Center on Population Health and Aging
Biosketch - Duane F. Alwin
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POSITION TITLE: McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Children and their families; human development; lifecourse & aging; social stratification; education; social psychology; social change; research methods; quantitative analysis.
| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1972-1973 Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1973-1975 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University 1975-1976 Visiting Research Scientist, Laboratory of Socio-Environmental Studies, NIMH 1975-1980 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University 1979-1985 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1983-1995 Director, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1985-1989 Chair, Board of Overseers, General Social Survey, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago 1985-2002 Professor, Department of Sociology; Senior Research Scientist and Program Director, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1997-1998 Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan 1998-2000 Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan 2002- McCourtney Professor of Sociology, Demography, Human Development, and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University 2004- Director, NIA Post-doctoral Training Program in the Demography of Aging, The Pennsylvania State University 2004- Director, NIA Center for Population Health and Aging, The Pennsylvania State University |
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1999-2003 Member, Study Section on Risk Prevention and Health Behavior IV, National Institute of Health 2003- Fellow, Gerontological Society of America 2003-2004 Member, Study Section on Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes, NIH 2005-2008 Editorial Board, Public Opinion Quarterly 2006-2008 Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 2007-2008 Chair, Section on Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Alwin, D.F. (1988). "Structural Equation Models in Research on Human Development and Aging." In Schaie, K.W. et al. (Eds.) , Methodological Issues in Aging Research. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. (pp. 71-170) Alwin, D.F. (1989). "Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey Data." Quality and Quantity 23:277-331. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (1991). "Family of Origin and Cohort Differences in Verbal Ability." American Sociological Review 56:625-638. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (1991). "Research on Survey Quality." Sociological Methods and Research 20:3-29. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. and J.A. Krosnick (1991). "Aging, Cohorts, and the Stability of Socio-Political Orientations Over the Life-Span." American Journal of Sociology 97:169-195. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. and J.A. Krosnick (1991). "The Reliability of Survey Attitude Measurement: The Influence of Question and Respondent Attributes." Sociological Methods and Research 20:139-181. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. , R.L. Cohen and T.M. Newcomb (1991). Political Attitudes Over the Life-Span: The Bennington Women After Fifty Years. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. Alwin, D.F. (1992). "Information Transmission in the Survey Interview: Number of Response Categories and the Reliability of Attitude Measurement." In Marsden, P.V. (Ed.) , Sociological Methodology. (pp. 83-118) Alwin, D.F. , M. Braun and J. Scott (1992). "The Separation of Work and the Family: Attitudes Toward Women's Labour-Force Participation in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States." European Sociological Review 8:13-37. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (1993). "Aging, Cohorts, and Social Change: An Examination of the Generational Replacement Model of Social Change." In Becker, H.A. (Ed.) , Dynamics of Cohort and Generations Research. Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers. (pp. 53-95) Alwin, D.F. (1993). "Socio-Political Attitude Development in Adulthood: The Role of Generational and Life-Cycle Factors." In Krebs, D. and P. Schmidt (Eds.) , New Directions in Attitude Measurement. Berlin: De Gruyter. Alwin, D.F. and R.L. Cohen (1993). "The Bennington Women of the 1930s: Political Attitudes Over the Life Course." In Hulbert, K.D. and D.T. Schuster (Eds.) , Women's Lives Through Time: Educated American Women of the Twentieth Century. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (pp. 117-139) Alwin, D.F. , J. Scott and M. Braun (1993). "Family Options in Britain, Ireland and the USA." In British Social Attitudes: Special International Report. Aldershot: Gower Publishers. Alwin, D.F. (1994). "Aging, Personality and Social Change: The Stability of Individual Differences Over the Adult Life-Span." In Featherman, D.L. , R.M. Lerner and M. Perlmutter (Eds.) , Life Span Development and Behavior. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (pp. 135-185) Alwin, D.F. (1994). "Quantitative Methods in Social Psychology." In Cook, K.S. , G.A. Fine and J.S. House (Eds.) , Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology. New York, NY: Allyn & Bacon. (pp. 650-680) Alwin, D.F. , M. Braun and J. Scott (1994). "Economic Necessity or Self-Actualization? Attitudes Towards Women's Labour-Force Participation in East and West Germany." European Sociological Review 10:29-47. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. , M. Braun , J. Harkness and J. Scott (1994). "Measurement in Multi-National Surveys." In Trends and Perspectives in Empirical Social Research. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter. (pp. 26-39) Alwin, D.F. (1995). "Taking Time Seriously: Social Change, Social Structure and Human Lives." In Moen, P. , G.H. Elder and K. Luscher (Eds.) , Examining Lives in Context: Perspectives on the Ecology of Human Development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (pp. 211-262) Alwin, D.F. and R.T. Campbell (1995). "Quantitative Approaches: Toward an Integrated Science of Aging and Human Development." In Binstock, R.H. and L.K. George (Eds.) , Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. New York, NY: Academic Press. (pp. 31-51) Alwin, D.F. (1996). "Co-Residence Beliefs in American Society--1973-1991." Journal of Marriage and the Family 58:393-403. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (1996). "From Child-Bearing to Child-Rearing: The Link Between Declines in Fertility and Changes in the Socialization of Children." Population and Development Review 22:S176-S196. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (1996). "Parental Socialization in Historical Perspective." In Ryff, C.D. and M.M. Seltzer (Eds.) , The Parental Experience in Midlife. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (pp. 105-167) Alwin, D.F. and J. Scott (1996). "Attitude Change--Its Measurement and Interpretation using Longitudinal Surveys." In Taylor, B. and K. Thomson (Eds.) , Understanding Change in Social Attitudes. Aldershot: Dartmouth. (pp. 75-106) Alwin, D.F. , J. Scott and M. Braun (1996). "Generational Changes in Gender-Role Attitudes: Britain in Cross-National Perspective." Sociology 30:471-492. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (1998). "Linking Aging and Social Change in the Study of Political Identities." In Hardy, M.A. (Ed.) , Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Aging and Social Change. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. Alwin, D.F. (1998). "The Political Impact of the Baby Boom: Are There Persistent Generational Differences in Political Beliefs and Behavior?." Generations 2:46-54. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. and J. Scott (1998). "Retrospective vs. Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research." In Giele, J.Z. and G.H. Elder (Eds.) , Crafting Life Studies: Intersection of Personal and Social History. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Alwin, D.F. , J. Scott and M. Braun (1998). "Partner, Parent, Worker: Family and Gender Roles." In Jowell, R. , J. Curtice , A. Park , L. Brook and K. Thomson (Eds.) , British and European Social Attitudes: How Britain Differs. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate. (pp. 19-37) Alwin, D.F. (1999). "Aging and Errors of Measurement: Implications for the Study of Life-Span Development." In Schwarz, N. , D. Park and B. Knäuper (Eds.) , Cognition, Aging, and Self-Reports. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis. (pp. 365-385) Alwin, D.F. and R.J. McCammon (1999). "Aging versus Cohort Interpretations of Intercohort Differences in GSS Vocabulary Scores." American Sociological Review 64(2):272-286. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (2001). "Parental Values, Beliefs, and Behavior: A Review and Promulga for Research into the New Century." Advances in Life Course Research 6:97-139. |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (2001). "Parental Values, Beliefs, and Behavior: A Review and Promulga for Research into the New Century." In Hofferth, S.L. and T.J. Owens (Eds.) , Children at the Millennium: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?. New York, NY: Elsevier Science Ltd. (pp. 97-139) Alwin, D.F. and R.J. McCammon (2001). "Aging, Cohorts, and Verbal Ability." The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 56B(3):S151-S161. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. and R.T. Campbell (2001). "Quantitative Approaches: Longitudinal Methods in the Study of Human Development and Aging." In Binstock, R.H. and L.K. George (Eds.) , Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. New York, NY: Academic Press. (pp. 22-43) Alwin, D.F. (2002). "Generations X, Y and Z: Are They Changing America?." Contexts 1(4):42-51. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (2004). "Parenting Practices." In Scott, J. , J. Treas and M. Richards (Eds.) , The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. (pp. 142-157) Groves, R.M. , E. Singer , J.M. Lepkowski , S.G. Heeringa and D.F. Alwin (2004). "Survey Methodology." In Juster, F.T. , R.L. Kahn , H. Schuman , E. Singer and J.S. House (Eds.) , A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. (pp. 21-64) Alwin, D.F. (2005). "Attitudes, Beliefs, and Childbearing." In Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) , The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries Are Shrinking and What It Means. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (pp. 115-126) Alwin, D.F. and L.A. Wray (2005). "A Life-Span Developmental Perspective on Social Status and Health." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B(Spec No 2):S7-S14. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Wray, L.A. , D.F. Alwin and R.J. McCammon (2005). "Social Status and Risky Health Behaviors: Results from the Health and Retirement Study." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B(Spec No 2):S85-S92. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. , R.J. McCammon and S.M. Hofer (2006). "Studying Boomer Cohorts Within a Demographic and Developmental Context: Conceptual and Methodological Issues." In Whitbourne, S.K. and S.L. Willis (Eds.) , The Baby Boomers Grow Up: Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Publishers. (pp. 45-71) Alwin, D.F. , S.M. Hofer and R.J. McCammon (2006). "Modeling the Effects of Time: Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives." In Binstock, R.H. and L.K. George (Eds.) , Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Sixth Edition. San Diego: Elsevier. (pp. 20-38) Alwin, D.F. , J.L. Felson , E.T. Walker and P.A. Tufis (2006). "Measuring Religious Identities in Surveys." Public Opinion Quarterly 70(4):530-564. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Wray, L.A. , D.F. Alwin , R.J. McCammon , T. Manning and L.E. Best (2006). "Social Status, Risky Health Behaviors, and Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Older Adults." Journals of Gerontology--Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences 61(6):S290-S298. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. (2007). Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement. John Wiley & Sons. |Abstract| Alwin, D.F. and R.J. McCammon (2007). "Rethinking Generations." Research in Human Development 4(3/4):219-237. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Lee, K.S. , D.F. Alwin and P.A. Tufis (2007). "Beliefs about Women's Labour in the Reunified Germany, 1991-2004." European Sociological Review 23:487-503. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Alwin, D.F. , R.J. McCammon , L.A. Wray and W.L. Rodgers (2008). "Population Processes and Cognitive Aging." In Hofer, S.M. and D.F. Alwin (Eds.) , Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Hofer, S.M. and D.F. Alwin (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. |Abstract| Alwin, D.F. (2009). "History, Cohorts, and Patterns of Cognitive Aging." In Bosworth, H.B. and C. Hertzog (Eds.) , Aging and Cognition: Research Methodologies and Empirical Advances. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (pp. 9-38) |
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