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2/10: Penn Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC) and NYU Shanghai Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER) to Convene a Workshop on Migration and Child Development
Workshop on Migration and Child Development in China The Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research at NYU Shanghai will co-host a virtual workshop on migration and child… Continue Reading
Kai Feng wins 2022 graduate student paper award from ASA Section on Aging and the Life Course
Congratulations to Demography and Sociology doctoral student Kai Feng! His paper, “Unequal Duties and Unequal Retirement: Decomposing the Women’s Labor Force Decline in Post-Reform China,” won the 2022 ASA Section on Aging and the Life Course Graduate Student Paper Award,… Continue Reading
Ellen Bryer publishes in Sociological Forum
Congratulations to Ellen Bryer, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, who has published a paper in Sociological Forum: “My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and Advantage in Family Financial Assistance for Graduate School?” Full citation: Bryer, E. (2022), My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and… Continue Reading
Joyce Kim designated WISE Emerging Leader and Provost’s Graduate Engagement Fellow at the Netter Center
Congratulations to Penn GSE and Penn Sociology joint student Joyce Kim! She has been designated a 2022 WISE Emerging Leader and a 2022-2024 Provost’s Graduate Academic Engagement Fellow at the Netter Center.
Elena van Stee publishes in Sociology Compass
Congratulations to sociology doctoral student Elena van Stee! Her paper, “Parenting young adults across social class: A review and synthesis,” has been published in Sociology Compass! Full citation: van Stee, E. G. (2022). Parenting young adults across social class: A review and… Continue Reading
Olivia Hu and Alex Adames win grant from the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Immigration
Congratulations to Olivia Hu and Alex Adames, who have been awarded a grant from the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration for their project, “The Causal Effect of Educational Attainment and Prestige on Romantic and Sexual Desirability… Continue Reading
Peter Harvey to be Harvard Inequality in America Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow
Congratulations to Peter Harvey, who has been named as a Harvard Inequality in America Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow!
Xiuqi Yang and Kai Feng awarded UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Fellowships
Congratulations to (Sukie) Xiuqi Yang and Kai Feng, PhD students in Sociology and Demography, who will be 2022 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report Fellows. Their proposal seeks to explore the impact of climate change on children’s educational outcomes across… Continue Reading
New Working Paper (#11) by Hannum, Liu, and Wang, “Estimating the Effects of Educational System Consolidation: The Case of China’s Rural School Closure Initiative”
Hannum, Emily, Xiaoying Liu, and Fan Wang. 2021. “Estimating the Effects of Educational System Consolidation: The Case of China’s Rural School Closure Initiative.” Penn Education and Inequality Working Papers, #11.