Scholar
David A. Swanson
Google Scholar ID: t7P6qoYAAAAJ
Population Research Center, Portland State University; Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,034
H-index
20
i10-index
33
Publications
20
Co-authors
26
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Published 135 refereed sole- and co-authored journal articles and nine books, mainly dealing with demography, especially methods for doing small area estimation and forecasting
- - Edited or co-edited five additional books
- - Received over $2.7 million in grants and contracts
- - Recipient of two Fulbright awards
- - Member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and Fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
- - Served as a member of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Scientific Advisory Committee for six years (2004-2010), chairing it for two (2009-2010)
- - Editor of Population Research and Policy Review (2004-2007)
- - Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Demographic Association (1995-1997 and 2003-2007)
Research Experience
- - State Demographer of Arkansas and Alaska
- - Research Investigator with the Washington State Office of Financial Management’s Population, Enrollment, and Economic Studies Division
- - Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State University
- - Associate Professor of Sociology at Pacific Lutheran University
- - Professor & Chair of the Sociology/Anthropology Department at the University of Mississippi
- - Dean at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (now part of Aalto University)
- - Visiting Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo
- - Instructor for Penn State University’s online MPS degree in Applied Demography
- - Senior Scientist at Science Applications International Corporation
- - 'Summer at Census' Scholar at U.S. Census Bureau
- - Research Associate at Portland State University's Population Research Center
- - Faculty Affiliate at the University of Washington's Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Education
- B.Sc. from Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University); M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Hawai'i; Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences from the University of Stockholm.
Background
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus with a focus on demography, particularly in methods for small area estimation and forecasting.
