Laszlo Kulcsar
Laszlo Kulcsar's (Ph.D., 2005) research focus is on social change and population dynamics, with a particular focus on migration, urbanization and rural transformation. He studies spatial inequalities and regional development in the context of postindustrial societies, and does research on the social and demographic transformation of Eastern Europe, as one of his major current research programs. Dr. Kulcsar's most recent publication in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research investigates the growth machine concept of urban sociology in the post-socialist context. As a participant of the Growe Consortium he also studies the interrelated dynamics of natural resources, economic development and social demography in Western Kansas. Dr. Kulcsar is the director of the Kansas Population Center and teaches courses on social demography, population dynamics and sociological methodology.
Laszlo J. Kulcsar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Kansas State University
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
255-B Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506
kulcsar@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kulcsar/
Stefan Rayer
Dr. Stefan Rayer (Ph.D., 2001), Research Demographer in the Population Program of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida, received an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Saskatchewan in 1994, a masters degree in development sociology from Cornell University in 1997, and a doctorate in development sociology with a specialization in population and development from Cornell University in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Rayer worked as a demographic statistician for the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was responsible for the production of population estimates and projections for the cities and towns of Massachusetts. His current work at BEBR focuses on the creation of population projections for Florida, and he represents the state of Florida in the Federal State Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and Projections. Dr. Rayer’s research interests include population estimates and projections, internal migration and population redistribution, spatial demography, urban and rural sociology, and population-environment interactions.
Stefan Rayer, Ph.D.
Research Demographer
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
University of Florida
221 Matherly Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
stefanr@bebr.ufl.edu
http://www.bebr.ufl.edu/people/people.asp?ppl=srayer
Teresa Sobieszczyk
Teresa Sobieszczyk (Ph.D., 2000) is presently Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Montana. She teaches classes on population, international development, and Asian studies, among others. She is presently in Thailand on a 7 1/2 month faculty area studies fellowship funded by the Fulbright-Hays program of the U.S. Department of Education, where she is researching access to health care in remote, rural areas and health care decision making. In the future she hopes to expand the study to compare the Thai situation to remote, rural areas of Montana.
Teresa Sobieszczyk, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-5184
teresa.sobieszczyk@umontana.edu
http://www.umt.edu/sociology/Sobieszczyk/
‘Dimeji Togunde
‘Dimeji Togunde (Ph.D., 1995) is Professor of Sociology and the John S. Ludington Trustees’ Professor of the Social Sciences at Albion College, Michigan. He is Chair of the Department of Anthropology/Sociology and Director of the Ethnic Studies Program. He teaches classes in family, population and environmental policies, social change & development, immigration and research methodology. One aspect of his research programs has brought to the fore new insights for understanding child labor dynamics, particularly, the contribution that child labor makes to the enculturation and training of children and to the economic survival of poor households in Nigeria. Some of his publications on child labor have appeared in West Africa Review (2005); Journal of Children & Poverty (2006); Africa Development (2006); and the International Journal of Sociology of the family (2007). His current research examines the effects of globalization and modernization on dating patterns and attitudes toward cohabitation & marriage in Nigeria. He is also co-editing a book “Across the Atlantic: African Immigrants in the United States” (with Emmanuel Yewah).
'Dimeji R.Togunde, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Anthropology/Sociology
Chair/Director, Ethnic Studies Program
Albion College
Albion, Michigan 49224
Dtogunde@Albion.edu
http://www.albion.edu/anthsoc/faculty.asp
