Karen Woodrow Lafield

Background

Lafield, Karen Woodrow was born on October 14, 1950 in Fairfield, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Raymond and Margaret Ann Woodrow.

Education

Bachelor, University Illinois, Chicago, 1972. Master of Arts, University Tennessee, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1984.

Career

Demographic statistician United States Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland, 1983-1992. Adjunct research associate Center for Social and Demographic Analysis State University of New York, Albany, 1993-1996. Senior research analyst United States Commission on Immigration Reform, Washington, 1994-1995.

Research scientist University Texas, Austin, 1995-1996. Assistant professor Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1996-1999, associate professor, 1999—2002. Visiting faculty fellow University of Notre Dame, 2002—2004.

Consultant National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1994-1999. Consultant-researcher Mexico-United States Binat. Migration Study, 1995-1997.

Expert United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, Washington, 1999-2003.

Achievements

• Karen Woodrow Lafield has been listed as a noteworthy science educator, demographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member AAUS, American Sociological Association, Population Association American, American Statistical Association (program committee 2000-2001, president 2004), Southern Demographic Association, New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married William E. Mason, June 13, 1970 (divorced July 1976). Married William L. Lafield, July 16, 1991.

Father:

Raymond Woodrow

Mother:

Margaret Ann Woodrow

Spouse:

William E. Mason

Spouse:

William L. Lafield