Find an Expert

A central purpose of the Council on Contemporary Families is to help the media find experts in various arenas of family research and practice. Many journalists have found this to be a useful way of discovering who is doing new research on a topic of interest. If you have a specific topic in mind, please visit our Experts by Topic page.

Fenaba Addo

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rachel Allison

Associate Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University

Ashton Applewhite

Author, Speaker, Activist; ThisChairRocks

Amy Armstrong

Founder and Director, The Center for Family Resolution

Elizabeth Armstrong

Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

M. V. Lee Badgett

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

Pallavi Banerjee

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Calgary

Anne Barrett

Professor, Florida State University

Karla Mason Bergen

Associate Professor of Communication, College of Saint Mary

Anne Bernstein

Professor, The Wright Institute

Danni Biondini

LMFT, CIIS

Chloe E. Bird

Senior Sociologist, RAND Corporation; Professor of Sociology and Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Amie Bostic

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dawn O. Braithwaite

Willa Cather Professor & Chair of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mia Brantley

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Jenifer Bratter

Professor of Sociology, Rice University

Christia Spears Brown

Professor, Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence, University of Kentucky

Jessica Calarco

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Daniel Carlson

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

Marcia Carlson

Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Deborah Carr

Professor of Sociology, Boston University

Monica J. Casper

Dean and Professor of Sociology, San Diego State University

Kelly Chandler

Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

Andrew Cherlin

Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

Elise Martel Cohen

Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago

Philip Cohen

Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland

Joshua Coleman

Psychologist, Author, Speaker

Marilyn Coleman

Curators' Professor Emerita of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri

Caitlyn Collins

Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis

Stephanie Coontz

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

Shauna Cooper

Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

Christina Cross

Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

Sarah Damaske

Professor of Sociology and Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State University

Rebecca Davis

Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

Vanessa Delgado

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washington State University

Bella DePaulo

Academic Affiliate, UC Santa Barbara

Patricia Drentea

Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Paula England

Silver Professor of Sociology, New York University

Bethany Everett

Associate Professor, University of Utah

Rachel Farr

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky

Priya Fielding-Singh

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah

Eli Finkel

Professor, Northwestern University

Nancy Folbre

Professor Emerita of Economics, University of Massachusetts

Paula Fomby

Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Kelley Fong

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

Shawn Fremstad

Director of Law and Political Economy, Center on Economic and Policy Research

Frank Furstenberg

Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Connie Gager

Associate Professor, Department of Family Science & Human Development, Montclair State University

Susan Gamache

Psychologist & Marriage and Family Therapist

Lawrence Ganong

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

Lorena Garcia

Associate Professor, Sociology; Latin American and Latino Studies; Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

Noni Gaylord-Harden

Associate Professor, Loyola University Chicago

Claudia Geist

Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Utah

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

Gloria González-López

Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Rachel Gordon

Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Janet C. Gornick

Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, Graduate Center CUNY

Robert-Jay Green

Executive Director of the Rockway Institute for LGBT Psychology and Public Policy, and Distinguished Professor in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program, California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco

Karen Guzzo

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Center for Family & Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University

Lauren Harris

Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

Hope Harvey

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Jeffrey Hayes

Program Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research

Erin Helleso

Therapist, Clinical Social Worker

Aaron Hoy

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Jacqueline Hudak

Clinical Director, Perelman School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

John Hughes

Co-Founder and Clinical Psychotherapist, Chicago Center for Relational Health

Clare Huntington

Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

Roberta Iversen

Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Social Policy program, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice

Tyler Jamison

Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

Michelle Janning

Professor of Sociology, Whitman College

Todd Jensen

Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Carol Joffe

Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis

Gayle Kaufman

Professor of Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Davidson College

Kristin Kelley

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Arielle Kuperberg

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

Katherine Kuvalanka

Professor, Miami University

Jamie Ladge

Professor and Group Chair of Management and Organizational Development, Northeastern University

Ellen Lamont

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Appalachian State University

Jay Lappin

Family Therapist

Bethany Letiecq

Associate Professor, Research Methods, George Mason University

Jessica Leveto

Associate Professor of Sociology, Kent State University

Ricci Levy

President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

Sigrid Luhr

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois-Chicago

Marcus Maloney

Assistant Professor, Coventry University

Anna Manzoni

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Alan Santinele Martino

Assistant Professor, University of Calgary

Susan Matt

Presidential Distinguished Professor of History, Weber State University

Joan Maya Mazelis

Associate Professor, Rutgers University-Camden

Jonathan Mijs

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University

Melissa Milkie

Professor of Sociology & Chair of the Graduate Department, University of Toronto

Amanda Miller

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Indianapolis

Steven Mintz

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

Mignon Moore

Professor, Barnard College-Columbia University

Christin Munsch

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut

Kelly Musick

Professor and Interim Department Chair of Policy Analysis and Management, Director of the Cornell Population Center, Cornell University

Adina Nack

Professor of Sociology, California Lutheran University

Laura Napolitano

Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - Camden

Ruth Nemzoff

Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

Jamie O'Quinn

Assistant Professor, California State University, San Bernardino

Irene Padavic

Professor of Sociology, Florida State University

Patricia Papernow

Psychologist

Joanna Pepin

Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Maureen Perry-Jenkins

Professor of Psychology & Director of Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Elizabeth Peters

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

Richard Petts

Professor of Sociology, Ball State University

Brian Powell

Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Michele Pridmore-Brown

Research Scholar, Center for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, UC Berkeley; Senior Editor, Los Angeles Review of Books

Allison Pugh

Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University

Pamela Anne Quiroz

Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and Professor of Sociology, University of Houston

Jennifer Randles

Professor and Chair of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

Aliya Rao

Assistant Professor fo Methodology, London School of Economics

Kate Riera

Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

Rachel Riskind

Associate Professor of Psychology, Guilford College

Barbara Risman

Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Michael Rosenfeld

Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Keli Rugenstein

Co-Director, P.E.A.K.; Author, Relationship; Executive Director, Eastern Door Counseling Center

Luke Russell

Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

Stephen Russell

Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

Virginia Rutter

Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

Sharon Sassler

Professor, Cornell University

William Scarborough

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas

Rachel Schmitz

Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University

Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University

Pepper Schwartz

Professor, University of Washington

Kevin Shafer

Associate Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University & McMaster University

Susan Short

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University

Cindy Shuster

PCI® Certified Parent Coach, Founder, Partner in Parenting, LLC

Pamela J. Smock

Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Brittany Stahnke Joy

Assistant Professor, Newman University

Betsey Stevenson

Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

Susan Stewart

Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

Jessi Streib

Associate Professor, Duke University

Jessica Su

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Jennifer Tabler

Associate Professor, University of Wyoming

Eman Tadros

Assistant Professor, Syracuse University

Sarah Thebaud

Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

Samantha Tornello

Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University

David Trimble

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

Carolyn Tubbs

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), St. Mary’s University

Tammy Turner-Vorbeck

Director, Family Diversity Education Council; Adjunct Faculty, Purdue University

Debra Umberson

Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas

Nancy Unger

Professor of History, Santa Clara University

Alicia Walker

Associate Professor of Sociology, Missouri State University

Froma Walsh

Firestone Professor Emerita, University of Chicago

Ellen Wartella

Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

Laurel Westbrook

Professor, Grand Valley State University

Elizabeth Wildsmith

Deputy Program Area Director, Child Trends

Deadric Williams

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Kristi Williams

Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University

Karen Wirth

Instructor of Sociology, Elon 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

Jaclyn Wong

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina

Bob Wright

Professor & CEO, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential

Colleen Wynn

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Indianapolis

Priscilla Yamin

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon

Linda Young

Psychologist

Emma Zang

Assistant Professor, Yale University

Xing Zhang

Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Zhe Zhang

Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles