Dr. Maxine P. Atkinson
associate professor of sociology
(919) 515-9001
maxine_atkinson@ncsu.edu
American family; age and gender roles. Research includes wives' economic dependence.

Dr. Theodore N. Greenstein
assistant professor of sociology
(919) 515-9006
ted_greenstein@ncsu.edu
Marriage and family; divorce; child care; women's labor force participation; working wives; effects of maternal employment on children; division of household labor.

Dr. Barbara Risman
professor of sociology
barbara_risman@ncsu.edu
Contemporary changes in the American family; gender issues, sexuality, gay rights, status of women; women in post-Soviet Russia. Co-editor of Contemporary Sociology. Author of Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition.

Dr. Kay Michael Troost
associate professor of sociology
(919) 515-9023
kay_troost@ncsu.edu
Family and biosocial perspectives of family. Social psychology. Impact of government policies on family.