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Tonya Allen
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PRInformation
Spring 2009
Student News
Students Present Research at PAA
Benta Abuya (with Dorothy O. Rombo, University of Minnesota, and Dr. Jane Rose Njue, Northern Illinois University), "Gender, Mortality and Fertility: The Association between Gender, Child Mortality and Number of Children Born to Mothers in Kenya" (poster)
David Ader, "Poverty among the Indigenous People of Chile: An Empirical Analysis"
Claire Altman and Elizabeth H. Baker, "Migradollars and Meat: Food Expenditures in Migrant-Sending Mexican Households" (poster)
Elizabeth H. Baker and Claire Altman (with Dr. Jennifer Van Hook), "Exposure to Migration, Parental Human Capital, and Children's Health in Mexico"
Jennifer Buher-Kane (with Dr. Alan Booth), "Multiple Caregiver Transitions and Early Union Formation"
Kristin Burnett, "Factors Influencing Children's Risk of Experiencing Maternal Cohabitation: Current Estimates and Trends"
Alisha J. Coleman-Jensen, "Food Insecurity and Nonstandard Work among Low-Income Households: A Longitudinal Analysis"
Arnold Degboe, "The Effect of Decision Making Patterns on Demand for Modern Contraceptives in Ghana: Evidence from the 2003 Demographic and Health Survey" (poster)
Emily Doyle (with Dr. Kathryn Hynes, Penn State, and Dr. Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University), "The Relationship Context of Early Fatherhood: National Estimates Based on Multiple Surveys" (poster)
Ashley E. Frost, "Exploring the Nature of Gender Equitable Attitudes among Ghanaian Men: Why Do Some Men Reject the Patriarchal Dividend?"
Matthew Hall and Shelley K. Irving (with Dr. Deborah Roempke Graefe and Dr. Gordon F. De Jong), "Immigrant Population Change and Skill Profiles in 21st Century Gateways: A Human Capital-Based Typology of Metropolitan Destinations, 2000-2007"
Jessica Heckert (with Dr. Rukmalie Jayakody), "Social Change and Premarital Sexual Behavior and Attitudes" (poster)
Mira Hidajat (with Dustin C. Brown and Jennifer Karas Montez, University of Texas at Austin), "The Significance of Education for Rectangularization of the Survival Curve in the United States" (poster)
Shelley K. Irving, "The Effects of Anti-Poverty Policy on Poverty Exits versus Poverty Cycling among Poor Children"
Juliet Iwelunmor (with Dr. Collins Airhihenbuwa, Penn State), "HIV/AIDS Disclosure and Motherhood: A Critical but Neglected Agency" (poster)
Spencer James (with Dr. Tim B. Heaton, Brigham Young University), "Religion and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa" (poster)
Julia A. Jennings (with Dr. Corey S. Sparks, University of Texas at San Antonio; and Dr. James W. Wood, Dr. Patricia L. Johnson, Dr. Timothy M. Murtha, and Dr. Stephen Matthews, Penn State), "Dissolution of Extended-Family Households in Northern Orkney, Scotland, 1851-1901"
Eric Jensen, "The Spatial Assimilation and Changing Income Inequalities of Mexican Farm Workers in the United States, 1980 to 2006"
Ivy A. Kodzi (with Dr. David Johnson), "Determinants of the Desire to Stop Childbearing among Women in Southern Ghana: Parity Progression, Partner Effects, and Situational Factors"
Martin Moreno, "A Socio-Demographic Comparison of the Peruvian Diaspora in Four Selected Destinations" (poster)
Claudia Nau (with Dr. Glenn Firebaugh), "How Are Causes of Death Shaping the Differences in Population Health Inequality between the United States and Sweden?"
Leila Rodriguez, "Undocumented to Naturalized: How Legal Status Affects Immigrant Employment Histories" (poster)
Elisa Rustenbach, "Sources of Negative Attitudes Towards Immigrants: A Multi-Level Analysis"
Monika Setia (with Dr. Peter Kemper), "Wages, Health Benefits, and Retention of Direct Care Workers in Long Term Care: A Life Table Approach" (poster)
Carla Shoff, "Teenage Fertility: Does Place, Race, or Poverty Matter?" (poster)
Catherine Tucker, "A Portrait of Religiosity of U.S. Muslim Immigrants" (poster)
Xiaozhou Wang (with Dr. Glenn Firebaugh and Dr. Sal Oropesa), "Permanent Migrants in China: Hukou Origin and Economical Integration"
Kristina L. Zeiser, "Minority Status, Generational Status, and Educational Attainment: A Test of the Human Capital and Immigrant Optimism Perspectives"
Students Present Research at AERA
Vivien W. Chen, "The Causal Effect of Catholic School on 12th-Grade Math Achievement" (poster)
Jacob Hibel, "Influences of Institutional Context and Student Body Composition on Elementary School Sorting Practices" (poster)
Other News
David Ader attended the Bergen Summer Research School at the University of Bergen, Norway. The school was specifically designed for doctoral students from around the world who address the issue of poverty in their research.
Carla Shoff presented her poster "Teenage Fertility: Does Place, Race, or Poverty Matter?" at Penn State's Graduate Exhibition and at the College of Agricultural Sciences' Graduate Research Exposition, receiving second place within the Social and Behavioral Sciences division at both events.
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