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Family
During the 1990's, well-funded politically conservative think tanks got the ears of American journalists and editorial writers. Social science research was often distorted and presented inaccurately to the American public. This was particularly the case for research about families and relationships.
Social scientists, including Dr. Barbara Risman, felt as if good science was being misrepresented. But even worse, good science wasn't getting out to the people who need it, journalists who write about American society, policy makers, and individuals making decisions about their own lives.
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2003 CCF Symposium, Fordham University, New York City.
Barbara Risman is second from the right in the front row.
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The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) was born to give the public more accurate information about the condition of America's families. The Council is non-partisan and promotes the use of scientific and clinical expertise to support the diversity of American families, whether parents are married or not, same or opposite sex.
Dr. Risman has co-chaired the Council since 2001. In this role, she consults with journalists to help them understand the background for their stories. She regularly consults with journalists from Newsweek, National Public Radio, the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune and also with civil rights attorneys who represent gay and lesbian families in legislation about marriage and adoption rights. The Council on Contemporary Families holds an annual symposium each spring in Manhattan. The 2004 symposium looks at US family politics in an international framework-- "Are US Family Politics in the Rearguard or Vanguard of Social Change?"
Professor Barbara Risman |
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