Transition – Couples to Parenting

Experts

Jessica Calarco

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Joshua Coleman

Psychologist

Carolyn Cowan

Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley

Philip Cowan

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Rachel Farr

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky

Kathleen Gerson

Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

Jacqueline Hudak

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

Jamie Ladge

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

Melissa Milkie

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

Maureen Perry-Jenkins

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

Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University

Samantha Tornello

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

News

Worrying About Being a Perfect Mother Makes It Harder to Be a Good ParentMay 8, 2025
in a new brief report, CCF Board President Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan discusses how the pressure to be perfect can hold mothers back
Why the U.S. Should Have (and Why Men Should Take) Paternity LeaveFebruary 25, 2025
In a new brief report, Richard Petts, Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, and Reed Donithen discuss why it is time for policies and workplace culture to catch up to the wave of support for paid parental leave in the U.S.
CCF Experts Kuperberg and Mazelis’ Student Loan Debt Brief Report Featured on North Carolina Public RadioApril 16, 2021
Read more here: https://www.wunc.org/2021-04-12/what-would-you-do-without-student-debt-a-study-from-unc-greensboro-put-the-question-to-recent-graduates/ Also, check out this feature in Rutgers-Camden News Now: https://news.camden.rutgers.edu/2021/04/additional-student-loan-debt-cancellations-needed-says-sociologist/
Parents Can’t Go It Alone–They Never Have: What to Do for Parents to Help Our Next GenerationSeptember 19, 2019
Parents 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.
Pepper Schwartz comments in USA Today on Kelly Musick’s new reportOctober 29, 2015
Check out CCF boardmember Pepper Schwartz’s comments on member Kelly Musick’s report on pre-marital parenting.
Understanding Low-Income Unmarried Couples with ChildrenOctober 20, 2007
Download Full Report as a PDF Download Full Report as a Word Document Why do so many low-income couples postpone marriage but fail to postpone childbearing? Which couples eventually do… Read more: Understanding Low-Income Unmarried Couples with Children