(858) 274-5185 (fax)
www.constanceahrons.com

My research, teaching, writing, lecturing and clinical work has been dedicated to the study of divorce, remarriage and family change. We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce is based on in-depth interviews with 173 grown children whose parents divorced over 20 years ago. Some of the most surprising findings:

half of grown children reported bette*r relationships with their fathers
over three-quarters felt that they, and their parents, are better off because of the divorce
almost 80% felt their parents' divorce was a good decision
60% of divorced parents were amicable twenty years after their divorce

Most well-known books:

The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart

We’re Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents’ Divorce.

Both books are published by HarperCollins Publishers.

Rhea V. Almeida – LCSW, Ph.D.

Institute for Family Services

3 Clyde Road, Suite 101

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 873-0744

(732) 873-1663

(732) 873-2926 (fax)

www.Instituteforfamilyservices.com

My work is focused on the clinical/programmatic issues of gender across cultures, masculinities including men as partners, lovers, sons and fathers, domestic violence: victims, perpetrators and their children, South Asian families, and the mentoring and teaching of family therapy/social work students.

Almeida, R. (1994). Expansions of feminist family theory through diversity, Haworth Press: New York.

Almeida, R. (1998). Transformations of gender and race: Family and developmental perspectives, New York: Haworth.

Upcoming book "Transformative Family Therapy: Just Families in a Just Society", Almeida, R. Parker, L., & Dolan-Delvecchio, K. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Almeida, R. , & Bograd, M. (1990). Sponsorship: Men holding men accountable for domestic violence. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 25, 243-256.

Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Ed.D., Associate Professor

University of Massachusetts

gonzalo.bacigalupe@umb.edu

(617) 287-7631

http://www.faculty.umb.edu/gonazlo_bacigalupe/

Associate Professor and Director of the Family Therapy Program, Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston; Associate Research Professor, Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Invited Professor Psychotherapeutic Interventions Master-Degree, School of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain; Faculty Research Associate Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy.

As a research associate professor at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, my current area of research addresses health care barriers and strategies to cope with them among patients in primary care settings. Present research addresses medication and literacy among Latino elderly and patients’ concerns about chronic pain treatment. This is research that has been funded by the National Institute of Aging, Agency of Healthcare Research Quality, and CMMS.

I also am a clinician and family therapy professor who specializes in the challenges that intercultural couples face.

Most relevant references:

Bacigalupe, G. (2003). “Intercultural therapy with Latino immigrants and White partners: Crossing borders coupling”. Journal of Couples and Relationship Therapy, 2 (4), 131-149.

Bacigalupe, G. (2002). “Is balancing family and work a sustainable metaphor?” Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 13 (2/3), 5-20.

Rosalind Chait Barnett, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Executive Director of the Community, Families and Camp; Work Program

rbarnett@brandeis.edu

(781) 736-2287

21 Partridge Hill Road

Weston, MA 02493

My current area of research is the relationship between work schedules and health and quality-of-life outcomes, the relationship between parental after-school stress and parents' psychological well-being and job productivity, gender differences in social and cognitive behaviors, and parent-adult children relationships. I am currently conducting research on the mismatch between the work schedules of parents, the school schedules of their children, the schedules of such community resources as transportation and after-school care and the impact of maternal day versus evening shift work on the socioemotional well-being of their school-age children (8-13 years of age). I can also address questions having to do with gender differences.

Most well-known books:

Barnett, R. C. & Rivers, C. (2004). Same difference: How gender myths are hurting our relationships, our children, and our jobs. New York: Basic Books.

Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C. (1998). She works/he works: How two-income families are happier, healthier and better off. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Barnett, R. C., Gareis, K. C., & Brennan, R. T. (1999). “Fit as a mediator of the relationship between work hours and burnout.” Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 4(4), 307-317.

Barnett, R. C., & Gareis, K. C. (2002). “Full-time and reduced-hours work schedules and marital quality: A study of women physicians with young children.” Work and Occupations, 29, 364-379. (Paper nominated for the 2003 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.)

Barbara Bergmann, Professor Emerita of Economics

American University and University of Maryland

5430 41 Place NW

Washington DC 20015

bbergman@wam.umd.edu

(202) 537-3036 (phone)

Barbara R. Bergmann writes on economic and social policy--on discrimination, affirmative action, child care, Social Security. She is Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Maryland and at American University in Washington, DC. She is currently working on a book entitled The Decline of Marriage and What to Do About It.

Her previous books include:

America’s Child Care Problem: The Way Out, (Palgrave) written in collaboration with Suzanne Helburn.

Is Social Security Broke?: a Cartoon Guide to the Issues (University of Michigan Press)

Saving Our Children From Poverty: What the United States Can Learn From France (Russell Sage Foundation)

The Economic Emergence of Women (Basic Books)

Anne C. Bernstein, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology

The Wright Institute

2955 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94705

anne8@berkeley.edu

(510) 549-0598

I am a family psychologist and mediator, a professor at The Wright Institute, a doctoral program in psychology, and an assistant clinical professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.

I have been teaching family therapy for 30 years. My research and writing has been primarily in the area of stepfamilies, family and couple therapy, children's experience of family diversity, and their cognition about sex and family formation. My clinical practice has focused on couples and on family diversity, including stepfamilies, families formed through adoption or collaborative reproduction, and gay and lesbian couples and their families.

Most relevant publications:

Books:

Flight of the Stork: How children think (and when) about sex and family building, Indianapolis: Perspectives Press, 1994.

Yours, mine, and ours: How families change when remarried parents have a child together, W. W. Norton, 1990.

Chapters/articles:

“Re-visioning, Restructuring and Reconciliation: Clinical Practice with Complex Post-divorce Families.” Family Process, 45(3). (2006)

"Straight therapists working with lesbians and gays in family therapy." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 26(3), pp. 461-473. (2000)

Karen Blaisure, Ph.D., Professor

Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences

1903 W. Michigan Avenue

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5322

karen.blaisure@wmich.edu
(269) 387-3663

My current work continues to be on interventions for separating and divorcing parents and their families. See Blaisure, K. R., & Geasler, M. J. (expected publication date second half 2005). “Educational interventions for separating and divorcing parents,” in M. A. Fine & J. H. Harvey (Eds.) Handbook of divorce & dissolution of romantic relationships. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum (2006).

Also, I am a family life educator and family therapist and offer educational programs for couples interested in improving their communication and conflict-management/resolution skills, or maintaining
their feelings of closeness.

In a 2003 report completed during an Atlantic Fellowship in Public Policy in the UK, I noted that the Government in England and Wales provides relationship support for all couples (married, cohabiting, straight, gay/lesbian, various religions), not just for those couples who are or are interested in marriage as is the current US policy through the re-authorization of TANF. Reference: Blaisure, K. R. (2003). Divorce intervention and prevention: Comparison of policy initiatives in England/Wales and the US. London: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Other relevant articles:

Blaisure, K. R., & Geasler, M. J. (March 2000). “Clinical update: children and divorce.” Published by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 2(2).

Geasler, M. J., & Blaisure, K. R. (1999). “1998 nationwide survey of court-connected divorce education programs.” Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 37, 36-63.

Janet Bokemeier, Professor and Chairperson

Dept. of Sociology

bokemeie@msu.edu

(517) 355-6632

I specialize in studies of gender, work, and family in rural America. My current research program involves (a) a study of the experiences of economic decisions in rural households living in an area experiencing economic decline, (b) studies of labor market experiences of rural households and the impact of changing rural labor markets on inequality and poverty of families, and (c) university-community partnerships for research on family issues. I am also Assistant Director of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and Co-Director of the MSU Family and Communities Together (FACT) Coalition www.fact.msu.edu.

Most important books and articles:

Booth, Cheryl, Shruti Vaidya, Patricia Farrell, Janet Bokemeier. (2003) "Families and Communities Together (FACT) Coalition: Evolution of a University-Wide Engagement Model". Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 8(1)

Struthers, Cynthia and Janet Bokemeier. (2000) "Myths and Realities of Raising Children and Creating Family Life in a Rural County." Journal of Family Issues. 21 (1): 17-46.

Hardesty, Constance and Janet Bokemeier. (1989) "Finding Time and Making Do: The Distribution of Household Labor in Nonmetropolitan Marriages." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51(1): 253-267.

Lorraine Garkovich, Bokemeier, Janet, and Barbara Foote. (1995) Harvest of Hope: Family Farming and Farm Families. University of Kentucky Press, Lexington KY.

Dr. Pauline Boss, Emeritus Professor

University of Minnesota; DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SOCIAL SCIENCE, also family therapist in private practice

pboss@umn.edu

(651) 343-7260 (cell)

(651) 644-3024 (home office)

(612) 625-0291 (university office)

My research and clinical focus is on families where a loved one is missing either physically or psychologically. I call this type of unclear loss, ambiguous loss. The cause may be man-made and natural disasters which lead to physical disappearance--or psychological disappearance from illnesses or addictions that take the mind away. In either case, it is the stress of ambiguity that traumatizes and

immobilizes people left behind. Ambiguous loss is a major cause of trauma and stress for individuals, couples and families, and often is an underlying cause of other stress. Traditional grief and trauma therapies are insufficient. To lower stress, special interventions are needed for ambiguous loss that avoid seeking closure, since there is none.

Most important books, articles, or awards:

Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Harvard U. Press, 1999

Loss, Trauma and Resilience, Norton Press, 2006

Family Stress Management (2003) Sage.

2 Humanitarian Awards for working with families of the missing after 9/11; Ernest Burgess Award for Research and Theory Development that strengthens families

Sam Bradley, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist

1021 Kiwi CT NW

Olympia, WA 98502

360-754-8467

dr_bradley2000@yahoo.com

Staff aide to U.S. Senator, Washington, D. C. while completing BA in English Lit, and MA in Speech Communication at the University of Maryland. Got Ph.D. from University of Washington in Interpersonal Communication with minor in Clinical Psychology. Teaching Assistant, teaching Introduction to Public Speaking, and Introduction to Interpersonal Communication.

Faculty, Senior Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine. Faculty, Post-Doctoral Intern, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Faculty, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications and Psychology, Central Washington University.

Now in private practice in clinical psychology in Olympia, WA for 30 years specializing in couples therapy. Have taught many “Brief (No-Bullshit) Marital Therapy” workshops.

Publications:

Bradley, Sam. The Happy Husband: A Guy’s Guide to Marital Success. (Publication forthcoming).

Scott Browning, Ph.D., Professor

Interim-Chair (Chestnut Hill College)

scobrown@chc.edu

(215) 248-7149

Stepfamilies remain my primary topic of interest. As a long term board member of the Stepfamily Association of America, I have taken seriously the need to train therapists in understanding the nuances of treatment with this population. I am currently writing a book entitled Stepfamily Therapy.

In addition to stepfamilies, I certainly have an interest in the diverse family, as both an academic and a clinician. Rounding out my main interests are 1) the creation of families for role-play and increased empathy and 2) increasing the social skills of those with high-functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome.

Most important books, articles, or awards:

Browning, S. & Collins, J. & Nelson, B. (2005, In Print). “Creating families: A teaching technique for clinical training.” Marriage & Family Review.

Browning, S. & R. J. Green (2003). “Constructing therapy: From strategic, to systemic, to narrative models.” In G. P. Sholevar (Ed.) Textbook of family and couples therapy. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.

Browning, S. (1998). “The empathy expansion procedure: A method of helping couples deal with traumatic incidents.” In L. L. Hecker & S. A. Deacon (Eds.) The Therapist's Notebook. New York: The Haworth Press.

Browning, S. (1994). “Treating stepfamilies: Putting family therapy into perspective.” In K. Pasley & M. Ihinger-Tallman (Eds.) Remarriage & Stepparenting: Current research & theory. (pp.94-104). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Recipient of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching-2003

Andrew Cherlin, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology

cherlin@jhu.edu

(410) 516-2370

My current areas of research include (1) the consequences of welfare reform for low-income children and families, including children's well-being and marriage and family patterns; (2) changing patterns of marriage and cohabitation in the U.S. and other developed nations. In a recent article, my co-authors and I found substantial levels of sexual and physical abuse in the histories of low-income mothers' lives, and we also found that women who had been abused in the past were much less likely to be married. See Andrew J. Cherlin, Linda M. Burton, Tera R. Hurt, and Diane M. Purvin. 2004. "The Influence of Physical and Sexual Abuse on Marriage and Cohabitation." American Sociological Review 69:768-789.

In another article, I assessed the current status and likely future of marriage in the United States. See Andrew J. Cherlin. 2004. "The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage." Journal of Marriage and
Family 66: 848-861.

Most well-known books, articles, support work for families:

Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage

Public and Private Families

Divided Families

Philip N. Cohen, Associate Professor of Sociology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

155 Hamilton Hall CB#3210

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210

http://www.unc.edu/~pnc

pnc@unc.edu

(919) 843-4791 (Sociology office)

(919) 966-7481 (Carolina Population Center office)

In recent research, I have studied who cares for children with disabilities, and the impact of that carework on gender inequality. Children with disabilities are even more likely to live under the care of women than are children in general. This has particular effects on single mothers, who are much less likely to have jobs when they have a child with a disability (or have a disability themselves). Therefore, unless the state or the market can step in to help, the extra care required for children with disabilities has the potential to exacerbate gender inequality. I also study gender inequality more broadly, including labor markets and the household division of labor; and household composition, including cohabitation and extended households.

Well known books, articles, etc.:

Cohen, Philip N. 2004. “The Gender Division of Labor: ‘Keeping House` and Occupational Segregation in the United States”, Gender & Society 18(2):239-252.

Philip N. Cohen and Danielle MacCartney. 2003. “Inequality and the Family.” In Jacqueline L. Scott, J. K. Treas and M. Richards (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Families. Oxford: Blackwell.

Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen. 2002. “Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective.” Journal of Marriage and Family 64(3):743-755.

Cohen, Philip N. and Lynne M. Casper. 2002. “In Whose Home: Multigenerational Families in the United States, 1998-2000.” Sociological Perspectives 45(1):1-20.

Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., Psychologist, Author

drjoshuacoleman@comcast.net

(510) 547-6500 (pst)

In my most recent book, The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework, I look at ways to address the common problem of the unequal division of household labor. My research for this book as well as my clinical experience has made me well-versed in the academic and practical debates in this arena.

My first book, The Marriage Makeover (originally titled Imperfect Harmony for the hardback) addressed the issue of how to remain in a marriage with children that one might leave if childless. I can address questions having to do with child well-being in a low satisfaction marriage, research on the effects of divorce on children, and the causes of divorce.

I have extensive expertise in the area of infertility, and conduct infertility counseling, evaluations of ovum donors, sperm donors, surrogates, and gestational carriers. I also provide yearly workshops for Resolve, a non-profit organization offering education and support for people struggling with infertility.

Books:

The Marriage Makeover: Finding Happiness in Imperfect Harmony

The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework, both with St. Martin's Press.

Scott Coltrane, Associate Dean

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology

coltrane@ucr.edu

(951) 827-2443

Scott Coltrane is a sociologist whose research focuses on families, gender, and social policy. He is an expert on housework and parenting, with special emphasis on fathers, shared parenting, and variations in family patterns across different ethnic groups. His most recent NIMH-funded research projects investigate the impact of economic stress and the meaning of fatherhood and step-fatherhood in Mexican American and European American families. This research shows how Mexican American families and European American families in southern California respond to economic stress. Job loss or chronic low income leads to depression, marital problems, hostile parenting, and various social and emotional troubles for children. European American children seem to be most sensitive to the effects of harsh or inattentive parenting, whereas Mexican American children seem to be most sensitive to the effects of marital conflict and possible marital disruption.

Most well-known books, articles, support work for families:

Family Man: Fatherhood Housework and Gender Equity

Gender and Families

Families and Society

Scott Coltrane. 2004. “Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas.” In M. Coleman and L. Ganong (Eds.), Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

* Stephanie Coontz, Director of Research and Public Education

Council on Contemporary Families

Professor of History and Family Studies

The Evergreen State College

coontzs@msn.com

(360) 352-8117

(360) 556-9223 (cell)

I have just completed a five year research project on the history of marriage and the world historic transformation that has occurred in the past 30 years, changing almost everything we used to think we knew about who marries, who doesn't, and how marriage works. I can also discuss historical myths about family life and marriage and put contemporary debates over marriage promotion, divorce reform, same-sex marriage, and contemporary family trends in historical perspective.

Most well-known books, articles and awards:

Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage (Viking, May 2005)

The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (Basic Books, 1992, 2000)

The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families (Basic Books, 1997)

American Families: A Multicultural Reader (Routledge, 1999)

2000 – Council on Contemporary Families “Visionary Leadership” Award; 1995 – American Pediatric Association Award for “Outstanding Contributions to Child Development”

Shelly J. Correll, Asst. Professor

Dept. of Sociology

Cornell University

323 Uris Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853

Sjc62@cornell.edu

(607) 255-1697

(607) 255-8473 (fax)

Correll is an expert on gender differences in taking math and science classes. She has several papers showing that cultural beliefs that men are better affect individuals' assessments of their own competence and cause women to be less likely to take math courses than men with the same test scores as them. Also, among girls and boys with the same test scores, the males tend to have higher confidence in their skills than females. Correll is also doing research showing that for high level jobs, people respond differently to resumes of women if they mention having small kids even when other accomplishments are the same.

* Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip A. Cowan, Professor of Psychology, Emerita, and Professor of Psychology, Emeritus

Dept. of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley

2205 Tolman Hall - #1650
Berkeley CA 94720-1650
(510) 643-5608 (office)

We are completing a longitudinal preventive intervention study of 100 families, following them from the first child's transition to elementary school through late high school. The intervention we evaluated in this study was a group for couples with clinically trained leaders who met with small groups of parents every week for 16 weeks to help them strengthen their relationships -- as a couple and with their children as the children entered school.

We found that working with men and women on their marital and parenting dilemmas enhanced their relationships as a couple and with their children. The children reaped the benefits in terms of greater social and academic success and fewer problem behaviors at school from kindergarten through grade 9 in high school.

A book describing the transition to elementary school phase and the effects of the couples’ intervention was released by Erlbaum Associates in April 2005: The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Transition to Elementary School.

We are now applying these strategies to help parents in low-income families with their couple relationships - to enhance the involvement of low income fathers with their young children (sponsored by the California Office of Child Abuse Prevention) and to strengthen the relationships of low-income married couples (in a national U.S. project).

Most well-known books, grants and awards:

Book: When Partners Become Parents: the Big Life Change for Couples, Erlbaum Associates, 2000 (translated into 5 languages)

Grants from National Institute of Mental Health (continuously since 1979) have supported two longitudinal preventive intervention studies examining the effects of (i) couple relationships on children's adaptation, and (ii) the intervention for couples - during the transition to parenthood and the transition to school

Award: American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA, 1999) - Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research.

Ann Crittenden, author, lecturer
ann.crittenden@rcn.com

(202) 362-3419

My best-known area of research is the economic disadvantages incurred by people who assume the role of primary caregiver in the family. In a current book I present data on the leadership/management lessons and transferable skills learned by those who care for children and other family members. Perhaps the most surprising/interesting/significant finding is the fact that the literature on effective management and the literature on effective parenting is almost exactly the same. I can also address
questions having to do with work-family conflict (and synergy), the effects of Social Security "reform" on women.

Most well-known books:

The Price of Motherhood

If You’ve Raised Kids You Can Manage Anything

Robert Drago, Professor of Labor Studies and Women’s Studies LSIR & WS

133 Willard Building

Penn State University

University Park, PA 16802
drago@psu.edu

http://lsir.la.psu.edu/workfam/drago.htm

(814) 865-0751

(814) 863-3578 (fax)

President-elect, 2006, College and University Work-Family Association (www.cuwfa.org)

Most of my research concerns biases against caregiving in colleges and universities, and faculty responses to these biases. I am also a co-founder of the Take Care Net, an organization addressing public policy needs around care (www.takecarenet.org), recently completed an NCAA sponsored project addressing the decline of women in the coaching of women's intercollegiate athletic teams, and study general trends affecting the work-family interface.

Most well-known books, articles:

"The Avoidance of Bias Against Caregiving Among Faculty," Academe (Sept-Oct 2005), R. Drago, C. Colbeck, D. Stauffer, A. Varner, K. Burkum, J. Fazioli, G. Guzman and T. Habasevich.

"The Willingness-to-pay for Work/Family Policies: A Study of Teachers," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 55 (October 2001), 22-41. R. Drago, D. Costanza, R. Caplan, T. Brubaker, D. Cloud, N. Harris, R. Kashian & T.L. Riggs (Nominated for 2002 Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family
Research).

"A Half-Time Tenure Track Proposal," Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, Vol. 32 (November/December 2000), 46-51. R. Drago & J. Williams.

"New Estimates of Working Time for Teachers", (pdf file) Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 122 (April 1999), 31-41, R. Drago, R. Caplan, D. Costanza, T. Brubaker, D. Cloud, N. Harris, R. Kashian & T.L. Riggs.

Jill Berrick Duerr, Ph.D., Professor

School of Social