Katherine J. Curtis

Assistant Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology
4321 Sewell Social Sciences
(608) 263-6292
Fax: (608) 262-8400
kcurtis@ssc.wisc.edu

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Office Hours: by appointment (Fall '09)

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interest Statement
Curtis’ work addresses the causes and consequences of migration and population redistribution, population and environment, and inequality. Her analytical approach aims to address spatial and temporal aspects underlying these demographic processes. Her work consistently engages multiple literatures across disciplines to gain greater substantive and technical insight. Curtis’ work has been published in the field’s top journal and featured in special publications and conferences focusing on spatial demography.

Selected Publications:
Curtis White, Katherine J. 2008. “Population Change and Farm Dependence: Temporal and Spatial Variation in the U.S. Great Plains, 1900-2000.” Demography 45(2):363-386.

Curtis White, Katherine J. 2008. “Sending or Receiving Stations?: The Influence of Railroads in the Early 20th Century Settlement of the Great Plains.” Population Research and Policy Review 27:89-115.

Katherine J. Curtis White, Kyle D. Crowder, Stewart E. Tolnay, and Robert M. Adelman. 2005. “Race, Gender, and Marriage: Destination Selection during the Great Migration.” Demography 42:215-241.

Katherine J. Curtis White. 2005. “Women in the Great Migration: Economic Activity of Black and White Southern-Born Female Migrants in 1920, 1940 and 1970.” Social Science History 29:413-455.

CDE Research Theme Working Groups
Demography of Inequality
Data and Methodology