Cynthia Buckley (MA REES ”˜87, PhD Sociology ”˜91), professor of sociology, University of Illinois.

Cynthia Buckley is professor of sociology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a senior consultant for Eurasia at the Social Science Research Council. Her research examines the cumulative effects of institutional and cultural change on individual demographic decision-making and the implications of demographic change for human security. Publications from her previous research projects cover issues of rural development, population aging, maternal and child health, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. For this lecture, part of Rackham’s Centennial Lecture series, Professor Buckley will draw on the research she has collected while serving as Primary Investigator of the project, “People, Power and Conflict in the Eurasian Migration System,” a government initiative that examines the geopolitical implications of Russia’s emergence as an international migration destination state.