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Cassandra Cotton

@cassandracotton.bsky.social
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Family sociologist & demographer. Associate Professor at Arizona State University🌵Kinship, motherhood, romantic relationships across the life course

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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ASU #Sociology is accepting applications for next year’s cohort of PhD students. I’ll be holding 2 info sessions for students interested in learning more about our program. As the Program Lead, I’m always happy to answer questions from prospective applicants!
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thrilled that one of ASU Sociology's incredible students has been awarded the MFP - this is the second year in a row a student from our program has held this fellowship!
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We are recruiting doctoral applicants for ASU's Presidential Graduate Assistantships for our fall 2026 cohort in Sociology. Learn more here or sign up for an upcoming info session (Nov. 21st at 9am PST/10am MST/12pm EST) #sociology thesanfordschool.asu.edu/pga-soc
Flyer features three photos of groups of students interacting. The headline reads "Presidential Graduate Assistantship Positions in Sociology." Further text reads "Pursue your doctoral degree at ASU as a Presidential Scholar in School of Social & Family Dynamics." A box titled "Program Details" states "Financial support: full tuition, stipend & health insurance (contingent upon satisfactory academic progress) for 5 years; Research opportunities & individualized mentoring: each doctoral student will work with a principal mntor and have the opportunity to tailor their experience to their research interest and goals; Professional Development: cohort of scholars participate in specialized training, workshops, networking provided by Office of Inclusive Excellence and Graduate College." The QR links for more information to: https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/pga-soc
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Did a little interview with @kjzz.org (our local NPR) about this work on older daters.
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Kids and inheritance complicate older adults’ decisions to get married, study finds
Dating later in life isn’t too uncommon anymore if you find yourself single and of a certain age. But getting married later in life? That’s still very uncommon, according to Cassandra Cotton.
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Excited to finally share my new paper (w/Raphaël Charron-Chénier) out in BJS! Staying Apart for the Kids looks at how older adults consider preserving family wealth in their new relationships. Drawing on my interviews with mid/late-life daters, we show how accumulated wealth shapes dating decisions.
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Staying Apart for the Kids? Older American Daters and the Preservation of Family Wealth
Romantic repartnering in later life has received substantial scholarly and public attention in light of population aging and changes in family dynamics. In the United States, the importance of househ...
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A good time to announce I’m now running the ASU Sociology PhD program! We are excited to announce we are taking applications for students to start Fall 2026. Folks can sign up to learn more about the program in our info sessions, or interested students can reach out to me directly #sociology
This flyer has information about upcoming information sessions about the ASU doctoral Sociology program. These are held on Oct 15 at 10 PDT and Nov 14 at 1pm PDT. Sign up through QR code or www.thesanfordschool.asu.edu/soc-info
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Last spring, I led 13 students in a research capstone where we collaboratively designed an interview study on dating in college. A few students worked with me to write a report on their key findings - ASU wrote a little story about it & their experiences doing research. news.asu.edu/b/20250813-s...
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Sociology students study dating culture among young adults | ASU News
What does dating look like for young adults in 2025?For a group of sociology undergraduates at Arizona State University, the answers to the above question covered a lot more ground than texting and ap...
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
In “Child Migration in Eastern and Southern Africa,” Menashe-Oren uses HDSS data from 5 countries to examine tied & independent child migration, finding that most first out-migrations are indeed tied but some are related to death or mother’s migration history. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Received a little seed grant to start a new line of my work on older adults & dating! I really appreciate these small internal grants that can kickstart a bunch of qualitative data collection.
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A new paper to share - part of special issue on Demographic Change & Challenges in the Americas. This uses data from my Romance & Dating in Later Life project, showing how older adults think (very!) differently about their families vs. the kin of potential partners. 1/3 doi.org/10.1007/s426...
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The Specter of Kin: Older Americans’ Considerations of Family in Later-Life Dating and Repartnering - Canadian Studies in Population
Shifts in union formation and dissolution coupled with aging populations across the Americas have fundamentally reshaped the experiences of adults interested in repartnering. Dating and repartnering i...
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
So sad I'm missing out on #PAA2025! I wish I was there to present some of my work on older adult dating and to hear all the things people are working on! I hope everyone is having a great time.
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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Spare a thought for your green-card holding and naturalized colleagues, many of whom are now doing risk-benefit calculations before speaking on anything that could be considered remotely political
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I'm organizing the regular session on Parenthood and would love to read your work on parenthood in any form & in any kind of family & context
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
ASU highlighted some of my work on older adult dating for Valentine's Day - how the search for love can be (to put it mildly) challenging in light of the political climate in the US. news.asu.edu/20250210-law...
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The politics behind picking a romantic partner | ASU News
A new study reveals the role that politics play when picking out a romantic partner — particularly for older adults.“Findings show that politics are highly salient in partner selection across gender, ...
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A little joy in what's shaping up to be a rough week (month? year(s)?): A new paper in DR! We use interview, GIS, and survey data to look at kinship and child fostering, thinking about spatiality and transitions over time. I'm dreaming of data that would let us do this on a larger scale! #demography
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Finishing the 1st week of the semester excited to have a new group of sociology students starting a project on college dating/situationships/'just talking'! My advanced methods students are designing & conducting interviews to understand who dates & who doesn't. Any fun readings to suggest?
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Fun to start the year with a new publication in Population Studies! I use Demographic & Health Surveys to explore maternal migration's impact on child fostering across African countries, looking at type, timing & motivation for migration. doi.org/10.1080/0032...
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Child fostering and maternal migration in sub-Saharan Africa
Rising feminization of migration has resulted in substantial flows of women migrating in Africa, increasing the importance of migration in women’s lives. Although child fostering is an enduring fea...
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
18 more papers until the end of the longest semester of my life. I really enjoy teaching, but I'm so looking forward to having some space and time to to rest before January!
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Delighted to share our paper on fostering among moms in informal settlements in Nairobi. We used interviews & birth histories to explore the role of maternal migration & place of residence. So excited to have gotten a mixed-methods piece in Demography & the final paper from my dissertation out!
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Excited that I'll be presenting some fun work on older adult dating at #PAA2025 & that two sessions I organized on kinship support & networks will be on the program! Every time I organize sessions, I love & hate it - I read so many excellent papers & wish I could have suggested more sessions!
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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are looking for a new Director at ASU’s School of Social & Family Dynamics! This is a great position for an experienced full prof interested in leading a great group of folks. #sociology #demography #familyscience www.agbsearch.com/searches/dir...
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