Alicia Adsera,
Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer.
Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, 1996.
Interests: fertility, household formation and labor market institutions, migration, income distribution and political economy, international and regional development, and press freedom.
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: public health, the history and sociology of medicine, risk in obstetrics, and biomedical ethics.
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: Socio-cultural and Medical Anthropology; Social Studies of Science and Technology; Global Health; Culture and Mental Illness; HIV/AIDS; Pharmaceuticals; Health and Human Rights; Religion and Society; Subjectivity; Ethnographic Methods; Contemporary Social Theory; Latin American Societies; Brazil.
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.
Tod G. Hamilton,
Assistant Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2010.
Interests: demography, migration, health, and social stratification
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,
Associate 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.
Interests: prejudice and conflict reduction: the role of media, community dialogue and education; social influence, field methodology, psychology and policy.
Alejandro Portes,
Professor of Sociology.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970.
Interests: Immigration, economic sociology, comparative development, Third World urbanization.
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.
Andrew J. Clarke,
Visiting Research Scholar.
Ph.D., Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 2004.
Interests: applied econometrics and labor economics; immigrant labor market outcomes in Australia, Canada, and the United States.
Pamela Klebanov,
Visiting Research Collaborator.
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989.
Interests: child health and development, parenting, maternal employment, poverty.
Albert Esteve Palos,
Visiting Research Scholar.
Ph.D., Demography, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2003.
Interests: family and household demography, with a particular emphasis on assortative mating, marriage migration, marital and non-marital cohabitation
Mathias G. Sinning,
Visiting Research Scholar.
Ph.D., Economics, University of Bochum, 2008.
Interests: labor economics, public policy analysis
Postdoctoral Fellows
Jennifer L. Carrano,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College, 2012.
Interests: effects of poverty on child and family well-being, gene-environment interactions in relation to human development, risk and protective factors contributing to adolescent risk behaviors, youth resilience in the face of adversity
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.
Juanita J. Chinn,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Ph.D., Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012.
Interests: social demography, human mortality, and health disparities in the United States
Michelle DeKlyen,
Research Staff.
Ph.D., Child Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, 1992.
Interests: child development, early child behavior disorders, child learning disabilities.
Rachel E. Goldberg,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, Brown University, 2012.
Interests: social demography, family, health, migration, and life course
Chioun Lee,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph. D., Sociology, Rutgers University, 2012.
Interests: medical sociology, aging and life course, biodemography, sociology of mental health, quantitative methodology
Michael J. McFarland,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2012.
Interests: the interaction of social, psychological, and biological factors and their influence on physical and mental health across the life course
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.
Bilesha B. Weeraratne,
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Ph.D., Economics, City University of New York, 2012.
Interests: unauthorized immigration in US, migration, demography, population economics, labor economics and development economics
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New Faces
This fall we welcome seven new faculty and postdoctoral fellows
and four visiting research scholars.
Faculty
Tod G. Hamilton
Visitors
Andrew J. Clarke
Mathias G. Sinning
Albert Esteve Palos
Postdocs
Juanita J. Chinn
Rachel E. Goldberg
Chioun Lee
Michael J. McFarland
Jennifer L. Carrano
Bilesha B. Weeraratne
