Sara Lopus
Associate Professor
Fields
- Population studies
- Marriage, parenthood, and families
- Food and water security
- Quantitative methods
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Contact Information
- Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 12N
- Phone: 805-756-1239
- E-mail: slopus@calpoly.edu
Education
- PhD Demography, UC Berkeley
- MS International Agricultural Development, UC Davis
- BS Environmental Sciences, UC Berkeley
- Sara Lopus CV
Courses Taught
- SOC 308: Sociology of the Environment
- SOC 321: Migration
- SOC 355: Quantitative Research Methods
- SOC 431: World Population: Processes and Problems
- SOC 464: Professional Development for Sociologists
Selected Publications
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Nupur Joshi, Sara Lopus, Corrie Hannah, et al. (2022) "COVID-19 lockdowns: Employment disruptions, water access, and hygiene practices in informal settlements in Nairobi." Social Science & Medicine, 308.
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Zack Guido, Sara Lopus, Kurt Waldman, et al. (2021) "Perceived links between climate change and weather forecast accuracy: New barriers to tools for agricultural decision-making." Climatic Change, 168(9).
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Sara Lopus and Margaret Frye (equal authorship). (2020) "Intra-marital status differences across Africa's educational expansion," Journal of Marriage and Family, 82(2): 733-750.
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Margaret Frye and Sara Lopus (equal authorship). (2018) “From privilege to prevalence: Contextual effects of women’s schooling on African marital timing,” Demography, 55(6): 2371-2394. **Article of the Year Award, ASA Family Section**
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Sara Lopus, Paul McCord, Drew Gower, and Tom Evans. (2017) “Drivers of farmer satisfaction with small-scale irrigation systems,” Journal of Applied Geography, 89: 77-86.
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Sara Lopus. (2017) “Relatives in residence: Relatedness of household members drives schooling differentials in Mozambique,” Journal of Marriage and Family, 79(4): 897-914.
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Sara E. Lopus, Maria Paz Santibanez, Robert H. Beede, et al. (2010) “Almond growers’ nutrition programs are assessed and compared with theoretical best management practices,” California Agriculture, 64(3): 149-154.