The Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) at Brown University, formally established in 1965, is an internationally respected demography research and training center offering an outstanding interdisciplinary graduate training program. Research interests include social demography, economic demography, anthropological demography, and population health.
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Photo Credit: John Abromowski, Brown University
Sixteen African doctoral and postdoctoral alumni returned to the PSTC at the end of April for a lively and engaging scientific conference. Photos from this event are available for viewing and download here.
(Many thanks to campus photographer John Abromowski for permission to circulate and distribute these photographs.)
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In the new issue of Social Science and Medicine, Professor of Anthropology Marida Hollos and her colleagues report findings from their NSF-supported work on the stigma and consequences of infertility for women in two areas of Nigeria. Read the Brown news release here.
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PSTC Director and Professor of Sociology Michael White is co-author (with former PSTC posdoctoral fellow Jennifer Glick of Arizona State University) of the new book Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in American Schools, Jobs, and Neighborhoods. Learn more about the book here.
