PRI Brown Bag Series: 2006-2007
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| September 12, 2006 | Paul Amato, Professor of Sociology & Demography | Family Formation Trajectories in Early Adulthood |
| September 26, 2006 | Dalton Conley, Professor and Chair of Sociology, New York University | The Demographic Transition and Economic Development in Africa: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Malaria Burden and Green Revolution Technologies |
| October 10, 2006 | Kathryn Hynes, Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Demography, the Pennsylvania State University | The Transition to Early Fatherhood: National Estimates Based on Multiple Surveys |
| October 24, 2006 | Susan Short, Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University | HIV/AIDS, Parental Death and Child Schooling in Southern Africa |
| October 31, 2006 | Petra Tschakert, Assistant Professor of Geography and the Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering and Development in Africa (AESEDA), The Pennsylvania State University | Research at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana: Spaces for Participation and Transformation |
| November 7, 2006 | Bryndl Hohmann-Mariott, NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University | Lifecourse Transitions in Couple Context |
| November 14, 2006 | Ron Lesthaeghe, Visiting Research Professor of Population Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan | The Second Demographic Transition in the US: Exception or Textbook Example? |
| November 28, 2006 | Barrett Lee, Professor of Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University | Beyond the Census Tract: Patterns and Determinants of Racial Residential Segregation at Multiple Scales |
| December 5, 2006 | Daniel Lichter, Ferris Family Professor and Director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University | Marriage and Public Policy: Union Formation among Low-Income Women |
| January 23, 2007 | Michael Spittel, Staff, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD | Trends, Priorities, and Opportunities for Federal Funding in the Area of Population Health |
| February 6, 2007 | Michelle Frisco, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University | Is Overweight a Heavy Burden for Teenagers? New Evidence about Adolescent Body Composition and Psychological Distress |
| February 20, 2007 | David Almeida, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University | Does Daily Life Wear You Out? Assessing Stress Process in Daily Diary Studies |
| March 6, 2007 | Bruce Link, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University | Evaluating the Fundamental Cause Theory for Social and Economic Disparities in Mortality |
| March 20, 2007 | Gordon F. De Jong, Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Demography and Director, Graduate Program in Demography, The Pennsylvania State University; Deborah Graefe, PRI Research Associate, The Pennsylvania State University | Welfare Reform and Demographic Behaviors: Migration, Marriage, and Work Transitions |
| April 3, 2007 | Pamela Farley Short, Director, Center for Health Care and Policy Research; and Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University | Adding Health Care and Health Expenditures to Demographic Studies of Population Health |
| April 17, 2007 | George Kaplan, Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health and Director, Center for Social Epidemiology & Population Health & the Health & Society Scholars Program, University of Michigan | Do We Know Enough to Improve Population Health and Reduce Inequalities in Health? |
| May 1, 2007 | Douglas Granger, Professor, Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies, and Director, Behavioral Endocrinology Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University | Integrating the Measurement of Salivary Alpha-Amylase into Studies of Child Health, Development, and Social Relationships |
** All seminars are held at 12:00 in 302 Pond Lab unless otherwise indicated.
