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Steven Ruggles

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MN Population Center 50 Willey Hall 225 19th Ave S

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • U. S. census research
  • U. S. social history
  • historical demography
  • history of the family

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: University of Pennsylvania, 1984.

Research Activities

  • see http://www.pop.umn.edu/~ruggles

Awards

  • Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2005
  • Robert J. Lapham Award, Population Association of America, for contributions to the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues, 2003
  • Distinguished McKnight University Professor, 2000
  • William J. Goode Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association, 1989
  • Named “King of Quant.“ Wired Magazine, 1995
  • American Historical Review best article on American history published in 1994 (nominee for ABC-CLIO America: History and Life Award), 1994
  • Allen Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association, for best publication in the field of social science history, 1988
  • McKnight-Land Grant Professorship, McKnight Foundation and University of Minnesota, 1987
  • Warren E. Miller Award, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009
  • Platinum Medallion, Delta Airlines, 2009
  • Regents' Professorship, University of Minnesota, 2008

Courses Taught

  • Hist 5011 - Quantitative Methods for Historical Research
  • Hist 5854 - Themes in American Social History: Demographic Perspectives on the American Family
  • Hist 1301 - History of the American Empire 1607-1877
  • Hist 3979 - History of Population
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Featured Faculty

  • Major Awards for History Profs. Kevin Murphy, Barbara Welke, Donna Gabaccia (2), Kay Reyerson, Elaine Tyler May

    It has been a season for great honors and accomplishments for our faculty. Congratulations to all!

    Donna Gabaccia is one of the recipients of the 2013 University Outstanding Community Service Award
    Donna Gabaccia has been awarded the Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society for Foreign Relations: American Immigration in Global Perspective.
    Elaine Tyler May has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2013 by The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
    Kevin Murphy is a 2013 recipient of the UofM's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education.
    Kay Reyerson has been awarded the Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies by the Medieval Academy.
    Barbara Welke has been named one of the new Distinguished McKnight University Professors.

     April 3rd, 2013

  • 2012 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History to Ruth Karras

    Congratulations to Professor Ruth Karras, who has been named co-winner of the AHA's 2012 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History for her book Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012).

    Given by the American Historical Association and named in memory of Joan Kelly, this prize is awarded annually for the book in women's history and/or feminist theory that best reflects the high intellectual and scholarly ideals exemplified by the life and work of Joan Kelly (1928-1982).

     November 13th, 2012

  • Erika Lee to receive 2012 Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar/Leader Award

    Congratulations to Erika Lee who has been awarded the Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar/Leader Award in Humanities, Arts and Sciences for 2012 at the University of Minnesota.

    Erika Lee received the award at the Celebrating University Women Awards Program on October 12, 2012.

    October 30th, 2012

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