Welcome to Stephanie Coontz's official website!
Here you will find a wealth of information about Coontz's professional work examining and documenting family systems, both those of the past and those of today. Of primary interest are Coontz's multiple books, containing the knowledge she has gathered throughout her career.
Books by Stephanie Coontz:
- Marriage, a History - selected as one of the best books of 2005 by the Washington Post
- The Way We Never Were
- The Way We Really Are
- The Social Origins of Private Life
- American Families, A Multicultural Reader
For a list of recent speaking engagements, refer to Coontz's Curriculum Vita (pdf).
Interviews
- Good Question: How Has Marriage Changed? WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, March 8, 2007
- Psychjourney Podcasts
- Video — Media Appearances Sampler (50MB MPG download)
Lectures and Other Speaking Engagements 2009
- Presentation on families as they really are, Marketing Department, Campbell Soup
When: June 18
Location: Camden, NJ
- Luncheon Keynote, Los Angeles County Family Law Symposium
When: Saturday, May 9
Location: Universal Hilton, Burbank, California
- Panelist, The American Academy of Political and Social Science Symposium
"The Federal Statistical System -- Recognizing its Contributions; Moving it Forward"
When: Friday, May 8
Location: The National Academies, NAS Building Auditorium and Great Hall, Washington, DC
- Two day course on media training for the Health and Society Scholars, Columbia University
When: May 4 and 5
Location: Columbia University, New York
- "Panelist, Council on Contemporary Families Annual Conference
When: April 16-19
Location: U of Illinois, Cicago
- Panelist, Eastern Sociological Society Conference
When: March 18-22
Location: Baltimore, Md.
- "The (A )Morality of Family Values," University of Illinois Humanities Conference
When: March 12-15
Location: U of Illinois, Chicago
- Workshop on Writing Op Eds and Explaining Your Research to the Press, Sociologists for Women in Society
When: February 8, 2009
Location: Savannah, GA
Coontz is available for lectures and other speaking engagements through the Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau: jodi@jodisolomon.biz or visit www.jodisolomonspeakers.com. Professional organizations can reach her directly at: coontzs@evergreen.edu.
New Book on Marriage Released!
Stephanie Coontz's latest work, Marriage, A History, was recently released. Please visit the Marriage, A History page on this website for more information about this title, including availability.
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