David A. Swanson

David A. Swanson is: (1) Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Edward A. Dickson (2021) Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of California Riverside; (2) Research Associate, Population Research Center, Portland State University; (3) Faculty Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington; and (4) Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University. Swanson 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 (2009-2010). He has been in a number of professional association roles, to include serving: as the general editor for Springer’s Applied Demography series; a member of the mortality expert panel of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute; as the Secretary-Treasurer (1995-7 and 2003-7) of the Southern Demographic association; and as the editor of its official journal, Population Research and Policy Review (2004-7). He is recognized as one of the world's leading demographers.