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Isaac W. Eberstein
Contact Information:
| Office: | Bellamy 526B |
| Phone: | 850-644-6416 |
| Fax: | 850-644-6208 |
| Email: | ieberstn@fsu.edu |
| Website: | Center for Demography and Population Health profile |
Areas of Specialization:
Research:
- Health and Mortality
- Demography of American Jews
- Applied Demography
Teaching:
- Undergraduate:
- Research Methods – Distance Learning section
- Introduction to Sociology – Hybrid section
- Graduate:
- Health & Survival (Mortality)
- Teaching Sociology at the College Level
- Proseminar in Sociology
- Population Theory
Education and Recent Professional Experience:
- Florida State University, 1996-2004, 2010-present. Sociology Department Chair.
- Florida State University, 2007-2010. Director of Center for Demography and Population Health.
- Florida State University, 2002-present. Charles Meade Grigg Professor of Sociology.
- Florida State University, 1981-present. Assistant Professor to Professor.
- Florida State University, 1988-1990. Director of Graduate Studies.
- University of Mississippi, 1979-1981. Assistant Professor of Sociology.
- Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1979 (Sociology / Demography)
- M.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1976 (Sociology)
- B.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1974 (Sociology)
Selected Papers and Publications:
- J. Bishop-Royse & I. Eberstein (forthcoming) “Individual and county-level factors associated with racial disparities in cause-specific infant mortality: Florida, 1980-2000.” In N. Hoque, M. McGeHee, & B. Bradshaw (eds.), Applied Demography and Public Health. NY: Springer.
- I. Eberstein & K. Heyman (2010). "Jewish identity and self reported health." In Christopher G. Ellison & Robert A. Hummer (eds.), Religion, Families and Health: New directions in Population Based Research. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
- N. Spence & I. Eberstein (2009) "Age at first birth, parity, and post-reproductive mortality among White and Black women in the US, 1982-2002." Social Science & Medicine 68:1625-32.
- I. Eberstein, C. Nam & K. Heyman (2008) "Causes of death and mortality crossovers by race." Biodemography & Social Biology 54 (2):214-228.
Honors
- FSU Named Professorship, 2002
- University Teaching Award, 1997
- Sociology Teaching Award, 1991
- President, Southern Demographic Association, 1990-91
- FSU Developing Scholar Award, 1987
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