- Ph.D., Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University
- M.LAR., University of Virginia
Laurel Cornell
Professor Emerita, Sociology
- cornell@iu.edu
Education
About Laurel Cornell
Awards and Distinctions
- Chancellor's Service-Learning Fellowship for the Enhancement of Teaching at IU, 2000-01
- National Science Foundation Research Grant, 1990-93
- Japan Foundation Professional Fellowship, 1989
Selected publications
“House Architecture and Family Form: The Origin of Vernacular Traditions in Early Modern Japan.” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 8(11):21-31, 1997.
“Infanticide in Early Modern Japan? Demography, Culture, and Population Growth.” Journal of Asian Studies 55(1):22-50, 1996.
“Was ‘Three-and-a-half Lines’ So Bad? Peasant Women and Divorce in Early Modern Japan.” Signs 15(4):710-732, 1990.
with Akira Hayami. “The Shumon Aratame Cho: Japan’s Population Registers.” Journal of Family History 11(4):311-328, 1986.
The College of Arts