Dr. Winfred Avogo
Associate Professor
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SOC 108.002 Contemporary Social Problems In Global Perspective
SOC 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
SOC 400.002 Independent Study
SOC 363.001 Population and the Environment
SOC 495.002 Special Topics In Sociology
SOC 291.006 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Sociology-Anthropology
SOC 108.001 Contemporary Social Problems In Global Perspective
SOC 108.002 Contemporary Social Problems In Global Perspective
SOC 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
SOC 400.003 Independent Study
SOC 493.001 Pro-Seminar In Sociology
SOC 498.001 Professional Practice:In Sociology
SOC 291.006 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Sociology-Anthropology
Teaching Interests & Areas
Demography and Population Issues, Research and Quantitative Methodology, Social Problems and Senior Experience and Social Statistics.
Research Interests & Areas
Demography, Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, Forced Migration, Diffusion and Social Networks, Research Methodology and Statistics
Ph D Sociology
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
MA Population Studies/Demography
United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS)
University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
BA Sociology and History
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
CODESRIA African Diaspora Support to African Universities
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA))
2016
Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF)
Illinois State University Research Grants Program (URG)
2014
University Research Inititaive Award
Illinois State University, Research Grants Program
2011
Grants and Contracts
African Diaspora Support to African Universities Program
Winfred A Avogo, Clifford Odimegwu, Jeremy Gumbo
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). November 01 2015 - May 31 2017
African Diaspora Fellowship
Winfred Avogo
Carnegie Foundation. October 15 2014 - October 15 2015
Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF)
Winfred Avogo
University Research and Sponsored Programs. July 1 2014 - July 1 2015
Redesign your Course for Civic Engagement
Winfred Avogo
American Democracy Project and State Farm Course Development Grant. May 2013 - June 2014
Conference Proceeding
Early Marriage in Western Africa
Winfred Avogo
Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Self-reported Health and Well-being in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
Population Association of America
Journal Article
Community Characteristics and the Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
PLOS Global Public Health, (2023)
Early Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in West Africa
Winfred Avogo & Oluwaseyi Somefun
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2019, Article ID 9731756, 10 pages, (2019)
Coping with Fears: Women’s Personal Networks, Migration, and HIV/AIDS in Mozambique
Winfred Avogo & Victor Agadjanian
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (3), 892-912, (2013)
Self-Esteem Among Young Adults: Differences and Similarities Based on Gender, Race, and Cohort (1990 – 2012)
Susan Sprecher, James E Brooks, & Winfred Avogo
Springer Science, 69 (264-275), (2013)
Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Self-rated Health in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
African Population Studies, 27 (2), 188-202, (2013)
Forced Migration and HIV/AIDS Risks in Angola
Victor Agadjanian & Winfred Avogo
International Migration, 46 (3), 189-216, (2008), 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00466.x
The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine
Winfred Avogo, Jemima A Frimpong, Patrick A Rivers, & Sam S Kim
Health Education Journal, 67 (4), 258-275, (2008), 10.1177/0017896908097069
Intersectional Life Course Inequalities in Cardiovascular Health in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Winfred Avogo
Journal of Race and Ethnic Health Disparities
Presentations
Relative Resources and Community Norms: Contextualizing Intimate Partner Violence in West Africa
Winfred Avogo
30th International Population Conference (IPC2025), Brisbane, Australia, December 19, 2024
Individual and Community Effects and Adolescent Reproductive Health Transitions in West Africa
Winfred Avogo
9th African Population Conference, Lilongwe, Malawi, May 20, 2024
Educational Attainment and Fertility: Contextual Determinants from West Africa
Winfred Avogo
Population Association of America, Online, May 5, 2020
Youth Reproductive Health and Labor Force Participation in South Africa
Winfred A Avogo
Population Association of America, Online, May 5, 2020
Youth Reproductive Health and Economic Outcomes in South Africa
Winfred Avogo, Oluwaseyi Somefun
8th African Population Conference, Entebbe, Uganda, November 17, 2019
Labor Migration, Social Capital and HIV Risks in South Africa
Winfred Avogo
Population Association of South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa, July 10, 2019
Labor Migration, Social Capital, and HIV Risks in South Africa
Winfred A Avogo
Population Association of America (PAA), Denver, Colorado, April 27, 2018
Early Marriage, Cohabitation and Childbearing in Western Africa
Winfred A Avogo, Oluwaseyi Somefun
XXVIII International Population Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, October 29, 2017
Session Chair and Organizer: African family formation and living arrangements
Winfred Avogo
XXVIII International Population Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, October 29, 2017
Educational Outcomes among Youth in South Africa: The Role of Families and Social Capital
Somefun Oluwaseyi, Winfred Avogo
Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2017
Union Formation and Childbearing among Adolescents in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2017
Shacking Up: Teenage Cohabitation and Childbearing in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
Family Research in Africa and Post-2015 Development Goals, Johannesburg, June 27, 2016
Migration and Health in South Africa
Winfred Avogo
Population Association of America Conference, Washington D.C, March 31, 2016
Temporary Labor Migration and Self-Rated Health in South Africa
Winfred Avogo
7th African Population Conference, uaps2015.princeton.edu/abstracts/151684, December 04, 2015
Global Population Issues: Work, Migration and Health
Winfred Avogo
Fall 2015 International Seminar Seminar Series., https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2015/02/international-seminar-series-focuses-global-learning/, September 16, 2015
Labor Migration, Social Networks and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
Winfred Avogo
Annual Conference of Population Association of Southern Africa, South Africa, July 15, 2015
Family Planning Programs and Fertility Preferences in Northern Ghana: "The Zurugelu Approach"
Winfred Avogo
Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Online, April 12, 2014
Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Self-reported Health and Well-being in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, www.popassoc.org, May, 2013
Count Down to the Millennium Development Goal Five: Maternal Health Seeking Behavior in Ghana
Winfred Avogo
Population Association of America Conference, San Francisco, May, 2012