| Time | to 01:00 pm Add to Calendar 2021-03-02 12:00:00 2021-03-02 13:00:00 PRI Brown Bag Lecture Series - Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan Zoom Population Research Institute ruc260@psu.edu America/New_York public |
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| Location | Zoom |
| Presenter(s) | Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan, Associate Director Population Research Center, Professor Department Sociology and African-American Studies, University of Maryland |
| Description |
Dr. Sangeetha Madhavan, Associate Director Population Research Center, Professor Department Sociology and African-American Studies University of Maryland "Profiles of Mothering in West Africa" Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Live streamed via Facebook. (https://www.facebook.com/psupopresearch/) Sangeetha Madhavan is Professor of African American Studies and Sociology at the University of Maryland. As a family demographer working in Africa and, in particular, South Africa and Kenya, she has made substantial contributions to our understanding of extended family systems, parenting, household dynamics, inter-household connectivity, spatial proximity and child and adolescent well-being. She was recently awarded an NICHD R01 grant for a 5-year longitudinal study on union formalization, kinship support and child outcomes in two slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work has appeared in Urban Studies, Gender and Society, Population Studies, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Social Science Research and the Geographical Journal. |
| Contact Person | Rachel Charney |
| Contact Email | ruc260@psu.edu |
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