About David A. Swanson

David A. Swanson is Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of California Riverside. He served as a member of the U. S. Census Bureau’s Scientific Advisory Committee for six years (2004-10) and chaired the committee for two years (2009-2010). In addition to serving as an expert witness and testifying before Congress, state legislatures and local government bodies, he has produced over 120 refereed sole- and co-authored journal articles and 11 books, mainly dealing with demography. He also has edited or co-edited six additional books. Google Scholar shows more than 6,900 citations to his work. In addition to two Fulbright grants, he has received many other academic and professional grants and awards. He is an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and an elected Fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Aided by the G.I. Bill, he earned his B.Sc. from Western Washington State College (now known as Western Washington University) and his Ph.D. from the University of Hawai’i.

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Dementors attack the Sehome Neighborhood

"Sweet Jesus,” shrieked the thralls of the Sehomus Republic,

as ABC the Yochlowitz,

successor to GorgoPacificus the Destroyer,

forced them to call upon the nomadic advocatus

to loose the girdle of Apophis,

unleash Subigus the devourer, and

to swarm into the Valley of Squalicum.

 

There, hidden in the corrupted copse of Michael the Shepardus,

 the calcified remains of the rent body

of Rileyculus the Apologizer

will be cast into the Cementus Vomitorium,

the gloomy realm of ABC the Yochlowitz,

as the coils of Bobby the Briscus twist in endless agony

near the purifying pond of Ken the Belladonnas.

About David A. Swanson

Posting Citizen Journalist • Member since Mar 31, 2020

David A. Swanson is Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of California Riverside. He served as a member of the U. S. Census Bureau’s Scientific Advisory Committee [...]

Dick Conoboy

Dec 08, 2023

Latinized Jabberwocky, eh?

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David A. Swanson

Dec 08, 2023

Just slouching towards Festivus…

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Doug Karlberg

Dec 12, 2023

Ivory toweritis 

Jibberish Uranus 

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Dementors attack the Sehome Neighborhood

By David A. SwansonOn Dec 08, 2023

"Sweet Jesus,” shrieked the thralls of the Sehomus Republic,as ABC the Yochlowitz,successor to GorgoPacificus the Destroyer,...

3 comments, most recent 10 months ago

Don’t Be Manipulated by Misleading Data

By David A. SwansonOn Nov 19, 2023

The effect of WWU students on Whatcom County’s rental housing market

5 comments, most recent 10 months ago

How Would Abortion Ban Impact Whatcom County?

By David A. SwansonOn Apr 17, 2023

In 2020, there were 464.29 abortions per 1,000 pregnancies among women aged 15-19 in Whatcom County.

3 comments, most recent 9 months ago

Been Vaccinated?

By David A. SwansonOn Feb 24, 2022

What is the probability of dying from COVID-19 among the un-vaccinated?

9 comments, most recent 2 years ago

Income Inequality in Whatcom County

By David A. SwansonOn Feb 08, 2022

Income inequality is a national issue driving many social and health problems. This article explores income inequality in Whatcom County.

1 comment, most recent 2 years ago

The Cost of Trying to Help

By David A. SwansonOn Dec 12, 2021

How many patient-contact hours have been lost due to COVID-19 deaths of health care professionals?

3 comments, most recent 2 years ago

Broadband Access During a Pandemic: 2020 Census Results for the Hopi and Lummi Reservations.

By David A. SwansonOn Oct 11, 2021

What do the Hopi, the Lummi, broadband, and the Census have in common?

2 comments, most recent 2 years ago

The Census: Protecting Privacy versus Creating Useless Data

By David A. SwansonOn May 18, 2021

“Differential Privacy:” A statistical adjustment system that may render 2020 census population data unusable.

1 comment, most recent 3 years ago

The Thanksgiving Surge: How Fared Whatcom County?

By David A. SwansonOn Dec 12, 2020

Whatcom county - and Benton County - did better than expected in terms of the Covid-19 Post Thanksgiving surge

5 comments, most recent 3 years ago

Drilling Deeper into Whatcom County: Covid-19 & Political Orientation

By David A. SwansonOn Nov 19, 2020

In the three Whatcom County school districts carried by Trump-Pence the covid-19 infection rate is 1.4 times higher than found in the 4 districts carried by Biden-Harris.

3 comments, most recent 3 years ago

Did Trump Help Democrats take the 2020 election in Washington?

By David A. SwansonOn Nov 15, 2020

As is the case, nationwide, it appears that Trump assisted Democrats in carrying the 2020 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Washington

2 comments, most recent 3 years ago

Did Trump Help Democrats take the election?

By David A. SwansonOn Nov 07, 2020

Trump advocated behaviors that placed his followers at higher risk to being sickened and even dying from covid-19. Did a reduction in republican voters aid in the election of Joe Biden?

1 comment, most recent 3 years ago

The Last Stand

By David A. SwansonOn Oct 17, 2020

Only four US counties remain covid free, each of them rural. We discuss how the pandemic reached rural, isolated counties.

15 comments, most recent 3 years ago

COVID-19 Deaths in Whatcom County

By David A. SwansonOn Jul 26, 2020

Relative to the state’s other 38 counties, Whatcom is doing reasonably well in terms of COVID-19 deaths

2 comments, most recent 4 years ago

Republican-leaning states take the lead!

By David A. SwansonOn Jul 21, 2020

The 30 Republican-leaning states now lead in total COVID-19 cases

4 comments, most recent 4 years ago

Update on the COVID-19 Warning System for San Juan County

By David A. SwansonOn Jul 18, 2020

So far, so good for San Juan County. The July 4th holiday visitors have not led to either a “Yellow” or “Red” alert for covid-19 cases among its residents

Is “Being Republican” a Risk to One’s Health and the Health of Others?

By David A. SwansonOn Jul 03, 2020

Along with potential “super-spreader” venues, rates of interaction, and other factors, “being Republican” also could represent a COVID-19 risk factor.

6 comments, most recent 4 years ago

Revisiting the Estimation of Unconfirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Whatcom County

By David A. SwansonOn Jun 27, 2020

Authors find that their method produces estimates of unconfirmed cases consistent with an announcement by the CDC that there are ten times more cases than reported.

A Tale of 39 Counties: Re-opening Washington and Political Orientation

By David A. SwansonOn Jun 21, 2020

Where in Washington are the COVID-19 case increases higher? Republican-leaning counties or Democratic leaning counties?

12 comments, most recent 4 years ago

A Tale of Two Counties: Re-opening Skagit and Whatcom

By David A. SwansonOn Jun 16, 2020

Are politics driving new COVID-19 infections as Whatcom and Skagit counties reopen from the shutdown?

5 comments, most recent 4 years ago