Steven Ruggles

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses Taught

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• Ph.D.: , University of Pennsylvania, , 1984 -

Specialties

• U. S. census research
• U. S. social history
• historical demography
• history of the family

Activities

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Activities

Research

• see http://www.pop.umn.edu/~ruggles none - none

Awards

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Awards

Robert J. Lapham Award, Population Association of America, for contributions to the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues, 2003

Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2005

Named “King of Quant.“ Wired Magazine, 1995

William J. Goode Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association, 1989

Allen Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association, for best publication in the field of social science history, 1988

McKnight-Land Grant Professorship, McKnight Foundation and University of Minnesota, 1987

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, 2000

American Historical Review best article on American history published in 1994 (nominee for ABC-CLIO America: History and Life Award), 1994

Warren E. Miller Award, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009

Platinum Medallion, Delta Airlines, 2009

Regents' Professorship, University of Minnesota, 2008

Courses Taught

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Courses Taught

Hist 5011 - Quantitative Methods for Historical Research

Hist 5854 - Themes in American Social History: Demographic Perspectives on the American Family

Hist 1301 - History of the American Empire 1607-1877

Hist 3979 - History of Population