Faculty
Joan Aldous
William R. Kenan Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1963
Research Interests
Variations in active fathering and their reasons, and consequences for children of fathers' care.
Profile
Joan Aldous is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1963. Her areas include family sociology, family policy, gender, work and families and intergenerational relationships. Prof. Aldous has served as president of the National Council on Family Relations, received the Ernest W. Burgess Award for her theory and research contributions in family sociology, and been an elected member of the Council of Amer. Sociological Association. In addition to receiving research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation, she won a Graduate School Award from the University of Notre Dame for teaching and scholarship. She is the author of over 50 published articles as well as 2 books, and is the editor or co-editor of 3 other books. She has also served on the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health review panels as well as on the Sociology Panel of the GRE for Educational Testing Services.
Contact
Phone: (574) 631-5281
Fax: (574) 631-9238
Office: 738 Flanner Hall
E-mail: Joan.Aldous.1@nd.edu