- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin
Keera Allendorf
Professor, Sociology
Director of Graduate Studies
- kallendo@iu.edu
- (812) 855-1540
- Ballantine Hall 757
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Education
About Keera Allendorf
Keera Allendorf received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan. Dr. Allendorf's research focuses on family, gender, and health. She investigates how and why family behaviors vary and change over time and how family behaviors shape well-being. In current projects, she examines adaptations of sonless families and explores Indian Americans' views and experiences of family life. She is also a co-investigator on the third wave of the India Human Development Survey. Geographically, Dr. Allendorf's work focuses on India and Nepal, but also includes comparative work on Asia more broadly and the United States. Her methods include analysis of large-scale surveys, ethnographic fieldwork, and semi-structured interviews. Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Demography, Population and Development Review, and Journal of Marriage and Family.
Selected publications
Allendorf, Keera, Arland Thornton, Linda Young-DeMarco, and Colter Mitchell. 2025. “The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Fertility.” Demography 62(6):2203-2226.
Allendorf, Keera, Linda Young-DeMarco, and Arland Thornton. 2023. “Developmental Idealism and a Half-Century of Family Attitude Trends in the United States.” Sociology of Development 9(1):1-32.
Pandian, Roshan K. and Keera Allendorf. 2022. “The Rise of Sonless Families in Asia and North Africa.” Demography 59(2):761-786.
Allendorf, Keera. 2020. “Another Gendered Demographic Dividend: Adjusting to a Future without Sons.” Population and Development Review 46(3):471-499.
Allendorf, Keera and Roshan K. Pandian. 2016. "The Decline of Arranged Marriage? Marital Change and Continuity in India." Population and Development Review 42(3):435-464.
Allendorf, Keera and Arland Thornton. 2015. "Caste and Choice: The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marriage Behavior." American Journal of Sociology 121(1):243-287.
Allendorf, Keera. 2013. "Schemas of Marital Change: From Arranged Marriages to Eloping for Love." Journal of Marriage and Family 75(2):453-469.
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