WIS’22 alum Alvin Thomas, assistant professor in Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Ecology co-authors a piece in Salon.
“As researchers who study the role of fathers in the lives and development of their children, we couldn’t help but notice a pattern. Headline after headline decried the crisis facing parents, yet the corresponding coverage featured solely mothers,” write Tova Walsh, an assistant professor of social work, and Alvin Thomas, an assistant professor of human development and family studies, both at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and both members of the Scholars Strategy Network. “The depiction is out of touch with the reality of fathers’ involvement in infant care, and contributes to an outdated and damaging narrative that fathers are limited in their capacity for caregiving.”