Sociology of the Family, Inequality in a Global Perspective, Sociology of Africa, Demography, Graduate Seminar - Social Stratification, Graduate Seminar - Family Demography, Graduate Seminar - Int’l/Comparative

Dr. Bass focuses her research on children and stratification issues, and completes research in West Africa, the U.S., and France.  Her current work focuses on two areas:  1) a manuscript examining African immigrant children and their mothers in France; and 2) the relationship between health insurance and child and family well-being in the US.

Her book, Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa, (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004) offers a window on the lives of Africa's child workers drawing on research and demographic data from 43 countries. She served as the guest editor for a special international volume of the monograph series, Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (Elsevier, 2005). Dr. Bass has published her research on demographic and stratification issues in Population Research and Policy Review, Political Behavior, Anthropology of Work Review, the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Journal of Reproductive Health, and the Journal of Sociology and Social Work. She has also edited the ASA's Demography Teaching Resource Guide three times with graduate students in the department. Her research has been supported by grants from the Howard Foundation (Brown University), US Agency for International Development, the U.S. Census Bureau in cooperation with the Joint Center for Poverty Research at Northwestern/University of Chicago, the Rutgers' University Center for Children Fellows Program, and internal grants at the University of Oklahoma.

Dr. Bass was awarded the Irene Rothbaum Outstanding Assistant Professor Award in 2004 among professors in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award among professor across the University in 2005. Dr. Bass offers undergraduate courses in Sociology of the Family, Inequality in a Global Perspective, and Sociology of Africa, and graduate seminars in Family Demography, Stratification, and International/Comparative.