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Jeralynn Sittig Cossman, also known as Lynne Cossman, is Professor and head of the Department of Sociology at West Virginia University. She used to be Department Head and Chair in the department of sociology at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. Dr. Cossman was also a research fellow at the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University. She is the co-editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal Population Research and Policy Review.
She has research and teaching interests in medical sociology, demography, and health services research. She worked (2001-2013) with the Social Science Research Center’s (SSRC) Mississippi Health Policy Research Center at Mississippi State University as a Research Fellow, examining issues related to health assessment, prevention, and social epidemiology. She is also the Director of the newly formed Northeast Mississippi Area Health Education Center.
Dr. Cossman received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Florida State University. She has published a number of articles in major journals, including
American Journal of Public Health, Social Problems, AIDS Education and Prevention, Health and Place, The International Journal of Health Geographics, The Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying, Population Research and Policy Review, Sociological Inquiry, Sociological Spectrum, Journal of Criminal Justice