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.

PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie comments on the epidemic curve.

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.

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.

Faculty associate Mark Lurie comments on how COVID-19 cases are reported.

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

PSTC Postdoctoral Fellow Grazia Deng, an anthropologist, discusses anti-Chinese sentiment in the age of coronavirus.

Research on childhood ADHD diagnoses by PSTC faculty associate Jayanti Owens is highlighted.

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.

PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie discusses the coronavirus epidemic in a podcast with the Providence Journal.

PSTC faculty associate John Friedman discusses how to make college admissions more equitable.

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.

PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential consequences of overreacting to the coronavirus outbreak.

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

PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential for a new global pandemic.

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

PSTC Faculty Associate Matthew Gutmann debunks the myth that biological determinism drives and explains human male violence.

Ogunbajo and Agbai are current scholars in this prestigious program from RWJF.

PSTC Alum Andrea Mazzarino considers the effects of war on children's education.