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Population Studies & Training Center

  • Masculinities and male reproductive health

    Matthew Gutmann's research, funded by the Toulmin Foundation, provides an innovative look at male perceptions of masculinities and sexual and reproductive health.

  • PSTC fellows

    Read more about the projects of five trainees who recently completed their PSTC fellowships funded by the NICHD, which provided them time and resources to pursue their research agendas. 

  • Impacts of childhood lead poisoning

    Anna Aizer's research assesses the effectiveness of lead hazard controls and the economic consequences associated with childhood lead poisoning in Rhode Island.

  • PSTC Newsletter

    Read the latest issue of the PSTC newsletter, which focuses on population health, inequality, and distribution.

  • Migration, Urbanization, and Health

    The Migration and Health Follow-up Study, led by Michael White, seeks to help inform global health policy by improving understanding of how migration and urbanization impact population health. 

U.S. adopting fewer international children
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – A dramatic decline in international adoptions in the U.S. has occurred in the past decade. Associate Professor of Anthropology Jessaca Leinaweaver writes in "The international adoption rate has plummeted in the US" that abuse cases and failure of adoptive parents to provide post-adoption reports to countries of origin have contributed to other countries' decline in willingness to send children to the U.S.
Teacher evaluations remain ineffective
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Teacher evaluation reforms seem to have done little to accurately rate teacher performance and effectiveness, leading to an imbalance in teacher quality distribution. A new study co-authored by Assistant Professor of Education and Economics Matthew Kraft reveals that "evaluators perceive more than 3 times as many teachers in their schools to be below proficient than they rate as such." The study is reported on in "Why principals lie to ineffective teachers," "Principals Are Loath to Give Teachers Bad Ratings," and "What's The Disconnect Between Teacher Evaluations, School Performance?"
Mobility report cards for U.S. colleges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Attending college in a large, vibrant city can boost wages after graduation, says an article in Money, which quotes Associate Professor of Economics John Friedman, a principal investigator for the The Equality of Opportunity Project. The Project seeks to determine which American colleges can help the most children climb the income ladder. A recent study co-authored by Friedman characterizes "intergenerational income mobility" at U.S. colleges.
Brown wins ASA Dissertation Award

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – The American Sociological Association has selected PSTC Alumnae Karida Brown as this year's recipient of the Association's Best Dissertation Award. Her dissertation, Before They Were Diamonds, traces the formation of an African American mining community in Eastern Kentucky, and its transformation into a diasporic community when the mines closed and the Civil Rights Movement created mobility opportunities. Read more.