Kathryn Yount
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-8511
FAX: 404-727-8511
E-MAIL: kyount@emory.edu
OFFICE: 202 Tarbutton Hall
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Degree: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1999
General Research Area: social demography, public health, research methods
Current Research: International social demography; public health research; gender; sociology of the family; life course studies; research methods
Selected Publications: Yount, K.M. and J.S. Carrera. (September, 2006). Domestic violence among married women in Cambodia. Social Forces; Yount, K.M. and E.M. Agree. (2005). Differences in disability among older women and men in Egypt and Tunisia. Demography 42(1):169–187; Yount, K.M. (2005). Women’s family power and gender preference in Minya, Egypt. Journal of Marriage and Family. 67(2):410-28; Yount, K.M. (2004). Symbolic gender politics, religious group identity, and the decline in female genital cutting in Minia, Egypt. Social Forces, 82(3): 1063-1090; Yount, K.M. (2001). Excess mortality of girls in the Middle East in the 1970s and 1980s: Patterns, correlates, and gaps in research. Population Studies 55(3):291–308.
Selected Courses