JOINED VPI& SU: 1978

CURRENT PROJECTS: I am investigating various factors related to adult health in the United States. In one paper, I am looking at whether married people in a commuting relationship lose some of the health benefits of marriage and also whether unmarried cohabiters gain some of the health benefits of marriage. I am also examining factors related to adult mortality in the United States, especially the effect of moderate consumption of alcohol.

EDUCATION:

CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:

Population
Social Problems
Dating, Marriage, and Divorce
Methodology

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Demography
Adult Health
Infant Mortality
Adult Health

SELECTED AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

CLAHS faculty research grant.  2005. Principal Investigator.  “Adult Mortality Risk in the United States.”

E. Gordon Ericksen Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 1989-90.

Senior Fulbright Scholar, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 1982-83.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

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, Vol 45, 2004: 355-378.

Fuller, Theodore D. Using Computer Assignments to Promote Active Learning in the Undergraduate Social Problems Course. Teaching Sociology. Vol. 26, 1998: 215-221.

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

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

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