Wendy Manning

  • Position: Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and
    Dr. Howard E. and Penny Daum Aldrich Distinguished Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-2294
  • Email: wmannin@bgsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1992

Dr. Manning is interested in how family members define and understand their obligations to each other in an era of increasing diversity and complexity of family relationships. Her work focuses on nonresident fatherhood, unmarried cohabitation, and adolescent relationships.

Recent Publications:

Eickmeyer, K. J., Manning, W. D., Longmore, M. A., & Peggy C. Giordano, P. C. (Forthcoming). “Exploring the Married-Cohabiting Income Pooling Gap Among Young Adults.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Kaufman-Parks, A. M., Longmore, M. A., Manning, W. D., & Giordano, P. C.. (Forthcoming). “The Influence of Peers, Romantic Partners, and Families on Emerging Adults’ Sexual Behavior.” Archives of Sex Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02489-z

Giordano, P. C., Grace, M. M., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (Forthcoming). “Gender, Relationship Concerns, and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood.” Journal of Family Violence. doi: 10.1007/s10896-22-00399-1.  NIHMSID: NIHMS1841704

Wright, M. R., Brown, S. L., & Manning, W. D. (2023). “A Cohort Comparison of Midlife Marital Quality: A Quarter Century of Change.” Journal of Family Issues, 44(2): 538-559. doi: 10.1177/0192513X211054466. NIHMSID: NIHMS1791575

Manning, W. D., & Kamp Dush, C. (2022 ). “COVID-19 Stress and Sexual Idnetities.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 8(1):1-11. doi: 10.1177/23780231221105376. PMCID: PMC9717607

Kamp Dush, C., Manning, W. D., Berrigan, M., & Hardeman, R. (2022). “Stress and Mental Health: A Focus on COVID-19 and Racial Trauma Stress.” Russell Sage Foundation of the Social Sciences, 8(8):104-134, doi:10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.06

Giordano, P. C., Grace, M. M., Longmore, M. A., & Manning, W. D. (2022). “Micro-cultures” of conflict: Couple-level perspectives on intimate partner violence in young adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family, 84(4):1062-1080. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12864 NIHMSID: NIHMS812707

Manning, W. D., Guzzo, K. B., Longmore, M. A., & Giordano, P. C. (2022). “Cognitive Schemas and Fertility Motivations in the U. S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 20(1):1-1. doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2022.res1.7. NIHMSID: NIHMS1798134

Manning, W. D., Westrick-Payne, K. K., & Gates, G. J. (2022). “Cohabitation and Marriage among Same-Sec Couples in the 2019 CS and CPS: A Research Note.” Demography 59(5):1204-1215. NICHMID: 1838998

Brown, S. L., Manning, W. D., & Huijing Wu. (2022). “Relationship Quality in Midlife: A Comparison of Dating, Living Apart Together, Cohabitation, and Marriage.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 84(3):860-878. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12813

Nash, S., Severeid, E. E., Longmore, M. A., Manning, W. D., & Peggy C. Giordano, P. C. (2022). The stress of motherhood and intimate partner violence during emerging adulthood. Emerging Adulthood, 10(5): 1204-1215. doi: 10.1177/2167696820984859. PMCID: PMC9512277

King, I. Y., Manning, W. D., Longmore, M. A., & Giordano, P. C. (2022). “The Relationship between Medical Diagnoses, Risk Perceptions, and Social Distancing Compliance: A Longitudinal Analysis.” Ohio Journal of Public Health 4(2):34-42. DOI: 10.18061/ojph.v4i2.8352. NIHMSID: NIHMS1785148

Copp, J. E., Giordano, P. C., Longmore, M. A., & Manning, W. D. (Forthcoming). “Family- and School-Based Sources of Resilience among Children of Incarcerated Parents.” In Nancy Rodriguez and Judy Krysik (Eds.), Children of Incarcerated Parents: From Understanding to Impact. New York, NY: Springer.

Manning, W. D., Longmore, M. A., Giordano, P. C., & Douthat, C. (2022). Health starting points: continuity and change in physical and mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Socius: Sociological Research for a Changing World, 7:1-3. DOI: 10.1177/23780231211025382.

Longmore, M. A., Sevareid, E. E., Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., Clemens, W. M., & Taylor, H. L. (2022). Adolescents’ frequency of alcohol use and problems from alcohol abuse: integrating dating partners with parent and peer influences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(2):320-334. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01486-0 NIHMSID: NIHMS1744768

Manning, W. D., & Payne, K. K. (2021). Marriage and divorce decline during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of five states. Socius: Sociological Research for a Changing World. doi: 10.1177/23780231211006976

Manning, W. D., Brown, S. L., & Payne, K. K. (2021). Does cohabitation compensate for marriage decline? Contexts 20(2):68-69. doi: 10.1177/15365042211012076

Manning, W. D. & Payne, K. K. (2021). Measuring marriage and cohabitation: Assessing same-sex relationship status in the Current Population Survey. Demography, 58(3), 811-820. doi: 10.1215/00703370-9162213.

Landeis, M., Manning, W. D., Longmore, M. A., Giordano, P. C., & Joyner, J. (2021). The relationship context of early transitions to parenthood: The influence of arrest. Population Review and Policy Research,  40, 723-746. doi: 10.1007/s11113-020-09597-5

Finkeldey, J. G., Longmore, M. A., Giordano, P. C., & Manning, W. D. (2021). An Exploratory Investigation of Parental Incarceration, Emotional Independence, and Adult Children’s Criminal Activity. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 7, 151-175. doi: 10.1007/s40865-021-00164-w.

Giordano, P. C., Copp, J. E., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2021). Relationship dynamics associated with dating violence among adolescents and young adults: A feminist post-structural analysis. Feminist Criminology, 16(3):320-336. doi: 10.1177/1557085120987613.

Kaufman-Parks, A. M., Longmore, M. A., Manning, W. D., and Giordano, P. C. (Forthcoming). "The Long Reach of Peer Influence on Emerging Adults’ Sexual Behaviors” in Elizabeth M. Morgan and Manfred H. M. van Dulmen (Ed.), Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Manning, W. D., Smock, P. J., and Kupterburg, A. (2021). Cohabitation and marital dissolution: A comment on Rosenfeld and Roesler (2019) Journal of Marriage and Family, 83(1), 260-267. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12724.  

Cooper, L., Longmore, M. A, Manning, W. D., & Giordano. P. C. (2021). The influence of demographic, relational and risk asymmetries on the frequency of intimate partner violence in young adulthood. Journal of Family Issues, 42(1), 136-155. doi: 10.1177/0192513X20916205.

Manning, W. D. (2020). Young adulthood relationships in an era of uncertainty: A case for cohabitation.” Demography, 57, 799-819. doi: 10.1007/s13524-020-00881-9

Copp, J. E., Giordano, P. C., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2020). Desistance from crime during the transition to adulthood: The influence of parents, peers, and shifts in identity. Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, 57(3), 294-332. doi: 10.1177/0022427819878220.

Finkeldey, J. G., Longmore, M. A., Giordano, P. C., & Manning, W. D. (2020). Identifying as a troublemaker/partier in young adulthood: The influence of parental incarceration and emotional independence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(3), 802-816. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01561-y. PMCID: PMC7034841

Giordano, P. C., Copp, J. E., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2020). When worlds collide: Involvement with friends and intimate partner violence in young adulthood. Social Forces, 98(3), 1196-1222NIHMSID: NIHMS1063072 doi: 10.1093/sf/soz033.

Hemez, P., Guzzo, K. B., Manning, W. D., Brown, S. L., and Payne, K. K. (2020). Visualizing 20 years of racial-ethnic variation in women’s ages at sexual initiation and family formation. Socius 6:1-3. doi: 10.1177/237802312094404.

Prince, B., Joyner, K., & Manning, W. D. (2020). Sexual minorities, social context, and union formation. Population Research and Policy Review, 29, 23-45. doi: 10.1007/s11113-019-09528-z

Updated: 02/22/2024 11:06AM