are doing housework during the pandemic, research finds,” here. UPDATE: read more coverage of CCF’s latest brief report in […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Trauma and Disaster / Work & Family

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz featured in Rolling Stone

Posted on July 6, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

Read her thoughts on the challenges mothers are facing in “Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother”

Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability

Posted on June 2, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Karen Guzzo

The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST) recently released a new research brief, “Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce.” Co-authored by CCF expert Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, the brief is the first in a series aiming to provide an overview of the current state of […]

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

Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts

Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home. They Differ Over How Much, but in Most Households the Division of Housework and Childcare Has Become More Equal A briefing paper prepared by Daniel L. Carlson (University of Utah), Richard J. Petts (Ball State University), and Joanna R. Pepin (University […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz for The New York Times: What Can Different-Sex Couples Learn From Same-Sex Couples?

Posted on February 18, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Amanda Miller / Daniel Carlson / Debra Umberson / Joanna Pepin / Kristi Williams / Sharon Sassler / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

Five years after marriage equality, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz asks: What can different-sex couples learn from same-sex couples? Featuring research by CCF experts Joanna Pepin, Dan Carlson, Virginia Rutter, Amanda Miller, Deb Umberson, Kristi Williams, Sharon Sassler and many more, Coontz highlights the role of gender expectations in shaping marital dynamics […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?

Posted on January 23, 2020 in Fact Sheets

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College — January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. […]

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

Stephanie Coontz on History of Wedding Traditions in NBC News

Posted on July 15, 2019 in Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

In her Op-Ed for NBC News, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz writes about the origins of gendered wedding traditions and possible implications for marital satisfaction. Coontz writes, “couples looking for happiness in the years after their wedding day might consider updating old ceremonies, or crafting new ones, that reinforce their commitment to […]

Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life

CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”

Posted on January 23, 2019 in Members In The News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected. For example, Daniel Carlson explains how the amount of sex is not strongly linked to how satisfied you are with […]

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

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EXPERTS

Michele Adams

Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University

Kelly Campbell

Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

Daniel Carlson

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

Stephanie Coontz

Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families; Professor, The Evergreen State College

Rebecca Davis

Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

Eli Finkel

Professor of Psychology; Professor of Management & Organizations, Northwestern University

Paula Fomby

Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Frank Furstenberg

Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Katherine Gallagher Robbins

Director of Family Policy, Center for American Progress

Kathleen Gerson

Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

Pilar Gonalons-Pons

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Sarah Knott

Associate Professor of History and Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University

Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida

Arielle Kuperberg

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

Susan Matt

Presidential Distinguished Professor of History, Weber State University

Elaine Tyler May

Regents Professor of American Studies and History, University of Minnesota

Linda McClain

Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

Melissa Milkie

Professor of Sociology & Chair of the Graduate Department, University of Toronto

Steven Mintz

Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin; Executive Director, Institute for Transformational Learning, University of Texas System

Mark T. Morman

Professor of Communication & Director of Graduate Studies, Baylor University

Michele Pridmore-Brown

Research Scholar, Center for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, UC Berkeley; Senior Editor, Los Angeles Review of Books

Jennifer Randles

Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

Michael Rosenfeld

Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Stephen Russell

Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

Sharon Sassler

Professor, Cornell University

Liana Sayer

Professor of Sociology, Maryland Population Research Center

Betsey Stevenson

Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

Reeve Vanneman

Professor, University of Maryland

Nicholas Wolfinger

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