PSTC News

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 immigrant communities and educational mobility.

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.

Interracial Couples Have Lower Fertility Rates on Average, Qian Finds

April 16, 2021

PSTC sociologist and Associate Director Zhenchao Qian has co-authored a new article in Journal of Marriage and Family examining the fertility rates of American interracial couples.

Compulsory schooling increases internal migration, Rauscher finds

April 8, 2021

"Education increased opportunities for young people, and one way it did this was by encouraging migration.” 

Charter schools decrease residential segregation while increasing school segregation, Candipan finds

March 19, 2021

“Charter schools decouple neighborhoods and schools in the sense that parents may be able to choose neighborhoods and schools independently."

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