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Dr. Dennis G. Hodgson

Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
hodgson@fairfield.edu
o: Donnarumma Hall Rm 214
p: x2785
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B.A., Fordham University
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Current Research Interests

My current research interests have been on examining ...

  • The uses of Malthusian arguments in antebellum debates over slavery.
  • The formation of international population policy.
  • Malthusian and Darwinian influences on 19th century American assessments of fertility decline.

My long term research interest is on tracing America's changing population agenda from 1750 to the present.

Courses Taught

  1. HR 300: Interdisciplinary Inquiry
  2. SO 011: General Sociology
  3. SO 11: Introduction to Sociology
  4. SO 142: Sociology of the Family
  5. SO 184: Population:Birth,Death& Migra
  6. SO 191: Social Changes in Dev Nations