November 2012 Curriculum Vitae RAY LANGSTEN Address: Building 28, Flat 10 Phone: + 20-2-2929-8378 Zizinia, New Cairo EGYPT Mail: Social Research Center (Use this address for all correspondence.) American University in Cairo AUC Avenue P.O. Box 74 New Cairo 11835, EGYPT Phone: + 20-2-2615-1329 / + 20-2-2615-1431 Fax: + 20-2-2797-4926 email: langsten@aucegypt.edu Research Interests: Program evaluation, Maternal and Child Health, Determinants of Educational Attainment, Measuring Women s Work. Teaching Interests: Demography, Research Methods, Maternal and Child Health, Statistics. Formal Education: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, 1980. M.A., Sociology, University of Michigan, 1974. B.A., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1971. Special Skills: I have been the principal investigator for a number of large longitudinal surveys (6-10 thousand households), and have developed data entry and management systems to process and analyze data efficiently. Recently I was the Co-ordinator of the Mozambique Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, funded by UNICEF, a national survey of more than 14,000 households. Positions Held: Research Associate Professor, Social Research Center, American University in Cairo, September 1988 - Present.
Langsten, Curriculum Vitae, Page 2. Consultant, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Mozambique, Co-ordinator of the Mozambique Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, March - October 2008. Assistant Research Professor, Social Research Center, American University in Cairo, March 1985 - September 1988. Consulting Associate, The Population Council, September 1985 - September 1987. Consultant, Family Health International, October 1984 - August 1985. Research Associate, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, October 1982 - August 1984. Postdoctoral Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, October 1980 - September 1982. Research Assistant, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, September 1979 - September 1980. Programmer, Clements Library/History Department, University of Michigan, June - August 1979. Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Spring 1978 (Introductory Demography--Problems, Policies, and Programs). Consultant, Cholera Research Laboratory, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January - June 1977. Researcher, The Johns Hopkins University Fertility Research Project, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 1975 - December 1976. Research Assistant, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, September 1972 - December 1974. Research Assistant, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, August 1970 - June 1971. Awards and Fellowships: National Institutes of Health Traineeship, 1977-1979. National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1972-1974. Fulbright Fellowship, 1971-1972. Phi Beta Kappa, 1971. Dissertation Title: "Causes of Changes in Vital Rates: The Case of Bangladesh," (Ronald Freedman and Albert Hermalin, dissertation committee co-chairmen).
Langsten, Curriculum Vitae, Page 3. Professional Affiliations: American Sociological Association, Population Association of America. Professional Activities: Short-term consultancies for the Mid-East and North Africa Regional Offices of the Ford Foundation, Population Council, and UNICEF; for the East and South Africa Regional Office of UNICEF; for the Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey National Offices of UNICEF; for the National Institutes of Health (USA). Current Teaching: I am currently teaching a graduate seminar on research methods. Students are learning how to do social research by focusing on the question of equity in higher education. During the first half of the year we read the literature on equity in education. During the second half of the year students work on guided research projects, using existing data sets. Papers and Publications: E. Cupito and R. Langsten. 2011. Inclusiveness in Higher Education in Egypt. Higher Education. Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 183-197. R. Langsten, S.S.I. Khalil and M. El-Mougi. 2010. Diagnosis of Severe Childhood Illness in Egypt. Paper presented at the Middle East North Africa Health Policy Forum Conference on "Achieving Health Equity and Efficiency in the Middle East and North Africa", Amman Jordan, 6-8 June 2010. R. Langsten and T. Hassan. 2009. Educational Transitions in Egypt. Paper presented at the International Conference on Child Poverty and Disparities: Public Policies for Social Justice, Cairo, 19-20 January 2009. R. Langsten and R. Salem. 2008. Two Approaches to Measuring Women s Work in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Survey Data from Egypt. Population and Development Review, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 283-305. R. Langsten and R. Bairagi. 2008. Quality of collection, entry and management of data in the MICS of Somalia, Kenya, Malawi, and in the National Nutrition Survey in Burundi. Report submitted to UNICEF s Workshop on the Findings of the Nutrition Data Quality Study, Lilongwe, Malawi, 7-8 April 2008. R. Langsten and T. Hassan. 2007. Basic Educational Attainment in Egypt: Trends and Determinants. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, 28-31 March.
Langsten, Curriculum Vitae, Page 4. Papers and Publications (cont.) R. Langsten, Mahmoud el-mougi, and Robert Black. 2005. Assessing the Child with Diarrhea and ARI at Government Health Facilities in Egypt: Implications for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Approach. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol 23, No. 3, pp. 282-291. R. Langsten and T. Hassan. 2004. Education for All in Egypt: The experience of the 1990s and future challenges. In M. Farag, ed., Quality Education for Egypt: Achievements and Challenges. Cairo: American University in Cairo. R. Langsten. 2001. "Pathways to Perinatal Death in Egypt: The Central Role of the Timing of Transfer to a Health Facility". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Chicago, 29-31 March 2001. R. Langsten. 2001. "The Role of Traditional Birth Attendants in Pre-, Intra-, and Post-Natal Care in Egypt: Implications for Program Implementation". Unpublished manuscript. B. Stanton and R. Langsten. 2000. "Morbidity and Mortality among Egyptian Neonates and Infants: Rates and Associated Factors". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Vol. 94, No. 8: pp. 817-829. K. Yount, R. Langsten and K. Hill. 2000. The Effect of Gender Preference on Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Rural Egypt. Studies in Family Planning. Vol. 31, No. 4: pp. 290-300. R. Langsten. 1998. "Differential Education by Sex in Egypt--A Household Level Analysis". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Chicago, 1-4 April 1998. R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1998. "The Accuracy of Mother's Reports of Child Vaccination." Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 46, No. 9: pp. 1205-12. R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1996. Two Governorate Linkage Survey for Assessing the Achievements of the Egypt Child Survival Project: Comprehensive Report on the First Round of Data Collection. Cairo: Social Research Center, American University in Cairo. R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1995. "Treatment of Diarrheal Disease in Rural Egypt." Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 40, No. 7: pp. 989-1001. R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1994. "Diarrheal Disease, Oral Rehydration, and Childhood Mortality in Rural Egypt." Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Vol. 40, October: pp. 272-278.
Langsten, Curriculum Vitae, Page 5. Papers and Publications (cont.) R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1994. "The Effect of Physician Training on Treatment of Respiratory Infections: Evidence from Rural Egypt." Health Transition Review. Vol. 4, No. 2, October: pp. 167-182. R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1992. "Child Survival in Rural Egypt: Final Report". Cairo: Social Research Center, American University in Cairo. R. Langsten and K. Hill. 1991. "Child Survival in Rural Egypt: Comprehensive Report on the First Round of Data Collection". Cairo: Social Research Center, American University in Cairo. R. Langsten. 1989. "Report on the Syria Mortality Survey Data Entry, Management, and Analysis System," Damascus: Ministry of Health-Syrian Arab Republic. (In collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund.) R. Langsten. 1988. "National Cluster Survey for Vaccination Coverage in Egypt, December 1987--Computer Program," Cairo: Ministry of Health-Arab Republic of Egypt. (In collaboration with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund.) R. Langsten. "Determinants of High Female Mortality in South Asia: Are the Data Consistent with Theory?," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Chicago, 30 April - 2 May 1987. Radheshayam Bairagi and Ray Langsten. 1986. "Son preference in Bangladesh, and its impact on fertility," Studies in Family Planning 17(6):302-307. R. Langsten. 1985. "Determinants of natural fertility in rural Bangladesh reconsidered," Population Studies 39(1):153-161. Shafiq A. Chowdhury and Ray Langsten. "Family Planning and Fertility Impact of an Integrated Health and Family Planning Project in Rural Bangladesh," paper presented at the National Council for International Health Conference on International Health and Family Planning: Controversy and Consensus, Arlington, VA. June 11-13, 1984. Ray Langsten and Shafiq A. Chowdhury. "Famine, Land and Mortality in Rural Bangladesh," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN., May 3-5, 1984. Ray Langsten and Shafiq A. Chowdhury. "The Demographic Effects of Famine in contemporary Bangladesh," manuscript, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 1984. Ray Langsten. Editor. Research on Bengal: Proceedings of the 1981 Bengal Studies Conference. East Lansing, MI: Asian Studies Center. 1983.
Langsten, Curriculum Vitae, Page 6. Papers and Publications (cont.) R. Langsten. "Mortality and fertility in Bangladesh: Recent changes and prospects for the future." In Peter J. Bertocci (ed.), The Study of Bengal: New Contributions to the Humanities and Social Sciences. East Lansing, MI: Asian Studies Center. 1982. R. Langsten. "Ecological constraints on development in Bangladesh," manuscript, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina. 1982. R. Langsten. "The effects of crises on differential mortality by sex in Bangladesh," The Bangladesh Development Studies 9(2): 75-97, 1981. R. Langsten, R.G. Potter, F. Kobrin, and W.H. Mosley. "Alternate strategies for beginning contraceptive use: The case of Bangladesh," The Bangladesh Development Studies 7(2):107-121, 1979. R.G. Potter, F. Kobrin, and R. Langsten. "Evaluating acceptance strategies for timing of postpartum contraception," Studies in Family Planning 10(5):151-160, 1979. R.G. Potter, F. Kobrin, and R. Langsten. "Three contraceptive acceptance strategies," Mathematical Biosciences 43:1-22, 1979. R. Langsten. "Agricultural crisis and short-term fertility response in Bangladesh," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, April 26-28, 1979. R. Langsten. "The demographic situation in Companiganj: Findings 1975 and implications," paper presented at the conference on Fertility in Bangladesh: Which way is it going? Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, December 13-15, 1976. Foreign Experience: Cairo, Egypt. September 1984 - present. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 1975 - June 1977. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 1971 - July 1972. Porto Alegre, Brazil. July 1966 - July 1967. Foreign Languages: Fluency Reading Writing Speaking Portuguese Very Good Good Good Spanish Good Fair Fair Bengali Poor Poor Fair Arabic Fair Poor Fair References: Available on request.