Julie is a Research Associate in the Family and Demography Program, housed in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She is involved in several different research projects, and her work includes data collection design, collection, and analysis. Currently she is also involved in the development of measures of Developmental Idealism as well as the analysis of data concerning Developmental Idealism from a variety of countries.
The Developmental Idealism Studies Group presented their paper on "Processes and Methods for Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas about Development and Family Life" at 3MC, Berlin, June 2008.
Arland Thornton's book Reading History Sideways wins the William J. Goode Book Award of the ASA Section on the Sociology of the Family.
Developmental Idealism questionnaire supplements added to May and November 2007 Surveys of Consumer Attitudes.
The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.
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