Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships

Brian K. Williams is married to Stacey Sawyer, and they live near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and share an avid interest in seeing college students become well educated. Over the past two decades, they have individually or together authored more than 26 books in such subjects as health, college success,  information technology, and business. Brian, for instance, has coauthored three introductory textbooks in health; several books in computing; and, with Carl Wahlstrom, six books in college success.

He has been Managing Editor for college textbook publisher Harper & Row/Canfield Press in San Francisco; Editor in Chief for trade book publisher J. P. Tarcher in Los Angeles; Publications & Communications Manager for the University of California, Systemwide Administration, in Berkeley; and an independent writer and book producer based in the San Francisco and Lake Tahoe areas. He has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Communication from Stanford University.

Stacey C. Sawyer, formerly Director of Founder’s Clinic, a women’s reproductive health and family planning clinic in Columbus, Ohio, is an independent writer and book producer who has been based in the San Francisco and Lake Tahoe areas.

She has taught at Ohio State University and been a manager for Brooks/Cole Publishing Company in Monterey, California. She has a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan and the University of Freiburg, Germany, and an M.A. from Middlebury College and the University of Mainz, Germany. Stacey is coauthor of Computers, Communications, & Information, a college textbook in print for 15 years. She and husband Brian Williams also cowrote Using Information Technology, now in its tenth edition, and Business: A Practical Introduction, just published in its first edition.

Carl M. Wahlstrom is Professor of Intermediate Studies and Sociology at Genesee Community College, Batavia, New York, and is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. He has taught courses in marriage and the family, human development, learning strategies, sociology, psychology, human relations, and college success.

In 2007, he was designated a State University of New York Distinguished Service Professor (the highest recognition SUNY can bestow on its faculty). He has also been the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity, the National Freshman Advocate Award, and several other teaching honors. Carl has a B.S. in Sociology and an M.S. Ed. in Counselor Education from SUNY Brockport and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Bridgeport. He is an active presenter and educational consultant. With Brian Williams he is coauthor of Learning Success, The Practical Student, The Urban Student, The Commuter Student, The Successful Distance Learning Student, and College to Career. He lives with his wife, Nancy, an employee benefits consultant, in the Finger Lakes area of New York.

Chapter 1: SEEKING: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World 

Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING: Learning about Intimate Behavior    

Chapter 3: GENDER: The Meanings of Masculinity & Femininity                          

Chapter 4: INVOLVEMENT: Dating, Pairing, & Courtship                          

Chapter 5: LOVE: The Many Faces                                                                        

Chapter 6: COMMUNICATION: Realizing Effective Intimacy                            

Chapter 7: SEXUALITY: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, & Behavior 

Chapter 8: MARRIAGE: The Ultimate Commitment?                                              

Chapter 9: VARIATIONS: Nonmarital Families & Households                                  

Chapter 10: REPRODUCTION: Decisions about Having or Not Having Children

Chapter 11: PARENTING: Children, Families, & Generations                  

Chapter 12: WORK: Economics, Jobs, & Balancing Family Demands     

Chapter 13: CRISES: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, & Abuse            

Chapter 14: UNCOUPLING: Separation & Divorce                                           

Chapter 15: REMARRIAGE: Renewed & Blended Families                            

APPENDICES          

1. Human Sexual Response
2. Sexual Dysfunctions
3. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
4. Reducing Risks of Acquiring STDs
5. Contraceptive Choices
6. Abortion

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