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Gayle Kaufman

Professor of Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Davidson College

Topics of expertise
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • LGBTQ Partnering & Families
  • Marriage, Cohabitation, & Committed Relationships
  • Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
  • Work & Family

Email: gakaufman@davidson.edu

Gayle Kaufman is a Professor of Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Davidson College. Her research examines aspects of modern marriage, parenting, and family, with a particular focus on fathers. She is author of Superdads: How Fathers Balance Work and Family in the 21st Century. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Leicester University and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge and Umeå University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. at Cornell University and her Ph.D. at Brown University. 

Last Updated: 9/9/25