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Barbara A. Anderson

Name: Barbara A. Anderson

Title(s):

  • Ronald Freedman Collegiate Professor, Sociology & Population Studies
  • Research Professor, Population Studies Center

Contact Information: 734.763.3478 , barba@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/soc/directories/show-person.asp?PeopleID=5

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CREES
  • WCED
  • CKS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Sociology

Education Background: A.B., Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1970; Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 1974

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Russian and East European Studies
  • East Asian Studies
  • African Studies

Related Countries:

  • Russia
  • Estonia
  • South Korea
  • China
  • South Africa

Research/Teaching Specialization: Comparative social and demographic change, Soviet and post-Soviet society, historical demography, demographic techniques

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Societies and Institutions of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union; Ethnic Issues in the U.S. and Russia; Identity Formation and Social Problems in the Former Soviet Union; Population and Health in Societies in Transition