Research Interests

Experience
1991-present

Summers 1989-1991

1987-1991

Dissertation
"Patterns of Child Care Use and Consumption Among Married and Single Employed Mothers."
Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo: January 1992.

Publications
"Women's Reports of Men's Child Care Participation: An Examination of African American and White Families."
Journal of Men's Studies. August: 13-30; 1996.

"The Division of Household Labor." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
The Annual Review of Sociology. 22: 299-322; 1996.

"Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Perceptions of Fairness." Co-authors: Beth Anne Shelton and Kristen Luschen.
Journal of Family Issues, 16, 3, May: 357-379; 1995.

"Ethnicity, Race and Difference: A Comparison of White, Black and Hispanic Men's Household Labor Time." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
in Hood, Jane C. (ed). Men, Work and Family. Newbury Park, CA.: Sage. 1993: 131-150.

"Does Marital Status Make a Difference? Housework Among Married and Cohabiting Men and Women." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
Journal of Family Issues, 14, 3, September 1993: 401-420.

Text Books
Internet Guide for Sociology. Co-author: Daniel J. Kurland. 1997. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Book Reviews
Review of Early Childbearing: Perspectives of Black Adolescents on Pregnancy, Abortion, and Contraception, by Ellen W. Freeman and Karl Rickels.
Contemporary Sociology, 23, 3, May 1994: 402.

Service
Fall 1995-present
Member of the General Faculty Educational Technology Committee, Oberlin College

Fall 1995-present
Departmental Liaison to the Computing Center, Oberlin College

Fall 1995-present
Member of the Ad Hoc Presidential Committee on African American Student Retention, Oberlin College

Fall 1994-Spring
Member of the Ad Hoc Presidential Committee on Directions for 1995 Educational Technology, Oberlin College

Spring 1995
Member of the Junior Faculty Focus Group for the Dean of the College Search, Oberlin College

1993-present
Coordinator: Sociology Honors Program, Oberlin College

1993-Spring 1995
Coordinator: Social Science Data Lab, Oberlin College

1993-present
Member of the General Faculty Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns Committee, Oberlin College

1992-1993
Director: Sociology/Anthropology Data Lab, Oberlin College

Fall 1992-Spring 1993
Acting Graduate Advisor, Department of Sociology, Oberlin College

Summer 1992-Spring 1994
Member of the General Faculty Computer Committee, Oberlin College

Fall 1992-Spring 1993
Member of the General Faculty Committee on the Status of Women, Oberlin College

Awards
Southwestern Sociological Association Distinguished Paper Award, March 1996.
Research and Development Grant-in-Aid, Level I, Oberlin College, Winter-Spring 1995
Research and Development Grant-in-Aid, Level II, Oberlin College, Winter-Spring 1995.
Andrew Delaney Fellowship in the Social Sciences, Oberlin College, Fall 1994-Winter 1995.
Mid-Probationary Research Leave, Oberlin College, Summer-Fall 1994
Research and Development Grant-in-Aid, Oberlin College, Summer-Fall 1992.
Curriculum Development Grant, Oberlin Lilly Endowment: Oberlin College, Summer 1992.
Oberlin College Teaching Grant (with Linda T. Grimm), Summer 1992
Member: The Society of the Sigma Xi, Oberlin College Chapter.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
"Talking About My Generation: Capstones, Generation X and the World Wide Web."
Paper presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York. August 16-20, 1996.

"The Conceptualization of Male and Female Typed Household Labor: Is There a Race Bias?" Co-author: Clovis White.
Paper presented at the Southwestern Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas. March 20-23, 1996.

"Women's Use of Men as Child Care Providers: An Examination of Black and White Families."
Paper presented at the Southwestern Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Dallas, Texas. March 22-25, 1995.

"Is that Fair? Views of the Division of Housework." Co-authors Beth Anne Shelton and Kristen Luschen.
Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Baltimore, Maryland. November 10-15, 1993.

"Morality, Traditionalism and the Division of Household Labor." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
Paper to be presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Baltimore, Maryland. November 10-15, 1993.

"Ethnicity and Difference: A Comparison of White, Black and Hispanic Men's Household Labor Time." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Miami, F lorida. August 12-16 1993.

"The Provider Role and Household Labor: Work and Family Among Hispanic, Black and White Women and Men." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
Paper presented at the 1992 Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, Florida. November 5-10.

"The Utilization of Husbands as Child Care Providers: An Examination of Power, Demand-Response Capability and Attitudinal Factors."
Paper presented at the 1992 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 20-24.

"The Effects of Household Structure Type and Home Ownership on the Household Labor Time of Cohabiting and Married Women and Men."
Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Providence, Rhode Island. April 12-14 1991.

"Patterns of Housework and Child Care Among Married and Cohabiting Women and Men." Co-author: Beth Anne Shelton.
Paper presented at the 1990 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

"The Detrimental Effects of Bureaucratization." Co-author: Catherine Connolly.
Paper presented at the 1990 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

"Women and the Family: Multiple Perspectives."
Paper presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, San Francisco, California.

Lectures
"The Macrostructural-Microinteractionist Link and Cohort Analysis: Using The World Wide Web to Teach About 'Generation X'."
GLCA Technology and Teaching Workshop. Denison University. April 20, 1996.

"Generation X: An Empirical Examination."
Wells College, Department of Sociology. March 28, 1996.

"Domestic Labor and Difference: Examining Ethnicity."
Oberlin College. Faculty and Administrative and Professional Staff Luncheon. Lecture given March 5, 1993.

"Childcare and Choice (?): Employed Women's Use of Childcare Providers."
Oberlin College. Sponsored by the Oberlin College Sigma Xi chapter. Lecture given March 8, 1993.

"Gender, Ethnicity and Attitudes: An Examination of Household Labor Time and the Work/Family Relationship."
Lecture sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Women's Studies Program, Wells College. October 21, 1992.

"Child Care Options for Single and Married Women."
Lecture given at the 1991 Great Lakes College Association Staff Network Conference. Oberlin College. October 11-12.

Work in Progress "The Production of Gender Among Black and Anglo Women and Men: The Case of Household Labor." Under review.

Professional Associations and Activities
The Journal of Men's Studies, Reviewer
Journal of Family Issues, Reviewer
Wadsworth Publishing Company, Consultant
Southwestern Sociological Association, member and annual meeting session organizer
The Society of the Sigma Xi, Oberlin Chapter, member

e-mail address: fjohn@oberlin.edu