Frank F. Furstenberg Early Career Scholars Program
Congratulations to CCF’s 2026 Early Career Scholars!
CCF is excited to announce the 2026 cohort of the Frank F. Furstenberg Early Career Scholars! Congratulations to the following individuals:
Jasmine Coleman, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Allison Daminger, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Allison Dunatchik, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
Eman Tadros, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Learn more about each scholar and their research at CCF’s Conference and Public Scholarship Workshop, Family Upheaval: Contemporary Debates and Current Challenges, to be held at the University of Utah on October 2nd, 2026.
Jasmine Coleman, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Allison Daminger (@allisondaminger), Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Allison Dunatchik (@adunatchik.bsky.social), Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
Eman Tadros, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Applications for the 2026 Early Career Scholars Program are closed.
Learn more about the program below.
The Frank F. Furstenberg Early Career Scholars Program offers a unique professional development and mentorship opportunity to early-career scholars conducting research on American families. The program offers selected scholars mentorship from senior scholars who provide guidance and support to promote their research to journalists and the media.
Through participation in the CCF Early Career Scholars Program, early career scholars attend a virtual summer-long program consisting of four professional development seminars and three one-on-one meetings with their mentors, as well as peer networking activities and training in public scholarship. In the Fall, they attend a CCF workshop to present their research, meet their mentors in person, and receive further training, mentoring, and networking opportunities with board members, other scholars, and each other.
Each CCF Scholar will receive an allocation of up to $850 toward reimbursement for travel to the Fall workshop and a complimentary CCF membership for two years. It is expected that early career scholars will produce a research brief, fact sheet, or blog post about their research, which CCF will publish and disseminate to the media. These experiences enable scholars to gain valuable skills to promote their research on American families to media outlets and allow them to interact not only with their selected mentors but also with other scholars and professionals.
Past Early Career Scholars
- Congratulations to CCF’s 2024 Early Career Scholars!Big congratulations to this year’s fantastic cohort of Early Career Scholars who are making a major impact with their research on American families: Dr. Mia Brantley, Dr. Vanessa Delgado, Dr. Hope Harvey, and Dr. Jamie O’Quinn!
- Introducing CCF’s 2022 Early Career ScholarsThrough their fantastic research on American families, these scholars are already making a significant impact in their fields. Congratulations to all!
Early Career Scholar Brief Reports
- U.S. parents financially support their adult children. But in immigrant families,
it’s the reverse.A brief report from CCF Early Career Scholar Dr. Vanessa Delgado shows that parental immigration status shapes adult children’s decisions to “give back” in immigrant families.
- Who Cares and Caring for Whom? Unpaid Caregiving by Gender and Sexual IdentityA brief report from CCF Early Career Scholar Dr. Meredith Zhang summarizes new research on how unpaid caregiving for family and friends varies by gender, sexual orientation, and partnership status.
- Best for Whom? Breastfeeding and Child DevelopmentIn a new brief report from CCF, Jessica Su finds that breastfeeding benefits are modest and reach some children more than others.