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[EDUCATION]  [EMPLOYMENT]  [AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS]  [RECENT GRANTS]  [PUBLICATIONS]

FRANK F. FURSTENBERG
CURRICULUM VITAE
Fall 1998
 
 
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University of Pennsylvania
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Education
 
Columbia University
New York, New York
Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Ph.D. 1961-1967
 
B.A.  1957-1961
 
 
Employment
 
 
University of Pennsylvania
 
Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology
1990-
Max N. & Heidi L. Berry Term Professor
  of Sociology
1988-1990
Professor Sociology, Graduate Group  
  in Demography.  
1980-present
Adjunct Professor Sociology and Psychiatry.
  School of Medicine  
1980-1988
Research Associate Population Studies Center  
1980-present
Associate Professor Sociology  
1972-1980
Assistant Professor Sociology  
1967-1972
 
 
National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
 
Researcher Public Opinion of Criminal   
  Justice System
1969-1970
 
 
Columbia University
 
Research Associate School of Social Work
Department of Sociology, Instructor   
1966-1967
1965
 
 
Awards and Fellowships
 
Visiting Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
  in the Behavioral Sciences
1997-98
Visiting Fellow, The Australian National University
  Canberra, Australia
Winter 1997
Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
Spring 1997
Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science
1996
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1994
Visiting Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
  in the Behavioral Sciences
1993-94
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
1988-89
William J. Goode Award, American Sociological Association
1988
Distinguished Research Award, Family Planning Council
  of Southeastern Pennsylvania
1983
Guggenheim Fellowship
1982-1983
Foundation for Child Development Fellowship
1979
Irving Gellman Award, Eastern Sociological Assoc.
1977
World Health Organization Travel Fellowship
1973
Bobbs-Merrill Award in Sociology, Columbia University
1962
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
1961-1962
 
 
Recent Grants
 
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2000-2001
The East Bay Community Foundation 1999-2000
Common Cents, Inc. New York 1999-2000
The Zellerbach Training Grant 2000-2004
The MacArthur Foundation 1999-2000
The Zellerbach Family Fund 1999-2000
William T. Grant Foundation 1999-1999
William Penn Foundation
1997-2000
The Pew Charitable Trusts
1997-2000
The Ford Foundation
1997-1998
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1996-1997
MacArthur Foundation
1994-1996
The Zellerbach Family Fund
1994-1999
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1992-1994
The William Penn Foundation
1993-1995
NICHD
1989-1993
The Commonwealth Fund
1991-1992
Russell Sage Foundation
1991-1995
MacArthur Foundation
1988-1995
Rockefeller Foundation
1988-1990
William Penn Foundation
1988-1992
Ford Foundation
1985-1988
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1985-1988
National Science Foundation
1985-1986
William Penn Foundation
1985-1986

 

PUBLICATIONS
Books
Transmission of social attitudes in the family. 1967. Ph.D. Dissertation.
On the family, education and war: Willard W. Waller, edited with William J. Goode and Larry Mitchell. 1970. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Unplanned parenthood: The social consequences of teenage childbearing. 1976. New York: The Free Press. (paperback edition, 1979).
Teenage sexuality, pregnancy and childbearing, edited with Richard Lincoln and Jane Menken. 1981. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Recycling the family: Remarriage after divorce, with Graham B. Spanier. 1984. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. (paperback edition, 1987).
The new American grandparent: A place in the family, a life apart, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1986. New York: Basic Books. (paperback edition, 1988). Re-issued as a Harvard Press paperback, 1992.
Adolescent mothers in later life, with J. Brooks-Gunn and S. Philip Morgan. 1987. New York: Cambridge University Press. (paperback edition, 1989).
Divided families: What happens to children when parents part, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1991. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (paperback edition, 1994).
Managing to make it: Urban families in high-risk neighborhoods, with Thomas Cook, Jacquelynne Eccles, Glen H. Elder, Jr. and Arnold Sameroff. In press. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Destinies of the disadvantaged: The life course of teenage mothers and their children. Forthcoming. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 
Articles, Chapters and Monographs
Industrialization and the American family: A look backward. 1966. American Sociological Review,31(3), 326-337.
Birth control knowledge and attitudes among unmarried pregnant adolescents, with Milton Markowitz & Leon Gordis. 1969.Journal of Marriage and the Family, 30(1), 34-42.
Premarital pregnancy among Black teenagers. 1970. Trans-Action, 7(7), 52-55.
Political intrusion and governmental confusion: The case of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. 1971.  The American Sociologist, 6, 59-62.
Public reactions to crime in the streets. 1971. The American Scholar, 40(4), 601-610.
Preventing unwanted pregnancies among adolescents. 1971. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 12, 340-347.

The transmission of mobility orientation in the family. 1971. Social Forces, 9(4), 595-603.
Birth control experience among pregnant adolescents: The process of unplanned parenthood. 1971.  Social Problems, 19(2), 192-203.
Strategies and evaluating police performance. 1972. In Politics, crimes and the International scene: An Inter-American focus, Freda Adler and G.O.W. Mueller (eds.), pp. 348-353. San Juan, Puerto Rico: North-South Center Press.
Fear of crime and its effects on citizen behavior. 1972. Symposium on Studies of Public Experience, Knowledge and Opinion about Criminal Justice, Washington, DC.
How can family planning programs delay repeated teenage pregnancies? with George Masnick & Susan A. Ricketts. 1972. Family Planning Perspectives, 4(3), 54-60.
Attitudes toward abortion among young Blacks. 1972. Studies in Family Planning, 3(4), 66-69.
Calling the police: The evaluation of police service, with Charles Wellford. 1973.  Law and Society Review, 393-400.
Teenage illegitimacy: An exchange. 1974. Family Planning Perspectives, 6(3), 132-133.
Work experience and family life. 1974. In Work and the quality of life, James O'Toole (ed.). Cambridge: MIT Press.
Children of the Great Depression: A review essay. 1975. American Journal of Sociology, 81(3), 647-652.
Counting the jobless: The impact of job rationing on the measurement of unemployment, with Charles Thrall. 1975. The Annals, 418, 45-49.
The origins of the female-headed Black family: The impact of urban experience, with Theodore Herschberg & John Modell. 1975.  Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 7(2), 211-233.
Social change and transition to adulthood in historical perspective, with John Modell & Theodore Herschberg. 1976.  Journal of Family History, 1(1), 7-32.
Premarital pregnancy and marital instability. 1976.   Journal of Social Issues, 32(1), 67-86.

Children's names and paternal claims: Bonds between unmarried fathers and their children, with Kathie Talvitie. (1979).  Journal of Family Issues, 1(1), 31-57.
The social consequences of teenage parenthood. 1976. Family Planning Perspectives, 8:14:148-166.
Adolescent fertility and social policy. 1976. Proceedings, first hemispheric conference on adolescent fertility. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
The timing of marriage in the transition to adulthood: Continuity and change, 1860-1975, with John Modell and Douglas Strong. 1978. The American Journal of Sociology, 84:Suppl:S120-150.
Family support: Helping teenage mothers to cope, with Albert G. Crawford. 1978. Family Planning Perspectives, 10:6:322-333.
Recycling the family: Perspectives for researching a neglected family form. 1979. Marriage and Family Review, 2:3:1,12-22.
What happened when the census was redone: An analysis of the recount of 1870 in Philadelphia, with Douglas Strong and Albert G. Crawford. 1979. Sociology and Social Research, 63:3:475-505.
Children's names and paternal claims: Bonds between unmarried fathers and their children, with Kathy Talvitie. 1979. Journal of Family Issues, 1:1:31-57.
Burdens and benefits: The impact of early childbearing on the family. 1980. Journal of Social Issues, 36:1:64-87.
Social implications of teenage parenthood, with Albert G. Crawford. 1980. In Adolescent pregnancy: Perspectives for the Health Professional, Peggy B, Smith and David M. Mumford (eds), pp. 48-76. Boston: G.K. Hall.
Reflections on remarriage: Introduction to special issue on remarriage. 1980. Journal of Family Issues, 1:4:443-453.
Implicating the family: Teenage parenthood and kinship involvement. 1981. In Teenage pregnancy in a family context: Implications for policy, Theodora Ooms (ed.), pp. 131-164. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Bringing in the family: Kinship support and contraceptive behavior, with Roberta Herceg-Baron and Jay Jamail. 1981. In Teenage pregnancy in a family context: Implications for policy, Theodora Ooms (ed.). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Remarriage and intergenerational relations. 1981. In Aging: Stability and change in the family, Robert W. Fogel, Elaine Hatfield, Sara B. Kiesler, and Ethel Shanas (eds.), pp. 115-142. New York: Academic Press.
Sociology and human sexuality, with Ira L. Reiss. 1981. In Sexual problems in medical practice, Harold I. Lief (ed.). Chicago: American Medical Association.
Conjugal succession: Reentering marriage after divorce. 1982. In Life span development and behavior, Paul B. Baltes and Orville G. Brim, Jr. (eds.), Vol. IV, pp. 107-146.
Adolescent contraceptive use: The impact of family support systems, with Roberta Herceg-Baron. 1982. In The childbearing decision, fertility attitudes and behavior, Greer Litton Fox (ed.). Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
Remarriage after divorce: A longitudinal analysis of well-being, with Graham B. Spanier. 1982. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 43:8:709-720.
Parental involvement: Selling family clinics short, with Roberta Herceg-Baron, Dorothy Mann, and Judy Shea. 1982. Family Planning Perspectives, 14:3:140-144.
Patterns of parenting in the transitions from divorce to remarriage, with Graham B. Spanier and Nancy Rothschild. 1982. In Women: A developmental perspective, Phyllis W. Berman and Estelle R. Ramey (eds.), pp. 325-348. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIH Publ. No. 82-2298).
The American family in the year 2000, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1983. The Futurist, 17:3:7-14.
The life course of children of divorce: Marital disruption and parental conflict, with Christine Winquist Nord, James L. Peterson, and Nicholas Zill. 1983. American Sociological Review, 48:5:656-668.
Contraceptive continuation among adolescents attending Family Planning Clinics, with Judy Shea, Paul Allison, Roberta Herceg-Baron, and David Webb. 1983. Family Planning Perspectives, 15:5:211-217.
Family communication and teenager's contraceptive use, with Roberta Herceg-Baron, Judy Shea and David Webb. 1984. Family Planning Perspectives, 16:4:163-170. Also in School-age pregnancy and parenthood: Biosocial dimensions, Jane B. Lancaster and Beatrice Hamburg (eds.). Hawthorne, NY: Aldine Press.
The risk of dissolution in remarriage: An examination of Cherlin's hypothesis of incomplete institutionalization, with Graham B. Spanier. 1984. Family Relations, 33:3:433-441.
Factors associated with adolescent use of Family Planning Clinics, with Judy Shea and Roberta Herceg-Baron. 1984. American Journal of Public Health, 74:11(Nov):1227-1230.
Teenage sexuality, pregnancy, and childbearing and child welfare, with Albert G. Crawford. 1985. In Handbook of child welfare: Context, knowledge, and practice, Joan Laird and Ann Hartman (eds.). New York: The Free Press.
Sociological ventures in child development. 1985. Introduction to Child Development, 56:281-288. Special issue on family development and the child.
Styles and strategies of grandparenting, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1985. In Grandparenthood: Traditional and emergent perspectives, Vern L. Bengston and Joan H. Robertson (eds.), pp. 97-116. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
Parenting apart: Patterns of childbearing after divorce, with Christine Winquist Nord. 1985. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47:4:898-904.
Environmental differences within the family and adjustment differences within pairs of adolescent siblings, with Denise Daniels, Judy Dunn, and Robert Plomin. 1985. Child Development, 56:3.
Teenage childbearing: Causes, consequences and remedies, with Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 1986. In Applications of social science to clinical medicine and health policy, Linda H. Aiken and David Mechanic (eds.), pp. 307-334. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Divorce and child development, with Judith A. Seltzer. 1986. In Sociological studies of child development, Vol. I, Peter and Patricia Adler (eds.), pp. 137-160. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Antecedents and consequences of parenting: The case of adolescent motherhood, with Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 1986. In The origins of nurturance, Allen D. Fogel and Gayle F. Melson (eds.), pp. 233-258. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Children of adolescent mothers: Physical, academic, psychological outcomes, with Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 1986. Developmental Review, 6:224-251.
Changing places: Conjugal careers and women's marital mobility, with Jerry A. Jacobs. 1986. Social Forces, 64:3:711-732.
Supporting teenagers' use of contraception: A comparison of clinic services, with Roberta Herceg-Baron, Judy Shea, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1986. Family Planning Perspectives, 18:2:61-66.
Grandparents and family crises, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1986. Generations, 10:4:26-28.
Parental attitudes and the occurrence of early sexual activity: A research note, with Kristen A. Moore and James L. Peterson. 1986. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48:4:777-782.
The new extended family: Experiences in stepfamilies. 1987. In Remarriage and stepparenting today, Kay Pasley and Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman (eds.), pp. 42-61. New York: Guilford Press.
Continuity and change in the context of poverty: Adolescent mothers and their children, with Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 1987. In The malleability of children, J.J. Gallagher (ed.), pp. 171-188. Baltimore: Brooks Publishing Co.
Marital disruptions, child custody, and visitation. 1987. In Child support: From debt collection to social policy, Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn (eds.), pp. 277-305. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
Remarriage and reconstituted families, with Graham B. Spanier. 1987. In Handbook of marriage and the family, Marvin B. Sussman and Susan K. Steinmetz (eds.), pp. 419-434. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Race differences in the timing adolescent intercourse, with S. Philip Morgan, K.A. Moore, & J.L. Peterson. 1987. American Sociological Review, 52:4:511-518.
The emergence of conjugal succession. 1987. In Soziale Welt, Jahrgang 38, Heft 1, 29-39. Gottingen: Verlag Otto Schwartz & Co. Also published as One hundred years of change in the American family. 1989. In Social class and democratic leadership: Essays in honor of E. Digby Baltzell, Harold J. Bershady (ed.), pp. 20-32. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Race differences in teenage sexuality, pregnancy, and adolescent childbearing. 1987. The Milbank Quarterly, 65:2:381-403. Also published in Health policies and Black Americans, David P. Willis (ed.), pp. 381-403. 1989. New Brunswick: Transaction Books.
Paternal participation and children's well-being after marital disruption, with S. Philip Morgan and Paul D. Allison. 1987. American Sociological Review, 52:695-701.
Adolescent mothers and their children in later life, with J. Brooks-Gunn and S. Philip Morgan. 1987. Family Planning Perspectives, 19:4:142-151.
Family change and adolescent well-being: A reexamination of U.S. trends, with Gretchen A. Condran. 1988. In The changing American family and public policy, Andrew J. Cherlin (ed.), pp. 117-155. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
Good dads/bad dads: The two faces of fatherhood. 1988. In The changing American family and public policy, Andrew J. Cherlin (ed.), pp. 193-218. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
The changing European family: Lessons for the American reader, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1988. Journal of Family Issues, 9:3:291-297.
Causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy and childbearing, with J. Brooks-Gunn. 1988. In Women's life cycle: Japan-U.S. comparison in income maintenance, Martha N. Ozawa, Shozaburo Kimura, and Hideo Ibe (eds.), pp. 227-257. Tokyo: Tokyo University Press.
Teenaged pregnancy and childbearing, with J. Brooks-Gunn and Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. 1989. American Psychologist, 44:2:313-320.
Adolescent sexuality, with J. Brooks-Gunn. 1988. American Psychologist, 44:2:249-257.
How marital dissolution affects children: Variations by age and sex, with Paul D. Allison. 1989. Developmental Psychology, 25:4:540-549.
Long-term implications of fertility-related behavior and family formation upon adolescent mothers and their children, with J. Brooks-Gunn. 1989. In Family systems and life-span development, K. Kreppner amd R.M. Lerner (eds.), pp. 319-339. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
The daughters of teenage mothers: Patterns of early childbearing in two generations, with Judith A. Levine and J. Brooks-Gunn. 1990. Family Planning Perspectives, 22:2:54-61.
Divorce and the American family. 1990. Annual Review of Sociology, 16:379-403.
Coming of age in the era of AIDS: Puberty, sexuality, and contraception, with J. Brooks-Gunn. 1990. The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 68, Suppl.1, 59-84.
Coming of age in a changing family system. 1990. In At the threshold: The developing adolescent, S. Feldman and G. Elliott (eds.), pp. 147-170. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
As the pendulum swings: Teenage childbearing and social concern. 1991. Family Relations, 40:127-138.
Pregnancy and childbearing: Effects on teen mothers. 1991. In Encyclopedia of adolescence, Vol. II, Richard M. Lerner, Anne C. Peterson, and J. Brooks-Gunn (eds.), pp. 803-807. New York: Garland Publishing.
Is teenage sexual behavior rational? with George Lowenstein. 1991. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21:12:957-986.
Longitudinal studies of effects of divorce on children in Great Britain and the United States, with Andrew J. Cherlin, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Kathleen K. Kiernan, Philip K. Robins, Donna R. Morrison, and Julien O. Teitler. 1991. Science, 252:1386-1389.
The disappearing American father? Divorce and the waning significance of biological parenthood, with Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1992. In The changing American family: Sociological and demographic perspectives, Scott. S. South and Stewart Tolnay (eds.), pp. 197-223. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
The next generation: The children of teenage mothers grow up, with Mary Elizabeth Hughes and J. Brooks-Gunn. 1992. In Early parenthood and coming of age in the 1990s, M. Rosenheim and M. Testa (eds.), pp. 113-135. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Daddies and fathers: Men who do for their children and men who don't. 1992. In Caring and paying: What fathers and mothers say about child support, with K.E. Sherwood and M.L. Sullivan, pp. 34-56. Report prepared for Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation on Parents' Fair Share Demonstration, New York.
How families manage risk and opportunity in dangerous neighborhoods. 1993. In Sociology and the public agenda, William J. Wilson (ed.), pp. 231-258. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Washington, DC, August 1990.
Reevaluating the costs of teenage childbearing, with Saul D. Hoffman and E. Michael Foster. 1993. Demography, 30:1:1-13.
Reevaluating the costs of teenage childbearing: Response to Geronimus and Korenman, with Saul D. Hoffman and E. Michael Foster. 1993. Demography, 30:2:291-296.
When fathers matter/Why fathers matter, with Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1993. In The politics of pregnancy: Adolescent sexuality and public policy, Annette Lawson and Deborah L. Rhode (eds.), pp. 189-215. 1993. Also in Young unwed fathers, Robert Lerman and Theodora Ooms (eds.), pp. 117-138. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Who drops out and who continues beyond high school?: A 20 year follow-up of Black urban youth, with Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Guang Guo. 1993. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 3:3:271-294.
Early warning signs of functional illiteracy: Predictors in childhood and adolescence, with Nazli Baydar and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 1993. Child Development, 64:815-829.
Reconsidering the effects of marital disruption: What happens to children of divorce in early adulthood? with Julien O. Teitler. 1994. Journal of Family Issues, 15:2:173-190. Paper presented at the European Population Conference in Paris, October 1991.
Reflections on the Sociology of childhood. 1994. In Childhood as a social phenomenon: Lessons from an International research project, Jens Qvortrup (ed.), pp. 29-43. Vienna: European Centre. Paper presented at the International Conference on Childhood as a Social Phenomenon: Lessons from an International research project, Billund, Denmark, September 1992.
History and current status of divorce in the United States. 1994. The Future of Children, 4:1.
Stepfamilies in the United States: A Reconsideration, with Andrew J. Cherlin. 1994. Annual Review of Sociology, 20:359-381. Also presented at the International Meeting "Les Recompositions Familiales Aujord'Hul," Paris, December 1993.
Are trends in the well-being of children related to changes in the American family? Making a simple question more complex, with Gretchen A. Condran. December 1994. Paper presented at the International Year of the Family conference, Paris, France. In Population, 6(Nov-Dec 1994):1613-1638.
The Impact of an Increase in Family Planning Services on the Teenage Population of Philadelphia, with Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Julien O. Teitler. 1995. Family Planning Perspectives, 27:2:60-65, 78.
Fathering in the Inner City: Paternal Participation and Public Policy. 1995. In Fatherhood: Contemporary Theory, Research, and Social Policy, William Marsiglio (ed.), pp. 119-147. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Social Capital and Successful Development Among at-risk Youth, with M.E. Hughes. August 1994. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California. 1995. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57:3:580-592.
The Effect of Divorce on Intergenerational Transfers: New Evidence, with Saul Hoffman and Laura Shresta. 1995. Demography, 32:3:319-333.
Family Change and the Welfare of Children: What Do We Know and What Can We Do About It? January 1992. Paper presented at the Seminar on Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries, Rome, Italy, 1995. In Gender and family change in industrialized countries, K.O. Mason & A.M. Jensen (eds.), pp. 245-257. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Supporting Fathers: Implications of Family Support Act for Men. Paper presented at the forum on the Family Support Act sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development, November 9-10, 1989, Washington, DC. Published 1995 as "Dealing with dads: The changing roles of fathers." In P.L. Chase-Lansdale & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Escape from poverty: What makes a difference for poor children? (pp. 189-210). New York: Cambridge University Press.
The future of marriage. June 1996. American Demographics, 34-40.
Family-State relations and the well-being of children. 1997. In A. Ben-Arieh and H. Wintersberger (Eds.), Monitoring and measuring the state of children: Beyond survival (pp. 187-191).
State-family alliances and children's welfare: A research agenda. 1997. Childhood, 4(2):183-192.
Does condom availability make a difference?: An evaluation of Philadelphia Health Resource Centers, with Lynne M. Geitz, Julien O. Teitler & Christopher C. Weiss. 1997. Family Planning Perspectives, 29(3), 123-127.
The influence of neighborhoods on children's development: A theoretical perspective and a research agenda, with Mary Elizabeth Hughes. November 1994. Paper presented at the conference on Indicators of Children's Well-Being, Rockville, Maryland. 1997. In J. Brooks-Gunn, G. Duncan, & J.L. Aber (Eds.), Neighborhood poverty: Policy implications in studying neighborhoods, vol. 2 (pp. 23-47). New York: The Russell Sage Foundation.
"Social capital and the role of fathers in the family." November 1996. Paper presented at the National Symposium on Men in Families, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1998. In A. Booth & N. Crouter (Eds.), Men in families: When do they get involved? What difference does it make? (Pp. 295-301). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Assoc.
"Paternal involvement with adolescents in intact families: The influence of fathers over the life course," with Kathleen Mullan Harris and Jeffrey K. Marmer. Demography, 35:2:201-216.
"When will teenage childbearing become a social problem? The implications of Western experience for developing countries." 1998. Studies in Family Planning, 29:2:246-253.
"Family change and family diversity: Accounts of the past and scenarios of the future." October 1996. Paper presented at the Conference on Common Values, Social Diversity, and Cultural Conflict, Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. 1999. In Diversity and its discontents, Neil J. Smelser and Jeffrey C. Alexander (eds.), pp. 147-165. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
"How much do we count? Interpretation and error-making in the 1990 census," with Roberta R. Iversen and Alisa A. Belzer. August 1997. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Toronto Canada. 1999. Demography, 36(1):121-134.
Children and family change: Discourse between social scientists and the media." 1999. Contemporary Sociology, 28(1):10-17.
"Adolescent females: Their sexual partners and fathers of their children," with Irma T. Elo and Rosalind Berkowitz King. 1999. Journal of Marriage and the Family 61(1):74-84.
"Is the modern family a threat to children's health?" 1999. Society, 36:5:31-37.
"Children and family change: Discourse between social scientists and the media." 1999. Contemporary Sociology, 28:1:10-17.
"Delayed parental divorce: How much do children benefit?" with Kathleen A. Kiernan. In press. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
"Intergenerational transmission of fathering roles in at risk families." October 1996. Paper presented at the NICHD Family and Child Well-Being Network's Conference on Father Involvement, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Published. 2000. Marriage and Family Review, 29:2/3:181-201. 
Short Pieces
Children of the great depression: A review essay. 1975. American Journal of Sociology, 81:3:647-652.
Teenage parenthood and family support. October 1980. Dimensions, "Lives of Families", 49-54.
Family change and the status of children. Jan/Feb 1985. Business and Health, 58-59.
Remarriage, with Harold I. Lief, M.D. 1985. Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, 19:1:95-109.
Sex education and sexual experience among adolescents, with Kristin A. Moore and James L. Peterson. 1986. American Journal of Public health, 75:11:1331-1332.
The divorce dilemma: After the revolution. 1987. Contemporary Sociology, 556-558. A review essay.
Bringing back the shotgun wedding: A solution to teenage pregnancy? 1988. The Public Interest, 90:121-127.
Child care after divorce and remarriage. 1988. In The impact of divorce, single parenting, and stepparenting on children, E. Mavis Hetherington and Joseph Arasteh (eds,). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Divorce doesn't always hurt the kids, with Andrew J. Cherlin. March 19, 1989. The Washington Post, C-3.
Sounding the alarm, with E. Mavis Hetherington. 1989. Review essay of Second chances: Men, women and children a decade after divorce, Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee. New York: Ticknor and Fields. 1989. Readings, 4:2:4-8. Reviewer's response to author's reply. Readings, 4:3:19-23.
Illegitimacy: An obsolete concept? 1992. In The Encyclopedia of Sociology, E. Borgatta and M. Borgatta (eds.). New York: MacMillan.
Teenage childbearing and cultural rationality: A thesis in search of evidence. 1992. Family Relations, 41:2:239-243. Reply to Arline T. Geronimus' Teenage childbearing and social and reproductive disadvantage: The evolution of complex questions and the demise of simple answers. 1992. Family Relations, 40:463-471.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Papers and Works in Progress
"Adolescent Childbearing and High School Completion Differentials: An Inter-Cohort Comparison." With Aimee Dechter and Kathleen Mullan Harris. March 1991. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC. Paper funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
"The Effects of Divorce and Remarriage on Intergenerational Transfers: A Preliminary Analysis of the PSID," with Saul D. Hoffman and Laura Shrestha. April 1993. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Racial Differences in Overlapping Disadvantages and Neighborhood Poverty during Childhood," with E. Michael Foster. April 1993. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio. Forthcoming. Journal of Poverty.
"Neighborhood Settings and Parenting Strategies," with Karen Walker. August 1994. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California.
"Neighborhood differences in resources for promoting the positive development of adolescents: The roles of financial, human, social, cultural and psychological capital," with Thomas D. Cook, Jeong-Ran Kim, Julien O. Teitler, Lynne Maziarz Geitz, Jacquelynne Eccles, Glen H. Elder, Jr., and Arnold Sameroff.
"Divorce, fathers, and children: Patterns and effects of paternal involvement." With Kathleen Mullan Harris. April 1995. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California.
"Teenage childbearing reconsidered." A report of the Robin Hood Foundation.
"The political and social context of children's well-being: The evidence gap. January 1996. Paper presented at the International Workshop: Monitoring and Measuring the State of the Children Beyond Survival, Jerusalem, Israel.
"Family management of adolescent success in inner-city Philadelphia." March 1996. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Work and welfare patterns across generations: Is there a link?" with Christopher C. Weiss. March 1996. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Teen pregnancy and parenting: What is the problem?" April 1996. Paper presented at a symposium of teen pregnancy at Wellesley College.
"Parenting after Divorce: Remarriage and cohabitation from the perspective of children," with Donna Ruane Morrison and Amy Ritualo. March 1997. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC.
"Schooling together: Mutual influences on educational success of teenage mothers and their children," with Christopher Weiss. April 1997. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.
"Where they live/How they live: Findings from the Philadelphia Study." February 1998. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, California.
"Multi-partnered fertility sequences: Documenting an alternative family form," with Rosalind Berkowitz.King. April 1998. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population association of America, Chicago, Illinois.
"Neighborhoods, mobility, and the successful development of at-risk youth," with Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Katrina Bell McDonald. April 1998. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, Illinois.
"The effect of welfare reform on the family: The good, the bad, and the ugly." May 1998. Paper presented at the Joint Center for Poverty Research Preconference "Family Management and Child Development in Low Income Families," Chicago, IL.
"The modern family: A threat to children=s health?" August 1998. Paper presented at the International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Stockholm, Sweden.
"Taking the road less traveled by: Divergent life courses of teen mothers and their daughters," with Elizabeth Armstrong. 1998. Manuscript in progress.
"Most disadvantaged children: Trends over time." With E. Michael Foster. April 1998. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL.
"Working parents: What can they do when their children become sick?" With S. Jody Heymann and Sara Toomey. Forthcoming. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
"Paternal involvement and children=s health: A longitudinal study." With Kathleen A. Foley. April 1999. Paper presented at the first biannual conference of the Urban Seminar Series on Children=s Health and Safety on Fatherhood, April 23-24, 1999, Cambridge, MA.
"How it takes 30 years to do a study." April 1999. Paper presented at Radcliff College, Murray Research Center conference, Landmark Studies of the 20th Century, April 23-25, 1999, Cambridge, MA.
"The sociology of adolescence and youth in the 1990s: A critical commentary." Forthcoming. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
"Dissolution of family 2001." Forthcoming. International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
"The Sociology of Adolescence." Forthcoming. International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
"Life course reflections." Forthcoming. Marriage and Family Review.
"Families in the city." Forthcoming. Special edition of Urbana.
"Managing to make it: Afterthoughts". Forthcoming. Journal of Family Issues.
"Inequalities in the use of time by teenagers and young adults," with Anne H. Gauthier. Forthcoming. Chapter to appear in Child well-being in modern nations: What do we know? Edited by K. Vleminckx and T. Smeeding. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press.
"The transition to adulthood: A time use perspective," with Anne H. Gauthier. March 2000. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA.
"The strange history of the family in the last in the first two decades of the 21st century." March 2000. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA.
"Managing early adulthood: A follow-up of the Philadelphia youth study," with Julie Kmec. June 2000. Paper presented at the Inequality Summer Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Forthcoming in Advances in life-course research: New frontiers in socialization, edited by R. Settersten and T. Owens. New York: JAI Press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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