Family

Many of society’s most pressing problems — teenage childbearing, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, domestic violence, child and elder abuse, divorce — are related to or rooted in the family. The Section on Family was founded to provide a home for sociologists who are interested in exploring these issues in greater depth.

Bylaws
Annual Report (2023)
Award Recipient History

Section Council

Chair: Jessica Halliday Hardie, Hunter College
Chair-Elect: Liana Sayer, University of Maryland
Past Chair: Kei Nomaguchi, Bowling Green State University
Section Secretary/Treasurer: Daniel Carlson, University of Utah
Emma Bosley-Smith, Alma College (Student Representative)
Kate H. Choi, University of Western Ontario
Pilar Gonalons-Pons, University of Pennsylvania
Karen Benjamin Guzzo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Hook, University of Southern California
Ellen Lamont, Appalachian State University
Krystale Littlejohn, University of Oregon
Emma Romell, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Student Representative)

Visit the Section’s website here.