Selected Publications 
Books

Marsiglio, William. (2008).  Men on a Mission: Valuing Youth Work in Our Communities.  Johns Hopkins University Press.

Marsiglio, William, Kevin Roy, and Greer Litton Fox (2005, Eds). Situated Fathering: A Focus on Physical and Social Spaces.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Marsiglio, William. (2004).  Stepdads: Stories of Love, Hope, and Repair.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 

Marsiglio, William and Sally Hutchinson (2002). Sex, Men, and Babies: Stories of Awareness and Responsibility .  New York: New York University Press. 

Marsiglio, William (1998). Procreative Man . New York: NewYork University Press. 

Marsiglio, William (1995, Ed.).  Fatherhood: Contemporary Theory, Research, and Social Policy . Edited. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Marsiglio, William and John H. Scanzoni (1995).  Families and Friendships:  Applying the Sociological Imagination . NewYork: HarperCollins. 

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Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Viewpoints:
Marsiglio, William and Hinojosa, Ramon (forthcoming).  Stepfathers' lives: Exploring social context and interpersonal complexity.  In M. E. Lamb (Ed.). The Role of the Father in Child Development (5th ed.).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons

Marsiglio, William (forthcoming).  Men's relations with kids: Advancing the mosaic of youth work and public/private fathering.  In Annual of the American Academy of Political and Social Science volume on fatherhood.

Marsiglio, William (2008).  Understanding men's prenatal experience and the father involvement connection: Assessing baby steps.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 1108-1113.

Marsiglio, William
and Hinojosa, Ramon (2007).  Managing the multifather family: Stepfathers as father allies.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 845-862.

Marsiglio, William and Hinojosa, Ramon. (2007).  Social and psychological influences on male procreative experiences.  In F. R. Kandeel, R. S. Swerdloff, and J. L.  Pryor (Eds.), Male reproductive dysfunction: Pathophysiology and treatment (pp. 129-140).  NY, NY: Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.

Berkowitz, D. and William Marsiglio (2007).  Gay men negotiating procreative, father, and family identities.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 366-381.

Marsiglio, William. (2007). Qualitative insights for studying male fertility.  Chapter in Sandra Hofferth and Lynne Casper (Eds) (pp.303-324).  Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research.  Lawrence Erlbaum.

Marsiglio, William (2006).  Young Men and Teen Pregnancy: A Review of Sex, Contraception, and Fertility-Related Issues.
In Marsiglio, W., Ries, A., Sonenstein, F., Troccoli, F., and Whitehead, W. (2006).  It’s a Guy Thing: Boys, Young Men, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention (pp. 9-100).  Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. [commissioned report]

Marsiglio, William and Hinojosa, Ramon. (2006). Stepfathering:  Doing the Family Dance. In Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holestein (Eds.) Couples, Kids, and Family Life (pp. 178-196).  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hinojosa, Ramon, Sberna, Melanie, and Marsiglio, William. (2006) Adoptive fatherhood: Gender, identity, and sociocultural considerations.  Chapter in Katarina Wegar (Ed.), Adoptive Families in a Diverse Society (pp. 111-128).  Rutgers University Press.

Marsiglio, William, Roy, Kevin, and Fox, Greer Litton. (2005).  Situated fathering: A spatially sensitive and social approach. Chapter in Situated Fathering: A Focus on Physical and Social Spaces (pp. 3-26).  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 

Marsiglio, William.  (2005). Contextual scenarios for stepfathers’ identity construction, boundary work, and ‘fatherly’ involvement. Chapter in Situated Fathering: A Focus on Physical and Social Spaces (pp. 73-97).  Lanham, MD, CO: Rowman & Littlefield.

Marsiglio, William and Pleck, Joseph H. (2005).  Fatherhood and masculinities.  Chapter in M. Kimmel, J. Hearn, and R. W. Connell (Eds.), The handbook of studies on men and masculinities  (pp. 249-269). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Marsiglio, William (2004).  When stepfathers claim stepchidren: A conceptual analysis.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 22-39. 

Marsiglio, William (2004).  Studying fathering trajectories: In-depth interviewing and sensitizing concepts.  Chapter to appear in Randal D. Day and Michael E Lamb (Eds.), Conceptualizing and measuring Father Involvement (pp 61-82). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. 

Marsiglio, William (2003).  Making males mindful of their sexual and procreative identities: Using self-narratives in field settings. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 35, 229-233.

Armato, Michael and Marsiglio, William (2002).  Self structure, identity, and commitment: Promise Keepers’ Godly man project.  Symbolic Interaction, 25, 41-65. 

Hutchinson, Sally, Marsiglio, William, and Cohan, Mark (2002).  Interviewing young men about sex and procreation: Methodological issues in grounded theory research.  Qualitative Health Research, 12, 42-60. 

Marsiglio, William, Hutchinson, Sally, and Cohan, Mark (2001).  Young men's procreative identity: Becoming aware, being aware, and being responsible.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 63, 123-135. 

Marsiglio, William, Amato, Paul, Day, Randal D, and Lamb, Michael E. (2000).  Scholarship on fatherhood in the 1990s and beyond. Journal of Marriage and Family, 62, 1173-1191.. 

Marsiglio, William, Hutchinson, Sally and Cohan, Mark (2000).  Envisioning fatherhood: A social psychological perspective on young men without kids.  Family Relations, 49, 1-10. 

Marsiglio, William, Day, Randal D., and Lamb, Michael (2000).  Exploring fatherhood diversity: Implications for conceptualizing father involvement.  Marriage and Family Review, 29(4), 269-293. 

Marsiglio, William and Cohan, Mark.  (2000).  Conceptualizing father involvement and paternal influence: Sociological and qualitative themes.  Marriage and Family Review, 29 (2/3), 75-95. 

Marsiglio, William and Day, Randal (primary authors), Evans, V. Jeffrey, Lamb, Michael E., Peters, Elizabeth, and Braver, Sanford (contributing authors). (1998).  Social Fatherhood and Paternal Involvement: Conceptual, Data, and Policymaking Issues. Report of the Working Group on Conceptualizing Male Parenting, In Nurturing fatherhood: Improving data and research on male fertility, family formation and fatherhood (pp. 99-174).  Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.  Washington, DC. 

Marsiglio, William (1998). In search of a theory: Men's fertility and parental investment in modern economies.  In A. Booth & N. Crouter (Eds.), Men in Families: When do They Get Involved? What Difference Does It Make? (pp. 123-131). Lawarence Erlbaum Associates. 

Marsiglio, William and Cohan, Mark (1997). Young fathers and child development." In Michael Lamb (Ed.), The role of  the father in child development(3rd edition) (pp. 227-244, 373-376). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 

Marsiglio, William (1995). Young nonresident biological fathers. Marriage and Family Review, 19 (3/4), 325-348. 

Marsiglio, William and Greer, Richard A. (1994). A gender analysis of older men's sexuality: Social, Psychological, and biological dimensions.  In Edward H. Thompson (Ed.), Older men's lives (pp. 122-140). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Marsiglio, William and Shehan, Constance (1993). Adolescent males' abortion attitudes: Data from a national survey. Family Planning Perspectives, 25 (4), 162-169. 

Marsiglio, William (1993). Adolescent males' orientation toward paternity and contraception.  Family Planning Perspectives , 25(1), 22-31. 

Marsiglio, William (1993). Attitudes toward homosexual activity and gays as friends: A national survey of heterosexual 15-19 year old males. The Journal of Sex Research, 30(1), 12-17. 

Scanzoni, John H. and Marsiglio, William.  (1993). New action theory and contemporary families. Journal of Family Issues , 14, 105-132. 

Marsiglio, William (1992). Stepfathers' with minor children living at home: Parenting perceptions and relationship quality. Journal of Family Issues, 13(2), 195-214. 

Marsiglio, William (1991). Paternal engagement activities with minor children. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53 , 973-986. 

Marsiglio, William and Donnelly, Denise (1991). Sexual relations in later life:  A national study of married persons. Journal of Gerontology , 46, S338-344. 

Marsiglio, William and Menaghan, Elizabeth G. (1990). Pregnancy resolution and family formation:  Understanding gender differences in adolescent's preferences and beliefs.  Journal of Family Issues , 11(3), 313-333. 

Marsiglio, William and Scanzoni, John H. (1990). Pregnant and parenting black adolescents:  Theoretical and policy perspectives.  In Arlene R. Stiffman and Larry Davis (Eds.), Advances in Adolescent Mental Health:  Ethnic Issues (pp. 220-244).  Sage 

Marsiglio, William (1989). Adolescent males' pregnancy resolution preferences and family formation intentions:  Does family background make a difference for blacks and whites?  Journal of Adolescent Research , 4(2), 214-237. 

Marsiglio, William (1988). Adolescent male sexuality and heterosexual masculinity:  A conceptual model and review.  Journal of Adolescent Research, 3(3/4), 285-303. 

Marsiglio, William (1988). Commitment to social fatherhood:  Predicting adolescent males' intentions to live with their child and partner. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 50 (May), 427-441. 

Marsiglio, William (1987). Adolescent fathers in the United States:  Their initial living arrangements, marital experience and educational outcomes. Family Planning Perspectives, 19(6), 240-251. 

Marsiglio, William and Menaghan, Elizabeth G. (1987). Couples and the male birth control pill:  A future alternative in contraceptive selection. Journal of Sex Research, 23(1), 34-49. 

Marsiglio, William and Mott, Frank L. (1986). The impact of sex education on sexual activity, contraceptive use, and premarital pregnancy among American teenagers. Family Planning Perspectives,18(4) , 151-162.

 

 



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