Rania Tfaily
Professor
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Clusters:
Health
Ottawa, Ontario
raniatfaily@cunet.carleton.ca
Office:
(613) 520-2600 ext. 2625
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Tfaily received her MA and PhD in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania. She was drawn to demography to study changes in population growth and fertility and their implications. She worked on research related to women’s status, religious affiliation, and fertility as well as co-authored s...
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Bio/Research
Tfaily received her MA and PhD in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania. She was drawn to demography to study changes in population growth and fertility and their implications. She worked on research related to women’s status, religious affiliation, and fertility as well as co-authored studies on the relationship between polygynous unions and HIV. She developed an interest in work related to health and aging. Her research examined inequalities in health in old age and the dynamics of intergenerational assistance. She also published work on the impact of family background on educational inequality as well as the relationship between conflict and educational inequality.
She is currently working on two projects. The first project examines the interrelations between gender, social class and caregiving in Canada. Her second project looks at how economic strain shapes family relations and patterns.
Tfaily has mentored and supervised many graduate students and acted as a consultant on research design and data analyses. She has taught numerous and wide-ranging courses including research methods, classical sociological theory, power and stratification, sociology of the family, studies in population, studies in urban sociology, women in contemporary Middle Eastern societies, social statistics, and demographic analysis.
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She is currently working on two projects. The first project examines the interrelations between gender, social class and caregiving in Canada. Her second project looks at how economic strain shapes family relations and patterns.
Tfaily has mentored and supervised many graduate students and acted as a consultant on research design and data analyses. She has taught numerous and wide-ranging courses including research methods, classical sociological theory, power and stratification, sociology of the family, studies in population, studies in urban sociology, women in contemporary Middle Eastern societies, social statistics, and demographic analysis.
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