Faculty Associate John Papay comments on disparities in college completion and earnings among students of different backgrounds with similar MCAS scores.
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The Rich Cut Their Spending. That Has Hurt All the Workers Who Count on It.
Faculty associate John Friedman comments on consumer spending during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mason teams up with doctoral student to investigate COVID-19 experiences in China
The project will integrate interviews, media analysis and observation on the ground to understand how Chinese people in Shanghai with different experiences share and interpret information about COVID-19 during this liminal period.
3 charts reveal how the COVID-19 unemployment crisis isn’t over
Faculty associate John Friedman comments on the potential long-term economic effects of the pandemic.
When Couples Fight about Virus Risks
Faculty associate Emily Oster comments on how parents should assess risks associated with Covid-19.
PSTC trainees graduating
Five PSTC trainees will receive their PhDs from Brown this weekend.
Missing the Revolution with Covid-19: On Hindsight and Ethnographic Expertise
Faculty associate Kate Mason comments on her early assumptions about Covid-19.
PSTC Awards Seed Funding for COVID-19 Research
Three faculty associates have received support for research projects exploring COVID-19 and its consequences at the population level.
U.S. loses record 20.5 million jobs in April
Faculty associate John Friedman comments on unemployment during the COVID pandemic.
Owens named WT Grant Foundation Scholar
The WT Grant Foundation funds research focused on improving outcomes for America’s children and youth, with a particular focus on how to reduce inequality as well as how policymakers and practitioners use research evidence.
Faculty associate Michael White comments on the potential for population shifts in New York City due to the coronavirus.
McGarvey uses archaeological records and genome analysis to understand Samoan population history
Faculty associate Stephen McGarvey and colleagues use both archaeological and genomic evidence to study early Samoan populations.
Bias in Estimating Income Segregation in the U.S.
New work by PSTC faculty associates Logan and Foster highlights systematic bias in estimating income segregation in the U.S.
Has the Coronavirus Peaked in the U.S.?
PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie comments on the epidemic curve.
Timing of school closures, COVID-19 transmission, and academic Twitter
Emily Rauscher discusses her recent work on COVID-19 and Twitter's role in sharing research.
PSTC faculty associate and Professor of Economics David Weil discusses the economic impacts of the pandemic.
Demography and COVID-19: Reflections from PSTC Faculty Associates
Three PSTC faculty associates comment on how their areas of expertise might be relevant in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic.
PSTC faculty associate Andrea Flores discusses the sacrifices older siblings make for younger siblings' education.
Peaks, Testing, Lockdowns: How Coronavirus Vocabulary Causes Confusion
Faculty associate Mark Lurie comments on how COVID-19 cases are reported.
Predoctoral Trainees Study Inequality with new support from NSF
Three sociology trainees have received NSF support for dissertation research on diverse issues of inequality.
COVID-19 and Imaginaries of China
PSTC Postdoctoral Fellow Grazia Deng, an anthropologist, discusses anti-Chinese sentiment in the age of coronavirus.
Labeling kids with mild disabilities can backfire, study finds
Research on childhood ADHD diagnoses by PSTC faculty associate Jayanti Owens is highlighted.
Faculty Associate Escudero Receives NSF CAREER Award
Kevin Escudero has received a CAREER award from NSF for his work on the educational trajectories of students with different legal statuses.
PSTC junior scholars make their mark
We spoke with four junior scholars who are already making their marks in their respective fields to learn more about their work and some of the benefits of being PSTC faculty associates.
Mark Lurie, Brown University epidemiologist,discusses COVID-19
PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie discusses the coronavirus epidemic in a podcast with the Providence Journal.
A Simple Way to Equalize the Ivies? Give Others the Legacy SAT Bonus
PSTC faculty associate John Friedman discusses how to make college admissions more equitable.
PSTC Faculty Spotlight: Kevin Mwenda
Q&A with PSTC faculty associate Kevin Mwenda, Associate Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and Assistant Professor (Research) of Population Studies.
Op-Ed: International overreaction to the coronavirus is more dangerous than the virus itself
PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential consequences of overreacting to the coronavirus outbreak.
PSTC alum addresses sexual harassment and women’s education through data
Girija Borker studies the consequences of sexual harassment in public spaces for women's education.
The timing of the Wuhan coronavirus could be a global-health nightmare
PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential for a new global pandemic.
Money matters for achievement of low-income students
Rauscher finds that school bonds increase equality of opportunity for low-income students.
“Boys Will Be Boys” Lets Men Like Kavanaugh and Trump Off the Hook. Let’s Let It Die.
PSTC Faculty Associate Matthew Gutmann debunks the myth that biological determinism drives and explains human male violence.
Trainees Participate in RWJF Health Policy Research Scholars Program
Ogunbajo and Agbai are current scholars in this prestigious program from RWJF.
What Never-Ending War Does to Kids
PSTC Alum Andrea Mazzarino considers the effects of war on children's education.
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