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The De Jong Lecture in Social Demography

The De Jong Lecture is supported by the Gordon F. and Caroline M. De Jong Lecturship in Social Demography Endowment, administered jointly by the Department of Sociology and the Population Research Institute. More about the De Jong Lecture...

The 2008 De Jong Lecture

The 2008 De Jong Lecture will be held October 3, 2008. Andrew Cherlin, the Benjamin H. Griswold, III, Professor of Public Policy at Johns Hopkins, and past-President of the PAA, will offer a lecture tentatively titled, "Was Welfare Reform a Success? How Minority Families are Faring." Lisa Gennetian (Brookings) and Paul Amato (Penn State) will be discussants. Full program and registration will be available at a later date.

Past De Jong Lectures

2007: Social Class Health and Mortality Differentials: Are There Important Selection Effects?

2006 Inaugural Lecture: Migration and Race/Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.

Further Information

For more information about the De Jong Lecture in Social Demography, please contact:

Carolyn Scott
The Pennsylvania State University
Population Research Institute
601 Oswald Tower
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-6806
Fax: (814) 863-8342
Email: css7@psu.edu

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