John N. Edwards

Professor Emeritus

Jay Edwards

Curriculum Vita

JOINED VPI& SU: 1969

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's

Park College

Master's

University of Nebraska

Doctorate

University of Nebraska

OTHER PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Date

Name of Institution

Title

1965-68

University of Nebraska

Assistant Professor

1968-69

University of Kentucky

Associate Professor

CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:

Sociology of the Family
Advanced Study in the Family
Dating, Marriage, and Divorce

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Marital Instability
Changing Gender Roles
Family Change
Effects of Human Crowding

SELECTED AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Former Associate Editor, Journal of Marriage and the Family

Former Consulting Editor, Journal of Voluntary Action Research

Former Associate Editor, Journal of Family Issues

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

John N. Edwards, Theodore D. Fuller, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri. Household Crowding and Its Consequences. Boulder: Westview. 1994.

Articles and Chapters:

Fuller, Theodore D., John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri,  “Gender Differences in the Psychological Well-being of Married Men and Women: An Asian Case”. The Sociological Quarterly, 42, 2004: 355-378.

Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, and Santhat Sermsri, "Chronic Stress and Psychological Well Being: Evidence from Thailand," Social Science and Medicine, 42, 1996, 265-280.

John N. Edwards and Alan Booth. "Sexuality, Marriage, and Well-Being: The Middle Years." Pp. 223-259 in Alice S. Rossi, ed., Sexuality Across the Life Course. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1994.

John N. Edwards, Theodore D. Fuller, Santhat Sermsri, and Sairudee Vorakiphokatorn. "Why People Feel Crowded: An Examination of Objective and Subjective Crowding," Population and Environment, 16 (1994), pp. 149-173.

Hoffman, Kristi L., David H. Demo, and John N. Edwards. Wife Abuse: A Test of Resource, Structural, and Social Psychological Theories in a Nonwestern Society. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56, 1994, 131-146.


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