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50Th Anniversary Celebration 50th Anniversary Celebration Breaking New Ground in the Population Sciences November 4-5, 2010 Etter-Harbin Alumni Center Welcome to the 50th Anniversary of the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin! Today, we celebrate an outstanding legacy of scientific research and training accomplishments. Although important in their own right, the PRC’s legacy of accomplishments also provides the bedrock to look toward the future. Yes, we are 50 years old – an amazing accomplishment in a field as young as ours. But, we also have 50 years of experience in understanding the importance of opening up new avenues of research, being nimble in our theoretical frameworks and methodologies, and being innovative in the training and mentoring of our graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty. Today, we explore what that future might look like. Four major population issues are highlighted in scientific forums throughout the day. The forums are led by some of the PRC’s “best and brightest” young alumni, researchers who have become national leaders and innovators in the population sciences. I hope you enjoy what promises to be an exciting day of scientific debate. Tonight, we celebrate another core feature of UT’s Population Research Center – its spirit. What would an anniversary celebration be without a Texas-style party? Kick up your heels, enjoy old and new friends, and realize that the PRC spirit is the glue that has brought so many of us together today. Mark D. Hayward, Director Population Research Center 50th Anniversary Celebration Breaking New Ground in the Population Sciences Population Research Center The University of Texas at Austin November 4-5, 2010 Etter-Harbin Alumni Center Population Research Center 50th Anniversary Friday, November 5, 2010 Forums on Future Innovative Research in the Population Sciences Connolly Ballroom 9:00-9:30 a.m. Introductions Mark Hayward, Director, Population Research Center Randy Diehl, Dean, College of Liberal Arts Steven Leslie, Executive Vice-President and Provost 9:30-10:45 a.m. Session 1 “Integrating Biological Perspectives with Demography” Jason Boardman, University of Colorado at Boulder Brian Finch, San Diego State University 10:45-11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Session 2 “Global Population Problems” Jenny Trinitapoli, Pennsylvania State University Paula Miranda-Ribeiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais 12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch – Nowotony and Schmidt Room 1:30-2:45 p.m. Session 3 “Immigration, Assimilation and Public Policy” Jennifer Glick, Arizona State University Jenny Van Hook, Pennsylvania State University 2:45-3:00 p.m. Break 3:00-4:15 p.m. Session 4 “Family Structure, Family Relationships, and Health over the Life Course” Michelle Frisco, Pennsylvania State University Kristi Williams, Ohio State University Dinner and Party 7:00-10:00 p.m. Welcome and Dinner Entertainment provided by Jeff Hughes & Chaparral 3 Population Research Center 50th Anniversary Guest Speakers Jason Boardman, University of Colorado at Boulder Jason Boardman received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 2002. He is currently Associate Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Program of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research focuses on the social determinants of health with an emphasis on the gene-environment interactions related to health behaviors. He is currently the PI of an NICHD funded study to genotype the full sibling and fraternal twin pairs of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (NIH/NICHD 1R01HD060726) and he is Co- PI on several large genetic association studies that are linking biological information from respondents with existing longitudinal data collection efforts. He teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in statistics, social demography, and the sociology of race and ethnicity. He lives in Boulder with his wife Alison and their two children, Anya and Izak. For more information please visit his website at: http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/pop/boardman/ Brian Karl Finch, San Diego State University Brian Karl Finch received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 2000. He is Professor of Sociology & Public Health at San Diego State University, a Health Disparities Scholar with the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), and Director of the Center for Health Equity Research and Policy (CHERP). Prior to joining the faculty at SDSU, Professor Finch was a Sociologist and Professor of Public Policy at RAND and the RAND Graduate School. Before joining RAND, Professor Finch was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Scholar in the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley. His work crosses the disciplinary boundaries of social demography, social epidemiology, and medical sociology to investigate the causes and correlates of population health disparities—specifically socioeconomic and race/ethnic disparities in health outcomes and behaviors among adults and biological/social interactions across the early life-course. A central thrust of much of his research relates to immigrant health in general and the epidemiological paradox in particular. His research also addresses the effect of neighborhood context on health and health behaviors using multiple statistical methodologies. Michelle Frisco, Pennsylvania State University Michelle Frisco received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 2001. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar before moving to her current position as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State University. Her research draws from and bridges family sociology and demography, sociology of education, and population health research to examine factors that (dis)advantage adolescents and young adults with respect to key aspects of well- being such as academic attainment, mental health, and health risk behaviors. Her most recent research examines obesity as a physical and social status that stratifies young people into different positions for mental health and family formation during adolescence and early adulthood. She is also the co- investigator on a new project examining how families, neighborhoods, and schools contribute to Mexican immigrant children’s likelihood of becoming obese. Jennifer Glick, Arizona State University Jennifer Glick received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 1997. She is an associate professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Population Dynamics in the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on immigration, adaptation and family dynamics. Dr. Glick’s recent research examines the role of family migration experiences and generation status on life course trajectories from childhood into young adulthood. Dr. Glick also continues to collaborate with Dr. Jennifer Van Hook, fellow PRC alum, to understand the family and household dynamics among immigrants from diverse origins. And, Dr. Glick is leading an NSF funded study based in Phoenix, Arizona on the importance of the shifting policy and 4 Population Research Center 50th Anniversary perceptions of immigration for the access to resources at the local level. Recent publications include the book, Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in School, Work and Neighborhoods, co-authored with Dr. Michael White, Brown University. Paula Miranda-Ribeiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais Paula Miranda-Ribeiro received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 1997. Paula Miranda-Ribeiro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Demography at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil. Dr. Miranda-Ribeiro is currently on the board of directors of the Latin American Population Association and was recently elected Associate Director of the UFMG Faculty of Economic Sciences; previously she was General Secretary of the Brazilian Population Association (2007-08) and chair of the Department of Demography at UFMG (2003-07). Her research interests are in reproductive health, race, youth, religion and qualitative methods. Jenny Trinitapoli, Pennsylvania State University Jenny Trinitapoli received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 2007. She is currently Assistant Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Religious Studies at Penn State University, where she is also an affiliate of the Population Research Institute. Her research centers on examining the role of religion in shaping demographic processes and outcomes. One current project focuses on the relationship between religion and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Another examines on how patterns of marriage and family formation in Malawi have changed in response to the AIDS epidemic. In addition to pursuing substantive interests in the areas of religion, health, and HIV/AIDS, her work involves integrating survey and ethnographic methods in both data collection and data analysis strategies. Jennifer Van Hook, Pennsylvania State University Jennifer Van Hook received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas in 1996. She is Professor of Sociology and Demography and faculty affiliate of the Population Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University. She conducts demographic research on the settlement and incorporation of U.S. immigrants. One strand
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