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Sociology Department
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Elwood D. Carlson


Contact Information:

Office: Bellamy 609
Phone: 644-8341
Fax: 644-8818
Email: ecarlson@fsu.edu
Website: Center for Demography and Population Health profile

Areas of Specialization:

  • Demography (Reproductive Health, Adult Mortality, Marriage & Family)

Education and Recent Professional Experience:

  • Charles B. Nam Professor in Sociology of Population, Florida State University (2002-)
  • Director, Center for Demography & Population Health, FSU (2003-2007)
  • Dean, International Max Planck Research School for Demography (2000-2002)
  • Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1987-1988)
  • National Fellow, Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace (1986-1987)
  • Asst, Assoc. & Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina (1979-2000)
  • Instructor, Asst. Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Bowdoin College (1976-1979)
  • Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1978 (Sociology)

Selected Papers and Publications:

  • 2008. The Lucky Few: Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom. New York: Springer Publishers.
  • 2008. "Concentration of working-age male mortality among manual workers in urban Latvia and Russia, 1970-1989." European Societies (with E. Andreev, R Hoffmann, V Shkolnikov & T Kharkova).
  • 2008. "Sexual behavior and reproductive health." ch. 4 in Zeng Y. (ed). Encyclopedia of Life Support Sciences (New York: UNESCO)
  • 2008. "Internal migration from Turkish birth histories." Genus 63(3-4): 99-125.
  • 2006. "Ages of origin and destination for a difference in life expectancy. " Demographic Research 14(11): 217-235.
  • 2003. "Demographic consequences of social inequality in pregnancy outcomes. " Genus 59(2):11-28 (with M Mourgova).
  • 2001. "Changes in contraceptive use in Bulgaria, 1995-2000." Studies in Family Planning 32(4):329-338 (with V Lamb).
  • 2000. "Birthweight and infant mortality in Bulgaria's transition crisis." Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 14:159-162 (with S Tsvetarsky).

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