Experts
Daniel Carlson
Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah
News
- CCF’s Stephanie Coontz Speaks at Opening of Legacy Washington’s New Exhibit on Marriage EqualityCCF Expert and Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz spoke at the recent opening of Legacy Washington’s “Love, Equally” exhibit.
- NEW FROM CCF! No More in the Shadows: Racism, Family Structure, and Black FamiliesFamily formation has long been touted as a source of racial inequality, but what does the research actually say?
- Mine and Yours, or Ours: Are All Egalitarian Relationships Equal?It turns out there is a big difference between dividing up the tasks so that each partner does different ones versus sharing or alternating the same tasks, so that partners contribute equally to each.
- Mothers Are the Primary Earners in Growing Numbers of Families with ChildrenA new study estimates that about 70% of U.S. moms can expect to be primary financial providers before their children turn 18.
- People are Not as Consistent in Their Social Ideologies as We Think: Changing Views on Gender and Race, 1977-2018A new study finds that recognizing one type of inequality doesn’t automatically lead to recognition of another.
- CCF’s Joshua Coleman on the Complicated Realities of Parental EstrangementRead his thoughts in his new essay for Aeon, “Modern culture blames parents for forces beyond their control“
- Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”?Children face continued social isolation this fall, with 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country choosing remote learning instead of in-person classes.
- CCF’S Stephanie Coontz Interviewed by Legacy Washington“Legacy Washington recently recorded an interview with author/historian Stephanie Coontz. Watch Legacy Washington historian Bob Young interview Coontz, an expert on family and marriage whose writing influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex … Read more
- CCF Experts Featured in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Deseret NewsCCF experts Dan Carlson, Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin discuss the findings of their latest brief report on gendered division of labor during the covid-19 pandemic with Deseret News’ Lois M. Collins. Read the article, “More … Read more
- CCF’s Stephanie Coontz featured in Rolling StoneRead her thoughts on the challenges mothers are facing in “Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother”
- New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and StabilityThe 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 … Read more
- Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at HomeA briefing paper prepared by Daniel L. Carlson (University of Utah), Richard J. Petts (Ball State University), and Joanna R. Pepin (University of Buffalo – SUNY) for the Council on Contemporary Families. For the past … Read more
- CCF’s Stephanie Coontz for The New York Times: What Can Different-Sex Couples Learn From Same-Sex Couples?Five years after marriage equality, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz asks: What can different-sex couples learn from same-sex couples? Featuring research by CCF experts Joanna Pepin, Dan Carlson, Virginia Rutter, Amanda Miller, … Read more
- National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?January 23, 2020 A fact sheet on prospects for marriage in contemporary America prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College January … Read more
- Parents Can’t Go It Alone–They Never Have: What to Do for Parents to Help Our Next GenerationParents Can’t Go It Alone introduces you to important new work about what parents need to meet their goals and successfully raise the next generation.
- Why No One Can “Have It All” and What to Do About ItA briefing paper prepared by Kathleen Gerson, New York University, for the Council on Contemporary Families’ Symposium Parents Can’t Go It Alone—They Never Have. If debates about women’s rights, relationships between the sexes, and worsening … Read more
- Stephanie Coontz on History of Wedding Traditions in NBC NewsIn her Op-Ed for NBC News, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz writes about the origins of gendered wedding traditions and possible implications for marital satisfaction. Coontz writes, “couples looking for happiness in … Read more
- CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected. … Read more
- From Countercultural Trend to Strategy for the Financially Insecure: Premarital Cohabitation and Premarital Cohabitors, 1956-2015A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Arielle Kuperberg, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, UNC Greensboro. October 9, 2018 In the early 1960s, fewer than 3 percent … Read more
- Cohabitating Couples With Lower Education Levels Marry Less. Is This Because They Do Not Want To?A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Download a PDF of this Brief Kelly Raley Introduction Today, nearly two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation, … Read more
- CCF’s Stephanie Coontz Writes for Harvard Business ReviewIn her piece for Harvard Business Review, CCF Director of Research and Public Education, Stephanie Coontz, writes about a pernicious form of nostalgia – a collective nostalgia that involves people identifying more closely with their … Read more
- Men are helping more around the house and favor more gender equality, new research showsNew research by CCF members Daniel Carlson and David Cotter is featured in the Deseret News. Carlson and Cotter presented two new reports to CCF about gender differences in household work and attitudes about gender … Read more
- CCF BRIEF: Not All Housework is Created Equal: Particular Housework Tasks and Couples’ Relationship QualityNot All Housework is Created Equal: Particular Housework Tasks and Couples’ Relationship Quality A brief report prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dan Carlson, Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, … Read more
- CCF BRIEF: Patterns of Progress? Changes in Gender Ideology 1977-2016Patterns of Progress? Changes in Gender Ideology 1977-2016 A briefing paper prepared for The Council on Contemporary Families by David A. Cotter, Department of Sociology, Union College, cotterd@union.edu. April 3, 2018 The General Social … Read more
- CCF BRIEF: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. A fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families by Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College. Executive summary/advisory available. August … Read more
- CCF ADVISORY: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44ADVISORY: Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. Gains, stalls, and setbacks August 25, 2017, Austin, TX: Since 1973, August 26th has been designated as Women’s Equality Day, offering a chance to assess the current status … Read more
- Daniel Carlson and Amanda Miller Shed Light on Couples’ Sex LivesCCF members Daniel Carlson and Amanda Miller respond to new research on declining sexual frequency among American couples. In their Op-ed, they debunk four common myths about couples’ sex lives, highlighting important factors that predict … Read more