David A. Swanson

Posting Citizen Journalist • Member since Mar 31, 2020

David A. Swanson is Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of California Riverside. He 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 years (2009-2010). In addition to serving as an expert witness and testifying before Congress, state legislatures and local government bodies, he has produced over 120 refereed sole- and co-authored journal articles and 11 books, mainly dealing with demography. He also has edited or co-edited six additional books. Google Scholar shows more than 6,900 citations to his work. In addition to two Fulbright grants, he has received many other academic and professional grants and awards. He is an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and an elected Fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Aided by the G.I. Bill, he earned his B.Sc. from Western Washington State College (now known as Western Washington University) and his Ph.D. from the University of Hawai’i.

Articles by David A. Swanson

An Overlooked Benefit of Improved Internet Access in Whatcom County: The U.S. Census

By David A. SwansonOn Oct 21, 2024

[This article was co-authored by, Jeff Tayman PhD,  Retired Director of Research, San Diego Association of Governments and Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, University of California San Diego. Tayman, a [...]

Dementors attack the Sehome Neighborhood

By David A. SwansonOn Dec 08, 2023

"Sweet Jesus,” shrieked the thralls of the Sehomus Republic,as ABC the Yochlowitz,successor to GorgoPacificus the Destroyer,forced them to call upon the nomadic advocatusto loose the girdle of [...]

Don’t Be Manipulated by Misleading Data

By David A. SwansonOn Nov 19, 2023

As Bellingham struggles with skyrocketing rents, any effort toward a solution requires we start with facts: We can’t solve a problem without knowing its exact nature. One variable in [...]

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Recent comments

"Hi Mr. SIdhu, While you may believe that broadband access is a benefit to all, there are more than a few who believe otherwise.  In fact, there appears to [...]

Oct 23, 2024 on
An Overlooked Benefit of Improved Internet Access in Whatcom County: The U.S. Census

"Hi Randy, The broadband data are found in: DeSalvo, B., M. Frame, H. King, M. Martin, D. Mejia, S. Robinson, J. Scurry, and S. Szelpka (2024). Local Estimates of internet adoption: [...]

Oct 21, 2024 on
An Overlooked Benefit of Improved Internet Access in Whatcom County: The U.S. Census

"For one of many examples of water rights litigation involving tribes, see “RE THE GENERAL ADJUDICATION OF ALL RIGHTS TO USE WATER IN THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM AND [...]

Jun 14, 2024 on
Nooksack Adjudication vs. State Water Law?

"“Expecto Patronum” is a powerful spell used to ward off Dementors. We are in the debt of those who applied it so skillfully. 

Mar 25, 2024 on
Scrap metal shipping from Port dock ends this summer

"...The lust and the avarice, the bottomless, cavernous greed…. (from Natalie Merchant’s “Motherland.”)

Feb 27, 2024 on
The Insidious Creep of Medicare (Dis)Advantage