2010 Spring Recombinant Families: The Science and Culture of Contemporary Kinship


March 8, 2011

Richard Kahlenberg

Richard D. Kahlenberg is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. His many publications include Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race and Democracy  (2007) and […]

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April 7, 2010

Bella DePaulo, Amy Parish, Marc Solomon, moderated by Dan Segal

Dr. Bella DePaulo describes her book, Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After, as “a myth-busting, consciousness-raising, totally unapologetic take on singles […]

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March 9, 2010

“Jealous of the Birds”

JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS is a feature length documentary that provides a new angle and new stories to the pantheon of Holocaust related documentaries. The film focuses on the emotional […]

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February 25, 2010

Jessica Borelli

Jessie Borelli is an assistant professor at Pomona College who specializes in attachment relationships throughout life. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yale University. A military wife herself, […]

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February 24, 2010

Jacqueline Stevens

Jacqueline Stevens is a professor in the law and society program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the author of Reproducing the State. She analyzes the politics of […]

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February 15, 2010

R. Alta Charo

R. Alta Charo is the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she is on the faculty of the Law School […]

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February 11, 2010

Rhacel Parreñas

Rhacel Parreñas is a professor of American Civilization at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. in ethnic studies and B.A. in peace and conflict studies from the University of California—Berkeley. […]

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February 9, 2010

“Off and Running”

With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers — one mixed-race and one Korean — Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when […]

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February 4, 2010

Ellen Lewin

Ellen Lewin is professor in the departments of Women’s Studies and Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Gay Fatherhood: Narrative of Family and Citizenship in […]

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February 2, 2010

“Those Who Remain”

The Ones Who Remain tells the true stories of 11 men, women and children from different regions of Mexico whose families who have crossed the border to the United States […]

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January 28, 2010

Susan Burton, Dawn Davison, and Denise Johnston

“Susan Burton is the Founder and Executive Director of A New Way of Life Reentry Projectâ„¢, a grassroots, nonprofit, sober living home for formerly incarcerated women in South Los Angeles. […]

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January 26, 2010

“Crips and Bloods: Made in America”

Directed by critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta and Executive Produced by NBA star Baron Davis and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Stephen Luczo, Crips and Bloods: Made in America tells the story of […]

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