Charles B. Nam

Research Associate and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., North Carolina 603 Bellamy Building Phone (850) 644-7107 (W) (850) 385-3323 (H) Fax (850) 644-8818 Email: cnam@fsu.edu or charlesnam2@embarqmail.com curriculum vitae

Dr. Nam came to Florida State University from the U.S. Bureau of the Census in 1964. He founded what is now the Center for the Study of Demography and Population Health in 1967 and was its Director until 1981. Although he retired from the Sociology Department faculty in 1996, he continues to maintain an active research program, including studies of differential adult mortality in the United States and demographic measurement of the family in post-industrial societies.

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Research Interests

Adult mortality
Population change
Genealogy and demography
Social Stratification

Education and Professional Experience

Florida State University, 1964-
U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1950-53, 1957-64
U.S. Air Force (Civilian Employee), 1953-54

Ph.D., U. of North Carolina, 1959 - Sociology (Demography)
M.A., U. of North Carolina, 1957 - Sociology (Demography)
B.A., New York University, 1950 - Applied Statistics

Selected Books

Mechanisms of Population Change & Global Population Policy (with Fratczak and Balicki) (in Polish), 2003

Living and Dying in the USA (with Rogers and Hummer), 2000

Understanding Population Change, 1994

Selected Articles

"Occupational Status in 2000; Over a century of census-based measurement" (with Boyd), Population Research and Policy Review, 2004

Family Structure Outcomes of Alternative Family Definitions (with Kathryn Harker Tillman), Population Research and Policy Review, 2008

Causes of Death and Mortality Crossovers (with Isaac Eberstein and Kathleen Heyman), Biodemography and Social Biology, 2008

Selected Grants

"Multiple Causes of Death and Social Differentials in Mortality," (with Eberstein and Hummer), NIA, 2001-02

"Sociodemography of Smoking and Mortality of Adults," (with Rogers), NIA, 1994-96

Work in Progress

Impact of alternative family concepts

Multiple-cause vs. underlying cause mortality

Mortality crossovers by cause of death

Historical trends in occupational SES