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Kara Joyner (Associate Professor) received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1997. Before joining the BGSU Sociology
Department in 2007, Dr. Joyner was a professor at Cornell University. Her research addresses how a variety of factors influence
the formation and dynamics of friendships and sexual relationships, including single relationships (e.g., dating), cohabiting
relationships, and marriages. It also considers how different types of relationships influence individual well-being, and
it examines the factors that moderate this influence. Her research uses quantitative methods to test hypotheses developed
from rational choice and social psychological perspectives. It involves researchers not only from sociology, but those with
training in psychology, economics, and multi-disciplinary programs. Currently Dr. Joyner is a Co-Principal Investigator on
an NIH-funded program project (directed by H. Elizabeth Peters) that examines the transition to fatherhood. As Co-PI, she
has been organizing and conducting core analyses that evaluate the quality of men’s reports of births in the NSFG 2002, NLSY
79, and NLSY 97.
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