Alicia Adsera,
Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer.
Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, 1996.
Interests: fertility and household formation, migration and international political economy.
Jeanne Altmann,
Eugene Higgins Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Emeritus.
Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Chicago, 1979.
Interests: non-experimental research design and analysis, ecology and evolution of family relationships and of behavioral development; primate demography and life histories, parent-offspring relationships; infancy and the ontogeny of behavior and social relationships, conservation education and behavioral aspects of conservation.
Elizabeth Armstrong,
Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology and Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 1998.
Interests: sociology of medicine, history of medicine and public health, biomedical ethics, population health, sociology of pregnancy.
Delia Baldassarri,
Assistant Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University, 2007.
Interests: social networks, social and political inequality, economic development, collective action, interpersonal influence and decision-making, public opinion and political behavior.
João Biehl,
Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology. Co-Director, Program in Global Health and Health Policy.
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1999.
Interests: medical anthropology, social studies of science and technology, Latin American societies.
Anne C. Case,
Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1988.
Interests: microeconomic foundations of development, health economics, public finance and labor economics.
Janet M. Currie,
Henry Putnam Professor of Economics. Director of Center for Health & Wellbeing.
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1988.
Interests: health and well-being of children.
Rafaela Dancygier,
Assistant Professor in Politics and Public and International Affairs.
Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University, 2007.
Interests: comparative politics, comparative political economy, immigration, ethnic politics, ethnic conflict.
Angus S. Deaton,
Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics and International Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Cambridge University, 1974.
Interests: Microeconomic analysis, applied econometrics, economic development.
Elisabeth Donahue,
Lecturer of Public and International Affairs.
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1993.
Interests: Poverty, social policy financing and children's policy. Associate Editor of the Future of Children journal.
Thomas J. Espenshade,
Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1972.
Interests: social demography, with a particular emphasis on population economics, mathematical demography, family and household demography, and contemporary immigration to the United States.
Patricia Fernández-Kelly,
Lecturer in Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, Rutgers University, 1981.
Interests: International economic development, industrial restructuring, gender/class/ethnicity, migration/global economy, women/ethnic minorities in the labor force.
Susan Fiske,
Professor of Psychology.
Ph.D., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1978.
Interests: Professor Fiske's research addresses how stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination are encouraged or discouraged by social relationships, such as cooperation, competition, and power.
Ana Maria Goldani,
Associate Research Scholar.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas-Austin, 1989.
Interests: family, demography, sex and gender.
Noreen Goldman,
Hughes-Rogers Professor of Demography and Public Affairs.
D.Sc., Population Studies, Harvard University, 1977.
Interests: Quantitative analysis, health and mortality, survey design, mathematical demography.
Bryan Grenfell,
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs. Director of the Health Grand Challenge Initiative.
D. Phil., Biology, University of York, 1980.
Interests: The interface between theoretical models and empirical data in population biology.
Jean Grossman,
Lecturer in Economics and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980.
Interests: youth development and employment, mentoring, after-school programs, teen pregnancy prevention.
Jeffrey S. Hammer,
Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in Economic Development, (CHW) Woodrow Wilson School.
Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979.
Interests: measuring and improving the quality of medical care, primarily in India; absenteeism of teachers and health workers; policy-related determinants of health status; and improving service delivery through better accountability mechanisms.
Angel L. Harris,
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies.
Ph.D., Public Policy & Sociology, University of Michigan, 2005.
Interests: social psychology, sociology of education, survey research methods, race and ethnicity, quantitative data analysis, public policy analysis.
Alan B. Krueger,
Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1987.
Interests: labor economics, industrial relations, social insurance.
Scott M. Lynch,
Associate Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, Duke University, 2001.
Interests: Social epidemiology, quantitative methodology, demography and sociology of aging.
Douglas S. Massey,
Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Director, Office of Population Research.
Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 1978.
Interests: demography, urban sociology, race and ethnicity, international migration, Latin American society, particularly Mexico.
Sara S. McLanahan,
William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Director, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, 1979.
Interests: Family demography, intergenerational relationships, poverty.
Devah Pager,
Associate Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002.
Interests: Employment discrimination, racial inequality, social stratification, prisoner reentry.
Elizabeth L. Paluck,
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Yale University, 2007.
Christina H. Paxson,
Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs. Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, 1987.
Interests: Economic development, applied microeconomics.
Alejandro Portes,
Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970.
Interests: Immigration, economic sociology, comparative development, Third World urbanization.
Georges Reniers,
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
Interests: health and mortality, HIV/AIDS, family demography, Africa.
Germán Rodríguez,
Senior Research Demographer.
Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, 1975.
Interests: statistical demography, fertility surveys, survival analysis, multilevel models, demographic and statistical computing, with emphasis on web applications.
Matthew Salganik,
Assistant Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University, 2007.
Interests: social networks, sociology of culture, social inequality, social psychology, and quantitative methods.
Edward Telles,
Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas-Austin, 1988.
Interests: race and ethnicity, social demography, development, urban sociology.
Marta Tienda,
Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies. Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Director, Program in Latino Studies. Director, Program in Population Studies.
Ph.D., Sociology, The University of Texas, Austin, 1977.
Interests: social demography, race and ethnic stratification, higher education, immigration.
James Trussell,
Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Public and International Affairs. Professor of Economics and Public Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1975.
Interests: Reproductive health, fertility, contraceptive technology, AIDS, mortality, demographic methods.
Tom S. Vogl,
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs.
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 2011.
Interests: development economics, economic demography, health economics, and labor economics.
Charles F. Westoff,
Maurice P. During '22 Professor of Demographic Studies, Emeritus. Professor of Sociology, Emeritus..
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 1953.
Interests: Population policy, comparative fertility in developing countries, fertility surveys,family planning.
Visiting Scholars
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn,
Visiting Research Collaborator.
Ph.D., Human Learning and Development, University of Pennsylvania, 1975.
Interests: child development, child wellbeing, parenting, education, poverty.
Jenny Higgins,
Visiting Research Collaborator.
Ph.D., Women's Studies, MPH, Global Health, Emory University, 2005.
Interests: sexuality and sexual pleasure-seeking, particularly how they influence contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy, and HIV risk.
Pamela Klebanov,
Visiting Research Collaborator.
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989.
Interests: child health and development, parenting, maternal employment, poverty.
Bruno Masquelier,
Visiting Research Fellow.
PhD, Demography, Louvain University, 2010.
Interests: Estimation of adult mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa from data on survival of close relatives. Use of microsimulations in countries with deficient demographic data
Elizabeth T. Wilde,
Visiting Research Collaborator.
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 2008.
Interests: impact of welfare reform on long term health and disability rates,
federal initiatives and chronic homelessness, impact of insurance
costs on adherence to cancer treatment, and health care quality.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Public Policy and Demography, Princeton University, 2011.
Interests: migration, immigration, poverty.
Rebecca Casciano,
Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 2009.
Interests: urban sociology and policy, poverty, welfare, marriage, and demography.
Elizabeth A. Chiarello,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Irvine, 2011.
Interests: law and society, medical sociology, professions/organizations, social movements, and reproductive health.
Kate Choi,
Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles, 2010.
Interests: socioeconomic causes and consequences of international migration for migrants, their families, and the communities in which they live.
Michelle DeKlyen,
Research Staff.
Ph.D., Child Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, 1992.
Interests: child development, early child behavior disorders, child learning disabilities.
Guy S. Grossman,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University, 2011.
Interests: exploring the relationship between governance institutions and public goods provision in low-income countries, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kelli Hall,
Research Associate.
Ph.D., Nursing, Columbia University, 2010.
Interests: adolescent reproductive health; contraceptive behavior; the intersection between family planning and primary and mental health care.
Melissa Martinson,
Research Associate.
Ph.D., Social Policy and Policy Analysis, Columbia University, 2010.
Interests: health disparities, social determinants of health, international comparative health, comparative social welfare policy, child and family policy, and poverty.
Colter Mitchell,
Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, 2009.
Interests: family formation, parent-child relationships, gene-environment interactions, ideational change, survey and quantitative methodology.
Gabriela Sanchez-Soto,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, Brown University, 2011.
Interests: migration, life course, education and social mobility, marriage and family formation, children and youth.
Silvia Heidi Ullmann,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Public Policy, Princeton University, 2011.
Interests: demographic, social, and health impacts of international migration and population health more broadly.
Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn,
Research Associate.
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2010.
Interests: health and aging and has conducted research more specifically on aging in a high-infection society utilizing data from the Tsimane Health and Life History Project (a joint anthropology and health study of the Tsimane of Bolivia).
Miranda R. Waggoner,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology and Social Policy, Brandeis University, 2011.
Interests: medical sociology, maternal and child health, women’s health policy, science and technology studies.
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New Faces
This fall we welcome six new faculty and postdoctoral fellows
and a visiting research scholar.
Faculty
Elizabeth L. Paluck
Jeffrey S. Hammer
Visitors
Elizabeth T. Wilder
Postdocs
Elizabeth A. Chiarello
Gabriela Sanchez-Soto
Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra
Miranda R. Waggoner
