CHARLES HIRSCHMAN Department of Sociology, Box 353340 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3340

charles@u.washington.edu Phone: (206) 543-5035 Fax: (206) 543-2516 Office: 328 Condon Hall

BIOSKETCH AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES

CURRENT TEACHING

Sociology 513: Demography and Ecology, Winter 2008

Sociology 470: Social and Demographic Change in Southeast Asia, Winter 2008

RESEARCH PROJECT HOMEPAGES

Vietnam Longitudinal Survey

Southeast Asia Fertility Project
The Transition to Higher Education in Washington State

RECENT AND FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS:

Charles Hirschman. 2004. “The Origins and Demise of the Concept of Race.” Population and Development Review 30: 385-415.

Charles Hirschman. 2004. “The Role of Religion in the Origins and Adaptation of Immigrant Groups in the United States.” International Migration Review 38: 1206-1233.

Charles Hirschman. 2005. “Population and Society: Historical Trends and Future Prospects.” In Craig Calhoun, Chris Rojek, and Bryan S. Turner, eds. The Sage Handbook of Sociology, pp. 381-402. London: Sage Publications.

Charles Hirschman and Jennifer Lee. 2005. “Race and Ethnic Inequality in Educational Attainment in the United States.” In Michael Rutter and Marta Tienda, eds. Ethnicity and Causal Mechanisms, pp. 107-138. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Charles Hirschman and Stewart E. Tolnay. 2005. “Social Demography.” In Dudley L. Poston and Michael Micklin, eds. Handbook of Population, pp. 419-449. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Snipp, C. Matthew and Charles Hirschman. 2005. “Assimilation in American Society: Occupational Achievement and Earnings for Ethnic Minorities in the United States, 1970 to 1990”. In David Bills, ed. The Shape of Inequality: Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 22: 93-117. Amsterdam: Elsevier, JAI.

Charles Hirschman. 2005. “Immigration and the American Century” (PAA Presidential Address) This is the address with the accompanying PowerPoint slides as presented in Philadelphia on April 1, 2005. [The version published in Demography is below.]

Charles Hirschman. 2005. “Immigration and the American Century” Demography 42 (November): 595-620.

Amon Emeka and Charles Hirschman. 2005. “Who Applies For and Who Is Selected for Washington State Achievers Scholarships? A Preliminary Assessment.” In Edward St. John, ed. Public Policy and Equal Educational Opportunity: Readings on Equal Education. Volume 21, pp. 177-206. New York: AMS Press.

      Susan K. Brown and Charles Hirschman. 2006. “The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Impact on the Transition from High School to College.” Sociology of Education 79:106-130.

    Charles Hirschman and Jennifer Edwards. 2007. "Social Change in Southeast Asia." In George Ritzer, ed. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Vol. 9:4374-4380. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

    Charles Hirschman. 2007. “Immigration and an Aging America: Downward Spiral or Virtuous Circle?” In K. Warner Schaie and Peter Uhlenberg, eds. Social Structures: The Impact of Demographic Changes on the Well-being of Older Persons. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Charles Hirschman. 2007. “The Impact of Immigration on American Society: Looking Backward to the Future” Transit - Europäische Revue  32 (German language periodical published by the Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria).  Also available as online publication at Social Science Research Council at http://borderbattles.ssrc.org/

Charles Hirschman and Irina Voloshin. 2007. “The Structure of Teenage Employment: Social Background and the Jobs Held by High School Seniors”. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.

    Charles Hirschman and Douglas S. Massey. 2008. “Places and Peoples: The New American Mosaic.” In Douglas S. Massey’s, ed. New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration. Pp. 1-21. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.  

Book Review:

Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America by Dowell Myers. In             Sociological Forum  23 (September 2008):624-626.

Working Papers and other writings:

Charles Hirschman, Jennifer Lee, and Amon Emeka. “Race and Ethnic Disparities in Educational Ambitions among High School Seniors.”

Charles Hirschman, Nikolas Pharris-Ciurej, and Joseph Willhoft. “How Many Students Really Graduate from High School? The Process of High School Attrition.”

Jerald R. Herting, Charles Hirschman, and Nikolas Pharris-Ciurej. “The Impact of the Promise of Scholarships on College Ambitions, Preparation, and Enrollment: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Washington State Achievers Program.”

Charles Hirschman. "Population and Development: What Do We Really Know?"

Charles Hirschman. "Migration and National Security"

Charles Hirschman. “Foreword” to The Naked Social Order: The Roots of Racial Polarisation in Malaysia by Collin Abraham, pp. xiii- xvi. Kuala Lumpur: Pelanduk Publications, 2003.

Charles Hirschman. "The New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals", edited by Joel Perlmann and Mary C. Waters. Population Studies 58 (Spring 2004):130-131.

Charles Hirschman. 2006. “Race and Ethnic Inequality in Educational Attainment”. Keynote address to the Washington State Association of Multicultural Education (WSAME) Annual Conference (October 27) at Clark College, Vancouver.

Charles Hirschman. 2006. “The Impact of Immigration and Age Structure on American Society” in On Solidarity: Cultural and Political Conditions for the Reform of Social Models in Europe and the U.S. Proceedings of a conference held May 19-20, 2006 at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria.

Charles Hirschman.  2007. "The Origins of Sociological Forum: An Ode to Robin Williams". Presentation at the Eastern Sociological Society (March 15) at Philadelphia, PA.

Charles Hirschman and Anthony Perez. 2007. "Immigration and Nativism in the United States and Europe: Demography and Globalization versus the Nation-State".  Revised version of a presentation at the conference: “The Attractiveness of the European and American Social Models for New Members and Candidate Countries of the European Union.” Berlin, May 7-8, 2007.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE

ADDITIONAL LINKS AND INFORMATION

UW Department of Sociology

UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
UW Southeast Asia Center
DBS @ NICHD
NSF
My C.V.
Current and Former Students, Postdocs, CoAuthors, Mentors, and Colleagues

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