Curriculum Vitae Duane Francis Alwin Department of Sociology <http://www.sociology.psu.edu> Personal website: <http://sites.psu.edu/duanealwin/> Office Address: 309 Pond Lab University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Pennsylvania State University Telephone: 814-863-0438 or 814–237-1417 FAX: 814-863-8342 June 2015 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Schooling Holton High School, Holton, Kansas, 1959-62 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 1962-64 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1964-66 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1966-67, 1969-72 Degrees B.A. Indiana University, with Honors in Sociology, 1966 M.S. University of Wisconsin, Sociology, 1970 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Sociology with minor in Educational Psychology, 1972 Ph.D. Dissertation: College Effects on Educational and Socioeconomic Achievements Dissertation directed by Professors Robert M. Hauser & William H. Sewell, Sr. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Positions 2010- Director, Center for Life Course and Longitudinal Studies, College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University 2002- Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University. 2002- Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Emeritus Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan Former Positions 2005-10 Director, Center on Population Health and Aging, Population Research Institute, funded by the National Institute on Aging (P30-AG024395), Pennsylvania State University [Co- director, 2004-2005]. 2002-07 Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University. 2002-04 Resident Scientist, National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Inter-University Consortium for Social and Political Research, University of Michigan <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACDA/ressci.html> 1985-02 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan 1985-02 Senior Research Scientist & Program Director, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1 1998-00 Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan 1997-98 Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan 1995-96 Visiting Scholar, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University & Social Statistics Research Unit, City University of London; United Kingdom (with support from the Fulbright Commission) 1983-95 Director, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1987-93 Guest Professor, Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA). Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany. Guest Professor appointments in the Summers of 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992 & 1993 1979-85 Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan 1979-85 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Michigan 1983 Lecturer, Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan 1977 Visiting Lecturer, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1975-76 Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Socio-environmental Studies, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD (on leave from Indiana University) 1975-80 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1973-75 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1974 Research Associate, Social Research Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1972-73 Research Associate, Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Memberships Indiana University Alumni Association [Life member], 1966-present American Sociological Association, 1966-present Section Memberships . Social Psychology . Aging and Life Course . Family . Sociology of Children and Youth . Methodology . Sociology of Education . Sociology of Peace and War . Sociology of Religion . Population . Disability and Society International Sociological Association, 1982-present . Research Committee on Logic & Methodology . Research Committee on Social Stratification . Research Committee on Social Psychology . Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion . Research Committee on the Sociology of Aging . Research Committee on Family Research American Educational Research Association, 1974-82 American Association for Public Opinion Research, 1979-present 2 Sociological Research Association (Elected), 1984-present National Council on Family Relations, 1992-present Gerontological Society of America, 1996-present (Elected fellow, 2003) Society for the Study of Human Development (Charter member), 2000-present Population Association of America, 2004-present Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (Foundation member), 2009-present RESEARCH AND RELATED GRANTS Principal Investigator 2013-16 Archiving Information on the Quality of Survey Measurement. National Science Foundation. Total award: $270,000 2007-11 Latent Curve Models of Cognitive Aging. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $1,082,548. 2005-06 International Conference on the Future of Cognitive Aging Research. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $50,000. 2004-09 Center on Population Health and Aging. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $1,332,525. 2003-06 Aging and the Reliability of Measurement. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $1,341,681. 2002-05 Latent Curve Models of Cognitive Aging. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $778,068. 2001-03 Socio-Economic Status, Individual Resources, and Health. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $802,250. 1998-00 Socio-Economic Factors, Aging and Cognitive Functioning. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $684,600. 1998-01 The Stability of Individual Differences Across the Life-Span. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $696,927. 1997-99 The Reliability of Survey Data. National Science Foundation. Total award: $139,000. 1992-95 Aging, Personality and Social Change. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $365,221. 1992-95 Aging and Errors of Measurement. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $278,320. 1991-93 Perceptions of Justice in East and West. National Science Foundation. Total award: $275,240. [James Kluegel and David Mason, Co-Principal Investigators] 1987-90 The Changing Role of Religion in American Society. National Science Foundation. Total award: $231,771 1987-90 Attitude Change and Stability Over the Life Span. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $165,022. 1986-89 Psychosocial Factors in Differential Adaptation to Parenting. National Institute of Mental Health. Total award: $178,617 1984-86 Political Orientations Over the Life Span, National Institute on Aging. Total award: $338,554. [Ronald Cohen and Theodore Newcomb, Co-Principal Investigators] 1982-85 Parental Approaches to Child-Rearing. National Institute of Mental Health. Total award: $205,653. Co-Investigator 1981-83 Social Support and Psychological Well-Being Across the Life Cycle. National Institute on Aging. Total award: $114,226.[Angus Campbell & Philip Converse, Co-Principal Investigators] 3 1981-84 Intergenerational Consequences of Fertility Behavior, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Arland Thornton, Principal Investigator). 1981-83 Family and Institutional Factors in Adolescent Sexuality. Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (Arland Thornton, Principal Investigator). 1984-88 Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Arland Thornton, Principal Investigator). Other Awards, Small Grants & Honors 2012 Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association 2012 Co-winner (with Lawrence F. Alwin), Alumnus of the Year Award, Holton High School, Holton, Kansas 2003 Elected Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. 2002 Recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as one of the “world’s most cited authors – comprising less than one half of one percent of all publishing researchers.” See http://isihighlycited.com. 1998 Recipient, Excellence in Research Award, College of Literature, Science & the Arts, University of Michigan. 1996-97 Faculty Investigator, Detroit Area Study, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. 1996 Fulbright Lectureship. Ostrava University. Czech Republic. Supported by the Eccles Center of the British Library and the UK Fulbright Commission. Ostrava University. Ostrava, Czech Republic. 1995-96 Fulbright Research Award. Fulbright Foundation. London, England. 1992 Conference Grant (co-recipient). Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center. Lake Como, Italy. February. 1991 MOST (Minority Opportunity Summer Training) Program. American Sociological Association (Silvia Pedraza, Co-Recipient). 1989 Research Partnership Award. Horace Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan (Marlena Studer, Student Recipient). 1987 Visiting Professor, Middletown Studies Center, Ball State University, Muncie IN. 1986-87 Faculty Investigator, Detroit Area Study, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. 1985-89 Fellowship Invitation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. 1984 Elected, Sociological Research Association. 1982-83 Faculty Investigator, Detroit Area Study, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. 1978-79 Faculty Investigator, Indianapolis