Elwood D. Carlson

Charles B. Nam Professor in Sociology of Population

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley 609 Bellamy Building Phone (850) 644-8341 (W) Fax (850) 644-8818 Email: ecarlson@fsu.edu curriculum vitae
The 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 social determinants of health, including infant and reproductive health and working-age mortality, and involves evidence from Europe and the Middle East as well as American society.

MORE INFORMATION Research Interests Political Demography, Reproductive Health, Europe / Central Asia, Marriage & Family, Adult Mortality Recent Teaching (with most recent offering) Techniques of Demographic Analysis (SYD 5135) Fall 2007 Demography of Fertility (SYD 5225) Spring 2003 Urban Sociology (SYD 3600) Fall 2006 Sociology of Religion (SYO 3200) Spring 2007 Population and Society (SYD 3020) Fall 2007 Introduction to Sociology (SYG 1000) Spring 2007 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) Recent Professional Articles 2006 "Ages of origin and destination for a different in life expectancy" Demographic Research 14:217-36. 2003 "Demographic consequences of social inequality in pregnancy outcomes" (with M. Mourgova) Genus 59(2):11-28. 2001 "Changes in contraceptive use in Bulgaria, 1995-2000" (with V. Lamb) Studies in Family Planning 32(4):329-338. 2000 "Birthweight and infant mortality in Bulgaria's transition crisis" (with S. Tsvetarsky) Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 14:159-162. 1999 "Trajectories of fetal loss in the Czech Republic" (with J. Hoem, J. Rychtarikova) Demography 36(3):327-337. 1999 "Low-weight neonatal survival paradox in the Czech Republic" (with J. Hoem) American Journal of Epidemiology 149(5):447-453. 1998 "Fertility regulation in a declining state socialist economy" (with M. Omori) International Family Planning Perspectives 24(4):184-187.