Andrew Cherlin
Andrew J. Cherlin (9 September 1948) is an American sociologist, focusing on family life in the U.S. and around the world.[1] He is an emeritus professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. A social demographer, he is a former president of the Population Association of America.[2] His books include The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today (2009)[3] and Labor's Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America (2014).[4] He is an Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences,[5] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[6] and the American Academy of Political and Social Science.[7]
His most highly cited article is "The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage" (2004)[8] in which he argued that marriage has evolved from a "marker of conformity" to a "marker of prestige," and he introduced the term "capstone marriage." He is also the author of a leading textbook for courses on the sociology of family life, Public and Private Families: An Introduction.[9]
References
- ↑ "Andrew J. Cherlin". Sociology. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "PAA Officers & Board Members - Population Association of America". www.populationassociation.org. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "The Marriage-Go-Round by Andrew J. Cherlin: 9780307386380 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Labor's Love Lost | Russell Sage Foundation". www.russellsage.org. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Member Directory - NAS". www.nasonline.org/. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Member Directory | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Fellows". aapss.org. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ↑ Cherlin, Andrew (2004). "The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage". Journal of Marriage and the Family. 66 (848–861).
- ↑ Public and Private Families: An Introduction. ISBN 978-1-266-55621-0.