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Welcome to the 2022 PSTC Undergraduate Fellows
May 12, 2022
The PSTC Undergraduate Fellows Program is an eight-week, paid summer fellowship that aims to prepare current Brown undergraduates to engage in rigorous empirical research in population studies, public policy and related...
Argenis Hurtado Moreno Named Ford Foundation PreDoctoral Fellow
April 11, 2022
Anthropology trainee Argenis Hurtado Moreno has been named a 2022 Ford Foundation PreDoctoral Fellow.
Every Household Its Own Government: Improvised Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Citizens, and the State in Nigeria
March 23, 2022
In his recently published book, Daniel Jordan Smith highlights Nigerian resilience amidst inadequate government support.
Female Partners of Incarcerated Males Experience Negative Labor Market Outcomes
November 1, 2021
PSTC economist Terry-Ann Craigie explores how mass incarceration negatively impacts the female partners of male inmates.
New Book Investigates Educational Mobility Within Immigrant Communities
September 14, 2021
In her new book, The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America, cultural anthropologist and PSTC Faculty Associate Andrea Flores examines the complex relationship between US...
School-Based Clubs Promote Health and Education among Adolescents in Ethiopia
August 4, 2021
David Lindstrom presented work in late July to Ethiopian policymakers.
T32 Predoctoral Trainees Update
June 28, 2021
We checked in with the 2020-2021 T32 fellowship recipients to find out about their current research.
Candipan receives grant to investigate effects of changing neighborhood and school contexts on students over time
May 10, 2021
“This project aims to contribute new knowledge about how racial/ethnic segregation in neighborhoods and schools relates to mental health and academic persistence from childhood to early adulthood,” Candipan explained.
Congratulations to our 2021 PhD Graduates!
May 6, 2021
We celebrate and congratulate the 8 PSTC trainees who received their PhDs last weekend.
In the News
Searching for ways to limit induced demand in a car-loving society
March 11, 2022 | Governing.com | Matthew Turner
Reducing congestion and its problems of pollution and carbon emissions won’t be easy or cheap. But transportation experts continue to search for answers.
COVID-19 has taken heavy toll on health workers and systems, Brown physician-scientist tells Congress
March 11, 2022 | Brown.edu | Dr. Megan Ranney
Dr. Megan Ranney, a practicing emergency physician and academic dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, told a U.S. House committee that the nation can learn from the past to build stronger, more viable health care...
Why America Has Been So Stingy In Fighting Child Poverty
February 27, 2022 | National Public Radio | PSTC Economist Anna Aizer
Bias against boys? The Gender Gap in Schools
February 18, 2022 | NBC 10 News | Jayanti Owens
Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology Jayanti Owens, who studies gender and racial disparities in education, says the lack of time for play in many schools can be tough on boys in...
Questions amid Ida’s destruction: Stay? Move? How far?
October 5, 2021 | Associated Press | Elizabeth Fussell
PSTC sociologist Elizabeth Fussell comments on environmental migrants.
The sad, predictable limits of America’s “economic recovery”
September 22, 2021 | Vox | John Friedman
PSTC economist John Friedman comments on persistent economic inequality in the context of the pandemic.
Pulse of the pandemic: 18 months in, 7 Rhode Islanders share their views
September 7, 2021 | The Providence Journal | Mark Lurie
PSTC epidemiologist Mark Lurie commented on the current state of the COVID-19 crisis and what the coming months might hold.
Census: US sees unprecedented multiracial growth, decline in the white population for first time in history
August 13, 2021 | USA Today | John Logan
PSTC sociologist John Logan commented on the findings of the 2020 Census.