Curriculum Vitae

Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UF Term Professor, 2018-2021
Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Florida 

  • Affiliate Faculty, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research, University of Florida.
  • Affiliate Faculty, Center for European Studies, University of Florida.

3219 Turlington Hall                                         PHONE: (352) 294-7177
P.O. Box 117330                                            
Gainesville, FL 32611-7330                           E-MAIL: tkcox@ufl.edu

Research Interests:

  • Gender, Childlessness, and Singlehood over the Life Course
  • Marriage, Families, and Fertility
  • Social Demography
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
  • Families, Aging and the Life Course in the U.S. and Europe
  • Mental and Physical Health, Cultural Competence in Health Care, Caregiving

Courses:
Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Marriage and Families (SYG 2430) – in class and online
  • U.S. Population Issues (SYD 4021)
  • European Population Issues (SYA 4930/EUS 4930)
  • American Families (SYO 4102)
  • Understanding People and Big Data (IDS 4930) — General Education Grand Challenge course
    • Developed with David Miller (College of Education), Nicole Stedman (IFAS), Norm Lewis (Journalism), Michael Martinez (CLAS, Political Science); Tteam-taught with Miller and Stedman

Graduate

  • Research Design (SYA 7933) — Spring 2019, Spring 2020
  • Population Issues (SYA 7933) — Fall 2016
  • Topics in Family Research (SYO 6175) — Spring 2015
  • Gender and Aging (SYA 7933) — Spring 2012
  • Families, Aging, and the Life Course (SYA 7933)
  • American Families (SYA 6107)

Selected Publications (since 2007):

  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, Zeynep Copur, Victor Romano, and Susan Cody-Rydzewski. 2018. “College Students’ Perceptions of Couples Who Are Childless, Childfree, or Parents.”  Journal of Family Issues, 39, 155-179. First published online November 30, 2015, doi: 10.1177/0192513X15618993.
  • Fukino, Takashi, Yoshimi Kataoka, Zeynep Copur, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2017. “International Comparative Study on the System of Gender Role Norms: An Analysis of the Data from Student Survey in Turkey, the U.S., and Japan.” Published in Japanese in Journal of Socio-Cultural Studies: Memoirs of Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University, vol.13, 21-30. (ISSN:18802184)
  • Oh, Hunhui, Monika Ardelt, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2017. “Daughters’ Generation: The Importance of Having Daughters Living Nearby for Older Korean Immigrants’ Health.”  Journal of Family Issues, 38, 2329-2345. Published online March 18, 2016. doi:10.1177/0192513X16640023.
  • Glicksman, Allen, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2017. “The Older American Jewish Population: Findings from the Pew Study.” Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging, 29, 75-85. doi: 10.1080/15528030.2017.1319892.
  • Arnold, Christa L., Justin J. Coran, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2016. “Listening Skills and the Medical Encounter: Perceptions from Practicing Physicians.” The Florida Communication Journal, 44, 1-10.
  • Gui, Tianhan *, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2016. “‘I am the only child of my parents’: Perspectives on future elder care for parents among Chinese only-children living overseas.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 31, 255-275. Published online May 28, 2016, doi: 10.1007/s10823-016-9295-z.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Zeynep Copur. 2015. “Attitudes about Childlessness and Infertility Treatments: A Comparison of Turkish and American University Students.”  Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 46, 373-402.
  • Coran, Justin, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Christa L. Arnold. 2013.  “Exploring Dyadic Concordance in Physician-Patient Dyads Using a Paired Survey Approach.”  Health Education and Behavior, 40, 603-611.
  • Ceobanu, Alin M., and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2013. “Should International Migration Be Encouraged to Offset Population Aging? A Cross-Country Analysies of Public Attitudes in Europe.” Population Research and Policy Review, 31, 261-284.
  • Yoshimi Kataoka, Takashi Fukino,Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Zeynep Copur. 2011. “Discussion on an International Comparative Study on the Structure of Attitudes toward Gender Role Norms.” Published in Japanese in Journal of Socio-Cultural Studies: Memoirs of Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University, vol.7, March 2011.
  • Copur, Zeynep, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox.  2010.  “University Students’ Perceptions of Childless Couples and Parents in Ankara, Turkey.”  Journal of Family Issues, 31, 1481-1506.
  • Bures, Regina, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Michael Loree.  2009. “Definitions of Childlessness and Psychosocial Well-Being.”  Journal of Family Issues, 30, 670-687.
  • Glicksman, Allen, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox.  2009.  “Aging Among Jewish Americans: Implications for Understanding Religion and Ethnicity.”  The Gerontologist, 49, 816-827.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya. 2008. “Singlehood.”  In Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, edited by Deborah S. Carr (Editor-in-chief), Amy Pienta (volume editor). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale. Volume 3, pp. 370-375.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya. 2008. “Loneliness in Later Life.”  In Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, edited by Deborah S. Carr (Editor-in-chief), Amy Pienta (volume editor). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.  Volume 3, pp. 229-232.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya and Gretchen Pendell. 2007. “The Gender Gap in Attitudes about Childlessness in the United States.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 899-915.
  • Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox and Gretchen Pendell. 2007.  “Attitudes about Childlessness in the United States: Correlates of Positive, Neutral, and Negative Responses.”   Journal of Family Issues, 28, 1054-1082.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Vaughn Call.  2007. “Characteristics of Childless Older Persons and Parents: Cross-National Comparisons.”  Journal of Family Issues, 28, 1362-1414.  Special Issue entitled, “Childless Older Adults: Cross National Comparisons.” Pearl Dykstra and Gunhild Hagestad (editors).
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, Amy Mehraban Pienta, and Tyson H. Brown. 2007. “Women of the 1950s and the ‘Normative’ Life Course: The Implications of Childlessness, Fertility Timing, and Marital Status for Psychosocial Well-Being in Late Midlife.” International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 64, 299-330.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, Victor Romano, and Amanda Moras. 2007. “Through the Lenses of Gender, Race, and Class: Students’ Perceptions of Childless/Childfree Individuals and Couples.” Sex Roles, 56, 415-428.

Selected Presentations and Works in Progress:

  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Lindsay Schwartz **. “Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Circumstances Around Remaining Childless by Choice.” Mini-Conference on Sociology of Reproduction, Annual Meetings, Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, April 2018.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Alin M. Ceobanu. “Attitudes about childlessness in Europe: Cross-national comparisons.”
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Sierra (Schnable) Holland *. “Childlessness and Parenthood: Perceptions of Hypothetical Different-Sex and Female Same-Sex Couples.” Mini-Conference on Sociology of Reproduction, Annual Meetings, Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, February 2017.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Sierra (Schnable) Holland *. “Intersections of Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Parent Status: Students’ Perceptions of Childlessness and Motherhood in Lesbian Couples.” Mini-Conference on Sociology of Reproduction, Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, March 2016.

Graduate Students Mentored:

  • Sierra Holland, Ph.D., Professional Doula and Writer, All Bodies Birth, Boston, MA [dissertation co-chair]
  • Tianhan Gui, Ph.D., Research Consultant, Independent Evaluation Office, United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY [dissertation chair]
  • Justin Coran, Ph.D., M.P.H., Data Scientist, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, OH [dissertation chair]
  • Victor Romano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Vice Provost for Student Success and Undergraduate Studies, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL [dissertation co-chair]

 

Education:

  • 1998    Ph.D., Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. Dissertation: “The Conditional Benefits of Parenthood (and Childlessness) for Subjective Well-Being in Older Adulthood.”
  • 1994    M.A., Demography, University of Pennsylvania.
  • 1988    B.A., Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania.

Professional Activities and Affiliations:

  • Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, 2012-2013.
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Council, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, 2015-2017.
  • Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, 2014-2017.
  • UF College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Nominations Committee, 2009-2011.
  • UF College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Curriculum Committee, 2011-2013.
  • University of Florida, General Education Committee, 2013-2019.
  • University of Florida, Faculty Senate, 2016-2019.
  • University of Florida, Quest Curriculum Committee, 2018-present.
  • UF University Writing Program Review Committee, Spring 2019.
  • Deputy Editor, Journal of Family Issues.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Marriage and Family (January 2017 – December 2018).
  • Member, Awards Committee, Southern Sociological Society (Spring 2018 – Spring 2021).
  • Manuscript Reviewer:

Sociology and Demography: American Sociological Review, Canadian Studies in Population, Demography, European Sociological Review, Journal of Population Research, Population Research and Policy Review, Social Forces, The Sociological Quarterly

Sociology of Family: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family

Gerontology and Sociology of Aging and Life Course: Ageing and Society, Canadian Journal on Aging, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences

Sociology of Gender and Women’s Studies: Gender & Society, Sex Roles, Women’s Health International

Sociology of Health, Health Care, Social Psychology: British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Social Biology

  • Co-Organizer, Mini-Conference on Sociology of Reproduction, Annual Meetings, Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, April 2018.
  • Co-Organizer, Mini-Conference on Sociology of Reproduction, Annual Meetings, Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, February 2017.
  • Member:  American Sociological Association, Population Association of America, Gerontological Society of America, National Council on Family Relations, Council on Contemporary Families, Southern Sociological Society, Eastern Sociological Society, European Association for Population Studies.