Francis Dodoo's Information
POSITION TITLE: College of Liberal Arts Research Professor and Professor of Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Research capacity building in Sub-Saharan Africa; demographic and health outcomes associated with urban poverty; intergenerational transfer of norms governing the gendered stratification of sexuality; the male role and the intersection of gender and power on fertility decision making; Africans and other black immigrants in the United States.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Family Processes
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1988-1995 Assistant to Associate (1994) Professor of Sociology, and Director, African and Diaspora Studies (1992-1995), Tulane University
1995-2001 Associate Professor of Sociology, and Director, African American Studies (1995-1998), Vanderbilt University
1998-2000 Director (and Senior Fellow of the Population Council), African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi
2001-2003 Professor and Chair (2002), Department of African American Studies, and Faculty Associate, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland
2003-Present Professor to College of Liberal Arts Research Professor (2006) of Sociology and Demography, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
2003-Present Research to Senior Research Associate (2006), Population Research Institute (PRI), The Pennsylvania State University
2006-Present Professor and Director, Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 4-Time Olympian (Ghana)
1995-1996 Olympic Ambassador (Ghana)
1998-2000 Senior Fellow, Population Council (APHRC)
2005-2008 Board Member, 2008 African Cup of Nations (CAN 2008) Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
2006 The Grand Medal (GM) of the Republic of Ghana
2006-2007 Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) National Advisory Committee for Producers and Users of Statistics (NACPUS)
2006-2007 Advisory Board Member, Development of Ghana National HIV/AIDS Research Agenda
2006-Present College of Liberal Arts Research Professor, The Pennsylvania State
University
2007 Board of Directors Award, National Council of Ghanaian Associations, Inc., NY
2007 Scientific Committee Member, Ghana National HIV/AIDS Research Conference (NHARCON)
2007-11 Member, Scientific Review Study Section, "Social Sciences and Population Studies" (SSPS), Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health
2007- Founding Member, New Legon Observer
2008-Present Scientific Advisory Committee Member, International Network of DSS Sites Involved in Demographic and Health Research in Developing Countries (INDEPTH)
2008- Associate, Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy, University of Southampton
2008- Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology
2008- Editorial Board, Population Research and Policy Review
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Dodoo, F.N.
(1991).
"Blacks and Earnings in New York State."
Sociological Spectrum 11(2):203-212.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1991).
"Earnings Differences among Blacks in America."
Social Science Research 20(2):93-108.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1991).
"Immigrant and Native Black Workers' Labor Force Participation in the U.S.."
National Journal of Sociology 5(1):3-17.
Dodoo, F.N.
(1991).
"Minority Immigrants in the Land of Opportunity."
Canadian Studies in Population 18(2):42-55.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1992).
"Female Education, Age, Parity, and Reproduction Cessation in Ghana."
Social Biology 39(1-2):102-108.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1993).
"A Couple Analysis of Micro-Level Supply/Demand Factors in Fertility Regulation."
Population Research and Policy Review 12(2):93-101.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1993).
"Education and Changing Reproductive Behavior in Ghana."
Sociological Perspectives 36(3):241-256.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1993).
"Insights into Spousal Differences in Reproductive Dis/Agreement."
Sociological Focus 26(3):257-270.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1994).
"Relative Spousal Status and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana."
The Sociological Quarterly 35(3):507-519.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
A. Seal
(1994).
"Explaining Spousal Differences in Reproductive Preferences: A Gender Inequality Approach."
Population and Environment 15(5):379-394.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
G. Pinon
(1994).
"Earnings Differences among the Mexican-Origin Population in the United States: Nativity and Citizenship Explanations."
Sociological Perspectives 37(2):293-305.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1995).
"Contraceptive Behavior in Ghana: A Two-Sex Model."
International Journal of Sociology of the Family 25(1):43-61.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1995).
"Explaining Contraceptive Use Differences: Do Men Play A Role?."
African Population Studies 10:15-37.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
P. Kasari
(1995).
"Race and Female Occupational Location in America."
Journal of Black Studies 25(4):465-474.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
R. Carr
(1995).
"The Simple Measure and Fertility Control Measurement in Africa."
The Western Journal of Black Studies 19(4):279-283.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
J.T. Roberts
(1995).
"Population Growth, Sex Ratios, and Women's Work on the Contemporary Amazon Frontier."
Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 21:91-105.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
P. van Landewijk
(1996).
"Men, Women, and the Fertility Question in Sub-Saharan Africa."
African Studies Review 39(3):29-41.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1997).
"Assimilation Differences among Africans in America."
Social Forces 76(2):527-546.
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Dodoo, F.N.
,
Y. Luo
and
E. Panayotova
(1997).
"Do Male Reproductive Preferences Really Point to a Need to Refocus Fertility Policy?."
Population Research and Policy Review 16(5):447-455.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1998).
"Marriage Type and Reproductive Decisions: A Comparative Study in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 60(1):232-242.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1998).
"Men Matter: Additive and Interactive Gendered Preferences and Reproductive Behavior in Kenya."
Demography 35(2):229-242.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1999).
"Black America and Minority Immigrants: The Competing Disadvantaged?."
Contemporary Sociology 28(4):385-387.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(1999).
"Black and Immigrant Labor Force Participation in America."
Race & Society 2(1):69-82.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
A.A. Ampofo
(2001).
"AIDS-Related Knowledge and Behavior among Married Kenyan Men: A Behavioral Paradox?."
Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 24(2):199-233.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
A.C. Ezeh
(2001).
"Institutional Change and the African Fertility Transition: The Case of Kenya."
Genus 57(3-4):135-164.
Dodoo, F.N.
,
A.C. Ezeh
and
T.O. Owuor
(2001).
"Some Evidence against the Assumption That Approval of Family Planning Is Associated with Frequency of Spouses' Discussion of the Subject. Research Note."
Population Studies 55(2):195-198.
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DeRose, L.F.
,
F.N. Dodoo
and
V. Patil
(2002).
"Fertility Desires and Perceptions of Power in Reproductive Conflict in Ghana."
Gender & Society 16(1):53-73.
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DeRose, L.F.
,
F.N. Dodoo
and
V. Patil
(2002).
"Schooling and Attitudes on Reproductive-Related Behavior in Ghana."
The International Journal of Sociology of the Family 30(1):50-65.
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Dodoo, F.N.
(2002).
"The Urban Poor and Health Systems in East Africa: Voices from Nairobi's Slums." In
Opolot, S.J.
(Ed.)
, Building Healthy Cities: Improving the Health of Urban Migrants and the Urban Poor in Africa.
Washington, DC:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Comparative Urban Studies Project.
(pp. 9-19)
Dodoo, F.N.
and
B.K. Takyi
(2002).
"Africans in the Diaspora: Black-White Earnings Differences among America's Africans."
Ethnic and Racial Studies 25(6):913-941.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
M. Tempenis
(2002).
"Gender, Power, and Reproduction: Rural-Urban Differences in the Relationship between Fertility Goals and Contraceptive Use in Kenya."
Rural Sociology 67(1):46-70.
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Newsome, Y.D.
and
F.N. Dodoo
(2002).
"Reversal of Fortune: Explaining the Decline in Black Women's Earnings."
Gender & Society 16(4):442-464.
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Zulu, E.M.
,
F.N. Dodoo
and
A.C. Ezeh
(2002).
"Sexual Risk-Taking in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98."
Population Studies 56(3):311-323.
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Dodoo, F.N.
,
M.M. Sloan
and
E.M. Zulu
(2003).
"Space, Context, and Hardship: Socializing Children into Sexual Activity in Kenyan Slums." In
Agyei-Mensah, S.
and
J.B. Casterline
(Eds.)
, Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press.
(pp. 147-160)
Zulu, E.M.
,
F.N. Dodoo
and
A.C. Ezeh
(2003).
"Urbanization, Poverty and Sex: Roots of Risky Sexual Behaviors in Slum Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya." In
Kalipeni, E.
,
S. Craddock
,
J.R. Oppong
and
J. Ghosh
(Eds.)
, HIV/AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology.
Oxford:
Blackwell Publishers.
(pp. 167-174)
DeRose, L.F.
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F.N. Dodoo
,
A.C. Ezeh
and
T.O. Owuor
(2004).
"Does Discussion of Family Planning Improve Knowledge of Partner's Attitude toward Contraceptives?."
International Family Planning Perspectives 30(2):87-93.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
N. Beisel
(2005).
"Africa in American Sociology: Invisibility, Opportunity and Obligation."
Social Forces 84(1):595-600.
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Takyi, B.K.
and
F.N. Dodoo
(2005).
"Gender, Lineage, and Fertility-Related Outcomes in Ghana."
Journal of Marriage and Family 67(1):251-257.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
B.K. Takyi
(2006).
"Africans in the Diaspora: Black-White Earnings Differences among America's Africans." In
Konadu-Agyeman, K.
,
B.K. Takyi
and
J.A. Arthur
(Eds.)
, The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation.
Boulder, CO:
Lexington Books.
(pp. 168-188)
Dodoo, F.N.
,
B.K. Takyi
and
J.R. Mann
(2006).
"On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations."
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 5(3):155-162.
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Newsome, Y.D.
and
F.N. Dodoo
(2006).
"Reversal of Fortune: Explaining the Decline in Black Women's Earnings." In
Durr, M.
and
S.A. Hill
(Eds.)
, Race, Work, and Family in the Lives of African Americans.
Lanham, MD:
Rowman and Littlefield.
(pp. 159-183)
Dodoo, F.N.
,
B.K. Takyi
and
J.R. Mann
(2007).
"On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations." In
Patterson, R.
(Ed.)
, African Brain Circulation: Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate.
Boston:
Brill Academic Press.
(pp. 87-94)
Dodoo, F.N.
,
E.M. Zulu
and
A.C. Ezeh
(2007).
"Urban-Rural Differences in the Socioeconomic Deprivation-Sexual Behavior Link in Kenya."
Social Science and Medicine 64(5):1019-1031.
PMCID: PMC1852503??
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Klein Hattori, M.
and
F.N. Dodoo
(2007).
"Cohabitation, Marriage, and 'Sexual Monogamy' in Nairobi's Slums."
Social Science and Medicine 64(5):1067-1078.
PMCID: PMC1866302??
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
A. Frost
(2008).
"Gender in African Population Research: The Fertility/Reproductive Health Example."
Annual Review of Sociology 34(1):431-452.
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Frost, A.
and
F.N. Dodoo
(2009).
"Men Are Missing from African Family Planning."
Contexts 8(1):44-49.
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Shreffler, K.
and
F.N. Dodoo
(2009).
"The Role of Intergenerational Transfers, Land, and Education in Fertility Transition in Rural Kenya: The Case of Nyeri District."
Population and Environment 30(3):75-92.
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Dodoo, F.N.
and
N. Beisel
(In Press).
"Africa in American Sociology: Invisibility, Opportunity, and Obligation." In
Lauer, H.
and
K. Anyidoho
(Eds.)
, Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities through African Perspectives.
Accra, Ghana:
Sub-Saharan Publishers.
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