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M. Giovanna Merli, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology and Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies

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M. Giovanna Merli
Contact Info:
Office Location:  134 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone:  919-613-9305
Email Address: send me a message


Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • PUBPOL 264.73, ADV TOP IN PUBLIC POLICY
    Rubenstein 149, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • GLHLTH 280.03, GLOBAL HEALTH SPECIAL TOPICS Synopsis
    Rubenstein 149, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • SOCIOL 299.73, SELECTED TOPICS Synopsis
    Rubenstein 149, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • PUBPOL 307.01, MASTER'S PROJECT I
    Sanford 224, M 04:25 PM-05:55 PM
  • PUBPOL 307.03, MASTER'S PROJECT I
    Rubenstein 151, W 04:25 PM-05:55 PM
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Department(s):

Division(s):  

Demography
Geographical Interests:

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Yeon-Jung Yu  
Postdocs Mentored

  • Bo Wang (2002 - 2004)  
Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Merli, M. Giovanna, The past, present and future of China’s birth planning policy, Il Politico.Rivista Italiana di Scienze Politiche (Italian Journal of Political Sciences), vol. LXXI no. 3 (2006), pp. 83-108
  2. Merli, M. Giovanna, Sara Hertog, Bo Wang & Jing Li, Modeling the spread of HIV/AIDS in China: The role of sexual transmission, Population Studies, vol. 60 no. 1 (2006), pp. 1-22
  3. Merli, M. Giovanna, Zhenchao Qian & Herbert L. Smith, Adaptation of a Political Bureaucracy to Economic and Institutional Change under Socialism: The Chinese State Family Planning System, Politics and Society, vol. 32 no. 2 (2004), pp. 231-256
  4. Merli, M. Giovanna & Alberto Palloni, The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Kin Relations, Living Arrangements and the Elderly in South Africa, in Aging in Africa, edited by B. Cohen & J. Menken (2006), Washington, DC: National Academy of Science Press
  5. Wang Qian, Mo Li (M. Giovanna Merli), Wu Jie, & Bao Qian, Yingxiang biyun fangfa xuanze de youguan yinsu” (Factors influencing the choice of contraceptive methods), in 1992 nian Zhongguo shengyulu chouyang diaocha lunwen ji (Collection of Works on the 1992 China Fertility Rate Sample Survey), edited by Jiang Zhenghua, Zhang Erli, Chen Shengli, & Chen Jianli (1996), pp. 255-263, Beijing: China Population Publishing House