Charles Hirschman

Boeing International Professor in the Department of sociology and the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy, studies issues of ethnic and social stratification, social mobility, and immigration in the U.S. and internationally. His current research focuses on immigration and ethnicity in U.S. and social change in Southeast Asia.

Major Research Projects:

• Vietnam Longitudinal Study
• Southeast Asia Fertility Project
• The Transition to Higher Education in Washington State

Sample Publications:

• Hirschman, C., (Forthcoming), The Structure of Teenage Employment: Social Background and the Jobs Held by High School Seniors, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.
  
  
• Hirschman, C.; Massey, D. S., (Forthcoming), Peoples and Places: The New American Mosaic, New faces in new places : the changing geography of American immigration, Massey, D. S., Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
  
  
• Hirschman, C., (2007), Immigration and an Aging America: Downward Spiral or Virtuous Circle?, Social structures : demographic changes and the well-being of older persons, Schaie, K. W.; Uhlenberg, P., Springer, New York.
  
  
• Hirschman, C., (2007), The Impact of Immigration on American Society: Looking Backward to the Future, Transit - Europaische Revue, 32, 84-99.
  
  
• Hirschman, C.; Edwards, J., (2007), Social Change in Southeast Asia, The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology, Ritzer, G., 9, 4374-80, Blackwell Pub., Malden, MA.
  
  
• Jacobson, M. F.; Hirschman, C., (2007), Book Reviews - Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post -- Civil Rights America, The American journal of Sociology, 113: 1, 274.
  
  
• Brown, S. K.; Hirschman, C., (2006), The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Impact on the Transition from High School to College, Sociology of Education, 79: 2, 106.
  
  
• Emeka, A.; Hirschman, C., (2006), Who Applies For and Who Is Selected for Washington State Achievers Scholarships? A Preliminary Assessment, Public policy and equal educational opportunity : school reforms, postsecondary encouragement, and state policies on postsecondary education, St. John, E. P., 207-22, AMS Press, Inc., New York.
  
  
• Hirschman, C., (2006), The Meaning and Measurement of Ethinicity in Malaysia: An Analysis of Census Classification, On the margins of Asia : diversity in Asian states, Keyes, C. F., Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  
  
• Hirschman, C.; Alba, R.; Farley, R., (2006), Race and Ethnicity: Definitions and Measurement, Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present, Carter, S. B.; Sutch, R., Cambridge University Press, New York.
  
  
• Charles Hirschman. (2005), Immigration and the American Century, Demography, 42 (November): 595-620.
  
  
• 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.
  
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• 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.

For a complete list of publications by Charles Hirschman, visit his page in the poverty research section of the website.

Relevant Courses:

• SOC467: Immigration and Ethnicity
• SOC431: Fertility and Mortality
• SOC432: Population and Modernization
• SOC513: Demography and Ecology
• SOC212: Introduction to Study of Comparative Social Change
• SOC470: Contemporary Southeast Asia
• SOC434: Vietnamese Society in Transition
• SOC433: Research Methods in Demography

Contact Information:

Charles Hirschman
Email: charles@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/charles/
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