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Karin L. Brewster
Contact Information:
| Office: | Bellamy 619 |
| Phone: | 644-7106 |
| Fax: | 644-8818 |
| Email: | karin.brewster@fsu.edu |
| Website: | Center for Demography and Population Health profile |
Areas of Specialization:
Research:
- Adolescent sexual activity and reproductive health
- Work and family in industrialized nations
- Child care and public policy
Teaching:
- Undergraduate:
- Population and Society
- Social Statistics
- Family Problems and Social Change
- Graduate:
- Introduction to Demography
- Fertility Seminar
- Multivariate Techniques
Education and Recent Professional Experience:
- Research Associate, Center for the Study of Population, Florida State University (1994-present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University (1994-2001)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1991-1994)
- Ph.D. in Sociology with specialization in Social Demography, University of Washington, 1991
Selected Papers and Publications:
- Brewster, Karin L. and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2008. “Who’s Doing it? Patterns and Predictors of Youths’ Oral Sexual Experience.” Journal of Adolescent Health 42(1): 73-80.
- Radey, Melissa and Karin L. Brewster. 2007. “The Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Disadvantaged Mothers’ Child Care Arrangements.” Early Childhood Research Quarterly 22(3): 379-393.
- Brewster, Karin L. and Irene Padavic. 2006. "No More Kin Care? Change in Black Mothers’ Reliance on Relatives for Child Care, 1977-94.” Gender & Society 16(4): 546-563.
- Brewster, Karin L. and Ronald R. Rindfuss. 2000. "Fertility and Women's Employment in Industrialized Nations." Annual Review of Sociology, 26:271-96.
- Brewster, Karin L. and Irene Padavic. 2000. "Changes in Gender Ideology, 1977-1996: The Contributions of Intracohort Change and Population Turnover." Journal of Marriage and the Family 62(2): 477-87.
Manuscripts in Progress:
- Naomi Spence and Karin L. Brewster “Sexual Initiation among Adolescents in Immigrant Families: The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Generational Status.” To be presented at the 2008 Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans.
- Kathryn Harker Tilllman and Karin L. Brewster. “Sexual Orientation, Sexual Attraction, and Patterns of Same-Sex Sexual Experience among Youth in the United States.” To be presented at the 2008 Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston.
- Karin L. Brewster and Sandra Colby. “Stability in Non-Maternal Child Care.” To be presented at the 2008 Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston.
- Melissa Radey and Karin L. Brewster. “Safety Nets of Unmarried Mothers: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter?” Presented at the 2008 Meeting of the Society for Social Work Research, Washington, DC.
- Annie Tuttle, Karin L. Brewster, and John Reynolds. “Sexual Orientation and Earnings: A Comparison of Partnered Lesbians and Married Women.” Under review.
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