Baby Makes Three:
Social Scientific Research on Successfully Combining Marriage and Parenthood
June 16 - 19, 2010
Social Scientific Research on Successfully Combining Marriage and Parenthood
June 16 - 19, 2010
Sponsored by the Witherspoon Institute and the Institute for
American Values
Seminar Overview
In the last four decades, the relationship between marriage and parenthood in the United States has frayed. Americans are more likely to separate marriage and parenthood, both in belief and practice, as evidenced by increases in non-marital childbearing and public tolerance of childbearing outside marriage. Moreover, research suggests that many couples experience a dip in their marital happiness after becoming parents, and that this dip has deepened in recent years. Nevertheless, research also indicates that children are most likely to thrive when they are raised by their own married parents.
Accordingly, this seminar seeks to understand how parenthood currently affects the quality and stability of married life, to identify the characteristics of couples who successfully combine marriage and parenthood, and to discuss cultural and policy strategies that might strengthen marriages involving children. The instructors for this seminar include:
Helen Alvaré George Mason University School of Law
Thomas Bradbury University of California, Los Angeles
Catherine Hakim London School of Economics
Hans-Peter Kohler University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Marquardt Institute for American Values
Kyle Pruett Yale School of Medicine
Marsha Kline Pruett Smith College
Mark Regnerus University of Texas, Austin
W. Bradford Wilcox University of Virginia
Seminar Participants
This seminar is open to graduate students and young faculty in the fields of social science and economics. Meals and lodging are provided, but we ask for a $50 seminar fee to confirm attendance.
Seminar Facilities
This seminar will take place on the campus of Princeton University. Seminar participants will be provided with room and board for the duration of the seminar.
Application Instructions
Please send via email to Matthew Schmitz (mschmitz@winst.org) the following forms and documents by April 1, 2010:
1. Completed Application Form
2. Curriculum vitae or resume with all previous academic and professional experience.
3. Cover Letter expressing the reasons for your interest in the seminar and discussing any relevant experience in the seminar topic
Applicants to the seminar can expect to receive a decision by April 15, 2010.
Seminar Overview
In the last four decades, the relationship between marriage and parenthood in the United States has frayed. Americans are more likely to separate marriage and parenthood, both in belief and practice, as evidenced by increases in non-marital childbearing and public tolerance of childbearing outside marriage. Moreover, research suggests that many couples experience a dip in their marital happiness after becoming parents, and that this dip has deepened in recent years. Nevertheless, research also indicates that children are most likely to thrive when they are raised by their own married parents.
Accordingly, this seminar seeks to understand how parenthood currently affects the quality and stability of married life, to identify the characteristics of couples who successfully combine marriage and parenthood, and to discuss cultural and policy strategies that might strengthen marriages involving children. The instructors for this seminar include:
Helen Alvaré George Mason University School of Law
Thomas Bradbury University of California, Los Angeles
Catherine Hakim London School of Economics
Hans-Peter Kohler University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Marquardt Institute for American Values
Kyle Pruett Yale School of Medicine
Marsha Kline Pruett Smith College
Mark Regnerus University of Texas, Austin
W. Bradford Wilcox University of Virginia
Seminar Participants
This seminar is open to graduate students and young faculty in the fields of social science and economics. Meals and lodging are provided, but we ask for a $50 seminar fee to confirm attendance.
Seminar Facilities
This seminar will take place on the campus of Princeton University. Seminar participants will be provided with room and board for the duration of the seminar.
Application Instructions
Please send via email to Matthew Schmitz (mschmitz@winst.org) the following forms and documents by April 1, 2010:
1. Completed Application Form
2. Curriculum vitae or resume with all previous academic and professional experience.
3. Cover Letter expressing the reasons for your interest in the seminar and discussing any relevant experience in the seminar topic
Applicants to the seminar can expect to receive a decision by April 15, 2010.
