News & Events 2019
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BGSU Sociology research is regularly featured in the national media, and our faculty provide leading media outlets with expert insights on current events. Our faculty and students are frequently recognized for their exceptional research, teaching, and service contributions to the field. Check this page regularly to learn about recent accolades and media appearances featuring BGSU Sociology.
Professors Susan Brown and I-Fen Lin and alumna Anna Hammersmith (PhD '18) conducted a major longitudinal survey on 20,000 Americans born before 1960.
When Brown and her colleagues surveyed those for up to a decade post-divorce, “There is no appreciable recovery on the wealth front and in standard of living.
Peggy Giordano earns highest honor
Congratulations to Peggy Giordano who was recently honored with the the Edwin L. Sutherland Award by the American Society of Criminology. Dr. Giordano was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the field of criminology over her 45-year career. The Sutherland Award is the highest honor bestowed in the field. Dr. Giordano recently attended the annual meeting in San Francisco and discussed her research on familial influences on pathways in and out of crime. Recipients of this award will also present an address at a future annual meeting.
Susan Brown discusses gray divorce with Barron's
About 1% of married Americans over age 50 get divorced each year, says Susan Brown, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University who has published research on divorce. “The picture is pretty grim,” Dr. Brown says.
Colleagues Giordano, Longmore, and Manning awarded NIJ funding
Congratulations to Peggy Giordano, Monica Longmore, and Wendy Manning! Their project titled Mechanisms Underlying Desistance from Crime was recently awarded funding from the National Institute of Justice, which provides the trio an opportunity to continue their 20 year research collaboration. In this competitive grant environment, it's a testament to the great work coming out of the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) project. We appreciate the resources and national recognition the TARS team brings to the CFDR, Department, and BGSU.
Assistant Professors' research featured in CJRA
Colleagues John Boman and Tom Mowen address the use of school resource officers (SROs) with Crime and Justice Research Alliance.
Do SROs Make Schools Safer? "That’s kind of the million dollar question,” said Tom Mowen, a criminal justice researcher at Bowling Green State University who studies school resource officers. “Specifically about school shootings, we don’t know a whole lot.”
Do School Resource Officers Prevent School Shootings?
Crime and Justice Research Alliance
Wallet Hub speaks with Professor Karen Guzzo on financial strain of having a child
What advice does sociologist Karen Guzzo have about the financial considerations to be made before having a child? Just ask the expert...
First time parents are often unaware of how difficult and expensive it can be to find affordable childcare. Childcare is, by far, the biggest expense introduced by having a child, and it’s one that doesn’t go away for a very, very long time (even school-age children often need before or after school care). Infant child care can easily run $1,000 a month.
---Karen Benjamin Guzzo
Sociologist in Action
Associate Professor Steve Demuth volunteers with the non-profit organization Civil Rights Corp to highlight judicial unconstitutionality around the country. Read more about Steve in ASA's new "Scholar Action Network."
Divorce over 50. "It's a grim picture," said Susan Brown
According to a study by I-Fen Lin, Susan L. Brown, Matthew R. Wright, and Anna M. Hammersmith, people who have gone through a gray divorce report higher levels of depression than those whose spouses died.
Business Insider reports on ways Millennials are changing marriage
BGSU study published in Journal of Marriage and Family found that living together "has become part of the pathway toward marriage."
Karen Guzzo addresses low birth rates for women in their teens and 20s
"Young Americans still want to have children, but they don’t feel stable enough to have them yet," said Karen Benjamin Guzzo, who studies families at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
"The U.S. could do more to encourage childbearing with parental leave, preschool expansion and child care subsidies and other policies aimed at helping young adults struggling with student loan debt and housing costs," Guzzo said.
Congratulations to Kei Nomaguchi and Karen Guzzo!
The BGSU Board of Trustees awarded Kei Nomaguchi and Karen Guzzo Professorship during their monthly board meeting.
“Great universities are defined by great faculty,” said Dr. Joe Whitehead Jr., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “Providing opportunities for our faculty to advance their careers is critical to our success. Teaching, research and creative activities drive public good.”
The majority of Professor Nomaguchi’s research concerns disparities in parental and child well-being based on social stati such as gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and family structure as well as variations across life stages.
Trained as a family demographer and sociologist, Professor Guzzo examines what is considered "nontraditional" family behaviors. She pays close attention to variation by gender, race/ethnicity/nativity, and socioeconomic status to better understand the "diverging destinies" of today's families.
What's your number?
Professor Kei Nomaguchi is asked by The Atlantic's Joe Pinsker, "What is the optimal number of children?"
“Having just one child [makes] various aspects of adults’ lives—how time, money, emotion, and mind are used and how new social networks are formed—child-centered,” says Kei Nomaguchi, a sociologist at Bowling Green State University. “If you want to enjoy adult-centered life, love expensive leisure activities, cherish intimate relationships with your partner, and both you and your partner want to devote your time to your careers, zero kids would be the ultimate.”
Manning speaks with The Atlantic about millennials and adultery
Wendy Manning tells The Atlantic there’s no evidence that young adults who are between the ages of 24 and 32 today are more likely to be faithful than the same age group was in 1980. The difference (sociologist Nicholas) Wolfinger is picking up on seems to be just that people over 50 are simply older and possibly have been married longer, so they’ve had more opportunities to cheat. We’d have to wait until Millennials get older before determining whether they are, truly, the faithful generation.
Balistreri awarded two-year grant
Congratulations to Associate Professor Kelly Balistreri on her grant success! Kelly was awarded a two-year grant from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service for her project “Senior Hunger and the Food Security Infrastructure.”
Lin and Brown secure R15 grant on gray divorce
Congratulations to Professor I-Fen Lin and Distinguished Professor Susan Brown on their receipt of an NIA R15 three-year renewal grant on Gray Divorce.
ACJS awards Mowen and Boman 2018 Article of the Year!
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Tom Mowen and John Boman on receiving the 2018 Article of the Year Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) for their publication, “Assessing the Within-Person Impact of Social/Behavioral Programs, Increased Supervision, and Jail Time on Polysubstance Use During Reentry,” published in Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research. The pair accepted the award at the annual meeting of the ACJS last week in Baltimore, MD. Way to go!
Kara Joyner named co-editor of PRPR
Congratulations to Professor Kara Joyner who is serving a three-year term as Co-Editor of Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR), the flagship journal of Southern Demographic Association (SDA). Elizabeth Woods, graduate student, is serving as managing editor.
Timm wins 'People's Choice' award
Graduate student Brian Timm was awarded 'People's Choice' at the inaugural BGSU 'Three Minute Thesis' competition last Thursday. The event celebrates the exciting research conducted by master's and doctoral students. Developed by The University of Queensland, the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
The competition supports the capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Congratulations, Brian!
Wendy Manning keynote speaker at Popdays 2019 conference in Milan
PAA Past President Wendy Manning and President John Casterline were the keynote speakers (in collaboration with the Population Association of America) at this year's Giornate di Studio sulla Popolazione – Popdays 2019 (13th Edition) in Milan, January 24-26. Popdays is a general scientific conference aimed at promoting the study and the discussion of population research and is one of the most important initiatives of the Italian Association for the Study of Population (Sis-AAISP).
Updated: 08/26/2021 05:23PM