Full Description
Meet the men and women whose groundbreaking work elevated the field of family studies!
In Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars, you'll find 40 autobiographies written by leading scholars in sociology, family studies, psychology, and child development. Their fascinating stories demonstrate how their family experiences, educational opportunities, and occupational endeavors not only shaped the disciplines they chose but also shaped the theoretical perspectives they utilized and the topics they researched.
From the editors: These autobiographies document the experiences of scholars from the early twentieth century to the present. The descriptions of early influences on their education, of their graduate school experiences, and of their academic career paths, provides a wealth of valuable material. Since four of these scholars have died and a number are in their eighties or older, these histories provide rich case studies on factors that influence the decision to go to college, get married, pursue an advanced degree, make specific occupational choices, and investigate certain topics. These autobiographies also detail the barriers that early women scholars in the social sciences faced.
The scholars whose lives you will learn about in Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families include:
Joan Aldous
Katherine R. Allen
Pauline Boss
Carlfred B. Broderick
Wesley R. Burr
Catherine Street Chilman
Harold T. Christensen
Marilyn Coleman
Rand D. Conger
Randal D. Day
William J. Doherty
Evelyn Millis Duvall
Glen H. Elder, Jr.
Bernard Farber
Margaret Feldman
Mark A. Fine
Greer Litton Fox
Frank F. Furstenberg
Viktor Gecas
Harold D. Grotevant
Gerald Handel
Michael E. Lamb
Ralph LaRossa
Gary R. Lee
Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Harriette P. McAdoo
Hamilton McCubbin
Brent C. Miller
Phyllis Moen
Gerhard Neubeck
Gary W. Peterson
Ira L. Reiss
John Scanzoni
Walter R. Schumm
Barbara H. Settles
Laurence Steinberg
Suzanne K. Steinmetz
Sheldon Stryker
Marvin B. Sussman
Irv Tallman
Contents
Preface
Part I: Crossing Boundaries
Crossing Boundaries: An Introduction to the Lives of Family Scholars
A Hero's Journey: The Lifeways of a Modern Day Asclepius
My Autobiography
In Search of Resiliency in Families: Vision Quest of a Native Hawaiian Family Scholar
Life as a Sociologist
My Biographical Self: A Brief Sketch
Exploring and Defining Early Social Ecologies and Their Impact: Mothers, Fathers, Families, and Cultures
Part II: Overcoming Obstacles
Overcoming ObstaclesChallenges to Life and Scholarship
Now Take My LifePlease!
By the Book: An Academic Memoir
Living the Literature: Keeping My Family in Family Sociology
Aspirations and Possibilities: Coming to Terms with Other People's Reality
Constructing a Life Course
Following a Non-Linear Career Path: Dietetics + Child Development + Special Education = Family Studies
Part III: Environmental and Family Influences Shaping Family Scholars
Environmental and Family Influences Shaping Family Scholars
An Autobiographical Sketch
How I Got This Way: Memoirs of a Liberal
The Autobiography of a Sex Researcher: Short Version
My Family and Me: A 20th Century Saga
A Personal and Intellectual Journey
My Life Story: Reflections of an Early Family Scholar
Families, Social Change, and Individual Lives
Making the World Safe for Difference
Part IV: Intersections: Unique Career Paths to Studying Families
Intersections: Unique Career Paths to Studying Families
Toward Understanding Families as Groups
The Importance of Serendipity
Continuities and Diversities
Coming Full Circle: From Volunteer to Professional
The Social Construction of a Family Sociologist
Orchestrating Differences: The Making of a Family Psychologist
Reflections of a Psychologist Turned Relationship/Family Scientist
Soft Ideas and Hard Methods: Family Sociologist or Social Psychologist?
The Admiral's Son with an Independent Spirit
Trying to Make Sense of Self: A Work in Progress
Part V: Independent Spirits
Independent Spirits
Evelyn Duvall's Life
Migration into Middle Class: Social Capital at Work
How a Kid from the North Woods Got Lucky
Mountains, Mormonism, Marriage, and Family: Life and Career Reflections
The Way Things Were and Still Are
Observing Families: Their Contexts and Consequences
An Interest in Lost Persons
Treads in My Professional Career
Life Course Reflections
Everyday Life in Family Scholarship and Family Life: Sketches and Interpretations
Index
Reference Notes Included
