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  • “The Tool We Have”: Why Child Protective Services Investigates So Many Families and How Even Good Intentions Backfire

    Posted on August 11, 2020 in Brief Reports


    “The Tool We Have”: Why Child Protective Services Investigates So Many Families and How Even Good Intentions Backfire A briefing paper prepared by Kelley Fong (Georgia Institute of Technology) for the Council on Contemporary Families. August 11, 2020 In recent months, conversations around the role of the police have drawn mainstream attention to what contemporary […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Children / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)
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    Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19

    Posted on July 19, 2020 in CCF News, Fact Sheets
    Experts: Kristi Williams

    Long-term Risks to Children from Economic Toll of COVID-19 A fact sheet prepared by Kristi Williams, Ohio State University for the Council on Contemporary Families Although children appear to be less vulnerable than adults to serious COVID-19 medical complications, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that they are disproportionately endangered by the pandemic’s […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality
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    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 […]

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

    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. […]

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    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
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    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’ […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty

    Posted on October 28, 2019 in Fact Sheets
    Experts: 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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Public Policy
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    CCF’s Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

    Posted on October 1, 2019 in Members In The News
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    In a recent article for the New York Times, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz discusses the potential implications of paying stay-at-home parents, a role most often undertaken by women. Coontz notes, “without strong incentives for dads to take on some of those duties, this would simultaneously cement women’s second-class place in the […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce
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    Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports


    Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jill Yavorsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Organizational Science, University of North Carolina Charlotte January 16, 2019 Although many sexist prejudices have weakened over time, gender stereotypes still influence employers’ decisions […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

    3q: Per Coontz, Equality is an Agenda for All Working People, Not Just Feminists Virginia Rutter interviews Stephanie Coontz on the new Council on Contemporary Families brief, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options, by Jill Yavorsky. VR: You edited Jill Yavorsky’s brief on hiring-related discrimination, where she reports […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    EXPERTS

    Michele Adams

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University

    Constance Ahrons

    Professor Emerita, University of Southern California

    M. V. Lee Badgett

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

    Jessica Calarco

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

    Daniel Carlson

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

    Deborah Carr

    Professor of Sociology, Boston University

    Gabriella Celeste

    Co-Director of the Childhood Studies Program, Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University

    Andrew Cherlin

    Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

    Stephanie Coontz

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

    Carolyn Cowan

    Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley

    Philip Cowan

    Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

    Robert Crosnoe

    Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

    Rebecca Davis

    Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

    Lori Delale-O’Connor

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

    Sinikka Elliott

    Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

    Robert Emery

    Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia

    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

    Lawrence Ganong

    PhD Professor and Co-Chair of the College of Environmental Science, University of Missouri

    Elizabeth Gershoff

    Professor, University of Texas at Austin

    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

    Rosanna Hertz

    1919 Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College

    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

    Linda McClain

    Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

    Adina Nack

    Professor of Sociology, California Lutheran University

    Laura Napolitano

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - Camden

    Ruth Nemzoff

    Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

    Abigail Ocobock

    Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

    Elizabeth Peters

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

    Richard Petts

    Professor of Sociology, Ball State University

    Jennifer Randles

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

    Barbara Risman

    Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Luke Russell

    Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

    Virginia Rutter

    Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

    Sharon Sassler

    Professor, Cornell University

    Kevin Shafer

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University & McMaster University

    Betsey Stevenson

    Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Susan Stewart

    Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

    Reeve Vanneman

    Professor, University of Maryland

    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

    Kristi Williams

    Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University

    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

    Sarah Wright

    Executive Director, Social Work in Progress

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