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Annette Lareau, Ph.D.
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Unequal Childhoods: inequalities in the rhythms of daily life

by Annette Lareau, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

The intersection of race and class in American life is an important but often vexing subject for sociologists. The power of social class is often obscured by the visibility of race. I wrote Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life (University of California Press, 2003) in part because I wanted to make class real by showing how it works in everyday life.

Ralph LaRossa

Ralph LaRossa

Professor, Georgia State University
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1975
Specialty Areas: 
  • History of Fatherhood/Motherhood/Childhood
  • War
  • Culture and Cognition
  • Theory
  • Qualitative and Historical Methods

Ralph LaRossa is Professor of Sociology at Georgia State University and the author of Conflict and Power in Marriage: Expecting the First Child; Transition to Parenthood: How Infants Change Families (with Maureen Mulligan LaRossa); Becoming a Parent; The Modernization of Fatherhood: A Social and Political History; and Of War and Men: World War II in the Lives of Fathers and Their Families. He is also the editor of Family Case Studies: A Sociological Perspective, and a co-editor of the Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods: A Contextual Approach (with Pauline Boss, William Doherty, Walter Schumm, and Suzanne Steinmetz). Dr. LaRossa has received grants from the National Science Foundation (principal investigator) and National Institutes of Health (co-investigator) in support of research on the social realities of fatherhood during the Machine Age (1918-1941) and on the experience of becoming a father in contemporary society.

Tammy Henderson, Ph.D.

Tammy Henderson

Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1999
Specialty Areas: 
  • Family Policy, Law, and Diversity
  • Foster Care and Kinship Care Concerns
  • Diversity and Disaster Research Related to Older Adults
  • Grandparent Rights and Responsibilities
  • Instructional Approaches to Teaching Family Law and Policy

 

Dr. Tammy L. Henderson, Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences at Oklahoma State University, conducts research in the area of family policy, law, and diversity. She completed her doctoral studies in Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University and earned her other degrees from Louisiana State University. Previously, she was a faculty member at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA. As a family policy and law scholar, Henderson has published more than 32 articles and book chapters focused on grandparent rights and responsibilities, foster care, mentoring Black women, and diversity and policies. She also is conducting research on the impact of Hurricane Katrina on older adults, a critical analysis of mass media reports regarding Hurricane Katrina, and Alaska Native grandparents.

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Marquette Room 4

Challenges in Work and Family

Concurrent Sessions 12
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335
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 2

Military Service and Family Life

Concurrent Sessions 9

Discussant: Angela Pereira, Presider: Andrew Behnke

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Board Room 1

Families in Transition - Policy Perspectives

Concurrent Sessions 8

Facilitator: Bethany L. Letiecq

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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Directors Row 1

The Past, Present, and Future of Family Policy in South Korea: Towards Comprehensive and Preventive Approaches

Concurrent Sessions 3

Discussants: Jean W. Bauer; Catherine A. Solheim, Chair: Sun Wha Ok

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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 2

Multi-ethnic Families: Health Disparities, Wellbeing, Education and Social Policy

Concurrent Sessions 3 - Invited Symposium

Discussant: Michelle Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, Chair: Hamilton I. McCubbin, Presider: Curtis A. Fox

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1:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Salons A/B

Innovations in Family Policy

Opening Plenary Session

Maria Cancian

Approximately 40 percent of children are now born to unmarried parents, and our estimates suggest that most of these parents will go on to have children with other partners. The resulting complex families, together with changing employment patterns lead most mothers, as well as fathers, to work outside the home, raises challenges for research and policy.

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10:15 am - 11:45 am | Directors Row 1

Innovations in Family Impact Analysis

Concurrent Sessions 2

Discussant: Theodora Ooms, Chair: Karen Bogenschneider