The Charlotte and Walter Kohler Fellowship in Family Studies seeks to support young scholars at the start of their careers. It provides one or two years of postgraduate support, allowing the Fellow to write or complete a "first book," to author articles for scholarly and opinion journals, to build a network of advisors and colleagues, and to secure a permanent position in teaching or research.  It is funded by a special grant from The Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

2007: Randy Wood

2006: Gillis Harp

2005: Russell DiSilvestro

2004: Christopher Shannon

Stephen Baskerville

2003: Charmaine Crouse Yoest

2002: Eric Miller

2001: Brian C. Robertson

“The support from the Kohler Fellowship enabled me to spend more time working on my dissertation…. The generous monthly stipend had made it possible for me to pursue my writing in a much more focused way than I would have been able to otherwise, and I am confident that my written material is significantly better as a result.”

—Russell DiSilvestro  2005 Kohler Fellow

“[The Kohler Fellowship] provided me with an opportunity to finally get some work done on a project that had been simmering in my head for years… The generous support of The Howard Center has enabled me to make substantial progress toward the completion of my book-length study of the place of the family in twentieth-century American popular culture.”

—Chris Shannon  2004 Kohler Fellow

The Howard Center advances the concept of the natural family as the fundamental social unit. Through research and analysis, the Center shows how the family and religious faith under gird a virtuous and free society. Through its programs, the Center defends the autonomy and fecundity of the natural family. These projects include the publications The Religion & Society Report, The Family in America, and New Research and ongoing conference series such as The World Congress of Families.

The Kohler Fellowship in Family Studies seeks to support young and mid-career scholars. It provides up to one year of graduate support, allowing the Fellow to write or complete a book, to author articles for scholarly and opinion journals, and to build a network of advisors and colleagues.  Specifics include:

• Receipt (or pending receipt) of a Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in a relevant field of study; or equivalent prior achievement;

• The desire to explore a "family question" in the field of history, theology, sociology, psychology, political theory, bio-ethics, family ecology, or anthropology;

• A commitment to research and produce a book or series of articles while holding The Kohler Fellowship;

• A readiness to be in residence at The Howard Center for some portion of the Fellowship period.