8-2011
CURRICULUM VITAE
THEODORE DANIEL FULLER
OFFICE ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS
Department of Sociology 3560 Deer Run Road
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, VA 24060
and State University (540) 953-3340
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
(540) 231-8969
EDUCATION
1977 Ph.D. Sociology University of Michigan
1972 M.A. Sociology University of Michigan
1971 B.S. Mathematics Purdue University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 - present Professor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
1985-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University.
1987, 1988 Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Portland State
University.
1986 Associate Rural Sociologist, Department of Rural Sociology, Washington State
University and Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources,
University of Idaho.
1978-85 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University.
1982-83 Senior Fulbright Scholar, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 1982-83.
1978 Research Associate, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of
Michigan.
1977-78 Research Investigator, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
1976-77 Research Assistant, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
1976 National Institute of Mental Health Trainee, Department of Sociology, University
of Michigan.
1974-76 Research Supervisor, Pa Mong Resettlement Planning Project, Khon Kaen
University, Thailand and Department of Geography, University of Michigan.
1973 Research Assistant, Institute for Public Policy Studies University of Michigan.
1972-73 Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan.
1971-72 National Institute of Mental Health Trainee, Department of Sociology and Institute
for Public Policy Studies, University of Michigan.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Recipient of the E. Gordon Ericksen Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Department of
Sociology, VPI & SU, 1989-90.
Senior Fulbright Scholarship to help promote the development of the social science
research capability at Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 1982-83.
Rackham Prize Fellowship, for graduate studies in sociology at the University of
Michigan, 1973-74.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Demography
Third World Urbanization
International Development
Rural Sociology
Infant mortality and child survival
Correlates of adult health and mortality in the United States
GRANT AND CONTRACT ACTIVITIES
a. External Grants funded
Title: MOU between Virginia Tech and the Virginia Department of Health
Alleghany/Roanoke City and Health Districts
Sponsor: The Virginia Department of Health Alleghany/Roanoke City and Health
Districts
Position: Co-Investigator
Amount: $17,000
Duration: June 2008-May 2009
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Title: US-Thailand Cooperative Research on Models of Marital Instability
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (Science in Developing Countries)
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $6,556
Duration: September 1, 1991 - August 31, 1992
Title: US-Thailand Cooperative Research on Crowding, Family Relations, and
Health
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (Science in Developing Countries)
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $7,950
Duration: June 1, 1989-November 30, 1990
Title: Crowding, Family Relations, and Health
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (Sociology)
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $149,932
Duration: July 1987 - June 1992
Title: Resettlement as a Desertification Control Measure: Feasibility Study for
Darfur Region, Sudan
Sponsor: United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
Position: Consultant
Duration: January 1985 - March 1985
Title: Affecting Spatial Patterns of Rural to Urban Migration in Thailand:A Follow-
up Study
Sponsor: The Rockefeller Foundation
Position: Principal Investigator; Co-Investigators: Sukaesinee Subhadhira and
Samroeng Chantrasuwan, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Amount: $17,200
Duration: March 1, 1983 - December 31, 1985
Title: Differential Mortality and the Underinvestment Hypothesis
Sponsor: The Rockefeller Foundation
Position: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator was John A. Ballweg, VPI &
SU, Blacksburg, VA
Amount: $9,805
Duration: January 1, 1980 - February 28, 1982
Title: Affecting Spatial Patterns of Rural to Urban Migration in Thailand
Sponsor: Rockefeller-Ford Joint Program for Population and Development Policy
Research
Position: Co-Principal Investigator, with Paul Lightfoot, University of Hull, England
Amount: $17,610
Duration: June 1, 1978 - December 31, 1980
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b. Internal Grants funded
Title: Declining Life Expectancy
Sponsor: College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Niles Dean’s Fellowship
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $6,753
Duration : August 16, 2010-August 15, 2011
Title: Adult Mortality Risk in the United States
Sponsor: College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Faculty Research Grant Program
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $2,840.
Duration : August 16, 2005-August 15, 2006
Title: Welfare Programs and Infant Mortality in the United States, 1985-1995
Sponsor: College of Arts and Sciences Small Grant program
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $2600
Duration: March, 1998-March, 2001
Title: A Secondary/Comparative Analysis of Eight Ecological-Agricultural
Occupational Groups in Virginia
Sponsor: Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, VPI & SU
Position: Co-Principal Investigator, with Donald J. Shoemaker, VPI & SU
Amount: $25,245
Duration: July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1982
Title: Population Redistribution Under Conditions of Slowing Population Growth
Sponsor: College of Arts and Sciences, VPI & SU
Position: Principal Investigator
Amount: $240
Duration: December 1, 1979 - November 30, 1980
c. Travel Grants obtained
Source: Social Science Data Analysis Network, University of Michigan
Purpose: To attend a “Kids Count” workshop and an “Integrating Census Data
Analysis into the Curriculum” workshop, June 2002
Source: Department of Sociology
Purpose: To attend a workshop on Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM), Chicago,
September 2000.
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Source: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Purpose: To attend the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
Summer Workshop, Ann Arbor, June 1997.
Source: Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Department of
Sociology
Purpose: To attend the “Census in the Classroom” workshop, Ann Arbor, June 1996.
Source: Virginia Tech Educational Foundation and the Institute for Population and
Social Research, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Purpose: To attend Second Conference of the Southeast Asia Consortium on National
Migration Surveys, January 1994.
Source: Virginia Tech Educational Foundation
Purpose: To attend XIIIth World Congress for Sociology, Bielefeld, July 1994.
Source: Virginia Tech Research Division and the Institute for Population and Social
Research, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Purpose: To attend First Conference of the Southeast Asia Consortium on National
Migration Surveys, January 1992.
Source: Virginia Tech Educational Foundation
Purpose: To attend XIIth World Congress for Sociology, Madrid, July 1990.
Source: Virginia Tech Educational Foundation
Purpose: To attend Seventh World Congress for Rural Sociology, Bologna, June 1988.
Sources: American Sociological Association and Virginia Tech Educational
Foundation
Purpose: To attend XIth World Congress for Sociology, New Delhi, India, August 1986
Source: Virginia Tech Educational Foundation
Purpose: To attend Sixth World Congress for Rural Sociology, Manila, December 1984.
Source: American Sociological Association
Purpose: To attend Xth World Congress for Sociology, Mexico City, August 1982.
(Declined in order to accept Fulbright.)
Source: United Nations Fund for Population Activities
Purpose: To attend the Conference on Planned Population Redistribution, Singapore,
January 1979.
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PUBLICATIONS
a. Books
Edwards, John N., Theodore D. Fuller, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri
1994 Household Crowding and Its Consequences. Boulder, CO: Westview (ix+228
pp).
Fuller, Theodore D., Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Paul Lightfoot, and Sawaeng Rathanamongkolmas
1983 Migration and Development in Modern Thailand. Bangkok: Social Science
Association of Thailand (xxv + 244 pp).
b. Book Chapters
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri
1993 "Using Focus Groups to Adapt Survey Instruments to New Populations:
Experience from a Developing Country." Pp. 89-104 in David L. Morgan (ed.),
Successful Focus Groups: Advancing the State of the Art, Sage.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1990 "Internal Migration in Thailand." Pp. 345-369 in Charles B. Nam, William J. Serow,
and David F. Sly (eds.) International Handbook on Internal Migration, Greenwood
Press.
Revised version published in Thai as: Theodore D. Fuller, Petsiri Thawilwong,
and Santhat Sermsri, "Patterns of Migration in Thailand," Journal of Demography,
Vol. 4, No. 2.
Fuller, Theodore D., Paul Lightfoot, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Sukaesinee Subhadhira, and
Samroeng Chantrasuwan
1987 "Altering Patterns of Rural-Urban Mobility: Design and Evaluation of an
Information Program." Pp. 245-274 in Harry K. Schwarzweller (ed.) Research in
Rural Sociology and Development: A Research Annual, Vol. 3, JAI Press.
Roach, John W. and Theodore D. Fuller
1986 "A Prolog Simulation of Migration Decision Making in a Less Developed
Country." Pp. 145-151 in David H.D. Warren and Michael van Caneghem (eds.),
Logic Programming and its Applications. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Lightfoot, Paul and Theodore D. Fuller
1984 "Circular Migration in Northeastern Thailand." Pp. 85-93 in Han ten Brummelhuis
and Jeremy H. Kemp (eds.) Strategies and Structures in Thai Society. Amsterdam:
Anthropological-Sociological Centre, University of Amsterdam.
Fuller, Theodore D. and Donald J. Shoemaker
1982 "A Comparative Analysis of Job Satisfaction among Ecologically-oriented
Occupational Groups." Pp. 327-338 in Ronald C. Wimberley (ed.) Rural Sociology
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in the South: 1982 (Proceedings of the Rural Sociology Section, Southern
Association of Agricultural Scientists).
Fuller, Theodore D. and Fariyal Ross-Sheriff
1979 "Urban Resettlement of Reservoir Evacuees in Thailand and Laos." Pp. 107-116 in
L.A. Peter Gosling (ed.) Population Resettlement in the Mekong River Basin
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Department of Geography.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1979 "Rural to Urban Population Redistribution." Pp. 24-48 in L.A. Peter Gosling and
Linda Y.C. Lim (eds.) Population Redistribution: Patterns, Policies, and Prospects,
Policy Development Studies, No. 2. New York: United Nations Fund for
Population Activities.
c. Refereed Articles
Fuller, Theodore D.
2011. “Moderate Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Mortality”. Demography
48(August):1105-1125.
Fuller, Theodore D.
2010 “Relationship Status, Health, and Health Behavior: An Examination of Cohabiters
and Commuters”. Sociological Perspectives 53(Summer):221-245.
Hornboonherm, Promjit, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Supawatanakorn Wongtanavasu, and Theodore
D. Fuller
2009 “Intergenerational Relationship and Well-being of Grandparents in Northeast
Thailand”. Journal of Population and Social Studies, 17(January):1-24.
Fuller, Theodore D. and Aphichat Chamratrithirong
2009 “Knowledge of HIV Risk Factors Among Immigrants in Thailand”. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health, 11(April):83-91.
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri
2004 “Gender Differences in the Psychological Well-being of Married Men and
Women: An Asian Case”. The Sociological Quarterly, 42 (Summer): 355-378.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1998 “Promoting Active Learning in the Undergraduate Social Problems Course”.
Teaching Sociology, 26(July): 215-221.
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri.
1996 "Chronic Stress and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence from Thailand on
Household Crowding, "Social Science and Medicine, 42 (No. 2): 265-280.
Edwards, John N., Theodore D. Fuller, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn
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1994 "Why People Feel Crowded: An Examination of Objective and Subjective
Crowding," Population and Environment, 16(November):149-173.
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn
1993 "Housing, Stress, and Physical Well-Being: Evidence from Thailand," Social
Science and Medicine, 36(No. 11):1417-1428.
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri
1993 "Household Crowding and Family Relations in Bangkok," Social Problems,
40(August): 410-430.
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn
1993 "Gender and Health: Some Asian Evidence," Journal of Health and Social
Behavior, 34(September): 252-271.
Edwards, John N., Theodore D. Fuller, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri
1992 "Female Employment and Marital Instability: Evidence from Thailand," Journal of
Marriage and the Family, 24(February): 59-68.
Edwards, John N., Theodore D. Fuller, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn
1992 "Household Crowding and Reproductive Behavior," Social Biology, 39(Fall
Winter): 212-230.
Fuller, Theodore D., Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, and Paul Lightfoot
1990 "Urban Ties of Rural Thais," International Migration Review, 24(Fall): 534 562.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1987 "Resettlement as a Desertification Control Measure: A Case Study in Darfur
Region, Sudan - Part I: Review of the Problem," Agricultural Administration and
Extension, 25:215-234.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1987 "Resettlement as a Desertification Control Measure: A Case Study in Darfur
Region, Sudan - Part II: Recommendations," Agricultural Administration and
Extension, 26:39-55.
Fuller, Theodore D., Paul Lightfoot, and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
1985 "Toward Migration Management: A Field Experiment in Thailand," Economic
Development and Cultural Change, 33(April): 601-621.
Acock, Alan C. and Theodore D. Fuller
1985 "Standardized Solutions Using LISREL on Multiple Populations," Sociological
Methods and Research, 13(May): 551-7.
Fuller, Theodore D., Paul Lightfoot, and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
1985 "Rural-Urban Mobility in Thailand: A Decision-Making Approach," Demography,
22(November): 565-579.
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Fuller, Theodore D., Paul Lightfoot, and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
1985 "Design and Evaluation of a Migration Experiment in Thailand," Sociological
Quarterly, 26(December): 551-76.
Fuller, Theodore D., and Donald J. Shoemaker
1985 "Job Satisfaction Among Ecological Management Workers," Southern Rural
Sociology, 3:67-84.
Fuller, Theodore D., Paul Lightfoot, and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
1985 "Mobility Plans and Mobility Behavior: Convergences and Divergences in
Thailand," Population and Environment, 8(Spring/Summer):15-40.
Acock, Alan C. and Theodore D. Fuller
1984 "The Attitude-Behavior Relationship and Parental Influence: Circular Mobility in
Thailand," Social Forces,62(June):973-994.
Lightfoot, Paul, Theodore D. Fuller, and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
1983 "Circulation and Inter-personal Networks Linking Rural and Urban Areas: The
Case of Roi-et, Northeast Thailand," Papers of the East-West Center Population
Institute, No. 84, March. (v + 46) (refereed paper series).
Weiss, Carol H. and Theodore D. Fuller
1983 "On Evaluating Development Assistance Projects: Some Innovations," Evaluation
Review, 7(April): 175-190.
Lightfoot, Paul and Theodore D. Fuller
1983 "Circular Rural-Urban Movement and Development Planning," Geoforum, 14 (No.
3): 277-287.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1981 "Migrant-Native Socioeconomic Differentials in Thailand," Demography, 18
(February): 55-66.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1981 "Migrant Evaluations of the Quality of Urban Life in Northeast Thailand," Journal
of Developing Areas, 16(October): 87-104.
Lightfoot, Paul, Theodore D. Fuller and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
1981 "Impact and Image of the City on the Northeast Thai Countryside," Cultures et
Development, 13(No. 1-2): 97-122.
Fuller, Theodore D.
1980 "Satisfaction with Urban Life: The Judgment of Villagers Transplanted to Small
Urban Centers in Thailand," Rural Sociology, 45(Winter): 723-730.
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d. Research Reports
Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri
1992 Effects of Crowding in Bangkok: Final Report. Report to the National Science
Foundation (ii + 222 pp).
Fuller, Theodore D.
1985 Resettlement as a Desertification Control Measure: Feasibility Study and Proposal
of Appropriate Strategies for Darfur Region, Sudan. Report to the United Nations
Sudano-Sahelian Office (xxvii + 92 pp).
Fuller, Theodore D.
1985 Resettlement as a Desertification Control Measure: Appendices. (83 pp).
Weiss, Carol and Theodore D. Fuller
1982 Measuring the "Spread Effects" of AID Projects. Washington, D.C.: Action
Programs International (ii + 97 pp).
Fuller, Theodore D. and Paul Lightfoot
1981 Affecting Spatial Patterns of Rural-Urban Migration in Northeast Thailand. Final
Report to the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations (vi + 104 pp).
Berg, Mark R., Jeffrey L. Brudney, Theodore D. Fuller, Donald N. Michael, and Beverly K. Roth
1978 Factors Affecting Utilization of Technology Assessment Studies in Policy Making.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Institute for Social Research (viii + 250 pp).
Berg, Mark R,. Jeffrey L. Brudney, Theodore D. Fuller, Donald N. Michael, Beverly K. Roth
1978 Summary Report: Factors Affecting Utilization of Technology Assessment Studies
in Policy-Making. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Institute for Social Research (ii + 54 pp).
Fuller, Theodore D.
1976 Urban Resettlement. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of Geography and Center
for South and Southeast Asian Studies (122 pp).
Gosling, L.A. Peter, Theodore D. Fuller, James A. Hafner, Maxine Langsten, Paul Lightfoot,
1976 Thomas Miller, Bruce A. Ross-Sheriff, and Fariyal Ross-Sheriff
Pa Mong Resettlement Final Report. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of
Geography and Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies (xi + 271 pp).
e. Training Manuals
Fuller, Theodore D. and Carol Weiss
1982 A Guide for the Program Manager: Methodologies for Measuring the "Spread
Effects" of AID Projects. Washington, D.C.: Action Programs International (ii + 74
pp). (prepared for U.S. Agency for International Development)
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Fuller, Theodore D.
1981 Population. Blacksburg, Virginia: College of Architecture and Urban Studies (xi +
155 pp). (prepared for U.S. Geological Survey)
f. Book Reviews
1999 Review of A World of Difference, by Philip Porter and Eric Sheppard in
Contemporary Sociology, 28: 203-204.
1994 Review of Migration, Population Structure, and Redistribution Policies, by Calvin
Goldscheider (ed.), Journal of Developing Areas, 28:577-578.
1993 Review of Microcomputers in African Development: Critical Perspectives by
Suzanne Grant Lewis and Joel Samoff (eds.), Rural Sociology, 58: 652-654.
1991 Review of Thailand and the United States: Development, Security, and Foreign
Aid, by Robert J. Muscat, Contemporary Sociology, 20: 546-7.
1988 Review of The Sociology of Production in Rural Malay Society by Connor Bailey,
Rural Sociology 53:112-114.
1983 Review of Political Conflict in Thailand: Reform, Reaction, Revolution, by David
Morell and Chai-anan Samudavanija, Journal of Developing Areas 18(October):
126-127.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES
a. National
2002 Welfare Programs and Infant Mortality in the United States. Population
Association of America, Atlanta, May 11.
1998 “Welfare Payments and Infant Mortality in the United States.” Refereed
Roundtable, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 21-25.
1997 “Using Census Data in the Undergraduate Social Problems Course” Population
Association of America, Washington, D.C., March 27-29.
1994 "Using Focus Group Research to Assist in the Design of Survey Instruments"
(Theodore D. Fuller) Second Annual Population Research Institute Methodology
Workshop, Pennsylvania State University, July 6.
1991 "An Assessment of the Determinants of Interprovincial Migration in China: 1982-
1987" (Ruan Hoe and Theodore D. Fuller) Rural Sociological Society, Columbus,
Ohio, August 17-21.
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1991 "The Impact of Household Crowding on Marital Relations: Evidence from
Thailand" (Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and
Santhat Sermsri) American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, August 23-27.
Revised version published in Social Problems.
1990 "Household Crowding and Family Relations: Evidence from Thailand" (Theodore
D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, Santhat Sermsri).
American Sociological Association, August 11-15. Revised version published in
Social Problems.
1990 "Combining Focus Groups and Surveys: Experience from a Developing Country"
(Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn and Santhat
Sermsri). Conference on Focus Groups and Group Interviews: Advancing the State
of the Art, Menucha, Oregon, October 4-6. Revised version published in Successful
Focus Groups.
1989 "Seasonal Migration in Thailand" (Theodore D. Fuller) Rural Sociological Society,
Seattle, August 5-8.
1985 "Drought in Africa: Responses to an Environmental Crisis in the Sudan" (Theodore
D. Fuller) Rural Sociological Society, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 21 25.
1985 "Rural Job Creation and Rural Out-Migration: An Evaluation of the Thai Job
Creation Program" (Theodore D. Fuller, Samroeng Chantrasuwan, and Sukaesinee
Subhadhira) Rural Sociological Society, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 21-25.
1985 "Resettlement as a Desertification Control Measure: A Case Study in Darfur
Region, Sudan" (Theodore D. Fuller) American Sociological Association,
Washington, D.C., August 26-30. Revised version published in Agricultural
Administration and Extension.
1984 "Rural-Urban Mobility in Thailand: A Decision-Making Approach" (Theodore D.
Fuller, Paul Lightfoot, and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa) Population Association of
America, Minneapolis, May 3-5. Revised version published in Demography.
1981 "Circulation and Inter-personal Networks Linking Rural and Urban Areas: The
Case of Roi-et, Northeast Thailand" (Paul Lightfoot, Theodore D. Fuller, and
Peerasit Kamnuansilpa) Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.,
March 26-28. Revised version published in Papers of the East-West Center
Population Institute, 1983.
b. International
1994 "Circular Migration in Thailand: A Review and a Proposal" (Theodore D. Fuller)
Second Conference of the Southeast Asian Consortium on National Migration
Surveys, Nong Khai, Thailand, January 11-14.
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1994 "Gender Differences in Psychological Well-Being of Married Men and Women in
Bangkok" (Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and
Santhat Sermsri) World Congress for Sociology, Bielefeld, July 18-23.
1992 "Chronic Stress and Psychological Well-Being" (Theodore D. Fuller, John N.
Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri) Conference on Family
Crowding in a Rapidly Modernizing City. Bangkok, June 27.
1992 "The Impact of Household Crowding on Marital and Family Relations" (Theodore
D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri)
Conference on Family Crowding in a Rapidly Modernizing City. Bangkok, June
27.
1992 "Housing Conditions, Stress, and Physical Well-Being: Evidence from Thailand"
(Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee
Vorakitphokatorn) International Research Conference on Housing, Montreal, July
7-10. Revised version published in Social Science and Medicine.
1992 "Are Women "Sicker" than Men?: Evidence from Bangkok" (Theodore D. Fuller,
John N. Edwards, Santhat Sermsri and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn) Third Asian
Conference on Health Sociology, Bangkok, June 4-5.
1991 "Housing Types and Health Status in Bangkok" (Santhat Sermsri, Sairudee
Vorakitphokatorn, Theodore D. Fuller, and John N. Edwards) International
Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Kobe, August 4-9.
1990 "Household Crowding and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence from Thailand"
(Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat
Sermsri). XII World Congress of Sociology. Madrid, July 7-13.
1990 "Gender and Health: Evidence from Thailand" (Theodore D. Fuller, John N.
Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri). XII World Congress
of Sociology, Madrid, July 7-13. Revised version published in The Journal of
Health and Social Behavior.
1990 "Housing and Family Relations in Bangkok" (John N. Edwards, Theodore D.
Fuller, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri) XII World Congress of
Sociology, Madrid, July 7-13.
1989 "Increasing Exports: Implications for Marketing Managers" (Camille P. Schuster,
Theodore D. Fuller, William Lundstrom) Fourth Bi-Annual World Marketing
Congress, Singapore, July 16-19.
1988 "Internal Migration in Thailand" (Theodore D. Fuller). Seventh World Congress for
Rural Sociology, Bologna, Italy, June 26 - July 2. Revised version published in
Nam, Serow, and Sly (eds.), International Handbook on Internal Migration.
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1988 "Doing Focus Group Research: Household Crowding in Thailand" (John N.
Edwards, Theodore D. Fuller, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn).
International Research Conference on Housing, Policy, and Urban Innovation,
Amsterdam, June 26 - July 1.
1986 "Mobility Plans and Behavior: A Panel Study of Rural-Urban Movement in
Thailand" (Theodore D. Fuller, Paul Lightfoot, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Sukaesinee
Subhadhira, and Samroeng Chantrasuwan) XIth World Congress of Sociology,
New Delhi, August 18-23.
1984 "Altering Patterns of Rural-Urban Mobility: Design and Evaluation of an
Information Program" (Theodore D. Fuller, Paul Lightfoot, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa,
Sukaesinee Subhadhira, and Samroeng Chantrasuwan) Sixth World Congress for
Rural Sociology, Manila, December 15-21. Revised version published in
Schwarzweller (ed.) Research in Rural Sociology and Development.
1983 "Human Population and Agroecosystems" (Theodore D. Fuller and Nongluk
Suphanchaimat). Human Ecology Workshop, Khon Kaen, Thailand, April 18 -
May 2.
1982 "Circular Rural-Urban Movement and Development Planning" (Paul Lightfoot and
Theodore D. Fuller) Geographical Perspectives on Development, Bedford College,
London, England, June 8-10. Revised version published in Geoforum.
1982 "Toward Migration Management: A Field Experiment in Thailand" (Theodore D.
Fuller, Paul Lightfoot and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa) Xth World Congress of
Sociology, Mexico City, August 16-21. Revised version published in Economic
Development and Cultural Change.
1982 "A Prolog Simulation of Migration Decision Making in a Less Developed Country"
(John W. Roach and Theodore D. Fuller) First International Logic Programming
Conference, Marseille, France, September 6-10. Revised version published in
Warren and Van Caneghem (eds.), Logic Programming and its Applications.
1980 "Circular Migration in Northeastern Thailand" (Paul Lightfoot and Theodore D.
Fuller) Thai-European Seminar on Social Change in Contemporary Thailand,
University of Amsterdam, May 28-30. Revised version published in Strategies and
Structures in Thai Society.
1980 "Patterns of Urbanization and the Economic Adjustment of Cityward Migrants"
(Theodore D. Fuller) Fifth World Congress for Rural Sociology, Mexico City,
Mexico, August 7-12. Revised version published in Demography, 1981.
1979 "Rural to Urban Population Redistribution" (Theodore D. Fuller) United Nations
Fund for Population Activities, Conference on Planned Population Redistribution,
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Singapore, January 22-24. Revised version published in Population Redistribution:
Patterns, Policies, and Prospects.
c. Regional
2005 “Marital Status, Health, and Health Behavior”. Southern Sociological Society,
Charlotte.
2000 “Welfare Programs and Birthweight in the United States”. Southern Sociological
Society, New Orleans.
1993 "AIDS in Thailand: Trends and Prospects" (Theodore D. Fuller and Sairudee
Vorakitphokatorn). Southern Sociological Society, Chattanooga.
1992 "Household Crowding and Reproductive Behavior" (John N. Edwards, Theodore
D. Fuller, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn) Southern Sociological
Society, New Orleans, April 9-12. Revised version published in Social Biology.
1991 "Women, Work, and Marital Instability." (John N. Edwards, Theodore D. Fuller,
Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri) Southern Sociological Society,
Atlanta, April 11-14. Revised version published in Journal of Marriage and the
Family.
1989 "Crowding and Family Relations in Bangkok: An Exploratory Study" (Theodore D.
Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri)
Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, April 10-13.
1987 "Urban Ties of Rural Thais" (Theodore D. Fuller, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, and Paul
Lightfoot) Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 9-12. Revised version
published in International Migration Review.
1986 "Promoting Decentralized Urbanization: A Panel Study in Thailand." (Theodore D.
Fuller, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Sukaesinee Subhadhira, Samroeng Chantrasuwan
and Paul Lightfoot) Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, April 9-12.
1985 "The Use of Writing Assignments in Sociology Classes: Rationale and Experience"
(Theodore D. Fuller and Louis I. Middleman) Southern Sociological Society,
Charlotte, April 10-13.
1984 "Design and Evaluation of a Migration Experiment in Thailand" (Theodore D.
Fuller, Paul Lightfoot and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa) Southern Sociological Society,
Knoxville, April 11-14. Revised version published in Sociological Quarterly.
1984 "Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Sociological Model Building" (Theodore D.
Fuller and John W. Roach) Southern Sociological Society, Knoxville, April 11-14.
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1982 "A Comparative Analysis of Job Satisfaction Among Ecologically-oriented
Occupational Groups" (Theodore D. Fuller and Donald J. Shoemaker) Southern
Association of Agricultural Scientists, Orlando, Florida, February 7-10. Published
in Rural Sociology in the South: 1982.
1982 "Toward Migration Management: A Field Experiment in Thailand" (Theodore D.
Fuller, Paul Lightfoot and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa) Southern Sociological Society,
Memphis, Tennessee, April 14-17. Revised version published in Economic
Development and Cultural Change.
1980 "Satisfaction with Urban Life: The Judgement of Villagers Transplanted to Small
Urban Centers in Thailand," (Theodore D. Fuller) Southern Sociological Society,
Knoxville, March 26-29. Revised version published in Rural Sociology, 1980.
1980 "Toward Migration Management: Observations on a Field Experiment in
Thailand" (Theodore D. Fuller, Paul Lightfoot and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa)
Southern Sociological Society, Knoxville, March 26-29. Revised version published
in Economic Development and Cultural Change.
1976 "Urban Resettlement of Reservoir Evacuees in Thailand and Laos" (Theodore D.
Fuller and Fariyal Ross Sheriff) Third Carolina Geographical Symposium, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, April 9. Revised version published in Population
Resettlement in the Mekong River Basin.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
a. Departmental Committees
Chair, Sociology of Diversity Search Committee, 2010-11
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2006-08, 2010-2011
Teaching Evaluation Committee, 1986-88, 1993-95, 2009-present
Chair, Teaching Evaluation Committee, Spring 1994-Spring 1995, Fall 2009-Fall
2010
Ad Hoc committee to review John Ryan as Chair, Fall 2010
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1991-93.
Chair, Personnel Committee, 2004-05
Convener, Personnel Committee, 1996-97.
Personnel Committee, 1995-97, 1998-2000, 2002-2005.
Executive Committee, 1989-91, 1992-94, 1997-98, 2001-03, 2004-06, 2008-present
IRB Representative, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, 2004-present
Graduate Committee, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1990-93, 1994-2001, 2007-2009
Graduate Director, 1998-2001
Graduate Advisor, 1990-93, 1994-95.
Curriculum Committee, 1984-85, 1993-94, 2001-03, Spring 2004, 2004-05
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Spring 2003
Cohort Advisor, Class of 2001, 1997-2001
Theory and Methods Committee, 1995-96.
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Head Search Committee, 1993-94.
Space Committee, 1991-92.
Commencement Committee, 1987, 1988.
Departmental Representative to the Computing Center and to ICPSR, 1985-90.
Qualifying Examination Committee, 1979-80, 1983-84.
Research Committee, 1979-82, 1983-84.
Ad Hoc Methods Committee, 1983-84.
Ad Hoc Graduate Program Reconstruction Committee, 1983-84.
Ad Hoc Committee on the Rural Research and Development Concentration, 1981-82.
Ad Hoc Committee on the Graduate Program, 1982.
Sociology Club Advisory Committee, 1979-81.
b. College Committees
CLAHS Faculty Council, January 2009-April 2009, Spring 2010
College Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2004-2007
College Diversity Committee, 2000-03.
Curriculum Committee, 1984-85, 1993-94, 1994-2001.
Nominations Committee, 1994-96.
Investigative and Judicial Panel Member, 1987-92.
Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee, 1986, 1987, 1988.
c. University Committees
Graduate Honor System Panel Member, Spring 2001- 2007, Fall 2009-present
Ad Hoc Study Group on ORP Retirement Benefits (Faculty Senate), January-September
2006
Center for Gerontology Review Committee, Spring 2003.
Reconciliation Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1997-2000
Honors System Review Board, 1992-98.
Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research Advisory Committee, 1994-97.
Virginia Water Resources Research Center Technical Advisory Committee, 1985-88.
Social Science Research Committee, 1980-82.
d. Manuscript Reviewer:
Ageing International; AIDS Care; American Journal of Public Health; American
Sociological Review; Current HIV Research; Demography; Deviant Behavior; Economic
Development and Cultural Change; Health Sciences; International Journal of Population
Research; International Migration Review; Journal of Developing Areas; Journal of Health
and Social Behavior; Journal of Rural Health; Journal of Urban Affairs; Papers of the East-
West Population Institute; Population and Environment; Population Research and Policy
Review; Rural Sociology; Social Forces; Social Science and Medicine; Social Science
Journal; Sociological Symposium; Sociological Forum; Sociological Inquiry; Southern
Rural Sociology; Social Biology; Studies in Comparative International Development;
Teaching Sociology; Urban Affairs Papers.
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e. Proposal Reviewer
National Science Foundation (Sociology; Anthropology; Archeology; International;
Science in Developing Countries), Economic and Social Research Council.
f. Consultantships:
Bowie State University, 1991.
United Nations Development Program, 1985.
Research and Development Institute, Khon Kaen University, 1982-83.
College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, 1981.
United States Agency for International Development, 1980, 1981.
United Nations Fund for Population Activities, 1978.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Editorial Board, Teaching Sociology 2009-2012 (three years)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2004-2006 (three years)
Member, Program Committee, Southern Sociological Society, 2004-2005
Invited participant, Southeast Asian Consortium on National Migration Surveys, Nong
Khai, Thailand, 1994.
Member, Program Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 1993-94.
Discussant, Session on Migration in Developing Countries, Population Association of America,
Cincinnati, 1993.
Discussant, Section on The Sociology and Anthropology of Change: Toward the Year
2000, American Studies Seminar on the Year 2000: American and Thai
Perspectives, Bangkok, 1993.
Invited participant, Southeast Asian Consortium on National Migration Surveys, Phuket,
Thailand, 1992.
Member, Committee of Honors, Southern Sociological Society, 1992-93.
Organizer, Session on International Demography, Southern Sociological Society, New
Orleans, 1992.
Discussant, Session on The Demography of Asia, Rural Sociological Society, Seattle,
1989.
Moderator, Session on Pluriactivity and Innovation in Rural Labor, Seventh World
Congress for Rural Sociology, Bologna, Italy, 1988.
Member, Board of Editors, Rural Studies Series, Rural Sociological Society, 1986-89.
Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 1984-85.
Panelist, Faculty Panel on Working in Development: A Multidisciplinary Opportunity;
Tech Goes Global: A Conference on Virginia Tech's Involvement in International
Development and Development Education; Blacksburg, 1984. Transcript
published in conference proceedings edited by Mary Hill Rojas.
Member, Fulbright Bi-national Selection Committee, Thailand, 1982-83.
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Member, Elections Committee, Southern Sociological Society, 1981-82.
Organizer, Section on Consequences of Slowing Population Growth, Southern
Sociological Society, Louisville, 1981.
Panelist, Section on Research, Funding, and Publication in the 1980s, Virginia Sociological
Association, Williamsburg, 1980.
Discussant, Section on Evaluation Research, Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta,
1979.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Rural Sociological Society
Population Association of America
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
International Sociological Association
Association for Asian Studies
Southern Sociological Society
Council on Thai Studies
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
a. Undergraduate Courses
Introductory Sociology
Social Organization and Social Problems
Dating, Marriage, and Divorce
Individual in Society
Comparative Perspectives on Social Change
Population Trends and Issues
Social Impacts of the Computer Revolution
Rural Sociology
b. Graduate Courses
Data Analysis
Population Processes and Policies
Methods and Materials of Demography
Survey Research Methods
International Development
Advanced Research Methods (Quantitative)
International Development Project Evaluation (at the University of Idaho)
c. Supervision of Graduate Students
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Chair, Master's Thesis Committees:
Gary Wood, Islamic Imaginings: Depictions of Muslims in English-Language Children’s
Literature in the United States from 1990 to 2010 completed on April 27, 2011.
Charity Gichina, Internationally-aided Development for Arid and Semi-arid Lands in
Kenya, completed February 1996.
Noopur Pandey, Circular Migration in Thailand, completed May 1993.
Ruan Hoe, An Assessment of the Determinants of Interprovincial Migration in China,
1982-1987, completed April 1990.
Janis K. Timberlake, Local Organizations in Development: The Implications of Formal and
Non-formal Structures, completed July 1989.
Sheila G. Royo, Sponsorship and Migration in Northeast Thailand, completed June 1987.
Bhavani Venkataraman, The Joint Family and Caste System in Village India: An Analysis
of Four States, completed November 1984.
Wen-Shan Yang, Factors Affecting Family Size Preferences: The Case of Taiwan, 1970,
completed July 1982.
Co-Chair, Master's Thesis Committee
Robert Perdue, The U.S. Print Media's Framing of the Genetic Modification of Food,
completed June 2008.
Nancy McGehee, Efforts of Tourism-Related Cooperatives on Community Development
in Appalachia, completed December 1994.
Member, Master's Thesis Committees:
Lawrence Eppard, defended his thesis on A District-Level Analysis of the
Influence of Socioeconomic Status, Per-Pupil Funding, and
Student-to-Teacher Ratio on Academic Performance in Virginia Public
Schools on April 29, 2008.
Andrew Duncan, thesis on "A Participatory Evaluation of a Development NGO in
Nicaragua" defended on November 30, 2007.
Carson Byrd, thesis defended on April 2, 2007. (“Assessing Campus Community in the
Twenty-First Century”)
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Elizabeth Hoeffel, thesis defended on April 6, 2007. (“Gender Bias in Engineering: Does
the Amount of Contact with Female Engineers Reduce Bias?”)
Ian Lovejoy, Post September 11th Suicide Trends: Durkheim and Communal Bereavement,
completed March 2006.
Brunilda Dema, Consequences of Marijuana Use for Depressive Disorders, completed
February 2002.
Monica Bryant, Decision Making and the Adoption Process for American Families of
Chinese Children: An Application of Rational Choice Theory, completed April 2001.
Adina Dabu, proposal on Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Approaches to
Economic Development in East and Central Europe: Romania Case Study defended May
2000.
Alicia Almada, Gender and Caregiving: A Study among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic
White Frail Elders, completed June 2001.
Ying Li, Rural Income and Wealth Inequality in China - A Study of Anhui and Sichuan
Provinces, 1994-1995 completed April 2000.
Laura Sun, Accounting for the Gender Income Gap in China, completed January 2000.
Peter Matthews, The Sites and Services Approach: A Partial Solution to South Africa’s
Urban Housing Shortage, completed December 1996 (Geography).
Weidong Ji, Residential Segregation of Blacks in Virginia Cities: Assessing Socioeconomic
Factors, completed April 1993.
Qing Wang, Occupational Conditions, Gender, and Parental Behaviors and Values,
completed March 1993.
Kristi Hummer, Wife Abuse in Thailand, completed August 1990.
Lourdes Albarillo, Factors Associated with Compliance: Treatment for Anemia in
Pregnant Women, completed May 1985.
Member, Master’s Non-thesis Committee:
Nancy Harder
Chair, Ph.D. Dissertation Committees:
Jennifer Sayre, preparing for prelims and working on dissertation topic.
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Ruan Hoe, Is Migration a Solution to the Losses for Displaced Workers?, completed June
1994.
Marvin Pippert, The Role of Return Migration in the Changing Economic and Non-
economic Determinants of State In-Migration, completed June 1985.
Co-Chair, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee
Margaret Haines, doing coursework and studying for prelims.
Gladys Buenavista, Social Factors Influencing Natural Resource Management in the
Philippines, completed September 1995.
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committees:
Peg Wimmer, doing coursework and studying for prelims.
Eleanor Smith, doing coursework and studying for prelims.
Erin Crede, taking prelims and preparing dissertation proposal. (Engineering Education)
Roderick Neal, The State of the Drug Court: A Systematic and Critical Analysis of Drug
Court Evaluations defended on May 14, 2010.
Tugrul Keskin, A Comparative Analysis of Islamist Movements in the Neoliberalization
Process: Jama'at-e-Islami in Pakistan and the Fethullah Gulen Movement in Turkey -
Reactions to Capitalism, Modernity and Secularism defended on September 9, 2009.
Rammy Haija, The Real 'Syriana': Interlocking Directorates Shaping a Defense-Petroleum-
Policy Complex, completed March 2009.
Promjit Hornboonherm, dissertation on Intergenerational Relationships and Well-being of
the Elderly Persons completed in May 2007. (Development Science, Khon Kaen
University, Thailand)
Jason Milne, An Identity Theory of Role Exit among Soccer Referees, completed
September 2006.
Elizabeth Bowen, The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Health over the Life
Course, completed July 2006.
Danyelle Kunkel, proposal in preparation (“HIV within the Greek community on college
campuses”, Human Nutrition, Food, and Exercise)
Yang Xu, Social Capital, Cognitions, and Firm Innovation, Management, completed June
2006.
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Janet Arnado, Class Inequality among Third World Women Wage Earners: Mistresses and
Maids in the Philippines, completed February 2002.
Nandini Assar, Gender Hierarchy Among Gujarati Immigrants: Linking Immigration
Policy and Cultural Norms, completed April 2000.
Nancy McGehee, The Altruistic Tourism Experience: Its Effects on Collective Identity and
Social Movement Participation, completed May 1999.
Marjukka Ollilainen, Gendered Processes in Self-managing Teams: A Multiple Case
Study completed April 1999.
Duard Addington, Effects of Parental Involvement on Mathematics Achievement at
Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Grades, completed May 1996 (College of Education).
Kristi Hoffman, Physical Violence and Psychological Abuse Among Siblings: A
Theoretical and Empirical Analysis defended August 1996.
Nandini Assar, proposal on Gender Hierarchy Among Gujarati Immigrants: Impact of
Immigration Policy and Cultural Norms defended October 1996.
Anna M. Zajicek, Labor Activism, Industrial Relations and Industrial Management in the
Coal Mining Industries of the United States, Great Britain and Poland, completed January
1995.
Cyril Kendrick, The Roots of Welfare Reform, completed March 1993.
Rosario Bello, Management and Use of Labor within a Commodity System: A
Comparative Study of Women Working in Apple Packing Houses, completed September
1993.
Li Li, Deviant Fertility in China, Completed November 1992.
Heping Shi, proposal on Public Opinion and Union Decline in the U.S. defended March
1991.
Ruth Rohr-Zanker, Ph.D. student in Environmental Design and Planning, Does Migration
Benefit Disadvantaged Workers? completed May 1990.
Imelda G. Pagtolun-An, A Methodology for Segregating Rural and Urban Mortality,
completed May 1986.
Marie Lou F. Bautista, Status Enhancement During Pregnancy and Its Influence on
Fertility Behavior, completed May 1986.
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Robert L. Johnston, Collective Action and Changes in Wage Labor, completed August
1985.
Joseph Magallanes, Nutrition and Social Scale: The Impact of Social Differentiation on
Dietary Intake, completed July 1982.
Clarita Tan, Unwanted Fertility and the Underinvestment Hypothesis: A Philippine Study
completed, November 1981.
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