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Kenneth C Land, John Franklin Crowell Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology
Kenneth C Land
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John Franklin Crowell Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology
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347 Soc-Psych |
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(919) 660-5615 |
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Mathematical Sociology,
Statistical Methods,
Demography,
Crime, Law and Deviance,
Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Measurement
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| I received my Ph.D. in sociology and mathematics from
the University of Texas at Austin in 1969. After a year of
postdoctoral study in mathematical statistics at
Columbia University in New York City, I taught there
and was a member of the staff of the Russell Sage
Foundation for three years. I then was successively a
member of the faculties of the University of Illinois at
Urbana Champaign and the University of Texas at Austin
before joining the Duke Sociology Department as
Chairman in 1986. I served as Chair of Sociology from January 1986 to August 1997. My main research interests are
contemporary social trends and quality-of-life measurement, social problems, demography, criminology, organizations, and mathematical and statistical models and methods for the study of social and demographic processes. I have done extensive research in each of
these areas and have been elected a Fellow of the
American Statistical Association (1978), the
Sociological Research Association (1981), the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(1992), the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (1997), and the American Society of Criminology (2004). I teach Contemporary Social Problems (SOCIOL
11), Basic Demographic Methods and Materials (SOCIOL 215), and Advanced Methods of Demographic Analysis (SOCIOL 216). My other interests include tennis, jogging (10
kilometers), and music.
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Selected Publications/Recent
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- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Kenneth C. Land (ed.), The Well-Being of America’s Children: Developing and Improving the Child and Youth Well-Being Index
(2012,forthcoming), New York: Springer .
- Reviews of Web-Based Social Reports, Review 1: The United Kingdom’s Social Statistics,
SINET: Social Indicators Network News no. 106&107
(May-August, 2011) .
- Keys to Happiness From 100 Prominent Experts From Around the World,
SINET: Social Indicators Network News no. 105
(March, 2011) .
- Measuring Well-Being in the Netherlands,
SINET: Social Indicators Network News no. 105
(March, 2011) .
- Michael R. Hagerty and Kenneth C. Land, Issues in Composite Index Construction: The Measurement of Overall Quality of Life,
in Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Research
(2011),
pp. 181-200, New York: Spinger .
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Sociology
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