Michelle Janning

Michelle Janning is Professor of Sociology and Raymond and Elsie Gipson DeBurgh Chair of Social Sciences at Whitman College. Her research focuses on the sociology of families, with emphasis on the material and spatial dimensions of family life. A frequent speaker and commentator in news media about contemporary families and home design, her books include The Stuff of Family Life: How our Homes Reflect our Lives (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age ...See more

Michelle Janning is Professor of Sociology and Raymond and Elsie Gipson DeBurgh Chair of Social Sciences at Whitman College. Her research focuses on the sociology of families, with emphasis on the material and spatial dimensions of family life. A frequent speaker and commentator in news media about contemporary families and home design, her books include The Stuff of Family Life: How our Homes Reflect our Lives (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), Love Letters: Saving Romance in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2018), and A Guide to Socially-Informed Research for Architects and Designers (Routledge, 2023). See less