Claire Kamp Dush

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Sociology

1031 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Faculty Spotlight August 2020

Professor Claire Kamp Dush is Professor of Sociology. She is a family demographer who studies intimate relationships and their intersection with human development. She is the principal investigator of two population health data collections; the National Couples' Health and Time Study (with Dr. Wendy Manning), NCHAT BIO (with Dr. Lisa Christian), and the Work and Family Life Study 2022. Dr. Kamp Dush is a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. She is a passionate teacher and mentor who was awarded the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching at The Ohio State University. She enjoys reading and listening to books for fun, exercising, and spending time with her four children and her husband.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 2005 -
M.S.: Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 2002 -
B.S.: Human Development & Family Studies, University of Illinois, 1999 -

Specialties

Family & Life Course
Population Health
Human Development & Family Studies
Intimacy & Sexuality
Gender & Work
Sex & Gender Minorities and Health

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Publications

"Moving Beyond Access: Predictors of Maternity and Paternity Leave Duration in the United States," with Miranda N. Berrigan and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2020.Sex Roles. DOI 10.1007/s11199-020-01165-7.
"'Best-Laid Plans': Barriers to Meeting Marital Timing Desires Over the Life Course," with Rachel Arocho. 2020.Marriage & Family Review 56(7):633-656.
"New Fathers' Perceptions of Dyadic Adjustment: The Roles of Maternal Gatekeeping and Coparenting Closeness," with Anna L. Olsavsky, Jia Yan, and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2020.Family Process 59(2):571-585.
"Paternal Stimulation and Father-Infant Attachment," with Anna L. Olsavsky, Miranda N. Berrigan, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, and Geoffrey L. Grown. 2020. Attachment & Human Development 22(1):15-26.
"Longitudinal Measurement Invariance Across Fathers' and Mothers' Reports of Maternal Gatekeeping Behavior," with Jin-Kyung Lee, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Xin Feng, and Micah L. Gerhardt. 2019. In B. L. Volling and N. J. Cabrera (Eds.), Advancing Research and Measurement on Fathering and Children's Development, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 84(1):35-49.
“Cohabitation and Single Mothering in the U.S.: A Review and a Call for Psychological Research," with Rachel Arocho, Sara E. Mernitz, and Galena K. Rhoades. 2018. Pp. 667-683 in Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology. Edited by B. Friese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N. Jouriles, and M. A. Whisman. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
"The Intergenerational Transmission of Partnering," with Rachel Arocho, Sara E. Mernitz, and Kyle Bartholomew. 2018. PLoS ONE 13(11). DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0205732.
"A Cohort Comparison of Predictors of Young Adult Union Formation and Dissolution in the U.S.," with Bohyun Jang and Anastasia R. Snyder. 2018. Advances in Life Course Research 38:37-49.
"Distant Horizons: Marital Expectations May Be Dampened by Economic Circumstances," with Rachel Arocho. 2018. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice 7(1). DOI 10.1037/cfp0000095.
"Associations Between Maternal Gatekeeping and Fathers' Parenting Quality," with Lauren E. Altenburger and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2018.Journal of Child and Family Studies 27(8):2678-2689.
"Maternal Coparenting Attitudes and Toddler Adjustment: Moderated Mediation Through Father's Positive Engagement," with Jia Yan and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2018. Parenting Science and Practice 18(2):67-85.
"What Are Men Doing Whlie Women Perform Extra Unpaid Labor? Leisure and Specialization at the Transition to Parenthood," with Jill E. Yavorsky and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2018. Sex Roles 78(11-12):715-730.
"Coparenting in the Family of Origin and New Parents' Couple Relationship Functioning," with Jia Yan, Anna Olsavsky, and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2018. Journal of Family Psychology 32(2):206-216.
"Like Mother, Like Child: Offspring Marital Timing Desires and Maternal Marriage Timing and Stability," with Rachel Arocho. 2017. Journal of Family Psychology 31(3):261-272.
"Doing Gender Online: New Mothers' Psychological Characteristics, Facebook Use, and Depressive Symptoms," with Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Jill E. Yavorsky, Mitchell K. Bartholomew, Jason M. Sullivan, Mehan A. Lee, and Michael Glassman. 2017. Sex Roles 76(5-6):276-289.
"Toddlers' Differential Susceptibility to the Effects of Coparenting on Social-Emotional Adjustment," with Lauren E. Altenburger, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, and Susan C. Johnson. 2017. International Journal of Behavioral Development 41(2):228-237.
"Anticipating the 'Ball and Chain'? Reciprocal Associations Between Martial Expectations and Delinquency," with Rachel Arocho. 2016. Journal of Marriage and Family 78:1371-1381.
"Emotional Health Across the Transition to First and Second Unions Among Emerging Adults," with Sara E. Mernitz. 2016. Journal of Family Psychology 30(2):233-244.
"Supportive Coparenting Relationships as a Haven of Psychological Safety at the Transition to Parenthood," with Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Theresa A. Settle, and Jin-Kyung Lee. 2016. Research in Human Development 13(1):32-48.
"New Parents' Psychological Adjustment and Trajectories of Early Parental Involvement," with Rongfang Jia, Letitia E. Kotila, and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2016. Journal of Marriage and Family 78(1):197-211.
"Dimensions of Attachment and Commitment Across the Transition to Parenthood," with Megan M. Ferriby, Letitia E. Kotila, and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2015. Journal of Family Psychology 29(6):938-944.
"Who are the Gatekeepers? Predictors of Maternal Gatekeeping," with Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Lauren E Altenburger, Meghan A. Lee, and Daniel J. Bower. 2015. Parenting: Science and Practice 15(3):166-186.
"Production of Inequality: The Gender Division of Labor Across the Transition to Parenthood," with Jill E. Yavorsky and Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. 2015. Journal of Marriage and Family 77(3):662-679. Winner of the 2014 Jesse Bernard Award for Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Scholarhship, National Council on Family Relations.
"Gut Microbiome Composition Is Associated with Temperament During Early Childhood," with Lisa M. Christian, Jeffrey D. Galley, Erinn M. Hade, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, and Michael T. Bailey. 2015. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 45:118-127.

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Activities

Professional

Member: American Sociological Association, Council on Contemporary Families, International Association for Relationship Research, National Council on Family Relations, Population Association of America, American Association of Public Opinion Research, Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Science.

Research

The National Couples’ Health and Time Study: The largest population representative, fully powered study of same and different-gender couples in the United States. The data include both survey data on health, stigma, discrimination, and intimate relationships, and time diary data. Biological data is also available. .
The Work and Family Life Study: Examines how marriage has changed over the past forty years for different-gender couples, and establishes a baseline for same-gender marriage..

Awards

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Awards

Fellow, National Council on Family Relations, Awarded for outstanding contributions to Family Science., 2023
Piper Simmons Data Contributor of the Year Award, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Awarded for outstanding effort by a data contributor to share important data contributing significantly to social and behavioral research., 2022
Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, The Ohio State University, 2019
Featured Teacher, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, The Ohio State University, 2018
Most Significant Influence on Undergraduate Recognition, College of Education & Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, 2016 - 2018
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Education & Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, 2014
Scholar of the Year Award, Department of Human Development & Family Science, The Ohio State University, 2011
B.S. conferred with Honors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
Orville G. Bentley Undergraduate Research Award, College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999