Interests

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Academic Research Interests:

Demography & the Family as a Complex System
The Evolution of Family Organization
Family Formation: Ecology and Strategy
Families as Networks
Families & Migration
Differential Family Investments: Sex-Selection Human Ecology: Intersections between Social Organization and Environment
Human Ecological Theory and Environmental Sociology
The Organization of Subsistence & Agriculture
The Ecology of Community Organization The Community Contexts of Mexican-American Immigration
Ethnic Community Formation and Impact: Sweden and the U.S.
Community and Social Impact Assessment Sociobiology: Problems and Promise
Environmental Ethics Sociological and Demographic Methods: Models, Theory, and Praxis


Tangential Interests:

Self-Organization, Complexity, Evolution, General Ecology, Game Theory, Agricultural History, Dating & Mating Rituals, Science Fiction, Pragmatic Philosophy, Historical Research.



Other Interests:

Juggling, Folk & Blues Guitar, Chess, Running, Science Fiction, Other Fiction, Strategy Games, Euchre, Volleyball, Hiking, Camping, Japanese Anime, Travel, Family, Cabbage & a variety of motley Friendships.



N.T. Lauster


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