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OPR Faculty and Research Associates

Faculty and Research Staff

Alicia AdseraAlicia Adsera, Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer. Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, 1996. Interests: fertility and household formation, migration and international political economy.

Jeanne AltmannJeanne Altmann, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 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 ArmstrongElizabeth 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 BaldassarriDelia 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 BiehlJoão Biehl, Associate Professor in Anthropology. Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1999. Interests: medical anthropology, social studies of science and technology, Latin American societies.

Anne C. CaseAnne C. Case, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1988. Interests: public finance, development economics, economics of the family.

Rafaela DancygierRafaela 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. DeatonAngus S. Deaton, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, Cambridge University, 1974. Interests: microeconomic analysis, applied econometrics, economic development.

Taryn DinkelmanTaryn Dinkelman, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2008. Interests: development and labor economics, economic demography, applied econometrics.

Elisabeth DonahueElisabeth 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. EspenshadeThomas J. Espenshade, Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1972. Interests: director of the National Study of College Experience (NSCE) and Campus Life in America Student Survey (CLASS) projects. His past research has concentrated on social demography, with a particular emphasis on population economics, mathematical demography, family and household demography, and contemporary immigration to the United States.

Patricia Fernández-KellyPatricia 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.

Ana Maria GoldaniAna Maria Goldani, Associate Research Scholar. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas-Austin, 1989. Interests: family, demography, sex and gender.

Noreen GoldmanNoreen Goldman, Professor of Demography and Public Affairs. D.Sc., Population Studies, Harvard University, 1977. Interests: quantitative analysis, health and mortality, survey design, mathematical demography.

Bryan GrenfellBryan Grenfell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs. D. Phil., Biology, University of York, 1980. Interests: the interface between theoretical models and empirical data in population biology

Jean GrossmanJean 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.

Angel L. HarrisAngel 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. KruegerAlan B. Krueger, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1987. Interests: labor economics, industrial relations, social insurance.

Scott M. LynchScott M. Lynch, Associate Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., Sociology, Duke University, 2001. Interests: social epidemiology, quantitative methodology, demography and sociology of aging.

Douglas S. MasseyDouglas S. Massey, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 1978. Interests: demography, urban sociology, race and ethnicity, international migration, Latin American society, particularly Mexico.

Sara S. McLanahanSara S. McLanahan, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Director, Bendheim-Thoman Center for research on Child Well-Being. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, 1979. Interests: family demography, intergenerational relationships, poverty.

Daniel NottermanDaniel Notterman, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Molecular Biology; Lecturer in Molecular Biology. M.D., New York University School of Medicine, 1978. Interests: research in tumor biology, bioethics, gene-environment interactions.

Devah PagerDevah Pager, Associate Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002. Interests: employment discrimination, racial inequality, social stratification, prisoner reentry.

Christina H. PaxsonChristina H. Paxson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University, 1987. Interests: economic development, applied microeconomics.

Alejandro PortesAlejandro Portes, Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970. Interests: immigration, economic sociology, comparative development, Third World urbanization.

Georges ReniersGeorges 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 RodríguezGermán 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 SalganikMatthew Salganik, Assistant Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University, 2007. Interests: social networks, sociology of culture, social inequality, social psychology, and quantitative methods.

Samuel A Schulhofer-WohlSamuel A Schulhofer-Wohl, Assistant Professor in Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 2007. Interests: economic development, macroeconomics and applied econometrics

Edward TellesEdward Telles, Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas-Austin, 1988. Interests: race and ethnicity, social demography, development, urban sociology.

Marta TiendaMarta Tienda, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Sociology, The University of Texas, Austin, 1977. Interests: social demography, race and ethnic stratification, higher education, immigration.

James TrussellJames Trussell, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1975. Interests: reproductive health, fertility, contraceptive technology, AIDS, mortality, demographic methods.

Charles F. WestoffCharles F. Westoff, Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology, Emeritus. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 1953. Interests: population policy, comparative fertility in developing countries, fertility surveys,family planning.

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Amy Kate BaileyAmy Kate Bailey, Research Associate. Pd.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 2008. Interests: race, social inequality, migration, and locational attainment

Audrey BeckAudrey Beck, Research Associate. Ph.D., Sociology, Duke University, 2007. Interests: family formation, education, contextual effects, juvenile delinquency, and racial and ethnic inequality.

Rebecca CascianoRebecca Casciano, Research Associate. Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 2009. Interests: urban sociology and policy, poverty, welfare, marriage, and demography.

Terry-Ann CraigieTerry-Ann Craigie, Research Associate. Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, 2009. Interests: labor economics, enocomics of the family, applied microeconomics.

Mathew CreightonMathew Creighton, Research Associate. Ph.D., Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2009. Interests: migration, health disparities, gender inequality and educational stratification

Michelle DeKlyenMichelle DeKlyen, Research Staff. Ph.D., Child Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, 1992. Interests: child development, early child behavior disorders, child learning disabilities.

Jenny HigginsJenny Higgins, Research Associate. 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.

Dohoon LeeDohoon Lee, Research Associate. Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. Interests: causes and consequences of skill formation over the life course, linking intergenerational mobility and socioeconomic inequality, and quantitative research methods.

Colter MitchellColter 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.

Anna MünchAnna Münch, Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate. Ph.D., Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern, 2007. Interests: a visiting postdoctoral research associate working with Burt Singer, is carrying out a project about Health Interventions to Nomadic People in the Sahel (Development of adequate health strategies in order to reduce infectious diseases using the examples of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and syphilis among Tamasheq nomads in Mali).

Sunny NiuSunny Niu, Research Associate. Ph.D., Economics of Education, Stanford University, 2002. Interests: issues in education and higher education, research design, employment, and income distribution and occupational choice.

Genevieve Pham-KanterGenevieve Pham-Kanter, Research Associate. Ph.D., Economics and Sociology, University of Chicago, 2009. Interests: health disparities, inequality and stratification, complementary and alternative medicine, health care markets

Visiting Scholars

Jeanne Brooks-GunnJeanne Brooks-Gunn, Visiting Research Collaborator. Ph.D., Human Learning and Development, University of Pennsylvania, 1975. Interests: child development, child wellbeing, parenting, education, poverty.

Pamela KlebanovPamela Klebanov, Visiting Research Collaborator. Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989. Interests: child health and development, parenting, maternal employment, poverty.

Chizuru UshidaChizuru Ushida, Visiting Scholar. Ph.D., Education, Nagoya University, Japan, 2009. Interests: bilingual / bicultural education, academic performance of Latino immigrant children, Latin American Society, race and ethnicity.


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