Dr. Winfred Avogo
Associate Professor
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SOC 108.002 Contemporary Social Problems In Global Perspective
SOC 499.001 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
SOC 400.002 Independent Study
SOC 363.001 Population and the Environment
SOC 495.002 Special Topics In Sociology
SOC 291.006 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Sociology-Anthropology
Teaching Interests & Areas
Demography and Population Issues, Research and Quantitative Methodology, Social Problems and Senior Experience and Social Statistics.
Research Interests & Areas
Demography, Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, Forced Migration, Diffusion and Social Networks, Research Methodology and Statistics
Ph D Sociology
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
MA Population Studies/Demography
United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS)
University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
BA Sociology and History
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
RISE to the COVID Challenge Recognition Award, Office of the Provost, Illinois State University
Illinois State University
2021
CODESRIA African Diaspora Support to African Universities
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA))
2016
Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF)
Illinois State University Research Grants Program (URG)
2014
University Research Inititaive Award
Illinois State University, Research Grants Program
2011
Grants and Contracts
African Diaspora Support to African Universities Program
Winfred A Avogo, Clifford Odimegwu, Jeremy Gumbo.
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). November 01 2015 - May 31 2017
African Diaspora Fellowship
Winfred Avogo.
Carnegie Foundation. October 15 2014 - October 15 2015
Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF)
Winfred Avogo.
University Research and Sponsored Programs. July 1 2014 - July 1 2015
Redesign your Course for Civic Engagement
Winfred Avogo.
American Democracy Project and State Farm Course Development Grant. May 2013 - June 2014
Conference Proceeding
Early Marriage in Western Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Self-reported Health and Well-being in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America
Journal Article
Individual and Community Effects and Adolescent Reproductive Health Transitions in West Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Discover Public Health, 22 (1), (2025)
Intersectional Life Course Inequalities in Cardiovascular Health in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Journal of Race and Ethnic Health Disparities, (2025)
Community Characteristics and the Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
PLOS Global Public Health, (2023)
Early Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in West Africa
Winfred Avogo, Oluwaseyi Somefun.
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2019, Article ID 9731756, 10 pages, (2019)
Coping with Fears: Women’s Personal Networks, Migration, and HIV/AIDS in Mozambique
Winfred Avogo, Victor Agadjanian.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (3), 892-912, (2013)
Self-Esteem Among Young Adults: Differences and Similarities Based on Gender, Race, and Cohort (1990 – 2012)
Susan Sprecher, James E Brooks, Winfred Avogo.
Springer Science, 69 (264-275), (2013)
Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Self-rated Health in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
African Population Studies, 27 (2), 188-202, (2013)
Forced Migration and HIV/AIDS Risks in Angola
Victor Agadjanian, Winfred Avogo.
International Migration, 46 (3), 189-216, (2008), 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00466.x
The effects of health status on the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine
Winfred Avogo, Jemima A Frimpong, Patrick A Rivers, Sam S Kim.
Health Education Journal, 67 (4), 258-275, (2008), 10.1177/0017896908097069
Linking Women's Empowerment and Community Contexts to Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Ten West African Countries
Winfred Avogo.
Journal of Family Violence
Presentations
Cardiovascular Health Inequalities in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Life Course Perspective
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 5, 2026
Conditional Returns: Education, Fertility, and the Structural Determinants of Demographic Transitions in Extreme Youth-Bulge Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 5, 2026
Relative Resources and Community Norms: Contextualizing Intimate Partner Violence in West Africa
Winfred Avogo.
30th International Population Conference (IPC2025), Brisbane, Australia, July 17, 2025
Youth Bulge and Demographic Dividend
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 15, 2025
Individual and Community Effects and Adolescent Reproductive Health Transitions in West Africa
Winfred Avogo.
9th African Population Conference, Lilongwe, Malawi, May 20, 2024
Educational Attainment and Fertility: Contextual Determinants from West Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America, Online, May 5, 2020
Youth Reproductive Health and Labor Force Participation in South Africa
Winfred A Avogo.
Population Association of America, Online, May 5, 2020
Youth Reproductive Health and Economic Outcomes in South Africa
Winfred Avogo, Oluwaseyi Somefun.
8th African Population Conference, Entebbe, Uganda, November 17, 2019
Labor Migration, Social Capital and HIV Risks in South Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa, July 10, 2019
Labor Migration, Social Capital, and HIV Risks in South Africa
Winfred A Avogo.
Population Association of America (PAA), Denver, Colorado, April 27, 2018
Early Marriage, Cohabitation and Childbearing in Western Africa
Winfred A Avogo, Oluwaseyi Somefun.
XXVIII International Population Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, October 29, 2017
Session Chair and Organizer: African family formation and living arrangements
Winfred Avogo.
XXVIII International Population Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, October 29, 2017
Educational Outcomes among Youth in South Africa: The Role of Families and Social Capital
Somefun Oluwaseyi, Winfred Avogo.
Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2017
Union Formation and Childbearing among Adolescents in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2017
Shacking Up: Teenage Cohabitation and Childbearing in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
Family Research in Africa and Post-2015 Development Goals, Johannesburg, June 27, 2016
Migration and Health in South Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America Conference, Washington D.C, March 31, 2016
Temporary Labor Migration and Self-Rated Health in South Africa
Winfred Avogo.
7th African Population Conference, uaps2015.princeton.edu/abstracts/151684, December 04, 2015
Global Population Issues: Work, Migration and Health
Winfred Avogo.
Fall 2015 International Seminar Seminar Series., https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2015/02/international-seminar-series-focuses-global-learning/, September 16, 2015
Labor Migration, Social Networks and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
Winfred Avogo.
Annual Conference of Population Association of Southern Africa, South Africa, July 15, 2015
Family Planning Programs and Fertility Preferences in Northern Ghana: "The Zurugelu Approach"
Winfred Avogo.
Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Online, April 12, 2014
Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Self-reported Health and Well-being in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, www.popassoc.org, May, 2013
Count Down to the Millennium Development Goal Five: Maternal Health Seeking Behavior in Ghana
Winfred Avogo.
Population Association of America Conference, San Francisco, May, 2012