Alair MacLean

 

Curriculum Vitae

In my research, I address questions related to inequality in historical and cross-national context. Throughout my career, I have focused on unequal pathways through the transition to adulthood, first examining military service and, more recently, higher education. In this work, I examine the factors that shape the trajectories that people follow in their late teens and early twenties.

On sabbatical, 2020-2021.

Course number	Title	Time	Location	Semester	Syllabus
Soc. 321	Intro stats	Tu,Th 9:10-10:25	VLIB	2022 Spring	Syllabus
Soc. 415	Globalization	Tu,Th 12:05-1:20	VECS	2022 Spring	Syllabus
Soc. 497	Capstone Research Practicum	T, Th 10:35-11:50	VMMC and Wilson-Short	2021 Fall	Syllabus
Soc. 542	Social Stratification	Weds 2:50-5:20	Wilson-Short	2021 Fall	Syllabus
Soc. 101	Intro Sociology	Tu,Th 9:10-10:25	VSCI	2018 Fall	Syllabus

Select Publications

Alair MacLean and Meredith Kleykamp. 2021. “Generations of Veterans: Socioeconomic Attainment from World War II to the Contemporary Era.” Social Science History 45:83-110.

Alair MacLean. 2019. “Military service and the socioeconomic attainment of Frenchmen, 1940–1980.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 61:1-619.

Alair MacLean. 2018. “A Few Good Men and Women: Gender, Race, and Status in the Wartime Volunteer Military.” Population Research and Policy Review 37(4):591-613.

Alair MacLean and Ryan D. Edwards. 2017. “Military Service, Combat Exposure, and Health in Retirement.” Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 8(2):122-137.

Alair MacLean and Meredith Kleykamp. 2014. “Coming Home: Attitudes toward U.S. Veterans returning from Iraq.” Social Problems 61(1):131-154.

Alair MacLean. 2010. “The Things They Carry: Combat, Disability, and Unemployment among US Men.” American Sociological Review 75(4):563-585.

Alair MacLean and Glen H. Elder, Jr. 2007.“Military Service in the Life Course.” Annual Review of Sociology 33: 175-96.