Oleh Wolowyna, Fellow
Center for Slavic, Eurasian and E. European Studies
Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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Address:
935 White Cross Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: (919) 923-1316
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Education
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 198284.
Ph.D., Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1979.
M.A., Sociology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1974.
Licenciado, Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971.
Professional Chronology
8/2008 to Present: Fellow, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
8/2009 to Present: Director, Center for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research on Ukrainians in the United States, Shevchenko Scientific Society, New York.
1997 to 2013: President of Informed Decision, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in population and health policy, health and population information systems, demographic analysis and projections.
1984 to 1997: Senior Research Demographer, Center for International Development, Research Triangle Institute (RTI), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
1982-1984. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1979-1982. Research Assistant Professor, International Program of Laboratories for Population Statistics, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina Population Center Fellow.
Professional Associations and Honors:
Association for the Study of Nationalities
Shevchenko Scientific Society, Inc., full member
Fulbright Research Fellow, Ukraine, 2009-10 and 2014-15
Languages
Spanish: excellent oral and written knowledge
Ukrainian: excellent oral and written knowledge (native)
French: working oral and reading knowledge
Publications
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O., and P. Shevchuk 2015. “Demography of a man- made human catastrophe: The case of massive famine in Ukraine 1932-1933”. Demography and Social Economy 2 (24) (in Ukrainian)
Levchuk, N., T. Boriak, O. Wolowyna, O. Rudnytskyi, A. Kovbasiuk 2015. “Urban and Rural losses of the 1932-1934 famine in Ukraine: new estimates”. Ukrainian Historical Journal, 94 (477) (in Ukrainian).
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O., and P. Shevchuk 2015. “Famine losses in Ukraine
in 1932 to1933 within the context of the Soviet Union”, in Curran D., Luciuk, L. and Newby, A. (eds.). Famines in European Economic History: The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered. London: Routledge (Explorations in Economic History).
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O., Shevchuk P., and A. Savchuk 2015. “Demography of a man-made human catastrophe: The case of massive famine in Ukraine 1932-1933”. Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 42, No. 1-2.
Wolowyna, Oleh and Vasyl Lopukh 2014. “Changes in the Dynamics of Ukrainians in the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXXII, no. 24
Wolowyna, Oleh 2013. “Comments on the Demographic Consequences of the Holodomor”. A. Graziosi, L. Hajda nad H. Hryn (eds.) After the Holodomor: The Enduring Impact of the Famine on Ukraine. Harvard University Press. (Cambridge, MA, 2013): 243-250.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2013. “Effects of the 4th wave immigration on the language situation of persons of Ukrainian ancestry in the United States”. Chetverta Mizhnarodna Naukovo- praktychna Konferentsia: Zbirnyk Materialiv [4th International Scientific-practical Conference: Proceedings]. International Institute of Education, Culture and Relations with the Ukrainian Diaspora: Lviv, Ukraine.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2012. “The Famine-Genocide of 1932-33: Estimation of Losses and
Demographic Impact”. In Bohdan Klid and Alexander Motyl (eds.). The Holodomor Reader. Edmonton, Canada: CIUS Press.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2011. Entry “Перепис Населення” [Population census] in Енциклопедія Української Діяспори Том 1: Сполучені Штати Америки, Книга 2 [Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Diaspora. Tome 1: United States of America, Book 2]. New York: Shevchenko Scientific Society.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2010. “Some consequences of the new wave immigration form Ukraine for the
Ukrainian diaspora in the United States”. Pp. 56-66 in Proceedings of the Third International Scholarly Conference. International Institute of Culture and Relations with the Ukrainian Diaspora: Lviv, Ukraine.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2010. “Fourth Wave in U.S.: Ukrainian language’s Russification or revitalization?” The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXVIII, no. 26.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2009. Entry “Статистичний Перфіль Українців в Америці: 1980-2009” in
Енциклопедія Української Діяспори, Том 1: Сполучені Штати Америки, Книга 1
[Statistical Analysis of Ukrainians in the United States: 1980-2009”, Encyclopedia of
the Ukrainian Diaspora, Tome 1: United States of America, Book 1]. New York:
Shevchenko Scientific Society.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2009. “Holodomor Losses: Holodomor Losses and Research Challenges”. In
Jukhnovskyj, I. R. (ed.) Holodomor 1932-1933 rokiv v Ukraiini: prychyny, demografichni naslidky, pravova otsinka [1932-1933 famine in Ukraine: causes, demographic consequences and legal evaluation]. Kyiv: Ukraiinsjkyj Instytut
Natsionalnoji Pamiati [Ukrainian Institute of National Memory], Kyiv.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2009. “Geographical dispersion of Ukrainians in the U. S., 1990 – 2006”. The
Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXVII, no. 43.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2008. “Changes in the number and composition of Ukrainians in the U. S.
2000-05”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXVI, no. 20.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2007. “Demographic Dimensions of the 1932-33 Famine in Ukraine” in Hunczak Taras and Roman Serbyn (eds.) Famine in Ukraine 1032-33: Genocide by Other Means. New York: Shevchenko Scientific Society.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2007. “Demographic Crisis in Ukraine: Causes and Consequences”. The Ukrainian
Quarterly, Vol. LXIII, number 2.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2006. “Recent Immigration from Ukraine to the United States: Levels and Characteristics” . Journal of Ukrainian Studies, 31, nos. 1-2.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2006. “The Ukrainian language in Ukraine”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXIV, no.
51.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2005. “The new migration wave from Ukraine: challenges and opportunities”. The
Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXIII, no. 2.
Werteleckyj, V, I. Barylak, J. Maslij, M. Dumanovsjka, O. Wolowyna, L. Jevtushok, N. Levczuk, O.
Shevczuk 2004“Rejestr Novonarodzhenykh Ditej – Suttjevyj Resurs dla Regionalnoho Medyko-
Demohraficznoho Analizu” [Registration of births – key resource for regional medical- demographic analysis]. Perynatolohija ta Pediatrija [Perynatology and Pediatrics], 2/2004, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2004. “Ukrainian Canadians in the Nineties: Ethnicity, Language and Recent
Migration”. Pp. 43-60, in Yesterday, today, tomorrow: The Ukrainian Community in Canada.
Winnipeg, Canada: Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Canada.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2003. “2001 census results reveal information on nationalities and language in Ukraine”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXI, no. 2.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2000. "A Statistical Profile of Ukrainians in the Chicago Metropolitan Area". The
Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXVIII, No. 2 and 3.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2000. “Abortion in Ukraine: a health crisis”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXVIII, no.
36.
Wolowyna, Oleh and Melvy Vargas Bonillas. 1995. Compendio Estadstico de Poblacin y Vivienda a Nivel de Subregin y Provincia: Departamento de Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz: Casa Editora ABC.
Wolowyna, O. and D. Markus. 1994. "Ukrainians in the United States of America". Ann Lencyk Pawliczko (ed.),Chapter in: Ukraine and Ukrainians Throughout the World: Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Wolowyna, Oleh 1993. “Українці в Сполучених Штатах: аналіз даних переписів 1980-1990” [Ukrainians in the US: analysis of 1980-1990 census data]. Українська Діаспора, рік ІІ, ч. 4 [Ukrainian Diaspora, year II, no 4].. Інститут Соціолойії Академії Наук України [Institute of Sociology, Ukrainian National Scientific Akademy] Kyiv, Ukraine .
Wolowyna, Oleh 1992. “Census analysis: Ukrainians in the U.S. , 1980-1990”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LX, no. 42.
Wolowyna, Oleh and G. Pinto. 1990. Sobrevivencia Infantil en Bolivia [Child Survival in Bolivia]. La Paz, Bolivia: National Population Council and Maternal-Child Health Division.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1989. “Linguistic-Cultural Assimilation and Changes in Religious Denominations of Ukrainian Canadians”. In D. Goa (ed.), The Ukrainian Religious Experience. Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
Wolowyna, Oleh (ed.). 1987. Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Ukrainian-Americans. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1987. "Socio-Economic Characteristics." O. Wolowyna (ed.), In: Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Ukrainian-Americans. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Wolowyna, Oleh, and Mary Ann Meyers. 1987. "Population Distribution and Internal Migration." O. Wolowyna (ed.), In: Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Ukrainian-Americans. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Wolowyna, Oleh 1985. “The effects of intermarriage on bilingual education among Ukrainians in Canada”. Pp. 199-223 in Manoly Lupul (ed.), OSVITA Ukrainian Bilingual Education. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Edmonton, Canada.
Wolowyna, Oleh 1983. “Ukrainians in the United States: a look at the 1980 census”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LI, no. 25.
Wolowyna, Oleh and Augusto Soliz. 1981. “Nonsampling Errors in Age-Reporting in a Demographic in
Bolivia.” Proceedings of the 43rd Session of the International Statistical Institute, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30 – December 4.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1980. “Trends in the Socio-economic Status of Ukrainians in Canada, 1921-1971”. In W.R. Petryshyn (ed.), Changing Realities: Social Trends among Ukrainian Canadians. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Edmonton.
Wolowyna, Oleh et al. 1980. “Українці в Австралії” [Ukrainians in Australia]. Pp. 327-338 in Мілянич А., В. Бандера, І. Гурин (ред.), Українські Поселення: Довідник. Український Соціольоґічний Інститут [Ukrainian Sociological Institute]: New York.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1980. “Significance of the Rural-to-Urban Shift in Language Assimilation and Socio-
economic Status of Ukrainians in Canada”. Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. XII, no. 2.
Wolowyna, Oleh 1979. “Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Ukrainians in the United
Sates”. The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXXXLVI, no. 246-252-258.
Potter, R.G., O. Wolowyna, P. M. Kulkarni. 1977. “Population momentum: A wider definition”. Population Studies, 31:555-569.
Papers at Professional Meetings
Wolowyna, Oleh, 2014. “Monthly Distribution of 1932-1934 Famine Losses in Ukraine”. Paper
presented at the 46th Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and
Eurasian Studies. San Antonio, TX, November 20-23.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2013. “Demographic Research of the Holodomor: Some Results and Challenges”. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada: October 31–November 1. Wolowyna, Oleh 2013. “Population Holodomor Losses: Geography and Time”. Paper presented at the Taking Measure of the Holodomor conference. New York: November 5-6.
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O., Shevchuk P., and A. Savchuk 2013. “Urban-Rural oblast dynamics of 1932-34 Famine losses in Ukraine”. 18th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 18-20 April.
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O., Shevchuk P., and A. Savchuk 2012. “Dynamics of oblast variations of the 1932-33 Famine losses in Ukraine”. 17th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 19-21 April.
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O. and Shevchuk P. 2011. “1932-33 famine losses in Ukraine by oblast”. 43th annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies. Washington DC, November 17-20.
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O. and Shevchuk P. 2011. “Holodomor losses in Ukraine within the context of the 1932-33 famine in the Soviet Union”. 16th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 14-16 April.
Wolowyna, Oleh 2011. “Russia’s demographic dilemma”. Understanding Russia and its
neighbors, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, Univ. of N. Carolina at
Chapel Hill, March 23-24.
Rudnytskyi, O., Levchuk N., Wolowyna O. and Shevchuk P. 2010. Annual Ukrainian
Famine Lecture “Demographic Assessment of the Holodomor within the Context of the
1932–1933 Famine in the USSR”. University of Toronto, Toronto, November 9.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2009. “The Famine that Stalin Tried to Hide: Demographic Aspects”. Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, December 11, 2009.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2008. “Holodomor Losses: Methodological Problems and Research Challenges”. Holodomor of 1932-33 in Ukraine: Reasons, Demographic Consequences, Legal Treatment”. Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, September 25-26.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2008. “The Famine-Genocide of 1932-33: Estimation of Losses and Demographic Impact”. The Ukrainian Famine-Genocide: Reflections after 75 Years. University of North Carolina: Center for Slavic, Eurasian and E. European Studies, Chapel Hill, NC, September 12.
Levchuk, Nataliia and Oleh Wolowyna. 2008. “Health and Mortality Patterns of Women in Ukraine”. University of North Carolina: Center for Slavic, Eurasian and E. European Studies, Chapel Hill, NC, April 23
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2008. “Demography of Genocide: The Famine of 1932-33”. 13th World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, April 10-12.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2007. “Demographic Crisis in Ukraine: Causes and Consequences”. 12th World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, April 12-14.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2006. “Demohraficznyj Vplyv Novoji Emihraciji z Ukrajiny na Ukrajinsjku Diasporu v Zluczenykh Shtatakh Ameryky” [Demographic implications of immigrants from Ukraine on the Ukrainian Diaspora in the US]. 2nd International Conference “Ukrainian Diaspora: Problems and Research”. National University “Ostrozjka Akademija”, Ostroh, Ukraine, May 21-23, 2006.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2006. “An In-Depth Analysis of Recent Migrants from Ukraine to the United States, 2000-2004”. XXV Annual Conference on Ukrainian Subjects, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, June 19-24.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2003. “Recent Migration from Ukraine to the Unites States: Levels and Characteristics”. Conference on Ukraine and Its Diaspora in the Transnational Age, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, March 20-21.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2001. “Informatsijni Systemy ta Reformuvannja Okhorony Zdorovla”[Information Systems and Health Sector Reform]. Conference on Effects of Folic Acid on People: from Science to Public Health. National Medical Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kyiv, June 13.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 2001. “Religion and Ethnicity of Ukrainians in Canada: Historical Trends and Current Status”. Mohyla lecture. St. Thomas Moore College, Saskatoon, Canada, November 16.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1998. Demographic Trends and the Future of the Ukrainian–Canadian and Ukrainian-American Communities”. Presented at the Cross-Stitching Cultural Borders: Comparing Ukrainian Experience in Canada and the United States Conference. University of Toronto, October 29-31.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1997. "Recent Health and Health Trends in Ukraine: 1989-1997". Conference on Ukraine since Independence: A Symposium on Politics, Economics and Culture. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, July 31-August 2.
Wolowyna, Oleh. 1994. "Demographic Implications for Socio-Economic Development at the Oblast Level in Ukraine”. Population Association of America Meetings, Miami, April 5-7.
Wolowyna, Oleh and Ward Kinkade. 1992. "Implications of Different Migration Policies in Ukraine”.
First International Congress of Economists in Ukraine. Kyiv, May 18-22.
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