Alone in the Ivory Tower * Nicholas H. Wolfinger University of Utah Marc Goulden Mary Ann Mason University of California, Berkeley Published in Journal of Family Issues, 2010. 31:1652-1670 * Correspondence to Wolfinger, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, 225 South 1400 East, AEB 228, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0080; e-mail: Nick.Wolfinger@fcs.utah.edu. Phil Morgan, Benita Roth, Sharon Sassler and the Utah Demography Research Network provided useful advice on this project. Sonya Anderson and Alta Williams furnished able research assistance. We also thank the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2004-5-25 DLC) for its generous support. A previous version of this paper was presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Population Association of America in New Orleans. 12/18/09