Fatherhood, April 23-24 1999
Agenda
William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Jim Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Royer Urban Health Initiative
Friday, April 23
Urban Fathers and their Children: An Overview
of Theory and Research, Rebekah Levine Coley, Harvard University
Session I: Constructs of Fatherhood
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Author: Katherine Edin, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Jerry Tello, National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
"Doing the best I can: How low-income,
non-custodial fathers in Philadelphia talk about their families", Katherine
Edin. Now publshed in Social Problems, Vol. 27:1, p. 112-133 or see the article
in the American Prospect, "Few
Good Men: Why Poor Women Don't Remarry".
Author: Sandra Hofferth, University of Michigan
Discussant: Linda Mellgreen, ASPE
Session II: Supports and Barriers to Father
Involvement
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative
Author: Virginia Knox, MDRC
Discussant: RonMincy, The Ford Foundation
"Promoting non-custodial parents involvement
with their children: Evidence from the Parents' Fair Share demonstration".
Author: John Love, Mathematica Policy Research
Discussant: Lisbeth Schorr, Harvard University
"Dads in context: Early experiences of
fatherhood, parenting, and program involvement in Early Head Start",
John Love. (For more information about fatherhood, please visit Mathematica's
Early Head Start
website.
Session III: Fathers' Influence on Children's
Health and Well-Being
Moderator: Jim Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Author: Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Ron Ferguson, Harvard University
Author: Julien Teitler, Princeton University
Discussant: James May, National Fathers' Network
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