The PSTC Undergraduate Fellows Program is an eight-week, paid summer fellowship that aims to prepare current Brown undergraduates to engage in rigorous empirical research in population studies, public policy and related fields, in support of the center’s mission to produce evidence in support of efforts to improve public health and inform public policy. 

Anthropology trainee Argenis Hurtado Moreno has been named a 2022 Ford Foundation PreDoctoral Fellow.

In his recently published book, Daniel Jordan Smith highlights Nigerian resilience amidst inadequate government support.

PSTC economist Terry-Ann Craigie explores how mass incarceration negatively impacts the female partners of male inmates.

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.

David Lindstrom presented work in late July to Ethiopian policymakers.

We checked in with the 2020-2021 T32 fellowship recipients to find out about their current research.

“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.

We celebrate and congratulate the 8 PSTC trainees who received their PhDs last weekend.

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.

"Education increased opportunities for young people, and one way it did this was by encouraging migration.” 

“Charter schools decouple neighborhoods and schools in the sense that parents may be able to choose neighborhoods and schools independently."

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.

“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.”

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.

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.

The PSTC colloquia moved online for most of 2020.

In 2020, we celebrated two staff milestones: Tom Alarie's 25 years working at PSTC, and Sue Silveira's retirement.

PSTC Postdoctoral Research Associate Meghan Zacher studies how natural disasters affect physical health in a new paper.

With a focus on the demographic composition of the editorial teams of flagship quantitative geography journals, Franklin and her team investigated the persistent lack of gender diversity.

In order to collect submissions without being “extractive or intrusive,” users maintain ownership over their submissions and sign consent forms to share their anonymous entries.

Steenland believes that providing long-acting reversible contraception in the immediate postpartum period will give women more control over childbearing.

PSTC economist Emily Oster's dashboard has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, and in her own Opinion article for the Washington Post.

“Looking at the relationship between paternal education and infant health is another way to understand how parents pass on their educational advantages to their children," Rangel said.

The PSTC Sociologist hopes to understand the extent to which school budget cuts will will increase inequality among students.

His work will examine the relationship between governments and health outcomes.

The researchers used detailed transaction data from a large US grocery retailer in conjunction with nutritional information.

Young people living with HIV endorse economic incentives, especially cash, as a method of improving adherence to treatment, according to the findings.

This grant will fund her continued research to study the effect of a Medicaid reimbursement policy that allows hospitals to provide long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to women immediately after childbirth.

The dashboard, made by PSTC economist Emily Oster, shows a “confirmed infection rate” of about 0.1 percent for students, meaning that one in 1000 students received a positive COVID-19 test result in a two-week period.

The online platform is designed for flexibility, accessibility, and anonymity so that everyone is able to share their day-to-day experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By taking geographic, climactic, and ecologic characteristics of land into account, the new measurement offers a more holistic look at land area and population density.

Faculty associates, predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, project team members, and staff join the Center community.

A new report by several PSTC faculty and staff affiliates examines the spatial distribution of COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island.

By following a cohort of HIV-infected women alongside a cohort of HIV-uninfected women throughout pregnancy and monitoring development of gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders, Bengtson and her co-investigators hope to determine how HIV-status affects the risk of developing these diseases in pregnancy. 

While Papay and his colleagues found that college enrollment has increased among all student demographic groups, the education system is not yet “the great equalizer” that educator Horace Mann envisioned.

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.

Five PSTC trainees will receive their PhDs from Brown this weekend.

Three faculty associates have received support for research projects exploring COVID-19 and its consequences at the population level.

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 Stephen McGarvey and colleagues use both archaeological and genomic evidence to study early Samoan populations.

New work by PSTC faculty associates Logan and Foster highlights systematic bias in estimating income segregation in the U.S.

Emily Rauscher discusses her recent work on COVID-19 and Twitter's role in sharing research.

Three PSTC faculty associates comment on how their areas of expertise might be relevant in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three sociology trainees have received NSF support for dissertation research on diverse issues of inequality.

Kevin Escudero has received a CAREER award from NSF for his work on the educational trajectories of students with different legal statuses.

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.

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.

Girija Borker studies the consequences of sexual harassment in public spaces for women's education.

Rauscher finds that school bonds increase equality of opportunity for low-income students.