Elizabeth Fussell

Ph.D. 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison. International migration, demography, population change after disaster, sociology of youth, sociology of families, statistics and methodology.

Department: Sociology
Position: Associate Professor
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Phone: (509) 335-7516
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Research Summary:

Elizabeth Fussell has three main areas of research: international migration, specifically from Mexico to the United States, population change and recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and the transition to adulthood from a demographic perspective.

Fussell, E., (Forthcoming), Cumulative Causation of Migration in Latin America, ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, M. Donato, J. H., Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey.

Fussell, E., (Forthcoming), Hurricane Chasers in New Orleans: Latino immigrants as a source of a rapid response labor force, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

Fussell, E.; Sastry, N.; VanLandingham, M., (Forthcoming), Race, Socio-economic Status, and Return Migration to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Population and Environment.

Fussell, E., (2008), Leaving New Orleans, Again, Traumatology, 14: 4, 63-66.

Fussell, E., (2007), Constructing New Orleans, Constructing Race: A Population History, Journal of American History, 94: 3, 846-855.

Fussell, E.; Gauthier, A.; Evans, A., (2007), Heterogeneity in the Transition to Adulthood: The Cases of Australia, Canada, and the United States, European Journal of Population, 23: 3-4, 3-4.

Haubert, J.; Fussell, E., (2006), Explaining Pro-Immigrant Sentiment in the U.S.: Social Class, Cosmopolitanism, and Perceptions of Immigrants, International Migration Review, 40: 3, 489-507.

Fussell, E., (2005), Measuring the Transition to Adulthood in Mexico: An Application of the Entropy Index, Advances in Life Course Research, MacMillan, R., 91-122.

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