For Better and Worse: The Problematic Past and Uncertain Future of Marriage

Stephanie Coontz is the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families and emeritus faculty of history and family studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She currently serves as an adviser to MTV for its anti-bias campaign. She is the author of five books on gender, family, and history, including Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage, which was cited in the US Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. In addition to long-form and academic writing, you may have seen her on television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today show, and PBS News Hour, or heard her interviewed on NPR. Coontz's articles have appeared in both popular and academic media, from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Journal of Marriage and Family. As a passionate advocate for academics in public life, Coontz conducts media training workshops around the country, both for professional groups and at academic institutions, including Notre Dame, Columbia, and UCLA.