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Population and Society graduate seminar syllabus
A basic graduate level introduction to social demography.
Me in the Chronicle: How Sociology Can Save Itself
The roles of citizen and scholar must ultimately be compatible within the life of an academic.
Demographic facts for Spring 2024
There may be a sucker born every minute, but that's only 0.4% of all babies born in the world.
Media mentions
If you do want public attention, and more readers, you might have to do some things that make you uncomfortable, especially promoting yourself.
How a Population Ages or Grows Younger: Classic Ansley Coale paper finally updated
A lot changed since 1960, but this old article is still good for teaching -- with some updates.
Quick update on American Sociological Review’s failure to meet current social science standards
Four complete replication packages for 20 quantitative data analysis articles. Ten of the 20 quantitative papers provide nothing.
Review of Melissa Kearney’s The Two-Parent Privilege (long version)
This is much too long. In the next few days I will cut it way back and submit it to Contemporary Sociology.
2023 book (reading) report
This year I finished writing two books -- the 4th edition of my textbook (not out yet), and Citizen Scholar (coming next year from Columbia University Press, a few chapters posted as preprints). But I read 27 book so far, so I'm a net consumer. This year reading increasingly meant listening. It's much easier for…
Modern marriage commentary
Why don't our students just marry their roommates, and other questions.