Population Studies Center
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Population Studies Center
@pennpsc.bsky.social
The Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962 and is led by Director Emilio Alberto Parrado.
Education & Inequality Works in Progress

➡️ Gender as a Prediction Problem

➡️ Joel Mittleman, Penn Sociology

TOMORROW >>> Wednesday, February 11 | 3:00 PM | Sociology Conference Room (3rd Floor McNeil) & Zoom

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February 10, 2026 at 1:39 PM
New paper in the Population Center Working Papers series!

Medicaid LTSS Spending and Participation: Data Sources and Insights

by @patrickarp.bsky.social , Lindsay White, @ermeara.bsky.social , Ari Ne'eman, & Norma B. Coe

READ IT HERE:
https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62237
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
TODAY - Friday, February 6 | 12:00 PM | PSC Commons (403 McNeil) & Virtual

Air Pollution and Learning with R. Jisung Park

Education & Inequality Cluster Workshop

R. Jisung Park, Penn Social Policy and Practice & Wharton
sp2.upenn.edu/person/r-jis...

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February 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
THIS Weekend is The Penn GSE Ethnography in Education Research Forum

Register: 2026forum.dryfta.com/index.php

#FACTS Constructing Knowledge and Truth in a Complex World

PSC Associate Dr. Roberto G. Gonzales, Richard Perry University Professor, is the conference Convenor!

@penngse.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Please join us (in person or online) for a PARC Aging Chat

MONDAY, FEB 2 @ 12PM in McNeil 403
(ZOOM INFO IN GRAPHIC)

Hospice Care (PARC Aging Chats)
with @davidrosenkranz.bsky.social & Anne Song

https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats
January 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM
New PSC/PARC Population Studies Working Paper!

Replication Study: Predictors of Loneliness in U.S. Adults Over Age Sixty-Five

with @patrickarp.bsky.social , Daniel S. Lee, Chuxuan Sun, Sheel Trivedi, Emily Yam, & Shana D. Stites

READ IT HERE:
https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62226
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New PSC/PARC Population Studies Working Paper!

The Life You Save (For): Experiences Dominate Goods in Motivating Savings

with @yinsiyuan.bsky.social Grant Donnelly, Cait Lamberton, & Michael I. Norton.

READ IT HERE:
https://bit.ly/4bJeaky
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Penn AGING researchers are encouraged to submit a brief abstract to be considered for a poster or 5-15 minute presentation at the 2026 PARC Aging Retreat "USA at 250 Years: Aging Healthily" on May 1, 2026! Submission Deadline: March 3, 2026!

Details:
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Happy New Year! We're excited to share the

@pennpsc.bsky.social YEAR IN REVIEW NEWSLETTER

All of the Population Studies Center's highlights from 2025: news, awards, & grants roundups, podcasts featuring our researchers, upcoming events, and lots more.

READ HERE:
https://bit.ly/3MJzQTr
January 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Grab some cocoa☕ and peruse the PENN POP STUDIES NEWSLETTER!

✏️New pubs by our researchers, including @joeljm.bsky.social & @hthirumurthy.bsky.social
🎉 Congrats Emily Curran, winner of the van de Walle prize!
🎞️ Catch up on past colloquiums with @anacanedog.bsky.social & Margherita Odasso
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happy Holidays to all from Population Studies Center (@pennpsc.bsky.social) and the Population Aging Research Center (@pennaging.bsky.social) - and wishes for a bright shiny New Year!
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Are you a Penn Freshman looking for a Freshman Seminar for Spring 2026?

Consider this class:

➡️ SOCI0012/ANTH0131: Not Just Numbers: Navigating Tribal Nations, the Federal/Tribal relationship, and Population Data

Tuesday/Thursday: 5:15-6:45 pm

View the syllabus on Path@Penn
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Join us online or in person for the PARC Aging Chat ( @PennPARC ), when
@hthirumurthy.bsky.social & @draaron.bsky.social of @pennmehp.bsky.social
share insights on Opportunities with the CFAR Cohort.

Monday at NOON! See the graphic below for Zoom details.

More info:
https://bit.ly/4p011HA
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Join us online or in person for the PARC Aging Chat ( @PennPARC ), when
@hthirumurthy.bsky.social & @draaron.bsky.social of @pennmehp.bsky.social
share insights on Opportunities with the CFAR Cohort.

Monday at NOON! See the graphic below for Zoom details.

More info:
https://bit.ly/4p011HA
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are thrilled to share that Professor Melissa Wilde has been nominated for President of the American Sociological Association (ASA)! If elected, Professor Wilde will serve as ASA President in 2028. Congrats!

sociology.sas.upenn.edu/news/2025/11...

@sas.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @asanews.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 11/17 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Margherita Odasso, @cedemografia.bsky.social

Migrating Alone or with Family? Differences in Mental Health among Return Migrants in Mexico
https://bit.ly/3LzIYcA
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 11/17 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Margherita Odasso, @cedemografia.bsky.social

Migrating Alone or with Family? Differences in Mental Health among Return Migrants in Mexico
https://bit.ly/3LzIYcA
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 11/10 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

@anacanedog.bsky.social at University of Montreal

Connected to Last? The Temporary Effect of Sponsorship on Refugee's Friendship Networks

https://bit.ly/4nz96BL
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 11/10 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

@anacanedog.bsky.social at University of Montreal

Connected to Last? The Temporary Effect of Sponsorship on Refugee's Friendship Networks

https://bit.ly/4nz96BL
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
TODAY 11/6 NOON-1:30pm
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Today: Migration Patterns and Why They Matter
Williams Hall 623 – 255 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Featuring: Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva (Hopi Tribal Nation), PhD Candidate in Demography
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November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Check out the first publication in our new Undergraduate Research Series!

Gendered Pathways of Afghan Refugee Integration in Canada: Insights from the Afghan Canadian Community Survey

by Jillina Weng
Advisor: Emilio A. Parrado

READ IT HERE:
https://bit.ly/3Lpw5By
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Penn Grad Students!

Last chance to submit your work for the 2025 Etienne van de Walle Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Demography

Deadline 11/1

READ MORE:
www.aging.upenn.edu/research/eti...
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Check out this special RESEARCH edition of the
PENN POPULATION STUDIES NEWSLETTER

featuring new pubs by 30+ @pennaging.bsky.social & @pennpsc.bsky.social researchers, including

@oppforhealthlab.bsky.social, @pfomby.bsky.social, & @drdmgriffith.bsky.social

READ IT HERE:
bit.ly/3Wg0QeL
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New PSC/PARC Population Studies Working Paper!

Higher Neighborhood Deprivation is Associated with Accelerated Disease Progression in Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Degeneration.

with @sdstites.bsky.social, Corey T. McMillan, Rory Boyle, et al.

READ IT HERE:
https://bit.ly/47mme7e
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!

MON | 10/27 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)

Nicolò Cavalli of Bocconi University presents

Fertility Dynamics in an Era of Polycrisis: Divergence After COVID-19?

https://bit.ly/4oBFcxG
October 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM