Dr. Carla Alphonso

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Education Background

Ph.D., Tulane University
B.A., Oglethorpe University

Research Fields/ Areas of Specialty/Teaching

• American Welfare State
• Children and Divorce
• Introductory Sociology
• Marriage and the Family
• Social Problems
• Sociology of Aging and the Welfare State
• Sociology of Gender
• Sociology of Work and Occupations

Research Interests

• Birth Order
• Cross-national Perceptions of the Welfare State;
• Gender Roles
• Intergenerational Conflict
• Siblings

Professional Activities

• Editor of The Southern Demographic News, the newsletter of the Southern Demographic Association.

About Dr. Alphonso

Her personal interests include camping, hiking, reading, greyhounds, and baking.