Author Description

About the AuthorKaren Seccombe is a professor in the School of Community Health at Portland State University, located in Portland, Oregon. She received her B.A. in sociology at California State University, Chico, her M.S.W. in health and social welfare policy from the University of Washington, and her Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University. Her research focuses on poverty, welfare, access to health care, and the effects of social inequality on families. She is the author of Marriage and Family: You and Society (Pearson); “So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?”: Welfare Recipients’ Perspectives on the System and its Reform, 3rd edition (Allyn and Bacon); Families in Poverty (Allyn and Bacon); Just Don’t Get Sick: Access to Health Care in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform, with Kim Hoffman (Rutgers University Press), and Marriages and Families: Relationships in Social Context, with Rebecca L. Warner (Wadsworth). She is a National Council on Family Relations fellow, and a member of the American Sociological Association, and the Pacific Sociological Association, where she has held elective offices. Karen lives in Portland with her husband Richard, a health economist, her ten-year-old daughter, Natalie Rose, and her eight-year-old daughter, Olivia Lin. In her spare time she enjoys hiking near their cabin in the Oregon Cascades, walking the sandy beaches of the Oregon coast, exploring the kid-friendly playgrounds, attractions, and restaurants in Portland and surrounding areas, and traveling just about anywhere—the San Juan Islands are high on her list.Product DescriptionSeccombe, KarenReview"This text does an excellent job in teaching students links between macro and micro analysis of marriage and the family. The family is presented as a social institution while at the same time providing students with knowledge and tools about intimate social relationships."Romana Pires, San Bernardino Valley College"It is very readable and engaging."Stephen Glennon, Iowa Western Community College"I like the fact the author presents international material within the text for critical thinking."Mark Dickerson, Panola College"I think the video feature will highlight the subject and make it more interesting and memorable for students. It will help stimulate their critical thinking on the subject."Cheryl Boudreaux, Grand Valley State UniversityThank you to the following reviewers for reviewing MyFamilyLab for Exploring Marriages and Families:Patricia Gibbs Stayte Foothill College Charles Selengut County College of Morris Brian Hoey Marshall University Donna Abrams Georgia Gwinnette College Melissa Russiano Mercyhurst College CoSandra McNeal Jackson State University Marcia Hernandez University of the Pacific Veena Kulkarni Arkansas State University Michelle Lieberman Beaufort County Community College Gail J Sklar Harcum college Tiffiany Aholou University of Georgia Jacqueline Chavez Mississippi State University Antonia Keane Loyola University Maryland Eric Strayer Hartnell College Dr. Loyd Ganey College of Southern Nevada Garvey Lundy Montgomery County Community College Amanda Miller University of Central Oklahoma Carlos Zeisel North Shore Community College Laurence Segall Southern Connecticut State University Laurie Linhart Drake University Brian Barry Rochester Institute of Technology Rose Suggett Southeast Community College Todd Migliaccio California State University - Sacramento Kim Mac Innis Bridgewater State University Melissa Swauger Indiana University of PA