Interviews
One of the primary research methods for the Carolina Population Center History Project was to collect oral histories from select persons who have contributed to CPC's development. The interviews are instrumental in understanding the Center's history. Interviews were conducted by Grace Camblos, a graduate student in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Content from some of the interviews has been selected for the audio- and video-clips included here. A segment transcript is also provided. A list of interviewees is provided below.
-
Udry talks about CPC's technical assistance activities throughout
the world in the 1960s [VIDEO]
-
Udry describes technical assistance activities in NC in the late
1960s and early 1970s [VIDEO]
-
Udry describes Freymann as a Director [VIDEO]
-
Udry explains how CPC was developed as an interdisciplinary
Center [VIDEO]
-
Turchi and Bilsborrow talk about Freymann's efforts to make CPC an
interdisciplinary center [AUDIO]
-
Udry speaks about the funding environment from the late 1960s to
the mid 1970s [VIDEO]
-
Mabry talks about the role of women at CPC in the early
1970s [AUDIO]
-
Udry recalls talks with University administrators prior to being
appointed Director [VIDEO]
-
Mabry describes CPC when Udry was appointed Director [AUDIO]
-
Rindfuss speaks about the transition of becoming a research
center [VIDEO]
-
Thomas describes the importance of having professional staff to
support research [VIDEO]
-
Udry states his vision for CPC [VIDEO]
-
Mabry recalls the origins of the Fellows program [AUDIO]
-
Udry describes the changes to the organizational structure that he
made in the early 1980s [VIDEO]
-
Popkin talks about the development of CPC's research
program [AUDIO]
-
Thomas speaks about Udry's influence on the Center's
development [VIDEO]
-
Udry talks about establishing the foundational elements of
CPC [VIDEO]
-
Tsui talks about the Center being administratively independent of
an academic department at UNC [AUDIO]
-
Turchi, Bilsborrow, and Suchindran recall the end of the Faculty
Associates program and the start of the Fellows program [AUDIO]
-
Udry talks about the changes to the training program in the late
1970s [VIDEO]
-
Thomas describes changes in the training program between the 1970s
and 1990s [VIDEO]
-
Thomas explains how the CPC training program is broader than most
population center training programs [VIDEO]
-
Turchi and Suchindran recall how computer networking was first
envisioned at CPC [AUDIO]
-
Guilkey and Akin talk about multidisciplinary research
projects [AUDIO]
-
Rindfuss explains the benefits of having professional programmers
on staff [VIDEO]
-
Suchindran and Guilkey describe how the Statistical Core
started [AUDIO]
-
Thomas describes the contributions of the seminar series to
CPC [VIDEO]
-
Udry talks about leaving the Director position and Rindfuss taking
the Directorship [VIDEO]
-
Rindfuss speaks about the changes at CPC when he was
Director [VIDEO]
-
Rindfuss describes forming the Spatial Analysis Core [VIDEO]
-
Popkin talks about the services provided by the Core
Units [AUDIO]
-
Rindfuss describes how the training program contributes to the
Center [VIDEO]
-
Udry describes the broadening of the definition of "population
research" [VIDEO]
-
Rindfuss talks about how large, longitudinal projects and smaller
projects contribute to the environment at CPC [VIDEO]
-
Rindfuss explains the interdisciplinary nature of the
Center [VIDEO]
-
Tsui describes the Biomedical Core Unit [AUDIO]
Interviews Conducted
The following interviews were conducted for the History Project. In addition to these, numerous other interviews were conducted during the project's development.
| Interviewee(s) | Interview Date(s) |
|---|---|
| J. Richard Udry | October 11, 2005, November 4, 2005 and December 5, 2005 |
| Ronald R. Rindfuss | October 26, 2005 and November 30, 2005 |
| Don Thomas | October 24, 2005 and November 16, 2005 |
| Amy Tsui | December 10, 2005 |
| Barry M. Popkin | December 16, 2005 |
| Estelle Mabry | December 6, 2005 |
| Sagar C. Jain | February 1, 2006 |
| Joint interview: Judy Kovenock and Don Thomas | November 22, 2005 |
| Joint interview: Betty E. Cogswell, Vaida D. Thompson, and J. Richard Udry | February 13, 2006 |
| Joint interview: John S. Akin, David K. Guilkey, and Ronald R. Rindfuss | February 21, 2006 |
| Joint interview: Richard E. Bilsborrow, Chirayath M. Suchindran, and Boone A. Turchi | February 24, 2006 |
