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Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox

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About

Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox has taught at the University of Florida since 2000, where she is also an affiliate faculty member with the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research and Center for European Studies.

Her research has sought to identify the social and demographic factors related to attitudes about remaining childless, using nationally representative and cross-national survey data. Over the past 10 years, she has also assessed student perceptions, biases, and attitudes about childlessness, working mothers, and same-sex couples with or without children using her own data collected from over 3,400 university students. She is currently collaborating with scholars in Turkey (Dr. Zeynep Copur, Hacettepe University) and Japan (Dr. Yoshimi Kataoka and Dr. Takashi Fukino, Shimane University) on a cross-cultural comparison of students’ perceptions and attitudes.

Dr. Koropeckyj-Cox has published numerous articles in social science journals in family studies, gender, and gerontology. She has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Marriage and Family and Journal of Family Issues. Her research has garnered press and public radio news coverage in Florida, nationally, and internationally.

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Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

  • SYG 2430: Introduction to Marriage and Families
  • SYD 4021: U.S. Population Issues
  • SYA 4930/EUS 4930: European Population Issues
  • SYO 4102: American Families
  • IDS 4930: Understanding People and Big Data
    • Team-taught with David Miller (College of Education), Nicole Stedman (IFAS), Norm Lewis (Journalism), Michael Martinez (CLAS, Political Science)

Graduate Courses

  • SYA 7933: Population Issues
  • SYA 7933: Research Design
  • SYO 6175: Topics in Family Research
  • SYA 7933: Gender and Aging
  • SYA 7933: Families, Aging, and the Life Course
  • SYA 6107: American Families

Research

Areas of Specialization

  • Gender, Childlessness, and Singlehood over the Life Course
  • Marriage, Families, and Fertility
  • Social Demography
  • Families, Aging, and the Life Course in the U.S. and Europe
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
  • Attitudes about Childlessness, Gender, Family, and Population Issues in the U.S. and Cross-nationally
  • Mental and Physical Health and Subjective Well-Being over the Life Course

Dr. Koropeckyj-Cox’s research has focused on parenthood, childlessness, and social change. She examines social attitudes and perceptions with regard to family and gender, particularly with regard to childbearing and different family forms. Dr. Koropeckyj-Cox’s goal is to better understand how changing social attitudes and individual perceptions of family and gender shape decisions in younger adulthood and influence psychological well-being among older adults.

Select Publications

  • Fukino, Takashi, Yoshimi Kataoka, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Zeynep Çopur. 2017. “International Comparative Study on the System of Gender Role Norms: An Analysis of the Data from Student Survey in Turkey, the U.S., and Japan.” Published in Japanese in Journal of Socio-Cultural Studies: Memoirs of Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University, vol.13, 21-30. (ISSN:18802184)
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, Zeynep Copur, Victor Romano *, and Susan Cody-Rydzewski *. 2018. “University Students’ Perceptions of Parents and Childless/Childfree Couples.” Journal of Family Issues, 39, 155-179.
  • Oh, Hunhui *, Monika Ardelt, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2017. “Daughters’ Generation: The Importance of Having Daughters Living Nearby for Older Korean Immigrants’ Health.” Journal of Family Issues, 38, 2329-2345.
  • Glicksman, Allen, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2017. “The Older American Jewish Population: Findings from the Pew Study.” Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 29, 75-85.
  • Arnold, Christa L., Justin J. Coran *, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2016. “Listening Skills and the Medical Encounter: Perceptions from Practicing Physicians.” The Florida Communication Journal, 44, 1-10.
  • Gui, Tianhan *, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2016. “’I am the only child of my parents”: Perspectives on future elder care for parents among Chinese only-children living overseas.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 31, 255-275. Published online May 28, 2016, doi: 10.1007/s10823-016-9295-z.
  • Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, and Zeynep Çopur. 2015. “Attitudes about Childlessness and Infertility Treatments: A Comparison of Turkish and American University Students.”  Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 46, 373-402.
  • Coran, Justin, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Christa L. Arnold. 2013.  ““Exploring Dyadic Concordance in Physician-Patient Dyads Using a Paired Survey Approach.”  Health Education and Behavior, 40, 603-611.
  • Ceobanu, Alin M., and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 2012. “Should International Migration Be Encouraged to Offset Population Aging? A Cross-Country Analysies of Public Attitudes in Europe.” Population Research and Policy Review, 31, 261-284.
  • Yoshimi Kataoka, Takashi Fukino,Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, and Zeynep Çopur. 2011. “Discussion on an International Comparative Study on the Structure of Attitudes toward Gender Role Norms.” Published in Japanese in Journal of Socio-Cultural Studies: Memoirs of Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University, vol.7, March 2011.
  • Çopur, Zeynep, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox.  2010.  “University Students’ Perceptions of Childless Couples and Parents in Ankara,Turkey.”  Journal of Family Issues, 31, 1481–1506.

Contact

Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Office: Turlington Hall, Room 3227
Email: tkcox@ufl.edu
PO Box 117330
Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611