Overview

My research program advances knowledge in the field of development sociology through substantive and methodological contributions in three areas, including the sociology of education, social change, and the demography of inequality. My most recent research investigates the consequences of demographic change on a range of socioeconomic outcomes that include schooling, gender, and income inequality. In this research, I extend existing theoretical arguments (e.g. dilution, dividends) and methodological approaches (e.g. decomposition analysis). My empirical research combines national statistics and panel survey data. My teaching goals now are to strengthen our department`s undergraduate and graduate training in social science research. These goals will be achieved by creating opportunities for practical research for the department's undergraduates, and by continuing to build a graduate course on the empirics of development and inequality. Specific objectives for the next two years are to (a) publish a reader for my course on education and inequality (DSoc3050); (b) work more closely with undergraduates on honors or research scholarships, and (c) develop cross-campus collaboration with students interested in the empirical study of global inequality. These goals align with our department`s focus on applied sociology and global development.

Research Focus

My research covers three related areas that include the sociology of education, social change, and the demography of inequality. A major focus in my current work is to refine existing frameworks for estimating the effects of demographic change on human capital formation. I apply these frameworks to study global trends in socioeconomic inequality. This work contributes to current policy efforts to expand schooling in developing countries but also to unanswered scientific questions about the consequences of demographic change.

Outreach and Extension Focus

My international outreach program seeks to strengthen social and demographic research in sub-Saharan Africa. With support from the Hewlett Foundation and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), I have built an outreach program to support institutions that conduct demographic research and policy analysis throughout Francophone Africa. Our work has reached over 25 institutes in the region and nearly 150 trainees. In addition to training, we organize scientific and policy conferences in the region. to disseminate key research findings about population and development. Past efforts have also involved advising global development institutions, non governmental groups and African nations on issues regarding trends in population and schooling, and their medium-term implications for socioeconomic development

Teaching Focus

My teaching rotation now includes two undergraduate courses and one graduate course. At the undergraduate level, I teach courses in social science research methods, and in Education and Inequality. Both courses are designed to meet key learning objectives at Cornell, specifically helping students "evaluate and effectively interpret factual claims and theories, and integrate quantitative and qualitative information to reach defensible conclusions." At the graduate level, I have taught a course on Population and Development and I am now teaching a new course on the Empirics of Development and Inequality. The course takes students through the entire research process and reviews the range of methodological choices and likely pitfalls at each step of the process. Influential papers from the development literature are discussed and students get the opportunity to draft an empirical research paper focusing on a development issue of their choice. DSOC 3130 Social Indicators; DSOC 3050 Education, Inequality, and Development DSoc6001: Empirics of Development and Inequality

Additional Links

• Link to CALS Research and Impact
• Link to Research & Expertise Across Cornell

Awards and Honors

• Member, International Advisory Board (2012) Child Trends, World Family Map Project
• Member, Board of Trustees (2012–2014) US POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU (PRB)
• Panel Chair (2010–2013) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
• Adjunct Professor, Korea University Summer School (2008–2012) Korea University

Selected Publications

Training Manuals

• Eloundou-Enyegue, P. M., & Giroux, S. C. (2010). Introduction a l'Etude du Changement Social: Apport des Methodes de Decomposition. p. 70 Mediat, Yaounde, Cameroon

Presentations and Activities

• Is the World Flattening. April 2013. Clemson University. Clemson, South Carolina.
• Prospects for a Schooling Dividend in Africa. January 2013. World Bank. Washington DC.
• Current Status and Prospects for a Schooling Dividend in Africa. December 2012. Center for Global Development. Washington DC.
• Demographic Transitions and Global Income Inequality: A view from Below. October 2012. University of Michigan, Population . Ann Arbor, Michigan .
• Measuring Inequality and Implications for Assessments of Global Inequality . July 2012. Korea University, Sociology Department . Seoul, South Korea.
• Demographic Contributions to Inequality. March 2012. Duke University . Duke UNiversity, Durham North Carolina.
• Population and Implications for Vet Science. February 2012. The Vet School, Cornell University. Ithaca, New York.
• Plan Strategique du Reseau Africain de Demogrpahie. January 2012. Institut National pour les Etudes Demographiques (INED, France). Paris France.
• Policy Research Communication: An Oxymoron?. January 2012. University of Yaounde I. Yaounde Cameroon .
• The Craft of Policy Communication in Population Sciences. December 2011. Hewlett. Yaounde Cameroon.

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