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6460
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Barbara Entwisle is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences. Their research primarily intersects with sociology, political science, and health professions, focusing on topics related to migration, climate change, health disparities, and sociopolitical studies.

The main fields of study for Barbara Entwisle include:

  • Social Sciences

Within this broad area, their work spans several subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Gender Studies
  • Economics and Econometrics

Thematically, their research addresses a range of topics including:

  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Barbara Entwisle has published in several academic venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Social Forces
  • Population and Environment
  • American Journal of Sociology
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • Climate Change and Migration: New Insights from a Dynamic Model of Out-Migration and Return Migration (2020, American Journal of Sociology)
  • Population responses to environmental change: looking back, looking forward (2021, Population and Environment)

Frequent collaborators with Barbara Entwisle include:

  • Ronald R. Rindfuss
  • Ashton M. Verdery
  • Nathalie E. Williams
  • Victoria Udalova
  • Timothy S. Carey

Barbara Entwisle has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2002.

Best Publications

  • Contextual analysis through the multilevel linear model.

    William M. Mason;George Y. Wong;Barbara Entwisle

  • Residential segregation and interracial friendship in schools

    Ted Mouw;Barbara Entwisle

  • Putting people into place.

    Barbara Entwisle

  • Community and contraceptive choice in rural Thailand: A case study of Nang Rong

    Barbara Entwisle;Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;Aphichat Chamratrithirong

  • The impact of grandparental proximity on maternal childcare in China.

    Feinian Chen;Susan E. Short;Barbara Entwisle

  • Networks and Contexts: Variation in the Structure of Social Ties1

    Barbara Entwisle;Katherine Faust;Ronald R. Rindfuss;Toshiko Kaneda

  • Through Thick and Thin: Layers of Social Ties and Urban Settlement among Thai Migrants:

    Kim Korinek;Barbara Entwisle;Aree Jampaklay

  • Scale-Dependent Relationships between Population and Environment in Northeastern Thailand

    Stephen J. Walsh;Tom P. Evans;William F. Welsh;Barbara Entwisle

  • MACROCOMPARATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

    Kenneth A. Bollen;Barbara Entwisle;Arthur S. Alderson

  • Gender and family businesses in rural China

    Barbara Entwisle;Gail E. Henderson;Susan E. Short;Jill Bouma

  • Multilevel Effects of Socioeconomic Development and Family Planning Programs on Children Ever Born

    Barbara Entwisle;William M. Mason

  • Villages as Contexts for Contraceptive Behavior in Rural Egypt

    Barbara Entwisle;John B. Casterline;Hussein A. A. Sayed

  • Land use change: complexity and comparisons

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;Barbara Entwisle;Stephen J. Walsh;Li An

  • Land-use/land-cover and population dynamics Nang Rong Thailand.

    Entwisle B;Walsh Sj;Rindfuss Rr;Chamratrithirong A

  • Geographic information systems, spatial network analysis, and contraceptive choice

    Barbara Entwisle;Ronald R. Rindfuss;Stephen J. Walsh;Tom P. Evans

  • Maternal work and child care in China: a multi-method analysis.

    Susan E. Short;Feinian Chen;Barbara Entwisle;Zhai Fengying

  • Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change

    Barbara Entwisle;Paul C Stern

  • Confidentiality and spatially explicit data: Concerns and challenges

    Leah K. VanWey;Ronald R. Rindfuss;Myron P. Gutmann;Barbara Entwisle

  • Frontier Land Use Change: Synthesis, Challenges, and Next Steps

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;Barbara Entwisle;Stephen J. Walsh;Carlos F. Mena

  • The multilevel dependence of contraceptive use on socioeconomic development and family planning program strength

    Barbara Entwisle;William M. Mason;Albert I. Hermalin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald R. Rindfuss
Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul C. Stern
Paul C. Stern Social and Environmental Research Institute
Emilio F. Moran
Emilio F. Moran Michigan State University
John B. Casterline
John B. Casterline The Ohio State University
Tom Evans
Tom Evans University of Arizona
Kenneth A. Bollen
Kenneth A. Bollen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sandra L. Hofferth
Sandra L. Hofferth University of Maryland, College Park
Susan L. Cutter
Susan L. Cutter University of South Carolina
Wolfgang Lutz
Wolfgang Lutz University of Trier
J. Lawrence Aber
J. Lawrence Aber New York University

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