Bio:

Dr. Carlson is Associate Professor of Social Work and Sociology at Columbia University. Her primary research interests center on the links between family contexts and the wellbeing of children and parents, including the effects of relevant public policies. Her most recent work is focused on father involvement, co-parenting, union formation, and couple relationship quality among unmarried parents. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology (demography) from the University of Michigan in 1999, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University (Center for Research on Child Wellbeing) from 1999 to 2001, and has been at the Columbia University School of Social Work since 2001. Prior to graduate school, she worked for three years on social policy issues in Washington, D.C., first at the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Ways & Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, and then in the Human Services Policy division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 


Research Interests:

• Family structure and parenting
• Child and adolescent wellbeing
• Social policy
• Poverty and inequality
• Father involvement

Current Projects:

• Family Structure, Parenting and Child Wellbeing

Recent Publications & Presentations:

Books and Chapters
Carlson, Marcia J. and Sara S. McLanahan. 2004. "Early Father Involvement in Fragile Families," in Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement, edited by Randal Day and Michael Lamb. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

McLanahan, Sara and Marcia Carlson. 2004. "Fathers in Fragile Families," in The Role of the Father in Child Development, fourth edition, edited by Michael E. Lamb. New York: Wiley & Sons.

Carlson, Marcia J. and Sara S. McLanahan. 2002. "Fragile Families, Father Involvement and Public Policy," pp. 461-488, in Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Catherine Tamis-LeMonda and Natasha Cabrera, editors. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

McLanahan, Sara S. and Marcia J. Carlson. 2001. "Poverty and Gender in Affluent Nations," in the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, editors-in-chief, Vol. 17, pp. 11894-11900. Oxford: Elsevier Science Limited.

Danziger, Sheldon and Marcia Carlson. 2001. "Single Parents, Poverty and Social Policies in the West," Chapter 4, pp. 89-120, in Single Parents and Child Welfare in the New Russia, edited by Albert Motivans and Jeni Klugman. London: Palgrave Publishers Ltd.

Journal Articles
Carlson, Marcia J. and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. 2006. "The Prevalence and Correlates of Multipartnered Fertility among Urban U.S. Parents." Journal of Marriage and Family 68(3):718-732.

Carlson, Marcia J. and Sara S. McLanahan. 2006. "Strengthening Unmarried Families: Could Enhancing Couple Relationships Also Improve Parenting?" Social Service Review 80(2):297-321.

Carlson, Marcia J. 2006. "Family Structure, Father Involvement and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes." Journal of Marriage and Family 68(1):137-154.

Carlson, Marcia J. 2004. "Involvement by Young Unmarried Fathers before and after Their Baby's Birth." The Prevention Researcher 11(4):14-17.

Carlson, Marcia, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Ronald Mincy and Wendell Primus. 2004. "The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation." Population Research and Policy Review 23(5/6): 513-542.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Paula England. 2004. "Union Formation in Fragile Families." Demography 41(2):237-262.

McLanahan, Sara S. and Marcia J. Carlson. 2002. "Welfare Reform, Fertility and Father Involvement." The Future of Children: Children and Welfare Reform 12(1):147-165.

Carlson, Marcia J. and Mary E. Corcoran. 2001. "Family Structure and Children's Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes." Journal of Marriage and Family 63(3):779-792.

Danziger, Sandra K., Marcia J. Carlson and Julia R. Henly. 2001. "Post-Welfare Employment and Psychological Well-Being." Women and Health 32(1/2):47-78.

Carlson, Marcia and Sheldon Danziger. 1999. "Cohabitation and the Measurement of Child Poverty." The Review of Income and Wealth 45(2):179-191.

Carlson, Marcia J., Sara S. McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Unmarried but Not Absent: Fathers' Involvement with Children after a Nonmarital Birth."

Carlson, Marcia J., Sara S. McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Do Good Partners Make Good Parents?: Relationship Quality and Parenting in Two-Parent Families."

Carlson, Marcia J. and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. "The Consequences of Multi-Partnered Fertility for Parental Involvement and Relationships."

Bzostek, Sharon H., Marcia J. Carlson and Sara S. McLanahan. "Does Mother Know Best?: A Comparison of Biological and Social Fathers after a Nonmarital Birth."

Lopoo, Leonard M. and Marcia J. Carlson. "A Profile of the Men Who Father Children with Unwed, Teenage Women."

Presentations
Carlson, Marcia J. and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. "The Consequences of Multi-Partnered Fertility for Parental Resources and Relationships." Administration for Children and Families, Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, Washington, D.C., June 2006.

Carlson, Marcia J., Sara S. McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Fathers' Involvement and Young Children's Behavior in Fragile Families." Conference on Determinants of Children's Success, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, June 2006.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Fathers' Investments and Children's Behavior in Fragile Families." Annual meetings of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX, January 2006.

Carlson, Marcia J. and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. "The Consequences of Multi-Partnered Fertility for Parental Resources and Relationships." Annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 2005.

Carlson, Marcia J. Invited respondent comments, Program and Policy Panel. National Fatherhood Forum, College Park, MD, June 2005.

Carlson, Marcia J. "Fathers' Roles as Partners and Parents: How Are They Linked?" Annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Atlanta, GA, October 2004.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Fathers' Investments and Children's Behavior in Fragile Families." Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2004.

Carlson, Marcia, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Ronald Mincy and Wendell Primus. "The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation." Annual meetings of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 2003.

Carlson, Marcia J. "Residential Fathers' Involvement with Their One-Year-Old Children." Conference on Measurement Issues in Family Demography (Counting Couples II), Bethesda, Maryland, November 2003.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Fathers' Investments and Children's Behavior in Fragile Families." Annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., November 2003.

Carlson, Marcia, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Ronald Mincy and Wendell Primus. "Do Welfare and Child Support Policies Affect Marriage Following a Nonmarital Birth?" Annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., November 2003.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Unmarried and Married Fathers' Involvement with Their One-Year-Old Children." National Poverty Center, Annual Research Conference, Washington, D.C., September 2003.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Paula England. "Union Formation and Dissolution in Fragile Families." Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Welfare Reform Evaluation Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2003.

Carlson, Marcia, Sara McLanahan and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. "Father Involvement in Fragile Families One Year Later." Annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN, May 2003.

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