Pamela Smock is Professor of Sociology and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center. Her scholarly interests lie at the intersection of demography and various axes of inequality. Her research focuses on changing family patterns in the U.S., family formation and dissolution, the economic consequences of divorce and marriage for women and men, cohabitation, nonresident fatherhood, single-mother… Continue reading Smock,Pamela J

Dr. Jagger is a global leader in interdisciplinary population and environment research, with a strong record of scholarship. Trained at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and with an initial focus on natural resources, Professor Jagger’s current research program includes a substantial focus on health consequences of biofuels-based cooking and efficient… Continue reading Jagger,Pamela Anne

Dr. Geronimus’ research interests include understanding the social and biological mechanisms that mediate racial disparities in health along the full pathway from the environmental to the cellular level: cultural influences on population variation in family structure and age-at-first birth; the effects of poverty, institutionalized discrimination, and residential areas on health; the strategies used by marginalized… Continue reading Geronimus,Arline T