Mark D. Hayward

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{{Short description|American demographer and sociologist}}

Mark D. Hayward is an American demographer and sociologist.

Hayward completed his bachelor's degree in sociology at the Washington State University in 1975, then pursued a master's (1978) and doctorate (1981) in the same subject at Indiana University Bloomington.{{cite news |title=Mark D Hayward |url=https://experts.utexas.edu/mark_hayward |access-date=30 August 2023 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin}} He taught at the University of Southern California and Pennsylvania State University before moving to the University of Texas at Austin in 2005,{{cite news |title=PAA Honored Members: Mark Hayward 2019 Honored Member |url=https://www.populationassociation.org/support/honored-members/mark-hayward |access-date=30 August 2023 |publisher=Population Association of America}} where he holds the Centennial Commission Professorship in Liberal Arts #1.{{cite news |title=Mark D. Hayward |url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/sociology/faculty/mdh745 |access-date=30 August 2023 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts}}

Hayward became a honored member of the Population Association of America in 2019. He is a former chief editor of the academic journal Demography.