Faculty Member Information Richard W. Rathge About Dr. Rathge Dr. Rathge is a demographer and his research focuses on documenting shifting population movement in the Great Plains in general and North Dakota in particular. Much of his attention is directed at exploring the policy consequences resulting from population dynamics such as the depopulation of the Great Plains. His most recent efforts have focused on a) examining the current and future demand for housing and b) exploring labor force issues such as the downward shift in the entry labor pool and the emerging elderly labor market. Teaching • Soc 340 Social Research Methods • Soc 701 Quantitative Methods • Soc 460 Applied Demographics Select Publications Rathge, Richard. 2005 “The Changing Profile of the Great Plains” Great Plains Sociologist 17(2):82-99. Johnson, Kenneth and Richard Rathge. 2005. “Agricultural Dependence, Economic Hardship, and Population Change in the Great Plains,” in David Brown and William Kendall (editors), Population Change and Rural Society: The Changing Face of Rural America, Kluwer Press. Rathge, Richard W. and John E. Monzingo. 2002. “North Dakota’s 2001 Apportionment: Opportunities and Challenges” North Dakota Law Review 77(4): 696-709. Rathge, Richard W. and Paula Highman. 1998. “Population Change in the Great Plains: A History of Prolonged Decline” Rural Development Perspectives. Vol. 13(1):19-26. Professional Activity • Director, North Dakota State Data Center • Executive Director, North Dakota Kids Count • State Coordinator (North Dakota), Federal-State Cooperative Program for Local Population Estimates and Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Projections Awards • 46th NDSU Faculty Lectureship Award (university’s outstanding faculty award), 2004 • Outstanding Research and Creative Activities, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2000 Education Ph.D., 1981, Michigan State University M.A., 1976, New Mexico State University B.A., 1974, New Mexico State University Office Address IACC 424B Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Contact Information Office: (701) 231-8621 Fax: (701) 231-7400 Email Address richard.rathge@ndsu.edu