PSTC News

GIS and improving maternal health

January 28, 2019

GIS Institute participants present research with a GIS perspective.

Fussell awarded NIH grant to address long-term effects of Katrina

December 14, 2018

The PSTC's Elizabeth Fussell to create data sets to examine outcomes in decade following hurricane.

Former PSTC director named AAAS fellow

November 30, 2018

John Casterline elected for prestigious honor for his contributions to the field of social demography.

PSTC awards faculty seed funds

November 26, 2018

Four faculty associates receive funding for projects on housing and health, adolescent life, racial disparities and household strategies.

Migrant illegality symposium examines undocumented experience

November 21, 2018

Kevin Escudero and Andrea Flores coordinate event to address the importance of place in immigrant activism.

New junior faculty join PSTC community

November 19, 2018

Four new faculty members drawn by Center's interdisciplinary nature and more.

Partner selection in marriage and re-marriage

November 8, 2018

Sociologist Zhenchao Qian finds previously married individuals often face demographic shortages in the supply of potential partners.

Study evaluates effect of SNAP on household expenditures

November 7, 2018

Economists Justine Hastings and Jesse Shapiro find SNAP benefits do indeed lead to increased household spending on food.

Smith examines entrepreneurialism, infrastructure, and the state in Nigeria

November 6, 2018

PSTC anthropologist finds Nigerian households develop cultural strategies to cope with infrastructural deficiencies.

Grant Writing Workshop supports faculty proposals

October 29, 2018

PSTC workshop provides mentoring to earlier-career faculty for proposal development.

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