CV - Department of Development Sociology

Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue
Associate Professor of Development Sociology
Cornell University
Office (mailing) address
116 Academic Surge Building
Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel: (607) 255-3189 / Fax: (607) 254-2896
E-mail: [email protected]
Home address
7 Muriel Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607 280 5938
AREAS OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTEREST:
Population studies; Global social inequality; African development; Development policy and programs
Schooling and social stratification; Demographic dividends; Research methods in social sciences, with an
emphasis on demographic and decomposition methods; Youth and transition into adulthood; Policy
Research and Communication.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Demography and Rural Sociology (1997)
The Pennsylvania State University, PA (USA)
M.Sc., Rural Sociology (1988)
The Pennsylvania State University, PA (USA)
B.Sc., Agricultural Economics (1985)
National College of Agricultural Sciences UCD - Cameroon
RECENT EMPLOYMENT
July 2006 to date:
Associate Professor, Cornell University
June 2000 - June 2006:
Assistant Professor, Cornell University
November 1998 - June 2000:
Research Consultant, RAND
November 1996 – October 1998:
Postdoctoral Fellow, RAND
January 1993 – November 1996:
Research Assistant, Population Research Institute,
The Pennsylvania State University
I. RESEARCH
Publications
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. “On the Mechanical Contributions of Ageing to Global Income
Inequality” forthcoming in “International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy,
edited by Sarah Harper and Kate Hamblin (Oxford, Edward Elgar Publishers).
Eloundou-Enyegue P.M. and S. Giroux. [2013] “Schooling Dividends from Fertility
Transitions. Early Evidence for sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2005” Journal
of Children and Poverty 19 (1):21-44.
Eloundou-Enyegue P.M. and S. Giroux [2012]. “Fertility Transitions and Schooling:
From Micro-level to Macro-level Associations” Demography 49(4):1407-1432.
Eloundou-Enyegue P.M. and V. Kandiwa. “Accounting for Global Inequality. A
Reassessment of Demographic Contributions” under 3 rd review in Demographic
Research.
Eloundou-Enyegue P.M. and H. Oueodraogo. “Conflit ou Confusion de Générations ?
Patriarches, Aînés et Grands au Cameroun.” Under final review Cahier
Québecois de Démographie.
John E. Sulston et al. [2012] (project led by Sir John E. Sulston, 2002 Nobel in Physiology or
Medicine). People and the Planet. Royal Society Science Policy Centre report 01-12.
The Royal Society Science Policy, London, UK.
Beninguissé, G., P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue, P. Nsoa Mbondo and P. Tanang TchoualaA
(2012). "Tendances de la Mortalité des Enfants selon le Statut Socioéconomique
en Afrique sub-Saharienne : Effet de Composition ou de Performance ?", in
Dominique TABUTIN (ed) Ralentissements, Resistances et Ruptures dans les
Transitions Démographiques, forthcoming.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2012]. “Demographics and Rural-Urban Divergencen in subSaharan Africa.” In International Handbook of Rural Demography. L. Kulcsar
and KJ Curtis (eds.) (Springer).
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and S. Magazi [2011]. Teenage Pregnancy in Kavango Region:
Contributing Factors and Program Recommendations: A Policy Study conducted for
the United States Agency for International Development.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and S.C. Giroux [2010]. Comprendre le Changement Social:
Apport des Méthodes de Décomposition. SOPECAM, Cameroon.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and F. Makki [2010]. “Virtuous or Vicious? Revisiting the
Population Development Nexus in the MDG Era”, XavierIMB International
Journal of Development and Social Research. 1:66-84.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and A. Rehman [2009]. “Growing Up Global and Equal? Recent
Trends in Inequality among World Children.” Journal of Children and Poverty 15(2):95118.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M., F. Makki, and S. Giroux [2008]. “Sex versus SES: The Changing
Significance of Gender in Education Attainment in sub-Saharan Africa” Vol. 10 in the
International Perspectives on Education and Society series.
S. and P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue, and D. Lichter [2008]. “Recent Trends in Fertility Inequality
in sub-Saharan Africa: Differentials versus Overall Inequality.” Studies in Family
Planning 39(3):187-198.
Rehman, A. and P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue [2008]. “Minding the Orphans: African Crises,
Rescue Institutions, and the Economy of Orphanhood.” The Current 11(1):47-61.
Kandiwa, V. and P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue [2008]. «Evolution de la Concentration du Confiage
en Afrique : l’Exemple du Ghana et de la Zambie» Sociologie et Sociétés, vol XXXIX(2):
101-118.
Giroux, S., F. Jah, and P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue [2007]. “A Foothold in the Urban Economy:
Rural Disavantage in Schooling and Labor Force Participation in Cameroon” in A.
Jackson and K. Schaft (eds): Rural Education for the Twenty-First Century: Identity,
Place, and Community in a Globalizing World. College Park: The Pennsylvania State
University Press.
McHugh, O.V., A.N. McHugh, P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue, and T.S. Steenhuis [2007]. “Integrated
Qualitative Assessment of Wetland Hydrological and Land Cover Changes in a Data Scarce
Dry Ethiopian Highlands Watershed” Land Degradation & Development 18(6):643-658.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and C.S. Stokes [2007]. “Demographic Transitions and Children’s
Resources: Growth or Divergence?” Demographic Research 16(7):195-218.
Yukako S., V. Kandiwa and P.M. Eloundou-Enyegue [2006]. “The Rise of African NGOs:
Functional or Opportunistic Response?” The Current 10(1):47-61.
Eloundou-Enyegue P.M. 2006. (Book review). Issues in African Education: Sociological
Perspectives (Ali A Abdi and A. Cleghorn, eds.). Palgrave; Comparative Education
Review.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and L.B. Williams [2006]. “The Effects of Family Size on Child
Schooling in sub-Saharan Settings: A Reassessment.” Demography 43(1):25-52.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and A.E. Calves. [2006]. “Till Marriage Do Us Part: Education and
Remittances from Married Women in sub-Saharan Africa.” Comparative Education
Research 50(1):1-20.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and D. Shapiro [2005]. “Confiage d’Enfants et Nivèlement des
Inégalités Scolaires au Cameroun» Cahiers Québecois de Démographie 34(1):47-75.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2005]. (Book review). Kinshasa in Transition: Women's Education,
Employment, and Fertility, the University of Chicago Press; Comparative Education
Review.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2005]. “Demographic Perspectives on Poverty.” Concept paper
prepared for the World Bank divisions on Gender and Poverty, Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management (PREM).
Eloundou-Enyegue. P.M., D. Meekers and A.E. Calves [2004]. From Awareness to Adoption:
The Effect of AIDS Education and Condom Social Marketing on Condom Use in
Tanzania (1993-1996) Journal of Biosocial Sciences. 37(3):257-268.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2004]. “Population and Millennium Development: Integrating Teen
Fertility and Gender Equity Programs.” Background paper (UN Millennium Program).
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and CS Stokes [2004]. “Teen Pregnancy and Gender Inequality in
Education: A Contextual Hypothesis.” Demographic Research 11(11): 305-322.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2004]. “Pregnancy-Related Dropouts and Gender Inequality in
Education: A LifeTable Approach and Application to Cameroon.” Demography
41(3):509-528.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M., J. Orcutt and A. McHugh [2004].
“Globalization
asymmetry
and relative deprivation in Africa,” in R. Christie Globalization and Sustainable
Communities.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and J. DaVanzo [2003]. “Economic Downturns and Schooling
Inequalities: Cameroon 1987-95.” Population Studies 57(2):183-197.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2003]. “In the Shadow of HIV: Is Population Growth Still a Problem
in sub-Saharan Africa?” RAND Population Matters.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and C.S. Stokes [2002]. "Will Economic Crises in Africa Weaken
Rural-Urban Solidarity? Evidence from Cameroon." Rural Sociology 67:278-298.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. F Arguillas and A. Zalik. [2002]. “The Roots of Corruption: Effects
of Relative Deprivation, Demographic Entropy and Media Checks.” Population and
Development Program Working Series.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [2001]. "Is there A Population Implosion?" Environmental Change
and Security Project Report 7:133-15.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M., C. S. Stokes, and G.T. Cornwell [2000]. "Are There Crisis-led
Fertility Declines? Evidence from Central Cameroon." Population Research and Policy
Review 19:47-92.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. [1999]. What do The Associations Between Education and Fertility
Mean? Pp. 287-305 in C. Bledsoe, J.B. Casteline, J.J Kuhn, and J. Haaga, eds.
Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World.
Washington DC, National Academy Press.
Selected Research & Professional Presentations
May 10, 2013 (Ithaca, New York)
Africa 50 Years from now: Prospects, trends and opportunity. Special talk at Cornell TEDx?
May 2, 2013. (Ithaca, New York)
Gangnam Style and The Demographic Onus. The Underside of Demographic Dividends in
Asia and Africa.
April, 19, 2013. (Clemson, South Carolina )
Is the World Flattening? Reconciling Conflicting Accounts of Trends in Global Inequality.
Jan 14, 2013. (Washington DC )
Prospects for a Schooling Dividend in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank.
Dec 11, 2012. (Washington DC )
Current Situation and Prospects for a Demographic Dividend in sub-Saharan Africa. Center
for Global Development.
Nov 24, 2012. (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Final Conference Report for the International Colloquium on Youth, Demography and
Development; organized during the 40th Anniversary of IFORD, IFORD, Yaoundé
October 1, 2012. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Demographic Transitions and Global Income Inequality. A View from Below. Population
Studies Center, University of Michigan.
July 2012. (Seoul, South Korea)
Measuring Inequality and Implications for Assessments of Global Inequality. Department of
Sociology, Korea University.
June 4, 2012. (Washington D.C.)
People and the Planet (Report Launch) Woodrow Wilson Center.
March 15, 2012 (Durham, North Carolina).
Population Change and Economic Inequality: Theory and Evidence on Two Proximate
Influences. Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI).
January 2012 (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Policy Communication: Insights from the Experience of the Population Reference Bureau.
Yaoundé University (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
January 2012 (Paris, France).
Formation Scientifique en Afrique Francophone. Renforcement des Capacités de Recherche
et Communication. Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED).
Dec 9, 2011 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso).
Ouagadougou Declaration, Official statement at the closing of the International Conference of
the Union of African Population Studies.
July 2011 (Seoul, South Korea).
Trends in Cross-country Inequality. Effects of Global Population Change. Korea University
Department of Sociology.
Novembre 2010. (Louvain La Neuve, Belgium).
Tendances de la mortalité des enfants selon le statut socio-économique en Afrique
subsaharienne : effet de composition ou de performance ? presented by co-author G. Beninguisse.
July 2010 (Seoul, South Korea).
Drivers of Global Inequality: Insights from
Department of Sociology.
International Soccer. Korea University
February 2010 (Ithaca, New York).
Demographic Change and Implications for Schooling in Africa. Institute for African
Development, Cornell University.
January 2010 (Capetown, South Africa).
Conference participation, Population-Poverty Network coordinated by the US Population
Reference Bureau (no formal presentation)
February 2010 (Ithaca, New York).
Relationships between Population and Sustainable Development. Cornell’s Global Seminar.
February 2010 (Ithaca, New York).
Connections between population and socioeconomic development, with reference to
International Veterinary Science. Cornell Veterinary School.
November 2009 (Providence, Rhodes Island).
Schooling Dividends from Demographic Transitions. Sociology Brown Bag, Brown University.
July 23, 2009 (Seoul, South Korea).
Following the Tigers: A Comparative Analysis of the Demographic Dividend in Asia and
Africa. Korea University. Department of Sociology.
June 19, 2009 (Yaoundé, Cameroon).
L’Afrique Peut-elle Compter sur un Bonus Demographique? International conference on
Population and Development.
October 20, 2008 (University Park, Maryland).
Demographic Change and Inequality among Children. An analytical framework and
empirical application to sub-Saharan Africa. University of Maryland Department of Sociology.
October 3, 2008 (Ithaca, New York).
Reassessing the American dream: An interdisciplinary conversation. Presentation at
Conference for the Immigrant Child: Past Present and Future. Cornell Family Life
Development Center.
September 5, 2008 (Ithaca, New York).
Panel discussant at the official inauguration of the Cornell Population Program. Main
presenter: Peter Donaldson (Population Council). Cornell Population Program.
July 2008 (Seoul, South Korea).
Sex versus SES: The Changing Significance of Gender in Education Attainment in subSaharan Africa. Presentation at Joint Conference organized by the KU Institute of International
Education and the Department of Sociology. Korea University, Seoul.
April 2008 (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants and Program Evaluation,
Population Association of America, (session discussant).
May 2008 (New Orleans, Louisiana).
Social Status and Reproduction: Interrelationship Between Poverty, Wealth, and Fertility.
(Population Association of America, session Chair).
April 2008, (New York, New York).
A Critical Review of Policy Research on Educational Inequality. Comparative International
Education Society.
Spring 2008 (Ithaca, New York).
The Human Capital Dividends from African Fertility Transitions (Cornell Population
Program’s Brown Bag).
December 11-14, 2007 (Harare, Tanzania).
Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (session #12) Session Discussant.
December 11-14, 2007 (Harare, Tanzania).
Changing household structures and socioeconomic roles (session #29) Session Chair.
December 11-14, 2007 (Harare, Tanzania).
Internal migration in Africa. Session #34 (session co-presenter).
Fall 2007 (Washington DC).
Demographic Contributions to Poverty. Presentation at the World Bank.
May 2007 (New York, NY).
Demographic Transitions and Children’s Resources: Bonus or Divergence? Population
Association of America (session #10). Session presenter.
May 2007 (New York, New York).
Trends in reproductive inequality in sub-Saharan Africa. co-presenter at the Population
Association of America (session #150).
April 20, 2006 (Princeton, New Jersey).
Child Fosterage as Informal Safety Nets. Presentation at the Princeton Center for Migration and
Development.
April 2005 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Educational Patterns in Developing Countries Session #58 of the Annual Meeting of the
Population Association of America. Session discussant.
April 2005 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Population and Development Session #116 of the Annual Meeting of the Population Association
of America. Session discussant.
December 2005 (Washington, D.C.).
Demographic Influences on Poverty; Presentation at the World Bank;
July 2005 (Tours, France).
International Conference for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
(IUSSP). http://www.ined.fr/englishversion/meetings/iuesp_listing.pdf
May 9, 2005 (Washington D.C.).
Participant at top policy roundtable on the links between Population and Development (Center
for Global Development, Washington DC).
http://www.cgdev.org/doc/populationdevelopment/PopDevTranscript.pdf
March 2004. (Ithaca NY).
Can Family Planning Programs Help Close the Gender Gap in Education? Conference
Presentation, Cornell, The Bronfenbrenner Center
http://www.lifecourse.cornell.edu/eloundou110402.html
February 2004. (Montréal, Canada).
Réponses des Populations à la Crise en Afrique Francophone: L’Eclairage des Enquêtes
Biographiques. Conference presentation, 72e Congrès de l’ACFAS: Montreal, Canada
(2004).http://www.acfas.ca/congres/congres72/C3503.htm
Grants
*PI or Co-PI; otherwise role is stated
*2013
Training grant to advance population studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Hewlett
Foundation ($275000) (invited resubmission currently under review).
*2012
The AID (African Integrated Data) Project: Building a Data Rich Environment to
Strenghten African Communities ($100,000); with William Block and Sarah
Giroux. Submitted to the Gates Foundation.
*2012
Cyberboosting African Social Science. Exporting the CISER Experience.
Cornell ISS Small Grants Program ($4,021); with William Block.
2011
Training grant to advance demographic research in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hewlett Foundation ($750,000) PI: Mary Ellen Zuppan, Executive Director IUSSP.
Role =Project Coordinator, Chair of the Project Panel.
*2010
Training grant to advance population studies in sub-saharan Africa.
Hewlett Foundation ($400,000).
2009
Training grant to advance demographic research in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hewlett Foundation ($400,000) PI: Mary Ellen Zuppan, Executive Director IUSSP.
Role =Project Coordinator, Chair of the Project Panel.
*2008
Seed grant for research in schooling in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cornell’s Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center ($8,000). With D. Sahn and P. Glick.
*2008
Research grant to study schooling and fertility transitions in sub-Saharan Africa.
Spencer Foundation ($489,000).
2008
Research grant to study child schooling and labor in Mali.
Conseil de Recherche en Sciences Humaines du Canada (CRSH)” $40,000.
PI: Richard Marcoux. My role: Participant.
*2007
Training grant to enhance population studies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hewlett Foundation ($300,000).
*2007
Seed grant to study Educational and Labor Market Transitions in Africa.
Cornell’s Institute for Social Sciences. ($6,000 ). With D. Sahn and P. Glick.
*2005
Grant for studying the demographic and gender aspects of poverty reduction.
World Bank, Gender Unit [aborted because of time conflict].
*2004
Seed grant to pilot a panel study of Cameroon families.
Polson Institute for Global Development ($6,000).
*2003
Research grant to conduct policy research on education and transitions into
employment in Cameroon
Strategies for Access and Growth in Africa (SAGA Project). ($12,000).
*2001
Dissemination grant to train African policy makers in education data analysis
RAND Corporation ($7,000).
*2001
Seed grant to conduct new research on teenage pregnancy.
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center Grant for Innovative Research ($10,000).
*1998
The Effects of High Fertility on Human Capital under Structural Adjustment
The Futures Group Global Policy Project (18 months - ~$110 000).
*1997
Population Growth, Economic Crisis, and Schooling in sub-Saharan Africa.
Spencer Foundation (2 years - $184,921).
*1997
Social Context, Population Policy, and Demographic Change in Cameroon.
Rockefeller Foundation (2 years - $125,000).
*1995
Demographic Responses to Crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rockefeller Foundation Dissertation Grant ($19,000).
*1995
Demographic Responses to Crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mellon Foundation (Dissertation Grant ($10,000).
*1994
Pre-Dissertation Grant
Social Science Research Council ($2,500).
*1994
Modeling Role-Models Among Urban Youth in Cameroon.
Population Reference Bureau ($2,000).
II. Teaching and Advising
Cornell Courses
DSOC 3050. Education, Development and Inequality.
DSOC 3130. Introduction to Social Science Research
DSOC 8720. The Empirics of Development and Social Change
DSOC 2010. Introduction to Population Dynamics [until 2003]
DSOC 695.
Population and Development.[until 2002]
Graduate Advising
Fatou Jah S: The Impact of National Family Planning Programs on fertility, Women’s
Education and Health in sub-Saharan Africa (M.Sc. 2002). Learning to Labor: Gains in
Women’s Education and Employment in sub-Saharan Africa. (Ph.D., completed).
Sarah Giroux: “Rural Parental Background and Prospects for Off-farm Employment:
Beyond Consensus and Conflict” (M.Sc.). “Educational and Demographic Transitions in
sub-Saharan Africa” (Ph.D., completed)
Amanda Flaim: “Left Out and Left Behind: the Impact of Legal Status on Educational
Attainment among Hill Tribes in Thailand” (M.Sc., 2007). “Educational and Geographic
Mobility among the Hill tribes of Thailand” (Ph.D., in progress).
Rachel Reichenbach: “Trends in Informal Sector Employment in urban Kenya” (Ph.D.
completed).
Simeon Wiehler: “Delocalization: Tracing the Social Determinants of Street Childism in
Uganda” (Ph.D., defended)
Vongai Kandiwa: “Hegemony and Homogeneity: The Socioeconomic Differentiation of
African Countries since the 1960s” (M.Sc.). “Demographic Change, Policy and Social
Safety Nets among African Children” (Ph.D., completed)
Yukako Sakabe: “The Emergence of African NGOs: Functional or Opportunistic
Response? An Empirical test with the United Nations’ Data.” (M.Sc., 2003).
Zachary Nelson: “Long-term Retention of STI/HIV/AIDS Knowledge among Young
Men in Nepal.” (M.P.S., 2006).
Yasuko Kusakari: “Feasibility of Poverty Reduction through Local Capacity
Development in Rural Malawi” (M.P.S., 2004)
Mohammad Sy-Ar: “An Evaluation of Participatory Action Research Approach to
Involving Youth in HIV/AIDS Campaigns in Haiti.” (M.P.S., 2004).
International Mentoring and Undergraduate Advising

Honors theses: I have advised over 10 undergraduates in their Honors theses research.

International research mentoring: Since 2004, I have organized international
experiences (most in Cameroon) for over 10 Cornell students at the undergraduate,
Masters and PhD levels. Key names are listed below.
Sarah Giroux
Vongai Kandiwa
Fatou Jah
Anila Rehman
Alyssa Browne
Molly Baker
Yasuko Kusakari
Romeo Gansey
Frank Onabele
Hannah Sollecito
Sarak Kozyn
(Graduate, PhD thesis)
(Graduate, PhD thesis)
(Graduate, Ph Thesis)
(Undergraduate, Honors thesis)
(Undergraduate, Honors thesis)
(Undergraduate, Honors thesis)
(Undergraduate, MPS thesis)
(Graduate, Duke University)
(Undergraduate, internship)
(Undergraduate, internship)
(Undergraduate, honors thesis)
III. Outreach
Research Workshops
Conducted or organized multiple training workshops in advanced research methods for
researchers and graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, these workshops have
cumulatively trained over 300 persons. A representative list is provided below.
 Training workshop in multi-level modeling (Summer 2008). Instructor: Françoise
Vermeylen (Cornell Statistical Center); Yaoundé, Cameroon. Participants: 60 graduate
students from Francophone African countries;
 Training workshop in multi-level modeling (Summer 2009). Instructor: Françoise
Vermeylen (Cornell Statistical Center); Yaoundé, Cameroon. Participants: 60 graduate
students from Francophone African countries;
 Training workshop in decomposition methods (Spring 2010). Instructor: Parfait M.
Eloundou-Enyegue. Yaoundé, Cameroon. Participants: ~45 graduate students from
Francophone African countries;
 Training workshop in decomposition methods (2010). Instructor: Parfait M. EloundouEnyegue. Yaounde, Cameroon. Participants: ~45 graduate students from Francophone
African countries;
 Training workshop in decomposition methods, GIS, and multilevel analysis (2011).
Co-Instructor: Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue. Marrakech, Morroco. Participants: ~45
graduate students from Francophone African countries. Other instructors included
Francoise Vermeylen, and Scott Sanders;
 Training workshop in longitudinal analysis (Fall 2011). Co-Instructor: Parfait M.
Eloundou-Enyegue, with J.F. Kobiane. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Participants: ~40
researchers from Francophone African countries.
Policy Communication Training

USA (2000-2012).
Participant in the the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) annual training fellowship in
communication of policy research (annually since the year 2000). This program trains a
dozen of PhD students per year in the presentation of the results from demographic
research to policy audiences. I have been regularly invited as one of 3 or 4 outside
participants to this training.

Yaoundé, Cameroon (January 2012).
Conducted a workshop in public communication of scientific research for undergraduate
and graduate students in the Schools of Communication and Engineering.

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (December 3-4, 2011)
Conducted, in collaboration with the African Institute for Population and Development
(AFIDEP), a two-day workshop on policy communication.
International Teaching

Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques, Cameroon : Research methods
(summer courses since 2007) ; about 60 students per year for a cumulative total of over
300 students to date.

Korea University: Introduction to Sociology (summer courses since 2008). About 80
students per year for a cumulative total of nearly 400 students to date.

Research Advising of Masters Students in Africa.
Since 2007, I have supervised the Masters research of about 20 students in Africa.
Names, country of origin, and topics include the following:
1. Ouedraogo Habibou (Burkina Faso). 2007. Pauvreté et Scolarisation des Enfants
au Burkina Faso. DESS in Demography. IFORD Yaoundé.
2. Bolly Dramane (Burkina Faso). 2007. Determinants des Disparités Regionales
dans la Scolarisation des Enfants au Burkina Faso. DESS in Demography. IFORD
Yaoundé.
3. Matchoké Tchouaféné Vounki (Chad). 2007. Déterminants des Disparités entre
Sexes en Matière de Scolarisation au Tchad. DESS in Demography. IFORD
Yaoundé.
4. Seke Kouassi (Ivory Coast). 2007. Determinants Familiaux de la Scolarisation
des Enfants en Cote d’Ivoire. DESS in Demography. IFORD Yaoundé.
5. Kacou Amoin Elise (Ivory Coast). 2007. Déterminants des inegalités sexuelles en
matière de scolarisation en Cote d’Ivoire. DESS in Demography. IFORD
Yaoundé.
6. Owoundi Joseph Parfait (Cameroon). 2008. Evolution Temporelle des Inégalités
Sociales de la Mortalité des Enfants au Cameroun. DESS in Demography. IFORD
Yaoundé.
7. Derra Karim (Burkina Faso). Morbidité et mortalities dus au paludisme. IFORD,
Yaoundé.
8. Kelos Djerabe (Chad). 2009. Pauvreté des ménages et phénomène du travail des
enfants au Tchad. Niveaux, tendances et déterminants. IFORD, Yaoundé.
9. Edzengte, P.H (Cameroon). 2009. Femmes et Polygamie dans le systeme de
nuptialité camerounais. IFORD, Yaoundé.
10. Gazibo Hamani (Niger). 2010. Déterminants de la scolarisation différentielle
entre filles et garçons au primaire : cas du Niger. IFORD, Yaoundé.
11. Pouhe Nkomha Paul (Cameroon). 2010. Ménages féminins et scolarisation des
enfants au Cameroun. IFORD, Yaoundé.
12. Koua Obia Jovial (Congo). 2010. Disparites départementales en matière de
scolarisation au Congo. IFORD, Yaoundé.
13. Ekango Emile (Cameroon). 2010. Evolution et determinants de la scolarisation
des enfants au Cameroun entre 1991 et 2004. IFORD, Yaoundé.
14. N’Goran Semon (Cote d’Ivoire). 2011. Facteurs explicatifs de la scolarisation
des enfants de 6-24 ans en Côte d’Ivoire. IFORD, Yaoundé.
15. Garansou (Cameroon). 2012. Evolution des facteurs explicatifs de la
scolarisation des enfants confiés au Cameroun 1991-2004. IFORD, Yaoundé.
16. Kouchoro Georges (Benin). 2012. Aides Exterieures au Menages et scolarisation
des Orphelins. IFORD, Yaoundé.
17. Zinvi (Benin). 2012. Tendance recente de la fecondité en milieu urbain Beninois.
IFORD, Yaoundé.
18. Doumkel NGABA (Chad). 2012. Fecondite des adolescents au Tchad. IFORD,
Yaoundé.
19. Bagnoa Nazi Vincent (Burkina Faso). 2012. Disparités selon le milieu de
résidence dans l’entrée en vie féconde des adolescentes au Burkina Faso:
recherche des facteurs associés. IFORD, Yaoundé.
Recent media contributions/ citations
September 2012.
August 2012.
April 2012.
July 2011.
June 2010.
Cameroon Tribune interview on international cooperation in education.
The Economist article on implications of lower fertility for inequality.
New York Times article on Nigeria’s rapid population rise.
New York Times debate on Education and Fertility
Cameroon Tribune article on the demographic dividend
IV. Service and Distinctions
Awards and honors
2012.
Board of Directors, Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC
2006 to date. Board of Directors, Guttmacher Institute, New York.
2008 to date. Adjunct Professor, Summer Program, Korea University.
2008.
Cornell’s Marilyn Emmons Williams Awards for Undergraduate Research
Advising; University-wide award.
2006.
Joyce Cain Award for Research; Comparative International Education Society.
2006.
Cornell CALS Innovative Teacher Award; College-wide award.
2005.
University Recognition for Advising Merril Presidential Scholar [Geoff Bakken].
2005.
Joyce Cain Award for Research. Comparative International Education Society.
2002.
Population Association of America. Research Poster award.
1996.
PennState International Student Achievement Award. Finalist.
1996.
Population Association of America. Research Poster Award.
1994.
Dorothy Thomas Award for Best Graduate Student Research from the Population
Association of America.
Board Service
2009 to date: Gutmacher Institute (Board of Directors).
2008-2010:
Korea University International Education Institute (Board of Advisers).
2008-2010:
Comparative International Education Society; Board of Directors.
2001-2004:
Gutmacher Institute (2001-2004).
2000 to date: International Family Planning Perspectives (Editorial Board).
Journal and Grants Reviews
Representative journals by field
Demography/ Population Sciences
Demography; Population Studies; Studies in Family Planning; Population Research and Policy
Review; Reproductive Health; International Family Planning Perspectives; Genus; African
Population Studies.
Sociology:
Rural Sociology; American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Social Forces
Education
Comparative Education Review;
Economic Development
Journal of Urban Affairs; Africa Quarterly Review
2008-2011: Co-editor, Journal of the African Union for Population Studies
Grants and Fellowships
 Hewlett Foundation,
 Rockefeller Foundation,
 National Science Foundation,
 Spencer Foundation;
 Population Reference Bureau
 Agence National Francaise pour la Recherche (ANR)
University Service
2011:
Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Department of Development Sociology
2010 to date: Associate Director of Cornell Population Program
2007 to date: Faculty Fellow (on and off)
2003-2006:
University Committee on Human Subjects.
2000-2004:
Admission Committee, Development Sociology.
2001-2003:
Phil Taietz Award Committee, Development Sociology
2003:
Extension Committee, Institute for African Development.
2001-to date: Extensive guest lecturing on campus (Global Seminar, International Agriculture,
International Development, Engineers without Borders).
Recent Consultancies
2012:
The Futures Group. Monitoring the Implementation of Population Policies in
sub-Saharan Africa.
2012:
Agence Francaise pour le Développment (AFD). (review of two research
projects)
2012:
World Bank. The Demographic Dividend. Estimating the effects of
Demographic Transitions on the Formation of Human Capital in sub-Saharan
Africa.
2011:
USAID. The Root Causes of Teen Pregnancy in Kavango, Namibia.
2009:
Hewlett Foundation. New frontiers in research and population funding
2009:
Hewlett Foundation. Relationships between education and fertility
2006-2008:
World Bank. Demographic and Gender Aspects of Poverty Reduction in subSaharan Africa
2005:
USAID. Role of Education and FamilyPlanning in African Fertility Transitions
2004:
United Nations. Integration of Population and Gender Equity Programs in
Millennium Goals
2000:
World Bank. Global Course on Programme Evaluation