We are pleased that CDE’s Director, Marcy Carlson, has been elected vice president of the Population Association of America (PAA). PAA is the leading U.S. scientific, professional organization promoting research on population issues. She will begin serving on January 1, 2020. The main duties of the Vice President of PAA are to assist the PAA …
CDE is excited to welcome five new assistant professors to campus in fall 2019 who will expand the depth and breadth of our scholarship. Megan Bea joins UW’s School of Human Ecology after receiving a PhD in Sociology from Cornell University. Her research interests are in economic sociology, sociology of finance, social stratification, and financial …
CDE is pleased to report that we have received official approval from NICHD for five years of continued funding for our Center grant (2019-24). The Population Dynamics Research Infrastructure Program at NICHD advances the field of population dynamics research by increasing the scientific impact of research, increasing competitiveness for peer-reviewed external funding, developing junior scholars, …
CDE affiliate Jen Dykema is embarking on a two-year research project funded by the National Science Foundation entitled “Effects of interviewers, respondents, and questions on survey measurement of health outcomes and health disparities.” In this research, Dykema and her colleague, former CDE student Dana Garbarski (Loyola University-Chicago) will examine the dimensions and impacts of interviewer …
Within the current context of global climate change, the study of how environmental changes are shaping individual behaviors related to human migration, mortality, and fertility is among the most pressing issues confronting population research and policy. CDE and the Applied Population Laboratory at UW-Madison will co-host an exciting conference – Demographic Responses to Changes in …
John Eason was interviewed by “The Conversation” about his research on private prisons and why they are controversial. The United States is one of a few countries that allows private entities to own prisons. They have recently had a role in housing undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Private prisons have become …
Associate Professor of Sociology Monica Grant is one of nine recipients of Seed Grants from the UW-Madison Global Health Institute. She is examining the connection between climate change and family planning in Malawi by interviewing men and women four months after flooding associated with Cyclone Idai displaced thousands of people. Grant is asking “How do …
Another great PAA annual meeting is in the books! At the conference, 57 affiliates, including 24 students and 6 postdocs, appeared on the conference program 98 times as part of a panel or poster. Graduate student Renee Kramer and faculty affiliate Deborah Ehrenthal won a best poster award for “Understanding Associations Between State-Level Policy Factors and …
CDE extends hearty congratulations to three of its graduate students, Isabel Pike, Esteban Quiñones, and Julia Thomas, on their recent awards and honors. Pike was named a Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellow in Women’s Studies for 2019. The competitive award supports the final year of dissertation writing for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences …
CDE affiliates Chao Fu and Jenna Nobles were among the 11 faculty members to receive H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The award recognizes faculty up to six years past their first promotion to a tenured position and comes with $60,000 in research funds that may be spent over five years. Three affiliates, Christine Schwartz, Jason …