A central purpose of the Council on Contemporary Families is to help the media find experts in various arenas of family research and practice. Please consult our alphabetized index if you are seeking information on a particular topic.

If you have a specific question that is not covered here, please contact our Director of Research and Public Education, Stephanie Coontz, who can connect you with other sources or send out a confidential query to our professional listserve, at coontzs@msn.com, 360.352.8117 or 360.556.9223 (cell). Many journalists have found this to be a useful way of discovering who is doing new research on a topic of interest.

Adolescents: Transition to Adulthood, Parenting, Teen Sex

Drago, Robert
Gerstel, Naomi
Nelson, Margaret K.
Pugh, Allison
Thorne, Barrie
Williams, Joan C.
Wisensale, Steve
Zelizer, Viviana

Childcare

Consumer Culture and Families

Pugh, Allison

Contemporary Childhoods

Pugh, Allison
Thorne, Barrie

Counseling Families: See Family Therapy

Couples: Relationship Issues, Sexuality and Contraception, Transition to Parenting, Counseling

Ahrons, Constance
Bernstein, Anne
Browning, Scott
Bruess, Carol J.
Coleman, Joshua
Cowan, Carolyn Pape
Cowan, Philip
England, Paula
Gadoua, Susan Pease
Gerson, Kathleen
Gordon, Linda Perlman
Katz, Elana
Nack, Adina
Parker, Lynn
Pertman, Adam
Ranes, Diane
Rutter, Virginia
Schwartz, Pepper
Linda Young
Zelizer, Viviana

Cross National Comparisons of Families, Work and Policy

Coontz, Stephanie
Mintz, Steven
Yamin, Priscilla

Infertility

Bernstein, Anne
Coleman, Joshua

Intercultural Families

Furstenberg, Frank
Gerstel, Naomi
Lee, Jennifer
Nemzoff, Ruth
Powell, Brian

International Trends in Marriage, Family Life, Family Policy

Coontz, Stephanie
Ferree, Myra Marx
Gornick, Janet
Smeeding, Timothy

Low Income Families: see Differences in Family Life

Marriage Trends, Dynamics, Effects; Marriage Promotion

Ahrons, Constance
Bergmann, Barbara
Cherlin, Andrew
Coleman, Joshua
Coontz, Stephanie
Cowan, Carolyn Pape
Cowan, Philip A.
Finley, Gordon E.
Gerson, Kathleen
Gornick, Janet
McCallum, Larry
McClain, Linda C.
Musick, Kelly
Randles, Jennifer
Ranes, Diane H.
Rutter, Virginia E.
Schwartz, Pepper
Siegel, Deborah
Smeeding, Timothy
Smock, Pamela
Young, Linda

Military Families

Ross, Susan

Motherhood

Drago, Robert
Gerson, Kathleen
Gregory, Elizabeth
Pridmore-Brown, Michelle
Pugh, Allison
Thorne, Barrie
Williams, Joan C.

Multi-Cultural Families

Kliman, Jodie
Lee, Jennifer
Moore, Mignon
Samuels, Gina Miranda
Nemzoff, Ruth
Turner-Vorbeck, Tammy

Reproductive Politics

Ferree, Myra Marx
Gregory, Elizabeth
Joffe, Carole

Remarriage: see Stepfamilies

Trauma and Disaster

Coffey, Ellen Pulleyblank
Boss, Pauline

Welfare Policies and Families

Cherlin, Andrew
Farris, Buford
Ferree, Myra Marx
Furstenberg, Frank
Iversen, Roberta Rehner
Johnson, Waldo E.
Nelson, Margaret K.
Smeeding, Timothy M.
Wisensale, Steven

Women's Issues: see Gender Issues

About CCF: The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families. Our members include demographers, economists, family therapists, historians, political scientists, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, as well as other family social scientists and practitioners. Founded in 1996 and based at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Council's mission is to enhance the national understanding of how and why contemporary families are changing, what needs and challenges they face, and how these needs can best be met.

To learn more about other briefing papers and about our annual April conferences, including complimentary press passes for journalists, contact Stephanie Coontz, CCF's Director of Research and Public Education, at coontzs@msn.com.