Announcing Families in Perilous Times: A Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) Policy and Public Scholarship Workshop, a FREE symposium and public scholarship training workshop, to be held on Friday, October 18th, 2024, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  

Morning panels will focus on four topics that are the subject of contemporary debates, and have profound effects on families: The fall of Roe vs. Wade, Anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Student Debt, and Immigration law. See our exciting line-up of speakers here!  

Afternoon speakers will provide training on podcasting, creating short research videos, and writing academic blog posts, brief reports, and op-eds about family research. Workshop participants will then break into small groups, give 3-minute roundtable presentations (and will be listed on the program) and will write short family-related public scholarship pieces in small group workshops led by senior CCF scholars. Whether you are a beginner writing your first public scholarship piece, or a seasoned public scholar refining your craft, this workshop is for you! 

Fill out this simple application by July 31st to participate in the afternoon workshop. Your public scholarship piece should be tied to an in-progress or recently published research project that is related to families. Graduate students are welcome! 

Whether or not you will attend the afternoon workshop, if you plan to attend the morning or afternoon event, please register here.  

Co-sponsored by The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Public Health; The Center for Social Science Scholarship; and the Dresher Center for the Humanities.