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Friday, 10/03/2008
3:30pm - 5:00pm
The Blackwell Inn, 140 Pfahl Hall, 2110 Tuttle Park Place Dr. Jane Menken, Professor of Sociology and Director of Institute of Behavioral Science - University of Colorado, Boulder 2nd Annual Joan Huber Lecture in Population
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IPR Administration Dr. Randall J.Olsen, Director Dr. Elizabeth Cooksey, Associate Director Susan Pennington, Office Manager Jeanne Huba, Grant Coordinator
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Elizabeth Cooksey

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Associate Director, Initiative in Population Research
251 Journalism Building
242 W. 18th Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Phone: 614.292.2858
Fax: 614.688.3571
E-Mail: cooksey.1@osu.edu

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
332 Bricker Hall
190 North Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Phone: 614.292.6484

  • Ph.D., Brown University, 1988.
  • Research Interests: Much of Cooksey's research focuses on adolescent sexual and fertility related behaviors.  Her current research projects include a study of the association between religion and sexual behaviors among African American teens; how relationships affect sexual and contraceptive decision-making among adolescents, and a demographic analysis of the Amish.  She is also the PI of the NLSY79 Young Adult data collection.
  • Current Research: An investigation of the social consequences of unintended childbearing for children.