Gender and Couple Relationships

Susan McHale, Ph.D., is Director of the Social Science Research Institute and The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium and Distinguished Professor of Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University.Valarie King, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Human Development & Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, and is the Director of the Family Demography Training Program at the Population Research Institute. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Marriage and Family and Journal of Family Issues.Jennifer Van Hook, PhD., is Professor of Sociology and Demography and Director of the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University.Alan Booth, Ph.D., is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Human Development & Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. He has been a senior scientist in Penn State's Population Research Institute since 1991. Dr. Booth has co-organized the university's National Symposium of Family Issues since its inception in 1993.

• Marriage, Family Systems, and Economic Opportunity in the United States since 1850.- Trends in Women's and Men's Time Use, 1965-2012.- Gender Equality and Economic Inequality: Impact on Marriage.- Women, Men, Work and Family: The Expansionist Theory Updated.- Expansionist Theory Expanded: Integrating Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Gender, Work, and Family Change.- Overlooked Inequalities: Employment, Parenting and Partnering for Men in Families.- Women, Men, Work and Family: Action in the Interactions.- Effect of Father Engagement on Child Behaviors.- Why Do Fathers Matter for Children's Development?.- Changes in U.S. Mother's and Father's Time Use: Causes and Consequences.- Re-Envisioning Why Fathers Matter Beyond the Gender Binary: A Case for Gay Fathers.- Gender, Marriage and Health for Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples: The Future Keeps Arriving.- Simplifying the Complex Complicates our Findings: Understanding Marriage, Singlehood and Health.- Intersectionality: An Approach to the Study of Gender, Marriage and Health in Context.- His and Hers: Are We There Yet? Gender and Equality in Couple Relationships.