Francine M. Deutsch

Professor of Psychology and Education

Education

  • B.A., Carnegie-Mellon University
  • Ph.D., Columbia University

Courses Taught

  • Statistics
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychology of Women
  • Research Methods in Social Psychology
  • Seminar: Gender and Domestic Labor

Interests

I am currently pursuing two lines of research. The first addresses how men and women around the world divide domestic labor. I am particularly interested in how couples create equal relationships, and how students envision the balance between work and family in their futures. My second area of research focuses on the educational paths of preschool teachers. What factors facilitate and impede their pursuit of higher education?

Recent Publications

Deutsch, F. M. (1999). Halving it all: How Equally Shared Parenting Works. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Deutsch, F. M. (2006) Filial piety, patrilineality, and China’s one-child policy. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 366-389. DOI:10.1177/0192513X05283097

Deutsch, F. M. (2007). Undoing gender. Gender and Society, 21, 106-127.

Mannino, C. A., & Deutsch, F. M. (2007). Changing the division of household labor: A negotiated process between partners. Sex Roles, 56, 309-324.

Deutsch, F. M. (2007). Review of Scott R. Harris, The meanings of marital equality. Contemporary Sociology, 36, pp.23.

Deutsch, F. M., Kokot, A. P., & Binder, K. S. (2007). College women’s plans for different types of egalitarian marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 916-9

 

News Links

Exploring Parenthood and Exploding Myths

Fran Deutsch Book Halving It All Prompts Intense Media Interest

Fran Deutsch featured on NPR, Takes Motor City by Storm