People

David Abler, Ph.D.

Associate Head, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Professor, Demography

Yubraj Acharya, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration

David M Almeida, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Demography

Paul Amato, Ph.D.

Hoffman Professor Emeritus of Family Sociology and Demography, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Cory Anderson

Postdoctoral Scholar, Population Research Institute (PRI)

Rachel Bacon

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Mind and Culture

David P Baker, Ph.D.

Professor, Education Policy Studies / Sociology and Criminology

Mayra Y Bamaca-Colbert, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Eric P Baumer, Ph.D.

Department Head, Sociology and Criminology
Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Aarti Bhat

Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies / Demography

Katerina Bodovski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies / Demography

Yosef Bodovski

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Analyst, Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA)

Charley Boynton

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Steven A Branstetter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Joseph Broniszewski

Managing Director, IT Core

Lisa A Broniszewski

Data Compliance Specialist, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Matthew Brooks

Graduate Student, Rural Sociology / Demography

Gina Buckley

Graduate Student, Anthropology / Demography

Jaclyn Butler

Graduate Student, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Demography

Orfeu M Buxton, Ph.D.

Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Soo-yong Byun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies / Demography

Michael Caniglia

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

Hye Chai

Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Studies / Demography

Raeven Chandler

Director of Pennsylvania Population Network, Population Research Institute (PRI)
Assistant Research Professor, Rural Sociology

Alexander Chapman

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Rachel Charney

Administrative Support Assistant, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Xi Chen

Research Analyst/Programmer, Population Research Institute (PRI)

Guangqing Chi, Ph.D.

Director, Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA)
Professor, Rural Sociology / Demography / Department of Public Health Sciences

Christian Connell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family, Human Development and Family Studies
Associate Director, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network

David E Conroy, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Kinesiology

Susan Copella

Director, The Pennsylvania State Data Center

Yolanda Covington-Ward, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Max Crowley, Ph.D.

Director, Evidence to Impact Collaborative (EIC)
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Sarah A Damaske, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Population Research Institute (PRI)
Associate Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations / Sociology and Criminology / Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Jonathan K Daw, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Gordon De Jong, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Demography

Daniel J DellaPosta, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Niki T Dickerson vonLockette, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, African American Studies / School of Labor and Employment Relations / School of Public Policy / Sociology and Criminology

Diane L Diviney

Financial Manager, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Francis Dodoo, Ph.D.

Liberal Arts Research Professor, Sociology and Criminology

David Eggebeen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus Human Development and Sociology

Kira England

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

Megan Evans

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

Marco Faytong-Haro

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Diane H Felmlee, Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Andrew Fenelon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, School of Public Policy

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Jill Findeis, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Emerita of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics, and Demography, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Rural Sociology

Roger Finke, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, College of the Liberal Arts / Sociology and Criminology

Glenn Firebaugh, Ph.D.

Roy C. Buck Professor Emeritus of American Institutions and Professor of Sociology and Demography, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Caitlin Flanagan

Graduate Student, Department of Geography / Demography

Sarah A Font, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Karly S Ford, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Education Policy Studies

Leslie Ford

Graduate Student, Biobehavioral Health / Demography

Jonathan A Foulds, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Christopher S Fowler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Geography / Demography

Erica Frankenberg, Ph.D.

Professor, Education Policy Studies / Demography

Michelle Frisco, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Rania Gihleb, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Pittsburgh

Jennifer E Glick, Ph.D.

Director, Population Research Institute (PRI)
Arnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Luke Glowacki, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Stephen J Goetz, Ph.D.

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Demography

Maithreyi Gopalan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Education Policy Studies

Carlyn Graham

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

Corina Graif, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Research Associate, Population Research Institute (PRI)

Steven A Haas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Marina Haddock-Potter

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Melissa Hardy, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Sociology and Criminology

George Hayward

Postdoctoral Scholar, Population Research Institute (PRI)

Mark Hixon

IT Support Specialist, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Louisa M Holmes

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Vasant G Honavar, Ph.D.

Edward Frymoyer Chair, College of Information Sciences & Technology
Professor, College of Information Sciences & Technology

Russell Houtz

IT Support Specialist, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Charleen L Hsuan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration

Dora M Hunter

Managing Director, Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA) / Administrative Core
Research Project Manager, Population Research Institute (PRI)

Jorden Jackson

Graduate Student, Rural Sociology / Demography

Edward C Jaenicke, Ph.D.

Professor, College of Agricultural Sciences

Rukmalie T Jayakody, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Demography

Deshamitha Jayasekera

Graduate Student, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Demography

Leif Jensen, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Distinguished Professor, Rural Sociology / Demography

Ni Jian

Graduate Student, College of Health and Human Development

Kim Joeun

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

David Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Human Development and Family Studies, and Demography, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Patricia Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Women's Studies, and Demography, Demography / Women's Studies

Angela K Jordan

Proposal and Grant Assistant, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Kyoungrae (Jeah) Jung, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Health Policy and Administration
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Emily Kate

Graduate Student, Anthropology / Demography

Douglas J Kennett, Ph.D.

Brian King

Professor, Department of Geography

Valarie King, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Stephen Kodish

Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Esra Kose, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics, Bucknell University

Derek A Kreager, Ph.D.

Liberal Arts Research Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Laszlo Kulcsar, Ph.D.

Professor, Rural Sociology / Demography

Nancy S Landale, Ph.D.

Liberal Arts Research Professor Emerita of Sociology and Demography, Demography / Sociology

Joel R Landry, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Jane Lankes

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

Barrett A Lee, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Soomi Lee, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Biobehavioral Health

Pui-Wa Lei, Ph.D.

Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

Sarah Lemieux

Programmer/Analyst, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Douglas L Leslie, Ph.D.

Professor and Chief of Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research, Department of Public Health Sciences

Yuliana Levchenko

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Cheyene Lonobile

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Kendal Lowrey

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Nancy K Luke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Liying Luo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Phyllis Mansfield, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Women's Studies and Health Education and Director, Tremin Research Program, Women's Studies

Molly A Martin

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Stephen A Matthews, Ph.D.

Director, Demography
Liberal Arts Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Professor, Department of Geography / Anthropology / Demography

Susan M McHale, Ph.D.

Director, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Distinguished Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Professor, Demography

Diane McLaughlin, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology, Demography and Sociology, Rural Sociology / Demography / Sociology

Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita, Health Policy and Administration / Demography

Donald S Miller

Research Analyst and Programmer, Population Research Institute (PRI) / Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA)

Jessica Miller

Graduate Student, Rural Sociology / Demography

Sarah Miller

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Cynthia Mitchell

Research Analyst and Programmer, Population Research Institute (PRI) / Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA)

Jaqueline Mogle, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor, College of Nursing

Shannon M Monnat, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Paul L Morgan, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Educational Disparities Research (CEDR)
Harry & Marion Royer Eberly Fellow and Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
Professor, Education Policy Studies / Demography

Joshua Muscat, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Saman Naz

Graduate Student, Health Policy and Administration / Demography

Lauren Newmyer

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Xiaoyue (Maggie) Niu, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor, Managing Director Statistical Consulting Center, Department of Statistics

Aggie Noah, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies, School of Social Transformation at the Arizona State University
Assistant Professor of Justice and Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation at the Arizona State University

Janet Novack

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Katsuya Oi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at Northern Arizona University

Johabed Olvera, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy

R. S Oropesa, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology & Demography - Retired, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Selena E Ortiz

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration / Demography

D. W Osgood, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Sociology, Sociology and Criminology

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Jeffrey L. and Sharon D. Hyde-McCourtney Career Development Professor, College of the Liberal Arts

Carlomagno C Panlilio, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education

Jisu Park

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Ashley N Patterson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Léa Pessin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology / Demography

Eric Plutzer, Ph.D.

Professor, Political Science / Sociology and Criminology

Elena Pojman

Graduate Student, Sociology / Demography

Susana M Quiros, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, American University

Nilam Ram, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication and Psychology, Stanford University

David M Ramey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Heather Randell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Rural Sociology / Demography

Carolyn Reyes

Graduate Student, Rural Sociology / Demography

Michael S Rineer

Manager of Network and Information Systems, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Mark Roberts, Ph.D.

Director, Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (RDC)
Professor, Economics

Mary Roberts

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology

Paulina Rodis

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Asher Y Rosinger, Ph.D.

Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Assistant Professor, Anthropology / Demography

Kelly Rosinger, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, College of Education

Nicolas Sacco, Ph.D.

Coordinator - Graduate Programs in Applied Demography, Demography
Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology / Demography

Alexis R Santos, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies / Demography

Dennis P Scanlon, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Health Policy and Administration

Robert Schoen, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Demography, Sociology / Demography

Joel E Segel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration / Department of Public Health Sciences

Charles F Seguin

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Kathleen Sexsmith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Kelsey Shaulis

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Mary K Shenk, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Anthropology / Demography

Anna Shetler

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Pamela F Short, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, Health Policy and Administration / Demography

Jennifer J Shultz

Research Project Manager, The Pennsylvania State Data Center

Jesse Smith

Shedra A Snipes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Jeremy Staff, Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Darrell Steffensmeier, Ph.D.

Liberal Arts Research Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Robert Stein

Graduate Student, Anthropology / Demography

Laura Stiberman

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Kristin E Sznajder, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Marylee Taylor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Sociology

Brian C Thiede, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Demography

Ann R Tickamyer, Ph.D.

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Eduard Tomany

System Administrator, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Samantha L Tornello, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

Jeffrey T Ulmer, Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Jennifer L Van Hook, Ph.D.

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology / Demography

Ashton M Verdery, Ph.D.

Harry and Elisa Sichi Early Career Professor, Social Data Analytics / Sociology / Demography

Lacey N Wallace, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Criminal Justice at Penn State Altoona

Donghui Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China at Princeton University / Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)

Carol S Weisman, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, College of Medicine
Distinguished Professor, Health Policy and Administration / Department of Public Health Sciences

Hilary Wething, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor , School of Public Policy

Pamela Wilcox, Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology and Criminology

Grace Wildermuth

Graduate Student, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education / Demography

Robin T Wilson

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Researcher, Cancer Institute / Cancer Control

Dawn P Witherspoon, Ph.D.

McCourtney Family Early Career Professor, Psychology
Associate Professor, Psychology

Christopher Witko, Ph.D.

Associate Director, School of Public Policy
Professor, Political Science / School of Public Policy

Adrienne D Woods, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Education Policy Studies

Linda A Wray, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health / Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Douglas H Wrenn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Scott T Yabiku, Ph.D.

Programming Director, Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA)
Professor, Sociology / Demography

Junjun Yin, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Research Associate, Institute for CyberScience / Population Research Institute (PRI) / Computational and Spatial Analysis Core (CSA)

Travis Young

Graduate Student, Department of Geography / Demography

Shuai Zhou

Graduate Student, Rural Sociology / Demography

Zhangjun Zhou

Graduate Student, Sociology and Criminology / Demography

Katherine Y Zipp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education