{"id":2013,"date":"2015-07-27T08:26:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T13:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2015-07-27T08:26:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T13:26:26","slug":"michelle-janning-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/2015\/07\/michelle-janning-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Janning \u201994"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2><a name=\"MichelleJanning94_N\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classhomepages\/files\/2014\/12\/94_MichelleJanning_N.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-172 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classhomepages\/files\/2014\/12\/94_MichelleJanning_N-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"94_MichelleJanning_N\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In the wake of widespread layoffs of journalists who cover family issues and the closure of several journalism centers that have traditionally featured new family research, the Council on Contemporary Families held a meeting of their national board over the weekend in Walla Walla, Wash., hosted by Whitman College. The agenda included the election of a new Co-Chair and discussion of how to further expand the dissemination of new research to the press and public in the context of the current crisis in print media.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Janning, Professor of Sociology at Whitman College, was elected a new co-chair of CCF, replacing family historian Stephanie Coontz. Janning, who has researched work-family issues, cross-cultural childhoods, changing gender roles, and family dynamics, joins continuing co-chair Joshua Coleman.<\/p>\n<p>According to Coleman, Janning\u2019s recent work in organizing the 2014 CCF conference, \u201cHow Technologies Are Changing the Way Families Live and Love,\u201d puts her at the forefront of CCF\u2019s work in reporting on emerging family trends. Whitman College has recognized the importance of her new position at CCF by providing student assistance, meeting facilities, travel funds, and funding for an annual speakers series on diversity and families. These services are funded by the Whitman Provost and Dean, the Department of Sociology, and the Robert and Mabel Groseclose Endowed Lecture Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Also at the meeting, CCF\u2019s board planned a series of briefing papers summarizing new research on marriage trends, cohabitation, parent-child relationships, and the implications of same-sex marriage, which is now legal in 31 states, containing almost 200 million Americans. Board members also evaluated updates to recent briefing papers on the diversification of\u00a0 the living arrangements of America\u2019s elementary school children and on the impact of sharing housework on the sex lives and marital satisfaction of couples.<\/p>\n<p>The Council on Contemporary Families, based at the University of Miami, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of family researchers and practitioners that seeks to further a national understanding of how America&#8217;s families are changing and what is known about the strengths and weaknesses of different family forms and various family interventions. The Council helps keep journalists informed of notable work on family-related issues via the CCF Network.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of widespread layoffs of journalists who cover family issues and the closure of several journalism centers that have traditionally featured new family research, the Council on Contemporary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12","tag-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}