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

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Brief Reports

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. A fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families by Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College. Executive summary/advisory available. August 25, 2017 Ninety-seven years ago on Saturday, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting American women the […]

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

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

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Press Releases

Experts: Philip Cohen, Ph.D. / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter, PhD.

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

Daniel Carlson and Amanda Miller Shed Light on Couples’ Sex Lives

Posted on June 16, 2017 in Members In The News

Experts: Amanda Miller / Daniel Carlson

CCF members Daniel Carlson and Amanda Miller respond to new research on declining sexual frequency among American couples. In their Op-ed, they debunk four common myths about couples’ sex lives, highlighting important factors that predict sexual frequency and relationship satisfaction. Read the Op-ed on CNN here.

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

CCF Chair’s New Book Reveals What Your Underwear Drawer Can Say About You

Posted on May 24, 2017 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Michelle Janning, Ph.D.

Michelle Janning’s recent release, The Stuff of Family Life, offers a timely look at how modern society and technology shapes our relationships and our lives. Like an archaeologist studying ancient civilizations through the things they left behind, Janning excavates contemporary life through our houses and possessions, from childhood stuffed animals and security blankets to retirement […]

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

Welfare Reform at 20. How’s that working for you?

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia

Experts: Virginia Rutter, PhD.

Welfare Reform at 20. How’s that working? Overview of the Welfare Reform at 20 Online Symposium prepared for Council on Contemporary Families by symposium editor Virginia Rutter, Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University. CCF’s Online Symposium examines the origins, progress, and future of welfare reform. August 22, 2016. Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton proposed […]

Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / TANF & Public Assistance / Work & Family

Welfare Reform’s 20th Anniversary

Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

Welfare Reform’s 20th Anniversary A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Stephanie Coontz, Professor of History and Family Studies, The Evergreen State College August 22, 2016 Twenty years ago this month, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which repealed the cash assistance program, Aid to […]

Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / TANF & Public Assistance

The New Republic offers a teaser of Stephanie Coontz’s 2nd Edition – Out Today

Posted on March 29, 2016 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

The New Republic has published an introduction to the new version of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, by CCF’s own, Stephanie Coontz.

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

The Way We Still Never Were: Another Quarter Century of Family Change and Diversity

Posted on March 29, 2016 in Brief Reports, CCF News, Publications

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

The Way We Still Never Were: Another Quarter Century of Family Change and Diversity A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Stephanie Coontz, Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families and professor of History and Family Studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Editor’s […]

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

Renowned expert on the meaning of marriage, Stephanie Coontz, opines for the WP

Posted on February 10, 2016 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

CCF Research Director and eminent expert on the history of marriage, Stephanie Coontz reflects on the blurred meaning of marital status in Single or married: Does it really matter anymore?, an opinion piece for the Washington Post.

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

Stephanie Coontz cited in SCOTUS decision

Posted on October 29, 2015 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

CCF Research Director Stephanie Coontz is cited in the SCOTUS decision legalizing same-sex marriage, June 26, 2015. Check out this related story in the Seattle Times.

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

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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

Stephanie Coontz

Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families

David Cotter, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Union College

Rebecca Davis

Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware

Eli Finkel, Ph.D.

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

Paula Fomby

Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Frank Furstenberg, PhD.

Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Katherine Gallagher Robbins

Director of Family Policy Center for American Progress

Kathleen Gerson, PhD.

Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

Pilar Gonalons-Pons

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Joan Hermsen

Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of Women's & Gender Studies, University of Missouri

Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox

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

Arielle Kuperberg, Ph.D.

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

Susan Matt, PhD

Professor of History, Weber State University

Elaine Tyler May, PhD.

Regents Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Minnesota

Steven Mintz, Ph.D.

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

Mark T. Morman, PhD.

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Baylor University

Sarah Potter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History, University of Memphis

Michele Pridmore-Brown, PhD.

Scholar with the Center for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, UC Berkeley/ Los Angeles Review of Books

Jennifer Randles, PhD.

California State University, Fresno

Christine Schwartz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, UW-Madison

Nicholas Wolfinger

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