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Charles B. Nam Professor in Sociology of Population since coming to FSU in 2002, director of FSU's
Center for Demography and Population Health from 2003 through 2007. He has
returned to full-time research and teaching, including the graduate courses
in methods of demographic analysis and international population dynamics.
His research concentrates on generational cycles in populations, social
determinants of infant and reproductive health, and working-age mortality,
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Research
Interests
Political Demography, Reproductive Health, Europe / Central Asia,
Marriage & Family, Adult Mortality
Recent Teaching (with most recent offering)
International Population Dynamics (SYD 5111) Spring 2008
Techniques of Demographic Analysis (SYD 5135) Fall 2007
Demography of Fertility (SYD 5225) Spring 2003
Sociology of Religion (SYO 3200) Fall 2008
Population and Society (SYD 3020) Fall 2008
Urban Sociology (SYD 3600) Fall 2006
Introduction to Sociology (SYG 1000) Spring 2007
Recent Professional Publications
2008
The Lucky Few: Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom.
Dordrecht: Springer Publishers
2008 "Internal migration from Turkish birth histories."
Genus 63:99-125.
2008 "Sexual behavior and reproductive health." chapter 4 in Zeng Yi (editor)
Encyclopedia of Life Support Sciences. New York: UNESCO.
2006 "Ages of origin and destination for a difference in life expectancies."
Demographic Research 14:217-236.
2003 "Demographic consequences of social inequality in pregnancy outcomes." (with M.
Mourgova) Genus 59(2):11-28.
Education and Professional Experience
Charles B. Nam Professor in Sociology of Population, Florida State
University (2002-) Director,
Center for Demography & Population Health, Florida State University
(2003-2007)
Dean, International Max Planck Research School for Demography (2000-2002)
Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina (1994-2000)
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina (1986-1994)
Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(1987-1988)
National Fellow, Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace
(1986-1987)
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina (1979-1986)
Assistant Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Bowdoin College
(1976-1979)
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1978 (Sociology)
A.M., University of California at Berkeley, 1973 (Sociology)
A.B., Lewis & Clark College, 1972 (International Affairs)
Recent Research Grants
Population Dynamics and International Relations in the Black Sea Region
International Research and Exchange Board (2002-2003)
Demographic Impact of Family Planning
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01-HD36675
(1999-2001)
Gestational Selection, Birth Weight, and Infant Survival
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01-HD31146
(1995-1997)
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