Marriage and the Family
Marriage and the Family: Mirror of a Diverse Global Society is a comprehensive text about marriage and the family in sociology, family science, and diversity studies. The book is divided into four parts: studying marriage patterns and understanding family diversity; developing and maintaining intimate relationships; tackling family issues and managing household crises; and appreciating contemporary living arrangements in a diverse American society and across the global community. Marriage and the Family is unique in its focus on diversity as well as its global perspective. Diversity Overview boxes feature vignettes of family diversity in America. Global Overview boxes invite students to experience family life in different areas of the world. Indeed, families become a mirror that helps students see a diversifying American society and a globalizing world.
Dr. Julie Xuemei Hu is Senior Professor of Sociology at Union County College. She holds a doctorate in Sociology, a master’s degree in Sociology, and a bachelor’s degree in English and American Literature. Her interests are in social stratification, marriage and the family, racial and ethnic relations, social problems, student learning outcome assessment, and distance learning. She is a QM-Certified Peer Reviewer. She has enjoyed teaching Marriage and the Family since 1998. She has published the text Gender and Work, co-authored the text Introduction to Sociology: Collaborative Approach, and created supplementary teaching materials for this book.
Dr. Shondrah Tarrezz Nash is Professor of Sociology at Morehead State University. She holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Kentucky and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include violence against women and spousal violence and religious coping. Dr. Nash co-authored the textbook Collective Sociology: An Introduction to Sociology. She has published in Violence against Women, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Qualitative Sociology, Journal of Transformative Education, and Counseling and Values, in addition to book chapters in Sourcebook on Violence against Women and Battleground: The Family.