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Emily Merchant
Funded Research:
Prediction and Control: Global Population, Population Science, and Population Politics in the Twentieth Century (Weinberg Research Fellowship)
Prediction and Control: Global Population, Population Science, and Population Politics in the Twentieth Century (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Graduate Student, Population Studies Center.
Graduate Student, Department of History.
History, Year: 5
Mentor: George C. Alter, Barbara A. Anderson, Myron Gutmann
Research Interests: history of global population projection in the twentieth century
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Gutmann, Myron, S. Pullum-Pinon, K. Witkowski, G. Deane, and Emily Merchant. 2012. "Land Use and Family Formation in the Settlement of the US Great Plains." Social Science History, 36(3): 279-310. DOI. Abstract.
Merchant, Emily, B. Gratton, and Myron Gutmann. 2012. "A Sudden Transition: Household Changes for Middle Aged U.S. Women in the Twentieth Century." Population Research and Policy Review, 31(5): 703-726. PMCID: PMC3432984. DOI. Abstract.
Alter, George C., Myron Gutmann, Susan Hautaniemi Leonard, and Emily Merchant. 2012. "Introduction: Longitudinal Analysis of Historical-Demographic Data." Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 42(4): 503-517. DOI. Abstract.
Hartman, M.D., Emily Merchant, W. Parton, Myron Gutmann, S. Lutz, and S. Williams. 2011. "Impact of historical land-use changes on greenhouse gas exchange in the US Great Plains, 1883-2003." Ecological Applications, 21(4): 1105-1119. DOI. Abstract.