Vijayan K Pillai (born 1948) is Professor, School of Social Work and PhD Program Director / Graduate Adviser at the

University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Te ...

. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1983, with a thesis on "Determinants of the first birth interval." Prior to joining

, Pillai taught at the

University of North Texas The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...

, and

University of Zambia The University of Zambia (UNZA) is a public university located in Lusaka, Zambia. It is Zambia's largest and oldest learning institution. The university was established in 1965 and officially opened to the public on 12 July 1966. The language of ...

. He was the Zellerbach Visiting Professor,

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, Fall 2004. He has Published nearly 100 papers and book chapters, including 35 peer-reviewed journal articles, and authored/ co authored and edited 13 books/ monographs. His primary interests are in developing countries, human reproduction, gerontology and demography. He is a referee to over thirty international journals.

Publications

Books

*Sunil, T. S., and Vijayan K. Pillai. ''Women's Reproductive Health in Yemen''. Amherst, N.Y.: Cambria Press, 2010. *Review, '' Reference & Research Book News'' May 2010 *Littell, Julia H., Jacqueline Corcoran, and Vijayan K. Pillai. ''Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Held in 384 libraries according to Worldcat
/ref> **Review, ''Research on Social Work Practice'' v. 18 no. 5 (Sept. 2008). **Review, ''Children & Youth Services Review'' v. 31 no. 4 (Apr. 2009). *Crow, Thomas, and Vijayan K. Pillai. ''Designing a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program: The Behavioral Performance Theory''. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. **Review, '' SciTech Book News'' June 2006 *Weinstein, Jay A., and Vijayan K. Pillai. ''Demography: The Science of Population''. Boston, Mass: Allyn and Bacon, 2001. *Achola, Paul Pius Waw, and Vijayan K. Pillai. ''Challenges of Primary Education in Developing Countries: Insights from Kenya''. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000. * Pillai, Vijayan K., Lyle W. Shannon, and Judith L. McKim., eds. '' Developing Areas: A Book of Readings and Research''. Oxford: Berg, 1995. **Review '' WorldViews: A Quarterly Review of Resources for Education and Action'' Jan 1996 v12 p6 *Pillai, Vijayan K., and Guang-zhen Wang. ''Women's Reproductive Rights in Developing Countries''. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 1999. . In 316 libraries according t
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**Review ''Journal of Economic Literature'' Dec 1999 v37 i4 p1794 **Review, '' Reference & Research Book News'' Nov 1999 v14 p109 **Review, ''CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries'' Oct 1999 v37 i2 p416(1)

Selected journal articles

His most-cited peer-reviewed journal articles are: *Pampel, Pillal, V.K. "Patterns and determinants of infant-mortality in developed nations, 1950-1975", ''Demography'' volume: 23 issue: 4 pages: 525-542 published: Nov 1986. times cited: 35 . * Pei XM, Pillai VK, "Old age support in China: The role of the state and the family" ''International Journal of Aging and Development'' Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Pages: 197-212 Published: 1999 Times Cited: 13 (Web of Science)

References

External links

Personal website
* * Vijayan K. Pillai, UT Arlington professor in the School of Social Work, was recently quoted i
The Economic Times, India
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on the topic of opportunities and challenges for India and China in an era of global-ization, which appeared in India’s Daily News and Analysis
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