Dr. Shawn Dorius

Associate Professor [SOC]

Contact

Dept:Sociology
Office:103 East Hall
510 Farm House Ln.
Ames IA
50011-1054
Phone:515-294-6480
Links: Website
Vita

Topics of interest: attitudes about countries, community wellbeing, research methodology, social demography, world culture

Bio

Dr. Dorius conducts research in the areas of social demography, world culture, global social change and research methods. These days, his research focuses on community well-being, computational social science methods and comparative attitudes toward China. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health. He teaches courses in demography, international development, research methodsf and community. Prior to arriving at Iowa State University, Dr. Dorius was a postdoctoral scholar at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan and a research associate at the Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research. To see some of his previous research, including scientific publications, see his ResearchGate and Google Scholar profiles and his curriculum vitae. To learn more about current research projects that Dr. Dorius is working on, visit his website.