Annabel Kirschner

Director, WSU Thurston County Extension

Office: Thurston County Extension
Address: 4131 Mud Bay Rd
Olympia, WA 98502
Phone: 360 867-2153
Fax:
kirscha@co.thurston.wa.us

Areas of Interest

Applied Demography
State and Local Population Trends
Migration
Social Organization of Communities
Rural Sociology

Education

B.A. Sociology, University of Washington, 1968
M.A. Sociology, Washington State University, 1971
Ph.D. Sociology, Washington State University, 1975

Publications

Refereed Articles

2005 “Computer Services and the Development of Rural Areas: Trends in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s.” Social Science Journal. Vol. 42: 541-554.

2005 “The Changing Composition of Rural American: Age Race/Ethnicity and Sex” in Rural American in the 21st Century, David Brown and William Kandel (eds). (1st author with E. Helen Berry and Nina Glasgow). Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publications.

2000 “Variation in the Rate of Smoking for Teen Mothers.” American Journal of Health Behavior, Vol 24, No. 5: 379-386. (P. M Starzyk, 2nd author).

Extension Publications

2004 “The Changing Face of the Rural West: The Aging of the West.” WRDC Information Brief Issue 2, April. Western Rural Development Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (with E. Helen Berry)

2002 “The Changing Face of the Rural West: Rapid Growth of Hispanic Populations in Western States.” WRDC Information Brief Issue 1, March. Western Rural Development Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT. (with E. Helen Berry)

Washington Counts in the 21st Century:

2009 Increasing Diversity in Washington State: 2000-2008. EB2047e. WSU Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA .
2006 “Growth and Change in Washington State's Hispanics Population.” (Ben Irion 2nd author). EB2006e WSU Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA .
2004 “Educational Attainment in Washington State: 1990-2000," (Lyssa Thadden 2nd author). EB1986e WSU Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
2004 “Changes in Income and Poverty in Washington State, 1989-99," EB1973e, WSU Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
2002 “Changing Age Structures in Washington Counties,” EB1944e, WSU Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.