Vice President and Principal, Lapkoff & Gobalet Demographic Research, Inc., since 1992

Social Sciences Instructor, Institutional Researcher, and Accreditation Steering Committee Chair, San Jose City College, 1967-99

Evaluation Team Member, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 1993-97

Guest Lecturer, Demography, University of California, Berkeley, 1996 and 2001

Education and Honors

Ph.D. Sociology, Stanford University, 1982

Selected Publications

“State and Local Government Demography,” in Encyclopedia of Population, Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.

“Lead Hot Zones and Childhood Lead Poisoning Cases, Santa Clara County, California, 1995,” with Su-Lin Wilkinson, Marcia Majoros, Bernie Zebrowski, and Guadalupe S. Olivas. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1999.

“Demographic Data and Geographic Information Systems for Decision-Making: The Case of Public Health,” with Richard K. Thomas. Population Research and Policy Review, 1996.

“Using Sociological Tools in a Legal Context,” Journal of Applied Sociology, 1995.

"Changing from At Large to District Election of Trustees in Two California Community College Districts: A Study of Contrasts," with Shelley Lapkoff. Applied Demography, Fall 1991.

World Mortality Trends Since 1870. New York, New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1989.

Papers and Professional Presentations

"Retiring Baby Boomers: Demographic Insights," 2005, 10th Annual Fisher Center Real Estate Conference (Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley).

"The School Closure Crisis: A Challenge for Demographers," 2005 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

"GIS: The School Demographer's Tool," 2005 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

Panelist, "Don't Gamble When Closing Schools," 2004 California School Boards Association Annual Meeting.

Panelist, "School Demography" session, 2004 Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting.

"Was it Worth the Effort?  Did Changing Election Methods Make a Difference?" Poster, 2004 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

Panel Organizer, “Applications of GIS and Spatially-Referenced Data,” 2000 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

“Forecast of Emeritus Faculty/Staff Households on a University Campus,” with Shelley Lapkoff, 2000 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

Panel Organizer and Presenter, “Spatially Referenced Data,” 1999 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

Demographics & Public Health, GIS in Public Health 3rd National Conference, 1998.

“Targeting At-Risk Children and Adolescents for Decision Makers,” 1996 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

“GIS and Demography,” Discussant, 1996 Population Association of American Annual Meeting.

"Small Area Demographic Analysis with GIS,” 1994 International Conference on Applied Demography.

"What Demographers Need to Know about GIS,” 1994 International Conference on Applied Demography.

"Spatial Analysis in Sociology Using Geographic Information System Software,” 1994 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.

"Exploring the Spatial Element in School District Demography Using GIS Software,” 1994 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

"Use of Neighborhood Life Cycles for Improving Small Area Population Forecasts,” with Shelley Lapkoff, 1994 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

"Geographic Information Systems: Evolving Technologies and Challenges for Demography" panelist, 1994 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

"Demographics and GIS Applications in Health Care" workshop presenter, 1994 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

"Using Geographic Information Systems in Applied Sociology" workshop presenter, 1994 Society for Applied Sociology Annual Meeting.

"Geographic Information Systems and the Sociologist" didactic seminar presenter, 1993 Society for Applied Sociology Annual Meeting.

"Use of GIS in Political Redistricting,” 1993 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

"Voting Rights Act Issues in Political Redistricting," with Shelley Lapkoff, 1993 Population Association of America Annual Meeting

"Use of a GIS for Local Area Analysis: Santa Clara County, California, Community College Enrollment Patterns,” International Conference on Applied Demography, Bowling Green University, 1992.

"Redistricting Dilemmas for the Demographer," 1992 Population Association of America Meeting.

"Enrollment Patterns in the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, 1986-1991,” 1992 California Community College League Annual Research Conference.