Research Summary:Sara Curran researches internal migration in developing countries, family demography, environment and population, and gender. Her recent book, Shifting Boundaries, Transforming Lives: Globalization, Gender and Family Dynamics in Thailand, analyzes how migration and education transformed Thai society between 1984-2000.
Recent Publications:- Curran, S. R., (Forthcoming), Observing Trade: Epistemologoical Approaches to Understanding Globalization, Observing Trade, Centeno, M.; Curran, S. R.; Cooke, A., Lynner Reiner Publishers.
- Curran, S. R.; Linton, A.; Cooke, A.; Schrank, A., (2009), The global governance of food, 18, Routledge, London.
- Cooke, A.; Curran, S.; Linton, A.; Schrank, A., (2008), Conclusion: Negotiating the Dynamics of Global Complexity, GLOBALIZATIONS, 5: 2, 319-328.
- Cooke, A.; Curran, S.; Linton, A.; Schrank, A., (2008), Introduction: Agriculture, Trade, and the Global Governance of Food, GLOBALIZATIONS, 5: 2, 99-106.
- Curran, S., (2008), The Global Complexity Framework, GLOBALIZATIONS, 5: 2, 107-109.
- Curran, S.; Cooke, A., (2008), Unexpected Outcomes of Thai Cassava Trade: A Case of Global Complexity and Local Unsustainability, GLOBALIZATIONS, 5: 2, 111-127.
- Curran, S. R., (2008), Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies, by William G. Axinn and Lisa D. Pearce, Contemporary sociology., 37: 3, 223-224.
- Curran, S. R., (2007), Population and Environment, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Ritzer, G., 3530-3, Blackwell Pub., Malden, MA.
- Curran, S. R.; Dyer, J.; Korinek, K., (2007), The Migration and Development Prism: A Lens on Vulnerabilities and Capabilitie, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 16: 4, 443-450.
- Curran, S. R.; Dyer, J.; Korinek, K. (ed), (2007), Asia Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 16(4, Special Issue).
- Curran, S. R.; Korinek, K., (2007), The migration and development prism : a lens on vulnerabilities and capabilities, Scalabrini migration center, Quezon City.
- Dyer, J.; Curran, S. R., (2007), Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico's Global Factories By Leslie Salzinger, SOCIAL FORCES, 85: 4, 1828-1830.
- Meijer-Irons, J.; Curran, S. R., (2007), U.S. National Report on Population and the Environment by Victoria D. Markham and Nadia Steinzor, ORGANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT, 20: 3, 395-398.
- Curran, S. R.; Goldhaber, C. L. I., (2006), Human trafficking : a spotlight on Washington State, Human Trafficking Task Force, Seattle, Washington.
- Curran, S. R.; Shafer, S.; Donato, K. M.; Garip, F., (2006), Mapping Gender and Migration in Sociological Scholarship: Is It Segregation or Integration?, International Migration Review, 40: 1, 199.
- Perecman, E.; Curran, S. R., (2006), A handbook for social science field research : essays & bibliographic sources on research design and methods, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
- Cassels, S.; Curran, S. R.; Kramer, R., (2005), Do migrants degrade coastal environments? Migration, natural resource extraction, and poverty in North Sulawesi Indonesia, Human Ecology, 33: 3, 329-363.
- Curran, S. R.; Chang, C.; Cadge, W.; Varangrat, A., (2005), Boys and Girls’ Changing Educational Opportunities in Thailand: The Effects of Siblings, Migration, and Village Remoteness, Review of Sociology of Education, 14, 59-102.
- Curran, S. R.; et al., (2005), Coastal Ecosystems and Coastal Communities, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report, U.N. Millenium Assessment, New York.
- Curran, S. R.; Garip, F.; Chung, C. Y.; Tangchonlatip, K., (2005), Gendered Migrant Social Capital: Evidence from Thailand, Social Forces, 84: 1, 227-256.
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Ph.D. 1994, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Internal migration in developing countries, family demography, environment and population, and gender.
