 Pamela Davidson
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
Pamela R. Davidson completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004 after receiving her PhD in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2002. She received her Masters Degree from the Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet in Heidelberg, Germany. Her research interests are in urban policy, the economic wellbeing of children in single parent families, and applied statistical methodology.
Selected Publications
Forthcoming 2006. " 'Sex. Lies, and Videos' in Rural China: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Sexual Debut and Risky Sexual Behavior” (with Bo Wang). Journal of Sex Research, August.
2006. "Review of Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World," Contemporary Sociology, March, 35 (2): 157-158.
2005. "Review of Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor," Contemporary Sociology, November, 34 (6): 652-653.
2003. "Risky Business: Relying on Empirical Studies to Assess Environmental Justice." A Quest for Environmental Justice, Chapter 5 (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers).
2000. "Demographics of Dumping II: A National Environmental Equity Survey and the Distribution of Hazardous Materials Handlers." Demography, 37 (4): 461-66, with Douglas L. Anderton.
1997. "Changes in Participation in Public Assistance Programs." Ch. 3, Textbox #1 in: Population of the United States, pp. 107-9, by Anderton, D.L., R.E. Barrett, and D. Bogue (NY: Free Press).
1997. "Impaired Fecundity and Infertility." Chapter 6, Textbox #1 in: Population of the United States, pp. 267-8, by Anderton, D.L., R.E. Barrett, and D. Bogue (NY: Free Press).
1996. "Image and Reality: Managed Care Experience by Type of Plan. Findings from a Survey of 3,000 Working Adults in Three Cities." (with Cathy A. Schoen) Bulletin of New York Academy of Medicine, Winter Supplement: 506-531.
1995. "The Caring but Unjust Woman? A Comparative Study of Gender Differences in Perceptions of Social Justice in Four Countries" in: Social Justice and Political Change. Kluegel, J.R., D. Mason and B. Wegener (eds.) (with S. Steinmann and B. Wegener), pp. 285-319 (NY: Aldine de Gruyter).
Current Projects
Dr. Davidson won a GWIPP award that will allow her to further pursue research in the area of single parent households using complex, national-level longitudinal data. She is also a 2006 CoRAL faculty fellow that will provide her with support in implementing service-learning and community-based research in her teaching.
Courses Taught
SOC 169: Urban Sociology (undergraduate level)
SOC 231: Data Analysis (graduate level)
PPOL 202: Research Methods and Applied Statistics (graduate level)
Elsewhere - Data Collection and Analysis (undergraduate level)
Elsewhere - Introduction to Statistical Analysis (undergraduate level)
Elsewhere - Drugs and Society
Contact Information
pdavidso@gwu.edu
202-994-1129
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