Education
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.