Center for Family and Demographic Research

Wendy Manning
wmannin@bgsu.edu 
(419)372-2294
Curriculum Vitae

Professor of Sociology

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:

Manning, W. D., & Cohen, J. A. (2012). Cohabitation and marital dissolution: The significance of marriage cohort. Journal of Marriage and Family,74(2), 377-387.

Booth, A., Brown, S. L.,  Landale, N.,  Manning, W. D., &  McHale, S. (2012). Early Adulthood in a Family Context. New York: Springer.

Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., Longmore, M. A., & Flanigan, C. (2012). Young adult dating relationships and management of sexual risk. Population Research and Policy Review. 31, 165-185.

Giordano, P. C., Seffrin, P. M., Manning, W. D., &, Longmore, M. A. (2011). Parenthood and crime: The role of wantedness, relationships with partners and SES. Journal of Criminal Justice 39(5), 405-416.

Huang, P., Smock, P. J., Bergstrom-Lynch, C., & Manning, W.D. (2011). ‘He says, she says’: Gender and cohabitation. Journal of Family Issues 32(7), 876-905.

Johnson, W. L., Giordano, P. C., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2011). Parent-child relations and offending during young adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(7), 786-799. doi: 10.1007/s10964-010-9591-9

Warner, T. D., Giordano, P. C., Manning, W.D ., & Longmore, M. A. (2011). Everybody’s doin’ it (right?): Neighborhood norms and sexual activity in adolescence.  Social Science Research, 40(6), 1676-1690.

Nomaguchi, K. M., Giordano, P. C., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2011). Adolescents’ gender mistrust: Variations and implications for the quality of romantic relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73, 1032-1047. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00855.x

Warner, T. D., Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., & Longmore, M. A. (2011). Relationship formation and stability in emerging adulthood: Do sex ratios matter? Social Forces, 90(1), 269-295. doi:10.1093/sf/90.1.269

Huang, P., Smock, P. J., Bergstrom-Lynch, C., & Manning, W. D. (2011). “He says, she says”: Gender and cohabitation. Journal of Family Issues, 32(7), 845-875. doi: 10.1177/0192513X10397601

Manning, W. D., & Brown, S. L. (2011). The demography of unions among older Americans, 1980-present: A family change approach. In R. Settersten, & J. Angel, (Eds.), Handbook of sociology of aging.

Manning, W. D., Cohen, J. A., & Smock, P. J. (2011). The role of romantic partners, family and peer networks in dating couples’ views about cohabitation. Journal of Adolescent Research, 26(1), 115-149. doi: 10.1177/0743558410376833

Lonardo, R. A., Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., & Longmore, M. A. (2011). Offending, substance use, and cohabitation in young adulthood. Sociological Forum, 25(4), 787-803. NIHMS: 234543. doi: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01212.x

Giordano, P. C., Lonardo, R. A., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A.. (2010). Adolescent romance and delinquency: A further exploration of Hirschi’s “Cold and Brittle” relationships hypothesis. Criminology, 48(4), 919-946. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00208.x

Giordano, P. C.,  Soto, D. A., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A.. (2010). The characteristics of romantic relationships associated with teen dating violence. Social Science Research, 39(6), 863-874.  doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.009

Giordano, P. C., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A. (2010). Affairs of the heart: Qualities of adolescent romantic relationships and sexual behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20(4), 983-1013. NIHMSID#197102.

Lyons, H., Giordano, P.C., Manning, W.D., & Longmore, M.A. (2010). Identity, peer relationships, and adolescent girls’ sexual behavior: An exploration of the contemporary double standard. Journal of Sex Research, 47, 1-13.

Manning, W. D.,  Trella, D.,  Lyons, H., & DuToit. N. C. (2010). Marriageable women: A focus in participants in a community healthy marriage program. Family Relation,s 59(1), 87-102.

Brown, S. L., & Manning, W. D. (2009). Family boundary ambiguity and the measurement of family structure: The significance of cohabitation. Demography, 46(1), 85-101.

Giordano, P. C.,  Longmore, M. A., Manning, W. D., & Northcutt, M. J. (2009). Adolescent identities and sexual behavior: An examination of Anderson’s ‘Player’ hypothesis.  Social Forces, 87(4), 1813-1844.

Lonardo, R. A., Giordano, P. C., Longmore, M. A., & Manning, W. D. (2009). Parents, friends, and romantic partners: Enmeshment in deviant networks and adolescent delinquency involvement. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(3), 367-383.

Longmore, M. A., Eng, A. L., Giordano, P. C., & Manning, W. D. (2009). Parenting and adolescents’ sexual initiation. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 71,969-982.

Manning, W. D., Flanigan, C. M., Giordano, P. C., & Longmore, M. A.. (2009). Relationship dynamics and consistency of condom use among adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 41(3), 181-190.

Seffrin, P. M., Giordano, P. C., Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A.. (2009). The influence of dating relationships on friendship networks, identity development, and delinquency. Justice Quarterly, 26(2),238-267.

Giordano, P. C.,  Manning, W. D., & Longmore, M. A.. (2009). Dating relationships in adolescence and young adulthood. Pp. 386-390 in Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., & Longmore, M. A. (2009). Sexuality in adolescent relationships. Pp. 1474-1477 in Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manning, W. D., Giordano, P. C., Longmore, M. A., &  Hocevar, A. (2009). Romantic relationships and academic/career trajectories in early adulthood. In Frank Fincham and Ming Cui (Eds.), Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Manning, W. D.,  Smock, P. J., &  Bergstrom-Lynch, C. (2009). Cohabitation and parenthood: Lessons from focus groups and in-depth interviews.”In E. Peters and C. Kamp-Dush (Eds.), Marriage and Family: Complexity and Perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press.

Smock, P. J., & Manning, W. D. (2009). New couples, new families: The cohabitation revolution in the United States. In B. Risman (Ed.), Families as They Really Are. New York: Norton.