Department of Sociology and Criminology

Professional Bio

Professional Interests

Marriage and Family; Social Demography; Union Quality, Dissolution, and Formation; Quantitative Methods; Sub-Saharan Africa

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

2011    Amato, Paul R., Jennifer Buher-Kane, and Spencer L. James. “Reconsidering ‘The Good Divorce’.” Forthcoming in Family Relations.

2010    James, Spencer L., Ralph B. Brown, Todd L. Goodsell, Josh Stovall, and Jeremy Flaherty. "Adapting to Hard Times: Family Participation Patterns in Local Thrift Economies.” Family Relations 59:383-395.

2010    Amato, Paul R. and Spencer L. James. “Divorce in Europe and the United States: Commonalities and Differences across Nations.”Family Science (Official Journal of the European Society on Family Relations) 1(1):2-13.

2009    Heaton, Tim, Spencer  L. James, and Yaw-Oheneba-Sakyi. “Religion and Socioeconomic Attainment in Ghana.” Review of Religious Research 51(1):71-86.