Awarded by the College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University

Distinguished Teaching Award

Awarded by the Department of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University

Scholar of the Year Award

​Even thinking about marriage gets young people to straighten up

Millennials and marrying young: Like mother, like child

Study shows which new moms post the most on Facebook

​Live together or get married? Study finds similar emotional benefits

How new moms assess their partners’ ability to parent

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I am an associate professor of Human Sciences and Sociology (by courtesy appointment), an active affiliate of the Institute for Population Research, and graduate studies chair of the graduate program in Human Development and Family Science.

I received my undergrad in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and my masters and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University.  I have been trained across several social science disciplines. My primary mentors have been psychologist Joe Pleck at Illinois, clinical psychologist Cathy Cohan and sociologist Paul Amato at Penn State, and economist Liz Peters at Cornell.

Since being at Ohio State, my primary collaborators have been developmental psychologist Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, clinical psychologist Galena Rhoades, and sociologist Miles Taylor.

I am a member of the Council on Contemporary Families, International Association for Relationship Research, National Council on Family Relations, and the Population Association of America. I review for journals in family studies, sociology, psychology, and demography.

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Marriage

Cohabitation

 Demography

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Number of women taking maternity leave stalled, study shows

Marrying young: Marital expectations for kids influenced by mom

Living together is basically the same as marriage, study finds

Men Share Housework Equally—until the First Baby

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science | Department of Sociology

NCFR 2009 Conference Claire Kamp Dush

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