Welcome:

Founded in 1996, with a membership consisting of national noted family researchers, mental health and social work practitioners, and clinicians, The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the national conversation about what contemporary families need and how these needs can best be met.
 
 
 

Contact the Co-chairs of CCF:

Steven Mintz: (713).805.3384
Waldo E. Johnson, Jr.: (773)702.8063

Contact the Director of Public Education and Research:

Stephanie Coontz : (360).352.8117
                                     (360).556.9223
 
  
 

Announcements:

Council on Contemporary Families honors three journalists for outstanding coverage of family issues

CHICAGO, March 17, 2009.  The Council on Contemporary Families was pleased to present its Seventh Annual Media Awards on Friday, April 17th at its annual conference in Chicago, Illinois.


CCF 12th Annual Conference: April 17 and 18, 2009 at the University of Illinois, Chicago

The CCF 12th Annual Conference, "Relationships, Sexuality, and Equality: How Far Have We Come?" was held on April 17-18 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The conference attracted national media coverage and featured cutting-edge panels on changes in masculinities, femininities, and relationships.  A special feature was the keynote address by Johns Hopkins sociologist Andrew Cherlin, who launched his book, "The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today," which examines the cultural contradictions caused by the high value Americans place on both marriage and individualism.

PowerPoint slides from the conference are forthcoming.


UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM: A SURVEY OF RECENT RESEARCH AND CLINICAL FINDINGS ON GENDER, FAMILIES AND EQUALITY

PREPARED FOR THE COUNCIL ON CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES' 12TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AT ILLINOIS

APRIL 17-19, 2009

EDITED BY JOSHUA COLEMAN, SENIOR FELLOW, COUNCIL ON CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES, AND STEPHANIE COONTZ, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, COUNCIL ON CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES