Alair MacLean
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
Areas of Research Interest:
Aging, Life Course, Military, Social Stratification
Current Research Interests:
My research focuses broadly on social inequality. I am currently exploring the question of how wars affect people's lives. In this research, I examine the life course trajectories of veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces, focusing on the effects of military service and combat exposure on work and health. In collaboration with Ryan Edwards, I am also exploring the impact of military service on later-life mortality.
Selected Publications:
Alair MacLean (2008). “The Privileges of Rank: The Peacetime Draft and Later Life Attainment.” Armed Forces & Society, 34: 682-713.
Alair MacLean (2008). “The Cold War and Modern Memory: Veterans Reflect on Military Service.” Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 36: 103-130.
Alair MacLean and Glen H. Elder, Jr. (2007). “Military Service in the Life Course.” Annual Review of Sociology, 33: 175-96.
Alair MacLean (2006). “Age Stratification at Work: Trends in Occupational Age Segregation in the United States, 1950-2000.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 24: 299-310.
Alair MacLean (2005). “Lessons from the Cold War: Military Service and College Education.” Sociology of Education 78(3): 250-266.
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