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Editor:
Tonya Allen
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PRInformation
Fall 2004
Student News
New Students in the Graduate Program in Demography
Jessica Bagdonis, B.A., American University, Rural Sociology and Demography.
Mitsuko Chikasada, B.S. and M.S., University of Tokyo (Japan), Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics and Demography.
Alisha J. Coleman, B.S., Cornell University, Rural Sociology and Demography.
Mary Ann Demi, B.S., Penn State, Rural Sociology and Demography.
Shawn F. Dorius, B.S. and M.A., Brigham Young University, Sociology and Demography.
Saira Farooq, B.A., University of Buffalo, Geography with Minor in Demography.
Ashley Frost, B.A., Smith College, Sociology and Demography.
Brigitt Heier, B.S., Penn State, Health Policy and Administration and Demography.
Ivy Kodzi, B.Sc. and M.A., University of Ghana, Sociology and Demography.
Beth (Elisa) Ann Rustenbach, B.A., Colorado University, Sociology and Demography.
Maureen Utz, B.S. and M.P.A., University of Pittsburgh, Rural Sociology and Demography.
Julie Van Eerden, B.A., Indiana University, Sociology and Demography.
Tse-chuan Yang, B.S. and M.A., National Taiwan University, Rural Sociology and Demography.
Students Present Research at ASA
Latrica E. Best, "Racial Differences in the Prevalence and Burden of Diabetes"
Rachel E. Durham (with Dr. George Farkas), "The Importance of Early Language Skills: An Explanation for Social Class"
Hui P. Liew, "Implications of Spatial Mobility and Governmental Policies on Fertility: The Case of Red River Delta and Mekong Delta in Vietnam"
Niveditha Menon (with Dr. Michael P. Johnson), "A Feminist Study of Domestic Violence in Rural India"
Peter Moyi (with Dr. Suet-ling Pong and William Frick), "Coresident Grandparents and Grandchildren's Academic Performance"
Mindy E. Scott, "The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Capital"
Karina M. Shreffler, "How Do Past Fertility Behaviors and Present Intentions Predict Future Fertility Outcomes?"
Jason M. Smith, "Social Capital and Fertility: Testing Coleman's Closure Hypothesis"
Tanja St. Pierre (with Dr. Deborah R. Graefe and Dr. Gordon F. De Jong), "Welfare Reform Family Caps and Interstate Migration of Poor Mothers"
Other News
Leila Rodriguez received an honorable mention from the Society for Economic Anthropology in its annual Schneider prize competitions for her paper, "Generations and Motivations: Russian and Other Former Soviet Immigrants in Costa Rica." The Schneider prize is awarded annually since 1989 to the best graduate paper in the area of economic anthropology.
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