Keera Allendorf Ballantine Hall 757 Phone: (812) 855 1540 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave. Fax: (812) 855 0781 Bloomington, IN 47405 kallendo@indiana.edu Education 2009 Ph.D., Sociology University of Wisconsin Madison 2004 M.S., Sociology University of Wisconsin Madison 2000 B.A. magna cum laude, Sociology/Anthropology Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 1998 College Semester Abroad, Nepal School for International Training Academic Positions 2013 Assistant Professor, Departments of Sociology and International Studies Indiana University 2010 13 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 2009 10 NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Studies Center University of Michigan Refereed Publications Allendorf, Keera. Forthcoming. Conflict and Compatibility? Developmental Idealism and Gendered Differences in Marital Choice. Journal of Marriage and Family. Allendorf, Keera and Roshan K. Pandian. Forthcoming. The Decline of Arranged Marriage? Marital Change and Continuity in India. Population and Development Review. Allendorf, Keera. Forthcoming. Like Her Own: Ideals and Experiences of the Mother inlaw/daughter in law Relationship. Journal of Family Issues. April 28, 2016
Allendorf, Keera and Arland Thornton. 2015. Caste and Choice: The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marriage Behavior. American Journal of Sociology 121(1):243 287. Allendorf, Keera. 2015. Fertility Decline, Gender Composition of Families, and Expectations of Old Age Support. Population Research and Policy Review 34(4):511 539. Allendorf, Keera. 2013. Going Nuclear? Family Structure and Young Women s Health in India, 1992 2006. Demography 50(3):853 880. Allendorf, Teri and Keera Allendorf. 2013. Gender and Attitudes toward Protected Areas in Myanmar. Society & Natural Resources 26(8):962 976. Allendorf, Keera. 2013. To Love and Look After: Exploring the Pathways Linking Family Relationship Quality to Maternal Health in India. Journal of Family Issues 34(5):607 630. Allendorf, Keera. 2013. Schemas of Marital Change: From Arranged Marriages to Eloping for Love. Journal of Marriage and Family 75(2):453 469. Allendorf, Keera and Dirgha J. Ghimire. 2013. Determinants of Marital Quality in an Arranged Marriage Society. Social Science Research 42(1):59 70. Allendorf, Teri and Keera Allendorf. 2012. What Every Conservation Biologist Should Know about Human Population. Conservation Biology 26(6):953 955. Allendorf, Teri and Keera Allendorf. 2012. The Role of Gender in Park People Relationships in Nepal. Human Ecology 40(5):789 796. Allendorf, Keera. 2012. Like Daughter, Like Son? Fertility Decline and the Transformation of Gender Systems in the Family. Demographic Research 27:429 454. Allendorf, Keera. 2012. Marital Quality from a Rural Indian Context in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Comparative Family Studies 43(4): 527 544. Allendorf, Keera. 2012. Women s Agency and the Quality of Family Relationships in India. Population Research and Policy Review 31(2): 187 206. Allendorf, Keera. 2010. The Quality of Family Relationships and Use of Maternal Healthcare Services in India. Studies in Family Planning 41(4):263 276. Summarized as a digest. 2011. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(2):102 103. Guillot, Michel and Keera Allendorf. 2010. Hindu Muslim Differentials in Child Mortality in India. Genus 66(2):43 68. Allendorf 2
Allendorf, Keera. 2007. Do Women s Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal? World Development 35(11):1975 1988. Allendorf, Keera. 2007. Couples Reports of Women s Autonomy and Health care Use in Nepal. Studies in Family Planning 38(1):35 46. Allendorf, Teri, Khaing Khaing Swe, Thida Oo, Ye Htut, Myint Aung, Myint Aung, Keera Allendorf, Lee Ann Hayek, Peter Leimgruber, and Chris Wemmer. 2006. Community Attitudes Toward Three Protected Areas in Upper Myanmar (Burma). Environmental Conservation 33(4):344 352. Manuscripts Under Review Allendorf, Keera, Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, Linda Young DeMarco, and Dirgha J. Ghimire. Early for Women, Late for Men: The Influence of Timing Values on Gender Differences in Entrance into Marriage. Allendorf, Keera, Arland Thornton, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Linda Young DeMarco, and Colter Mitchell. A Good Age to Marry? An Intergenerational Model of the Influence of Marital Timing Values on the Entrance into Marriage. Allendorf, Keera, Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, and Linda Young DeMarco. The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marital Values, Intentions, and Timing. Other Publications Allendorf, Keera. 2012. Like Daughter, Like Son? Fertility Decline and Changing Gender Systems in the Family. International Center for Research on Women; Fertility & Empowerment Working Paper Series. 002 2012 ICRW FE. Rao Gupta, Geeta, Daniel Whelan, and Keera Allendorf. 2003. Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS Programmes. Geneva: World Health Organization. Duvvury, Nata, Madhabika Nayak, and Keera Allendorf. 2002. Links between Masculinity and Violence: An Aggregate Analysis. Pp. 52 57 in Men, Masculinity, and Domestic Violence in India: A Summary Report of Four Studies. Washington, DC: International Center for Research on Women. Grants 2011 Fertility and Empowerment Network, International Center for Research on Women, PI, Perceptions of Changes in Fertility and Gender Relations in the Darjeeling Hills, India ($20,105) Allendorf 3
2010 Small Grant Program, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Perceptions of Family Change and Marital Quality among Nepalis ($9,975) 2007 Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, Department of Education, Family Relationships, Decision Making, and Health in India ($18,900) 2007 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, Co PI (with PI: Michel Guillot), Family Relationships, Decision Making, and Health Care Use in Rural India ($6,635) Fellowships, Honors, and Awards 2013 Poster Session Winner, Marriage, Families and Women Session, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 2008 09 Demography Traineeship, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin Madison 2006 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship in Nepali, University of Wisconsin Madison 2003 06 Demography Traineeships, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin Madison 2003 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship in Nepali, University of Wisconsin Madison 2002 Prize University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Madison 2000 Distinction on Senior Thesis, Carleton College 2000 Phi Beta Kappa, Carleton College 1999 First Prize, Sociologists of Minnesota Undergraduate Paper Competition Other Positions and Consulting 2009 11 Core Member, Fertility and Empowerment Network. Collaborated with the International Center for Research on Women and others on research examining how fertility decline in non Western countries may empower women. Allendorf 4
2008 09 Trainee, Center for Demography and Ecology, Madison, Wisconsin. Examined religious differentials in child mortality in India using three waves of the National Family Health Survey. 2007 08 Fellow, Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, West Bengal, India. Completed participant observation of family life and health care and a series of interviews with twenty two families in a village in Darjeeling District. 2006 Consultant, International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC. Assisted with managing and analyzing data from the Women s Reproductive Histories Survey from Madhya Pradesh, India. 2006 Short Term Consultant, World Bank, Washington, DC. Prepared background papers and analyzed the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey for a country gender assessment of Bangladesh by the Social Development Unit in South Asia. 2003 06 Trainee, Center for Demography and Ecology, Madison, Wisconsin. Examined male fertility and the two sex problem in fertility and marriage using French and American vital statistics and censuses. 2002 04 Managing Editor, Rural Sociology, Madison, Wisconsin. Reviewed and processed manuscripts submitted to a peer review journal. Corresponded with authors and reviewers. 2000 02 Research Assistant, International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC. Assisted with studies on domestic violence in India, reproductive health in Nepal, and HIV/AIDS in non Western countries. Conference Presentations Conflict and Compatibility? Developmental Idealism and Gendered Differences in Marital Choice and Love. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Washington, DC. April 1, 2016. A Good Age to Marry? Marital Timing Values and Their Influence on Marriage. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Chicago, IL, August 23, 2015. Caste and Choice: The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Intercaste Marriage. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA August 16, 2014. Fertility Decline, Gender Composition of Families, and Expectations of Old Age Support. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in New Orleans, LA. April 12, 2013. Allendorf 5
From Arranged Marriages to Eloping for Love: Schemas of Marital Change and Development. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Denver, CO. August 20, 2012. Like Daughter, like Son? Fertility Decline and the Transformation of Gender Systems in the Family. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in San Francisco, CA. May 5, 2012. Going Nuclear? Family Structure and Young Women s Well Being in India, 1992 2006. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Las Vegas, NV. August 20, 2011. Dimensions and Determinants of Marital Quality in Nepal (with Dirgha Ghimire). Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Washington, DC. March 31, 2011. Hindu Muslim Differentials in Child Mortality in India (with Michel Guillot). Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Dallas, TX. April 16, 2010. To Love and Look After: Exploring the Mechanisms Linking the Quality of Family Relationships to Maternal and Child Health in a Rural Indian Context. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Dallas, TX. April 16, 2010. Hindu Muslim Differentials in Child Mortality in India (with Michel Guillot). IUSSP International Population Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. October 2, 2009. The Quality of Family Relationships and Its Effect on Women s Agency in India. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Detroit, MI. April 30, 2009. He Said, She Said, They Said: Couples Reports of Household Decision making and Health Care Use in Nepal. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Los Angeles, CA. March 31, 2006. He Said, She Said, They Said: Couples Reports of Household Decision making and Health Care Use in Nepal. Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI. October 8, 2005. Do Women s Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal? Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in Philadelphia, PA. April 1, 2005. Domestic Violence in India: The Roles of Education and Employment (with Nata Duvvury). Institute for Women s Policy Research Biannual Conference in Washington, DC. June 8, 2001. Guttentag and Secord s Sex Ratio Theory in the Indian Context. Sociologists of Minnesota Annual Conference in Mankato, MN. October 7, 1999. Allendorf 6
Invited Presentations Fertility Decline, Gender Composition of Families, and Expectations of Old Age Support. Human Development in India: Evidence from the IHDS Conference. New Delhi. June 21, 2013. Changes in Fertility and Gender Relations in the Darjeeling Hills, India. Fertility and Empowerment Workshop at the International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC. January 10, 2011. Developmental Idealism and Family Change in the Darjeeling Hills, India. Globalization of Modernization Theory: Clashes of Modernities and Moralities Symposium at the University of Michigan. June 9, 2010. Family Relationships and Women s Well Being in India. New Perspectives on Gender and Human Security Workshop at the University of Wisconsin Madison. March 19, 2010. The Quality of Family Relationships, Women s Agency, and Maternal and Child Health in Madhya Pradesh. International Center for Research on Women. New Delhi. May 29, 2008. Teaching Experience Courses Indiana University Gender and Development The Family and Global Health Statistics for Sociology Demographic Methods University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Gender in Transnational Perspective Introduction to Social Statistics Demographic Methods Family Change in a Changing World University of Wisconsin Madison People and Place Demography of Rural America Graduate students Morgan Peele, Sociology, IU, Masters Chair Bin Lian, Sociology, UIUC, Committee member Soo Yeon Yoon, Sociology, UIUC, Committee member Shondra Loggins, PhD 2013, Community Health, UIUC, Committee member Sonali Ghosh, PhD 2012, Sociology, UIUC, Committee member Allendorf 7
Service Professional Service 2015 Chair, Child Health and Marriage Instability, Union Dissolution, and Aging Health Sessions, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 2014 Reviewer, Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Student Competition, Social Science Research Council 2014 Discussant, Health Disparities in India and Gender and Development Sessions, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 2012 Chair, Gender Based Violence Session, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 2011 Chair and organizer, Fertility Decline and Changing Gender Relations Session, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 2010 Discussant, Gender, Sexuality, and Power Session, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 2008 Poster reviewer, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America Occasional Reviewer American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Culture, Health and Sexuality; Demography; Feminist Economics; Gender & Society; International Journal of Sociology; International Perspectives on Sexual & Reproductive Health; Journal of Adolescence; Journal of Family Issues; Journal of Marriage and Family; Population Research and Policy Review; Social Psychology Quarterly; Social Forces; Social Science Research; Social Science & Medicine; Sociological Inquiry; Sociological Methodology; Studies in Family Planning Indiana University 2015 16 Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of Sociology Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of International Studies 2014 15 Executive Committee, Department of International Studies Graduate Recruitment & Evaluation Committee, Department of Sociology 2013 14 Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Department of Sociology University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 2012 13 Colloquium, Capricious Grading, and Admissions Committees 2011 12 Advisory, Search, Colloquium, and Graduate Policy Committees Professional Membership Population Association of America American Sociological Association Asian Population Association Languages Nepali, high proficiency; Hindi, low proficiency Allendorf 8