Yoshinori Kamo
Professor
Sociology
Louisiana State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Yoshinori Kamo received his Ph.D. My family and I love Mardi Gras, crawfish, gumbo, and hot and humid weather. I am primarily a family sociologist. My research interests include the division of household labor, marital satisfaction, work and family relationships, parenting and issues on aging, among others. I am also interested in psychological well-being/life satisfaction, inequality by class, race/ethnicity, or gender, and sociology of sports. Originally from Japan, my work has involved comparative aspects of family/inequality issues in Japan, the United States, and other countries. To assess the catastrophic damage Hurricane Katrina caused to our family, my colleagues and I completed a research project called "Aging Families in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." With funding from the National Science Foundation, we studied elderly people who either evacuated from the New Orleans area or were affected by the hurricane while living in Baton Rouge. In addition to journal articles and books in English, I wrote a couple of books in Japanese (on Japanese society and on the American family). Some of my research articles have been published in Japan also. I have been enjoying teaching large sections of Introductory Sociology, and I even coauthored a textbook. Other than Intro, I teach core courses in graduate statistics (Intro and Regression), undergraduate statistics and undergraduate family. I served as Director of Graduate Studies from 2007-2016 and enjoyed dealing with graduate students. As Department Chair from 2016, I hope to enjoy the new position just as much.
Research Interest
My research interests include the division of household labor, marital satisfaction, work and family relationships, parenting and issues on aging, among others. I am also interested in psychological well-being/life satisfaction, inequality by class, race/ethnicity, or gender, and sociology of sports. Originally from Japan, my work has involved comparative aspects of family/inequality issues in Japan, the United States, and other countries.
Publications
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Perceptions of Older Adults in a Community Accepting Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina Y Kamo, TL Henderson, KA Roberto, KL Peabody, JK White Current Psychology 34 (3), 551-563.
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Contextualizing depressive contagion: A multilevel network approach W Guan, Y Kamo Society and Mental Health 6 (2), 129-145.
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Hori, Makiko & Kamo, Yoshinori. (2017). Gender Differences in Happiness: the Effects of Marriage, Social Roles, and Social Support in East Asia. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 1-19. 10.1007/s11482-017-9559-y.