James Lee’s recent book, with Tommy Bengtsson and Cameron Campbell, “Life under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900” (MIT Press 2004) has won the American Sociological Association, Asian Section book award for 2005.

Professor John Bound has been named a Fellow of the Econometric Society. PSC appreciates the recognition that it reflects on him, the Center, and the larger university. “The Econometric Society is the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics, with a world-wide membership. Its main object is to promote studies that aim at… Continue reading John Bound named Fellow of the Econometric Society

Professor Yu Xie has been elected to the Academia Sinica, the most prominent academic institution in the Republic of China. Yu Xie is the first elected member of Academia Sinica who was born in Mainland China after 1949.

Jeff Morenoff is the 2004 winner of the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award, presented by the American Society of Criminology. The award, which recognizes “outstanding contributions to the discipline of criminology ” by a scholar in the first years of his or her career, will be presented to Jeff at the ASC’s annual meeting.¶¶

Professor James Lee has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. It will support a joint project with Cameron Campbell (one of PSC’s alumni who also received a Guggenheim fellowship) concerning Social and Family Change in Liaoning, 1850-2000.¶¶

Professor Yu Xie has been elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The American Academy is one of the nation’s oldest honorary societies, and election as a fellow is one of the highest academic honors.

Benjamin Keys, a PSC Student Associate in Economics, has been awarded the prestigious four-year Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, provides financial assistance to students of superior ability, as demonstrated by their achievements and exceptional promise, to study at the doctoral and master’s level… Continue reading Benjamin Keys awarded Jacob K. Javits Fellowship

Marshall Weinberg Research Fellowships have been awarded in 2003 to PSC trainees Zhen Zeng, to support her research on immigrant economic assimilation in the U.S., and Justin Thomas, to continue his research on status homogamy in South Africa. Yu Xie serves as PSC mentor for both students.

Yu Xie, Professor of Sociology and Statistics, was selected from among 2,800 artists, scholars, and scientists to receive a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship. This award is based on distinguished past achievements and exceptional promise for future achievements. Dr. Xie received the award for his work on economic reform and social inequality in contemporary China.

Professor Robert Willis was awarded the PAA’s 2002 Mindel Sheps Award for outstanding contributions to mathematical demography, demographic methodology, and the modeling and analysis of population data. This is a biennial award that is jointly sponsored by the PAA and the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.¶¶