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Arland Thornton

Name: Arland Thornton

Title(s):

  • Professor
  • Research Professor

Contact Information: 734.615.3542 , arlandt@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CCS
  • CMENAS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Sociology
  • Institute for Social Research

Education Background: B.S., Bringham Young University 1968; M.A., UM 1973; Ph.D., UM: 1975

Research/Teaching Specialization: Dr. Arland Thornton specializes in the study of marriage, family, and life course structures and processes. He has authored a book and a number of articles on the effect of societal change on the family in the United States and Asia. His work currently focuses on intergenerational relations, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, reproductive behavior, living arrangements, and gender roles in Nepal, Taiwan, and the United States. His teaching centers on the sociology and demography of the family and life course. He is involved with Developmental Idealism Studies in Argentina and Nepal.

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: American Family; Comparitive Family Systems; Family and Kinship Research Seminar; Social Change; Sociology of Family and Kinship; Statistics

Arland Thornton

Name: Arland Thornton

Title(s):

  • Professor of Sociology
  • Research Professor, Survey Research Center
  • Research Professor, Population Studies Center

Contact Information: 734.615.3542 , arlandt@umich.edu

Website: http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/people/profile/384

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CSAS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Sociology
  • Institute for Social Research

Education Background: B.S. Sociology, Brigham Young University M.A. Sociology, The University of Michigan Ph.D. Sociology, The University of Michigan