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2016 Annual Report Centers Library Seminars Research Princeton UniversityFrom the Director Office of Population Research 2016 Annual Report Centers Library Seminars Research Publications Training From the TableDirector of Contents From the Director ............................................................................................................... 3 OPR Staff and Students ..................................................................................................... 4 Center for Research on Child Wellbeing ........................................................................ 12 Center for Health and Wellbeing ..................................................................................... 17 Center for Migration and Development ........................................................................... 21 OPR Library ...................................................................................................................... 27 OPR Seminars .................................................................................................................. 30 OPR Research .................................................................................................................. 31 Biosocial Interactions .......................................................................................................... 31 Children, Youth, and Families ............................................................................................. 33 Data/Methods ..................................................................................................................... 34 Education and Stratification ................................................................................................ 42 Health and Wellbeing ......................................................................................................... 49 Migration and Development ................................................................................................ 66 2016 Publications ............................................................................................................. 73 Working Papers .................................................................................................................. 73 Publications and Papers ..................................................................................................... 73 Training in Demography at Princeton ............................................................................. 87 Ph.D. Program .................................................................................................................... 87 Departmental Degree in Specialization in Population ......................................................... 88 Joint-Degree Program ........................................................................................................ 88 Certificate in Demography .................................................................................................. 88 Training Resources ............................................................................................................ 88 Courses .............................................................................................................................. 89 The OPR Annual report is OPR published annually by the Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. Copyright © 2018 Office of Population Research. From the Director won the Charles Westoff Prize in Demography for Douglas S. Massey, Director his dissertation entitled “Network Reporting Methods.” During 2016 the Office of Population Research celebrated The roster of postdocs had one decrement during its 81st year as a population 2016, but fortunately it was a happy one when center. Located in the Woodrow Brandon left for his native Texas to become Wilson School, OPR included Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of some 31 faculty associates, five Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Texas postdoctoral fellows, three visiting scholars, and 30 Tech University. doctoral students supported by an administrative The OPR faculty was pleased to welcome Dalton staff of 11, a computer and library staff of four Conley as the Henry Putnam University Professor each, and a research/technical staff of five. Six of Sociology. With Ph.D.’s in both sociology and OPR staff members were recognized for their years genomics he adds great strength and visibility to of service at Princeton’s annual staff recognition OPR’s research cluster in biodemography. In luncheon, with Mary Lou Delaney, Dawn Koffman, faculty news, Angus Deaton followed up his 2015 Kris McDonald, and Valerie Smith being Nobel Prize in Economics by being named a Knight commemorated for ten years of service and Judy Bachelor of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth Miller and Nancy Cannuli being recognized for for his services to economics and international their 15 years at OPR. affairs. Alejandro Portes received the degree of Among OPR graduate students, eight successfully Doctor in Social Sciences, honoris causa from the defended their dissertations and moved on to jobs New University of Lisbon. Rafaela Dancygier was or postdocs. Three went into the private sector and promoted to tenure as Associate Professor of no doubt started at higher salaries than the Politics and International Affairs. Germán academics. Jessica Yiu went to Place IA as a Rodríguez was honored with the 2016 Service Project Manager before moving to take the position Recognition Award from the Population Association of Technical Program Manager at Facebook. of America; and Susan Fiske received the Kerstin Gentsch is employed as a Senior Policy Association for Psychological Science’s Mentor Analyst at the CUNY Office of Policy Research; and Award for Lifetime Achievement. Jonathan Tannen began as Director at Econsult All in all, it was a good year for OPR and as Solutions in Philadelphia before moving to New Director I can only salute the Office’s students, York to join Facebook’s Core Data Science faculty, and staff for their many achievements and Team. On the academic side, Patrick Ishizuka look forward to celebrating their accomplishments accepted a postdoc at Cornell University, as did in next year’s Director’s Letter. Janeria Easley at the University of Pennsylvania and Amy Winter in Jessica Metcalf’s Lab at Douglas Massey, Director Princeton in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Aaron Gottlieb proceeded directly to the professoriate with an appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Office of Population Research Illinois at Chicago. Dennis Feehan, who earlier had Princeton University accepted an Assistant Professorship at Berkeley, Office of Population Research 3 OPR Staff and Students January – December 2016 Director Armstrong currently serves on the Board of Douglas S. Massey Directors for Lamaze International and the Editorial Board, Journal of Health Politics, Policy Acting Director and Law. Noreen Goldman João Biehl, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Associate, Woodrow Director of Graduate Studies Wilson School of Public and International Elizabeth Armstrong Affairs; Co-Director, Program in Global Health and Health Policy; Faculty Associate, the Office Faculty Associates of Population Research, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Center for the Study of Religion, Alícia Adserà, Research Scholar and Lecturer in Department of Spanish and Portuguese Economics and International Affairs, Woodrow Languages and Cultures, Princeton Institute of Wilson School of Public and International International and Regional Studies, Princeton Affairs; Faculty Associate, the Office of Environmental Institute, Program in Latin Population Research; Research Associate, American Studies, the Program in Law and Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Public Affairs, and the University Center for Wellbeing; Co-Director, Princeton Global Human Values. Ph.D., Anthropology, University Network on Child Migration. Ph.D., Economics, of California, Berkeley, 1999. Ph.D., Religion, Boston University, 1996. Interests: economic Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1996. demography; development; and international Interests: medical anthropology; social studies political economy. of science and technology; global health; religion Jeanne Altmann, Eugene Higgins Professor of and society; subjectivity; ethnography; and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Emeritus; critical theory (with a regional focus on Latin Senior Scholar, Ecology and Evolutionary America and Brazil). Biology; Faculty Associate, the Office of Anne Case, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Population Research and Princeton Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus; Environmental Institute. Ph.D., Behavioral Director, Research Program in Development Sciences, University of Chicago, 1979. Interests: Studies; Faculty Associate, the Office of non-experimental research design and analysis; Population Research and the Center for Health ecology and evolution of family relationships and and Wellbeing; Faculty Affiliate, Kahneman- of behavioral development; primate demography Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and and life histories; parent-offspring relationships; Public Policy. Ph.D., Economics, Princeton infancy and the ontogeny of behavior and social University, 1988. Interests: microeconomic relationships; conservation education; and foundations of development; health economics; behavioral aspects of conservation. public finance; and labor economics. Elizabeth Armstrong, Associate
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