PSTC economist Terry-Ann Craigie explores how mass incarceration negatively impacts the female partners of male inmates.
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Questions amid Ida’s destruction: Stay? Move? How far?
PSTC sociologist Elizabeth Fussell comments on environmental migrants.
The sad, predictable limits of America’s “economic recovery”
PSTC economist John Friedman comments on persistent economic inequality in the context of the pandemic.
New Book Investigates Educational Mobility Within Immigrant Communities
In her new book, The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America, cultural anthropologist and PSTC Faculty Associate Andrea Flores examines the complex relationship between US immigrant communities and educational mobility.
Pulse of the pandemic: 18 months in, 7 Rhode Islanders share their views
PSTC epidemiologist Mark Lurie commented on the current state of the COVID-19 crisis and what the coming months might hold.
PSTC sociologist John Logan commented on the findings of the 2020 Census.
School-Based Clubs Promote Health and Education among Adolescents in Ethiopia
David Lindstrom presented work in late July to Ethiopian policymakers.
How Racist is America?
This opinion piece by David Brooks cites PSTC sociologist David Lindstrom's work on Mexican immigrant integration.
T32 Predoctoral Trainees Update
We checked in with the 2020-2021 T32 fellowship recipients to find out about their current research.
She Fought to Open Schools, Becoming a Hero and a Villain
The New York Times profiles PSTC economist Emily Oster's research on reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Housing is a Social Good
PSTC Postdoctoral Fellow Jake Carlson explains why housing is a social good, and proposes the creation of a Social Development Housing Authority, which would convert distressed real estate into permanently affordable housing.
“This project aims to contribute new knowledge about how racial/ethnic segregation in neighborhoods and schools relates to mental health and academic persistence from childhood to early adulthood,” Candipan explained.
Congratulations to our 2021 PhD Graduates!
We celebrate and congratulate the 8 PSTC trainees who received their PhDs last weekend.
How Climate Change Disproportionately Affects People of Color
PSTC epidemiologist Diana Grigsby-Toussaint comments on how racist practices such as redlining have made it more likely that communities of color live in areas with less green space and more air pollution, which may lead to more health risks.
A 'Gray New Deal' to Restore America
PSTC sociologist Andrew Schrank comments on how President Biden's economic initiatives will benefit older Americans.
Interracial Couples Have Lower Fertility Rates on Average, Qian Finds
PSTC sociologist and Associate Director Zhenchao Qian has co-authored a new article in Journal of Marriage and Family examining the fertility rates of American interracial couples.
Compulsory schooling increases internal migration, Rauscher finds
"Education increased opportunities for young people, and one way it did this was by encouraging migration.”
The pandemic is becoming a grief crisis
PSTC postdoctoral research associate Meghan Zacher comments on the long-term mental and physical health effects of the pandemic.
Charter schools decrease residential segregation while increasing school segregation, Candipan finds
“Charter schools decouple neighborhoods and schools in the sense that parents may be able to choose neighborhoods and schools independently."
PSTC celebrates faculty seed awards
Four PSTC faculty associates have received Research Seed Awards for projects on the effects of COVID-19 on marginalized communities and on transit in developing countries.
What Happens When 10 Million Tenants Can't Make Rent?
PSTC/S4 Postdoctoral Research Associate Jake Carlson proposes the creation of a new federal agency, the Social Development Housing Authority, as a way of creating affordable housing for tenants.
Global research project advances data to support communities affected by drought and land degradation
“My collaborators and I hope that this project will strengthen country-level Land Degradation Neutrality and drought resilience data, decision-making, and policies towards achieving a key component of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
‘Right Now Feels So Long and Without Any End in Sight’
PSTC anthropologist Kate Mason discusses the Pandemic Journaling Project, an outlet for Americans to reflect on the pandemic while contributing to anthropological records.
Medicaid reimbursement for postpartum contraception expands young women's access to LARCs
Expanded access to long-acting reversible contraception helped increase the use of effective postpartum contraception in an age group that is more likely to have closely spaced, higher-risk repeat pregnancies.
Should Schools Become Vaccination Sites for Everyone?
PSTC epidemiologist Diana Grigsby-Toussaint comments on why communities of color may be less likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.
Fussell investigates the effects of natural disasters and economic turmoil on migration from Puerto Rico
Fussell hopes that by developing a longitudinal data set from 2000 to 2020, she will better understand how the 2006 and 2017 disasters influenced migration from Puerto Rico to the U.S.
3 reasons Americans need more federal aid
PSTC economist John Friedman comments on why traditional stimulus payments aren't as effective during the pandemic.
Consumer Confidence Increasing Despite Stalled Job Growth
In the context of consumer confidence, PSTC economist Neil Thakral explains how the speed at which the CARES Act stimulus payments are distributed impacts their potential to stimulate the economy.