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Editor:
Tonya Allen
allen@pop.psu.edu
PRInformation
Fall 2002
Student News
New Students in the Graduate Program in Demography
Rachel Durham, M.A., Arizona State University, sociology and demography
Claudia L. Galindo, B. A., Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, educational theory and policy, demography minor
Amanda Guzman, B.A., Penn State University, sociology and demography
Roy S. Hampton, M.A., London School of Economics, leisure studies, demography minor
Mira Hidajat, M.S., Michigan State University, sociology and demography
Mahmuda Khatun, M.S., University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and M.A., Old Dominion University, rural sociology and demography
David LeBaron, M.S., University of Utah, economics and demography
Leila Rodriguez, B.A., University of Costa Rica, anthropology and demography
William Sambisa, M.S., University of Zimbabwe, rural sociology and demography
Corey S. Sparks, M.A., University of Tennessee, anthropology and demography
Samuel Sturgeon, B.S., Brigham Young University, human development/family studies and demography
Students Present Research at PAA
Jacob Cheadle (with Dr. Paul Amato), "The Transmission of Divorce across Three Generations: The Role of Interpersonal Behavior and Commitment to Marriage" (poster)
Yoshie Durand, "The Future of the Elderly's Living Arrangements in Bangkok, Thailand" (poster)
Bridget Goosby, "Poverty Experiences and the Transition to Adolescence: Measuring the Impact of Poverty Status and Duration on Internalized and Externalized Outcomes of Young Adolescents" (poster) (award-winner)
Tera Hurt (with Dr. Stephen Matthews and Dr. Linda Burton), "Combining GIS and Ethnography to Explore Social Networks and Neighborhood Resource Use among Low-Income Families"
Stefan Jonsson (with Dr. Michael Rendall), "The Contribution of Mexican Immigration to U.S. Population Rejuvenation: A Mexican Birth Cohort Approach"
Hui Liew (with Victor Agadjanian, Arizona State University), "Ethnic Differences in the Transition to Higher Education in Malaysia: The Effects of Colonialism and of Subsequent Preferential Policies"
Cassandra Logan, "A Comparison of the Health Effects of Marriage and Cohabitation"
Flora Nankhuni (with Dr. Jill Findeis), "Human Capital Investment in Children, the Environment, and Work Burdens in Malawi"
Julianne Ohlander (with Ken Chew, University of California at Irvine), "The Application of Survival Analysis in Child Abuse Research" (poster); and "Educational Effects on Attitudes toward Homosexual Sex" (with Jeanne Batalova and Judith Treas, University of California at Irvine) (poster)
Tanja St. Pierre (with Dr. Deborah Graefe and Dr. Gordon F. De Jong), "Welfare Reform Policies and State Migration Rates of Welfare Poor Families" (poster) (award-winner)
Michele Steinmetz, "Cultural Differentials in Fertility in Kenya" (poster)
David Warner (with Dr. Mark Hayward), "Racial Disparities in Men's Mortality: The Role of Childhood Social Conditions in a Process of Cumulative Disadvantage"
Students Present Research at ASA
Erica Gardner (with Dr. Suet-ling Pong), "Parental Involvement and Children's Educational Achievement"
Bridget Goosby, "The Effects of Poverty Experiences on the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adolescents"
Tanya Kenkre (with Dr. R. Salvador Oropesa and Dr. Nancy Landale), "Structure, Process, and Satisfaction with Obstetricians: An Analysis of Mainland Puerto Ricans"
Michele Steinmetz, "Nativism Attitudes and the Occupational Attainment of Male and Female Immigrant Workers" (with Dr. Gordon F. De Jong) and "Cultural Differences in Fertility in Kenya"
David Warner (with Dr. Mark Hayward), "Childhood Origins of the Race Gap in Adult Men's Mortality"
Students Sponsor 9th Annual Demography Student Methodology Workshop
The 9th Annual Demography Student Methodology Workshop, titled "Causal Inferences in the Social Sciences," was held July 22, 2002. Speakers included Dr. Michael Sobel (Columbia University), Dr. Paul Humphreys (University of Virginia), and Dr. George Farkas, professor of sociology, demography, and education.
Other News
Flora Nankhuni presented her research at the PRB Policy Communication Fellows Workshop at the member-initiated meetings at the 2002 PAA.
Tim Slack received a dissertation research award from the Rural Sociological Society to conduct a survey on economic strategies of low-income rural households.
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