Sociology Alum, Chloe Bird, Blogs about California Laws on Access to Health Care

An alumna of our Department, Chloe Bird — a senior sociologist at RAND Corporation — blogs for MS. Magazine.  In a recent entry, she writes about California’s recent improvements the Affordable Care Act.  Specifically, California is enhancing women’s access to birth control by allowing nurse practitioners to dispense medication.  This policy should make it cheaper and easier for women to control their reproductive health.

Read her blog posts for Ms. Magazine here!

Like Daughter, Like Son? New Article by Keera Allendorf

Keera Allendorf’s latest article is “Like Daughter, Like Son? Fertility Decline and the Transformation of Gender Systems in the Family.” Appearing in Demographic Research, Keera’s article develops the theory around the consequences for de

cline in fertility for gender roles in the family — a question that has not yet been fully addressed in the research. Relying on qualitative interviews with respondents in Nepal, Keera shows that declining fertility is associated with greater gender symmetry between sons and daughters, including a closing gender gap in education and more sexual activity before marriage, thus illustrating new theoretical pathways between fertility decline and control and family structure.It’s a really interesting paper that will surely spark future research! Take a look!

Article in Demographic Research.

Hello world!

The launch of the UIUC Sociology Department’s new blog!

We’ll be highlighting Department events, achievements, research and teaching!