Classes:
Soc 120 Marriage and Family (Honors)Soc 640 Sociology of the FamilySoc 971 Demography of Fertility, Families, and Households
Professor of Sociology
Associate Director for Training, CDE
4446 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 262-1085
carlson@ssc.wisc.edu
Alternate Website
Office Hours: T 10-11 (Spr'13)
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications:
Carlson, Marcia J. and Paula England, editors. 2011. Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Turney, Kristin and Marcia J. Carlson. 2011. "Multipartnered Fertility and Depression among Fragile Families." Journal of Marriage and Family 73(3):570-587.
Carlson, Marcia J., Natasha V. Pilkauskas, Sara S. McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 2011. "Couples as Partners and Parents over Children's Early Years." Journal of Marriage and Family 73(2): 317-334.
Carlson, Marcia J. and Katherine A. Magnuson. 2011. "Low-Income Fathers’ Influence on Children." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 635: 95-116.
Högnäs, Robin S. and Marcia J. Carlson. 2010. "Intergenerational Relationships and Union Stability in Fragile Families." Journal of Marriage and Family 72(5):1220-1233.
Carlson, Marcia J. and Sara S. McLanahan. 2010. "Fathers in Fragile Families." Pp. 241-269 in The Role of the Father in Child Development, fifth edition, edited by Michael E. Lamb. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
Changing Families in an Unequal Society
Research Projects:
Trajectories and Consequences of Nonmarital Fathering
Changes in Family Structure and Economic Well-being in Twenty Nations
CDE Research Theme Working Groups:
Demography of Inequality
Families and Households