My research interests fit under the general headings of family sociology, development sociology, and demography, and are typically (although not exclusively) focused geographically in the United States and Southeast Asia. My most recent published work has examined (1) issues surrounding family formation (for example, changing attitudes toward marriage among women and men in Southeast Asia), (2) issues surrounding fertility attitudes, intentions, and behavior (most recently men’s experiences with unplanned pregnancy in upstate New York), and (3) theory and methods surrounding the study of the educational attainment of children (most recently in Thailand where regional, rural-urban, gender, and religious inequalities were examined). While I was trained in demography, I now often combine statistical techniques with what are commonly considered more qualitative research methods in my research. This process is often very time-intensive, but it is also very fruitful, as the substance of the research is often richer when multiple methods complement one another. In addition, comparisons of results across research methods help illustrate strengths and weaknesses of the different techniques. The content of all of my research speaks to the courses I teach in my regular rotation. In addition, as a member of the Institute for Social Sciences’ inaugural theme project on the Evolving Family, I co-taught a course in 2006 on the Changing Family in Asia. My colleague in that project was Stefan Klonner (Economics). We compared and contrasted insights from Economics and Sociology concerning historical forms and functions of the family in different contexts in Asia. We also highlighted the processes that have transformed society in the last century, including shifts in gender roles and statuses, changes in household division of labor, and inter-personal dynamics. In this and my other classes, I share insights with students about the theories, data, and methods that are used to generate the information they study.