Office: DERR M-4
Phone: 245-2479
E-Mail: dm28@txstate.edu

I received my undergraduate degree in Architecture and Planning from the Indian Institute of Technology (1992), master's in Geography and Planning from the University of Toledo (1996), and Ph.D. in Sociology from Bowling Green State University. My areas of interest are demography and quantitative methods. I like to understand societies and cultures from a global perspective and I strive to bring different points of view to my classes.  My multidisciplinary background has enhanced the appreciation of Sociology and has broadened my horizons.  Some of the classes I teach on a regular basis are Applied Data Analysis, Advanced Social Statistics, and Population Dynamics.

My research, thus far, has primarily been on issues related to adolescent health. Specifically, I have examined social factors that affect risky sexual behaviors in adolescents.

Other than academics, I enjoy traveling, cooking, music, hiking and biking, and reading political blogs.

Examples of scholarly works:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/445v137140jtk5m4/

Majumdar, Debarun. 2006. “An Overview of the Recent Trends in AIDS in the United States.” Indian Journal of Public Health 50(1): 28-30.

Majumdar, Debarun, and Roque Mendez. 2005. “The Influence of Parental Affect, Control, and  Sexual Permissiveness on Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Sexually Active Adolescents in the United States.”  International Journal of Sociology of the Family 31(2): 71-90.

Manning, Wendy, Pamela Smock, Debarun Majumdar. 2004. “The Relative Stability of Cohabiting and Marital Unions for Children.” Population Research and Policy Review 23(4): 135-159.

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