Dr. Davis specializes in social demography and gender. Her current research includes an examination of intercountry adoptions of children as a form of migration, using DHS data, focusing on a “fifth wave” of intercountry adoptees from Africa. In addition, she is interested in examining gendered migration, including the migration of females to provide domestic/reproductive service occupational needs, focusing on the stream from Ecuador to Spain. A. Gary Dworkin Professor of Sociology Co-Director of The Sociology of Education Research Group University of Houston (713)743-3955 gdworkin@uh.edu