Christine Whelan

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Christine B. Whelan
Born
Christine Barrett Whelan

(1977-07-05) July 5, 1977 (age 47)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Princeton University
University of Oxford
Employer University of Wisconsin-Madison
TitleClinical Professor of Consumer Science
Parent(s)Stephen Whelan, Elizabeth Whelan
Website http://www.christinewhelan.com

Christine Barrett Whelan (born July 5, 1977) is an American writer, journalist, and clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has authored two books about marriage, two self-help books for young adults, and an Audible series about purpose.

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Early life

Whelan was born in New York City to attorney Stephen T. Whelan and Elizabeth Whelan, an author and public health specialist. [1]

Education

Whelan earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in politics. She subsequently was awarded the 1999 Daniel M. Sachs scholarship, [2] granting her direct acceptance to Worcester College within the University of Oxford, [3] where she studied Economic and Social History for her masters and doctorate. [4] [5]

Academic and consulting roles

Whelan has taught in the Sociology department at the University of Iowa, the Sociology and Politics departments at Princeton University, [6] and the Sociology department at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2013, she then moved to the Consumer Science department at the School of Human Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she currently teaches and directs the Money, Relationships, and Equality (MORE) initiative. [7]

Journalism

From 1997 through 2000, Whelan interned at The Wall Street Journal in its New York and Washington bureaus, and afterwards interned at The Washington Post. [4] In 2008, Whelan was awarded a Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowship. [8]

Whelan's writing has also appeared in The New York Times , USA Today , National Review Online , [9] and The Huffington Post , [10] among other publications.

Publishing

Whelan's first book, Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women, was published by Simon & Schuster in October 2006. In the book, Whelan coined the term SWANS, which stands for Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse.

Intended in part as a response to Maureen Dowd's 2005 book Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide , [11] Whelan presented evidence contrary to the belief that an elite education and high income among women correlate with lower marriage rates. [12] Using Census Bureau statistics, a commissioned poll of 3,700 men and women ages 25 to 40 [13] and personal interviews, Whelan showed that while the stereotype was valid among previous generations, today a higher income and education in fact increases a woman's marriage chances, and that high-achieving women simply marry later in life. [14]

Prior to conducting the research, Whelan originally intended for the book to be a pessimistic take on the marriage prospects of professional women, drawn from popular studies and personal experience. The book was initially conceived with the title Overqualified for Love. [15]

Whelan's second book, Marry Smart: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to True Love, was published by Simon & Schuster on December 30, 2008. [6] Whelan's third book, Generation WTF: From “What the #%$&” to a Wise, Tenacious, and Fearless You, was published by Templeton Press in February 2011. [16] Whelan's fourth book, The Big Picture: A Guide to Finding Your Purpose in Life, was published in May 2016. [17] In 2021, Whelan recorded an Audible Original lecture series, "Finding Your Purpose," which made the Associated Press Bestseller list for Audible books that March. [18]

Public appearances

Whelan has frequently appeared as an expert commentator on television news programs, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , Good Morning America , and on national radio programs, including Iowa Public Radio, [19] [20] [21] Wisconsin Public Radio, [22] and the BBC [23] Whelan is a frequent featured speaker at public events and academic conferences. [24] [25] [26]

Personal

Whelan has three children. [27]

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