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Editor:
Tonya Allen
allen@pop.psu.edu
PRInformation
Spring 2005
Faculty Focus
Dr. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Visiting Professor
Dr. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, associate professor of sociology and African studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, is Visiting Fulbright New Century Scholar at PRI for the 2004-2005 academic year. Her research focuses on gender relations in Africa. While at PRI, Dr. Adomako Ampofo worked with Dr. Francis Dodoo and PRI graduate students on data previously collected in Ghana that examines the ways in which children are tracked into gendered identities and either contest or embrace patriarchy. Dr. Adomako Ampofo was recently elected Co-convenor of the Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association, and appointed to the Editorial Board of Globalisation and Health Review. She was keynote speaker, University of the Western Cape Meeting From Boys to Men, Cape Town, January 26-28, 2005, presenting her paper "Meanings of Manhood among Boys in Ghana" with John Boateng (which was also presented at Florida Atlantic University on March 4, 2005); and presented "Intimate Bargains: Ghanaian Women Negotiating Sexual Space" at Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, November 5, 2004. In December her co-authored article (with Josephine Beoku-Betts, Mary Osirim, and Wairimu Njambi) "Women's and Gender Studies in English Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Research in the Social Sciences" was published in Gender and Society.
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Duane F. Alwin, McCourtney Professor of Sociology, Demography, Human Development and Family Studies, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Editorial Board of The Public Opinion Quarterly, the journal of the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers.
Dr. Ann C. Crouter, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Center for Work and Family Research, received the Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award, which recognizes a faculty member for significant scholarly contributions that have led to a major discovery or advance in his or her field.
Dr. Ann C. Crouter, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Center for Work and Family Research, has been elected to serve as the chair of the Christian Children's Fund Board of Directors.
Dr. Robert Drago, professor of labor studies and industrial relations and women's studies, is President-elect, 2006, College and University Work-Family Association.
Dr. Richard Felson, professor of crime, law and justice and sociology, received the 2004 Distinction in the Social Sciences Award for Research from the College of Liberal Arts.
Dr. Richard Felson, professor of crime, law and justice and sociology, received funding from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation for his project "Distinctive Characteristics of Marital Violence," and with Scott Feld received funding through NSF/Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences to study "The Appropriateness of Retaliation: The Effects of Gender and Relationship."
Dr. Scott M. Hofer, associate professor of human development and family studies, was named a Member of the Social Psychology, Personality, and Interpersonal Processes (SPIP) Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, for the term 2004-2008.
Dr. Scott M. Hofer, associate professor of human development and family studies, is Co-Investigator in a five-year grant for a Center for Early Diagnosis and Therapy Research for Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Swedish Network, Neuropsychology Core (PI: B. Winblad); Principal Investigator on a three-year NIMH grant, "Psychopathology in Young People with Mental Retardation;" and International Collaborator, Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Network in Ageing Well, Australia (PI: H. Kendig).
Dr. Nancy S. Landale, professor of sociology and demography, has been appointed to the Committee on Population Statistics of the Population Association of America for a term that runs from 2005 to 2008.
Dr. Bruce G. Lindsay has been named Willaman Professor of Statistics in the Eberly College of Science.
Dr. Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, professor of women's studies and health education and director, TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health, was the guest editor with Margaret Stubbs of two special issues on women's health and menstruation: a "cluster" in the National Women's Studies Association Journal, volume 16(3), Fall, 2004 and Women's Health Issues, volume 14(6), Nov/Dec 2004.
Dr. Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, professor of women's studies and health education and director, TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health, with Dr. Frank Lawrence and Dr. Patricia Barthalow Koch, received a grant from Penn State's Survey Research Center for their project, "Growth Modeling of TREMIN Menstrual Data."
Dr. Stephen Matthews, senior research associate, associate professor of geography, demography, and sociology, and director of the GIA Core, served on the NICHD panel on the R24 Population Infrastructure for April 2005.
Dr. Diane K. McLaughlin, associate professor of rural sociology and demography, received the 2005 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award. This award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by a faculty member with at least five years of active service who effectively guides junior faculty.
Dr. R. Barry Ruback, professor of crime, law and justice and sociology, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Justice Quarterly.
Dr. Robert Schoen, Hoffman Professor of Family Sociology and Demography, has been appointed to the Mindel Sheps Award Committee of the Population Association of America.
Dr. Pamela Farley Short, professor of health policy and administration and demography and director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research, has been selected by the Institute of Medicine, a component of The National Academies, to serve on its newly formed Cancer Survivorship Committee.
Dr. Keith E. Whitfield, associate professor of biobehavioral health, received the College of Health and Human Development Diversity Achievement Award. This award recognizes a student, faculty or staff member who demonstrates a commitment to the value of diversity and has been instrumental in creating or facilitating a climate of inclusiveness in the college and at Penn State.
Invited Speakers
Dr. Paul R. Amato, professor of sociology and demography, presented "Changes in Family Structure and the Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Well-Being of Children" at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, October 15, 2004; "The Long-Term Consequences of Parental Divorce and Marital Discord for Children" and "The Importance of Parent-Child Relationship Over the Life Course" at the Conference on Healthy Families, National University of Taiwan, Taipei, October 27-28, 2004; and with Shelley Riggs presented "Attachment Relationships and Child Outcomes in the Aftermath of Divorce: Theory and Research" at the Annual Conference of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, San Antonio, Texas, May 13, 2004.
Dr. Jeffrey H. Cohen, assistant professor of anthropology and demography, presented "Migration and Remittance Outcomes in Oaxaca, Mexico," as part of the Population Research Institute's Brown Bag Seminar Series, February 15, 2005; "La Unidad Domestica en un Tiempo de Globalización: Ejemplos Ethnograficas de Santa Ana del Valle, Oaxaca, México," Mesa Redonda Monte Alban IV (The IV Monte Alban Roundtable) sponsored by INAH-CONACULTURA, Oaxaca, July 2, 2004; and with Leila Rodriguez presented "Consecuencias de las remesas en las zonas rurales de Oaxaca, México: retos, opciones, y oportunidades para los hogares de emigrantes" at the conference Migración y Remesas, el Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, October 26-27, 2004, and "Migration and the Politics of Community in Rural Oaxaca" for the panel Imagining Mexican Citzenships: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives, Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2004.
Dr. Gordon F. De Jong, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography and director of the Graduate Program in Demography, presented "Getting High Scores from a Scientific Review Panel" and "Writing Literature Reviews for Grant Proposals," invited presentations at the Proposal Development Workshop, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, August 16-20, 2004; and "Demographic Trends Affecting Public Policy in Pennsylvania," invited presentation to the Governor and Cabinet Secretaries, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, September 23, 2004.
Dr. Francis Dodoo, professor of sociology and demography, was invited to present the 2005 Donald J. Adamchak Distinguished Lecture for Kansas State University's department of sociology, anthropology and social work on March 7, 2005. Dr. Dodoo spoke on "Sex, HIV Risk and Living Poor in African Cities."
Dr. Robert Drago, professor of labor studies and industrial relations and women's studies, presented "Biases Against Caregiving and Gender Equity" at the National Symposium on the Advancement of Women in Science, Harvard University, April 2005; and "Biases Against Caregiving in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities" at the College and University Work/Family Association Conference, Georgia Tech University, February 2005.
Dr. Jill L. Findeis, professor of agricultural, environmental and regional economics and demography, presented "Myth Versus Reality: The 'New' Agricultural Household" (with Anuja Jayaraman and Dr. Hema Swaminathan), invited plenary session paper presented at the Société Française d'Economie Rurale (SFER) Colloque Adjustments in Agricultural Families: Consequences for Public Policy, The Sorbonne, Paris; "Linkages to External Labor Markets and Why It Matters," invited paper presented at the Ag Policy Links to Farm Households and the Rural Economy: A Research and Policy Workshop sponsored by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Washington, DC; "Policy Interventions and Poverty in Rural America" (with Dr. Hema Swaminathan), principal paper presented at the 2004 American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO; and "The Well-being of Farm Workers: Employee Benefits, Public Assistance and Long-Term Effects" (with Dr. Anastasia R. Snyder and Anuja Jayaraman), invited paper presented at the Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Glenn Firebaugh, Liberal Arts Research Professor of Sociology and Demography, gave an invited talk on "The Evolution of Global Income Inequality," October 12, 2004, Harvard University Sociology Department Colloquium series; January 19, 2005, Yale University, Inequality Lecture Series, Political Science and Economics; and February 3, 2005, Columbia University, Seminar Series on Social Inequality. Dr. Firebaugh also presented a Workshop on Quantitative Methods, National Science Council, distinguished scholar lecture series, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Dr. Constance A. Flanagan, professor of agricultural and extension education, presented "Youth Civic Engagement and a Healthy Body Politic," National Teleconference of the Building Partnerships for Youth Project, for professionals in the education, health, and voluntary youth sectors, University of Arizona and National 4-H Council, December, 2004; "The Civic Promise of Public Education," Growing Indiana's Human Capital: Assuring Positive Futures for Youth, Family Impact Seminars for Indiana's State Legislators sponsored by Purdue University, January, 2005; and "Community Colleges as a Venue for Civic Engagement," at the invitational meeting, Life Cycle Institute, Catholic University, D.C., March, 2005.
Dr. Stephen Matthews, senior research associate, associate professor of geography, demography, and sociology, and director of the GIA Core, was invited to present "Road Maps for the Application of GIS to Population Science" at the Association for Population/Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers-International (APLIC-I) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, March 2005.
Dr. David Shapiro, professor of economics, women's studies and demography, presented "Higher Education in the United States" at the Protestant University of the Congo (Université Protestante au Congo), Kinshasa, November 18, 2004; and "The Role of Universities in American Society" at Kongo University (Université Kongo), Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 11, 2005.
Leaves of Absence
Dr. Clancy Blair, associate professor of human development and family studies, to acquire training in magnetic resonance imaging methodology and to conduct collaborative research in brain imaging at Columbia University and Cornell University.
Dr. Linda M. Burton, professor of human development and sociology, to complete a book titled Structuring Discovery: A Model and Method for Multi-site Team Ethnography; to collaborate with researchers and develop theoretical and methodological approaches for integrating qualitative and quantitative data; to collaborate with colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Washington in writing and submitting several manuscripts for publication in scholarly and policy journals; and to work on a co-authored book, Homeplace in the Lives of Poor Families.
Dr. Richard Felson, professor of crime, law and justice and sociology, to complete a research project involving secondary analyses of survey data that examines how the motivation for violence by intimate partners, particularly violence committed by male partners, is different from the motivation for other types of violence.
Dr. Douglas A. Granger, associate professor of biobehavioral health and human development and family studies, to initiate and complete several innovative research projects involving data collection, analysis and publication of studies that integrate salivary biomarkers into behavioral research.
Dr. Robert Schoen, Hoffman Professor of Family Sociology and Demography, to complete work on a monograph in mathematical demography, specifically on the emerging area of dynamic population models.
Dr. Mark D. Shriver, associate professor of anthropology, to develop a new tool for the study of human population genomics that will integrate human genome research and population studies.
Dr. Darrell J. Steffensmeier, professor of sociology and crime, law and justice, to research a monograph on trends in female criminality during the 20th century that examines constancy and change in female-to-male offending patterns; offers an explanation of those patterns; and forecasts gendered crime patterns for the 21st century.
Dr. Keith E. Whitfield, associate professor of biobehavioral health, to conduct research on the relationships between stress and health disparities; to develop collaborations with colleagues at the University of Michigan, the University of Washington and Duke University; and to develop a grant proposal on minority aging and health that explores behavioral and genetic factors related to stress and health.
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