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Tonya Allen
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PRInformation
Spring 2008
Student News
Awards
Leila Rodriguez, dual-degree student in anthropology and demography, was one of six recipients of the Penn State Spirit of Internationalization Award for 2007. Celebrating International Women's Day, the award honors women with international interests who have shown extraordinary strength of character and commitment to the cause of internationalization.
Students Present Research at PAA
Jennifer Buher-Kane, "Do Ideologies Really Affect Fertility Intentions and Behavior? A Cohort Perspective (1979-2004)" (poster)
Kristin Burnett (with Dr. Michelle Frisco), "Weight as a Bio-Social Filter of the Proximate Determinants of Fertility" (poster)
Satvika Chalasani, "Prenatal Care and Infant Health: Elementary, Dear Watson? Accounting for Selection Bias in Nonexperimental Data"
Vivien W. Chen and Tse-Chuan Yang (with Dr. Suet-ling Pong), "School Availability and Choice" (poster)
Alisha J. Coleman (with Dr. Diane K. McLaughlin), "Economic Restructuring and Family Structure Change 1980 to 2000: A Focus on Female-Headed Families with Children" (poster)
Alisha J. Coleman (with Dr. Diane K. McLaughlin), "Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Work: Black, Hispanic, and White Women's Reasons for Employment in Nonstandard Jobs" (poster)
Kimberly A. Daniels, "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Fertility Behavior and Intentions within Cohabiting Unions" (poster)
Mary Ann Demi (with Dr. Anastasia R. Snyder, Ohio State University), "Patterns of Union Formation and Dissolution in Rural and Urban Areas: A Comparison across Recent Cohorts of American Women" (poster)
Shawn F. Dorius, "Global Demographic Convergence? A Reconsideration of Inequality in National Fertility Estimates" (poster)
Ashley E. Frost (with Dr. Francis Dodoo), "Gender in African Population Research: The Fertility/Reproductive Health Example" (poster)
Kaylin Greene (with Dr. Kathryn Hynes), "A More Complex Image of the Relationship between Fathers' Time with Children and Maternal Employment" (poster)
Matthew S. Hall, "The Geographic Diffusion of the Foreign Born and the Shifting Scale of Spatial Assimilation"
Mira M. Hidajat (with Dr. Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Dustin Brown, University of Texas at Austin), "How Much Life Does a Good Education Buy?"
Jason Houle, "Mobility Effects Redux: Does Intergenerational Mobility Shape Individual Psychology?" (poster)
Shelley K. Irving (with Dr. Deborah Roempke Graefe), "Marriage among Welfare Recipients: Relationship Commitment Interacts with Welfare Policy"
Julia A. Jennings (with Dr. Corey S. Sparks, University of Texas at San Antonio; Dr. James W. Wood; Dr. Patricia L. Johnson; and Dr. Timothy M. Murtha, Penn State), "Extended Households and Economic Dynamics in Orkney, Scotland, 1851-1901" (poster)
Katherine M. Johnson (with Dr. David Johnson), "Partnered Decisions: Seeking Help in the Case of Infertility"
Aramide Kazeem (with Dr. C. Shannon Stokes and Dr. Leif Jensen), "School Attendance and Grade Progression in Nigeria: Is Gender or Socioeconomic Status more Important?" (poster)
Peter J. Mateyka and Shelley K. Irving, "Rural, Central-City, and Suburban Differences in Housing Quality among the Elderly: Assessing the Impact of Sociodemographic Characteristics" (poster)
Leila Rodriguez, "Using Respondent-Driven Sampling to Study Self-Employed Nigerians in New York City: Applicability for Immigrant Populations" (poster)
Elisa Rustenbach (with Dr. Alan Booth), "Early Family Transitions and Depressive Symptoms"
Andrea K. Ryan, "Contexts of Risk: Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Predicting Pre-Union Parenthood" (poster)
Yetty Shobo, "Linkages of Socio-Cultural and Socio-Economic Factors to Ideal Number of Children in the Context of Social Change: Generational Differences Explored" (poster)
Katherine C. Stamps (with Dr. Valarie King and Dr. Daniel N. Hawkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha), "Adolescents with Two Nonresident Biological Parents: Living Arrangements, Parental Involvement, and Well-Being" (poster)
Michele Steinmetz, "The Influence of Quality of Care on Fertility Outcomes in Kenya"
Nicole Steward (with Dr. George Farkas), "The Effects of Early Sex on Education Attainment: Detailed Mechanisms" (poster)
Tse-Chuan Yang (with Dr. Leif Jensen and Dr. Murali Haran, Penn State), "Context and Death: A Spatial Investigation of the Impacts of Social Capital and Natural Amenities on Mortality in U.S. Counties"
Xiaohua Yu (with Dr. David Abler), "Family Structure, Education and Cigarette Smoking of the Adults in China: A Double-Hurdle Model" (poster)
Kristina L. Zeiser and Claudia L. Nau (with Dr. Molly A. Martin), "Stressful Life Events and Adolescent Weight Trajectories"
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