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The Michigan Population Studies Center & Population Dynamics and Health Program are interdisciplinary communities of scholars in population research and training: Where demographers find their people!
Squad!!!
We also gotta shoutout the baller women up and down the ISR org chart like the trinity running our @umichstonecid.bsky.social: our fearless leader Sasha Killewald @sashakillewald.bsky.social , Melissa Bora keeping everything humming, and Nicole Bonomini broadcasting us to the world!
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This Women’s History Month, we recognize the women leading ISR, the major centers and initiatives at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
Their leadership drives research that informs policy and strengthens communities worldwide!
PAA member and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Demography professor Jenna Nobles @jnobles.bsky.social will present the NIH OBSSR Director's Webinar: How Responsible Use of Mobile Device Data Can Advance Our Understanding of Fertility. Register now for March 25 at 11am ET:
Heads up -- the NHATS webinar was moved one week. See below:
Join us 4/1/26 to celebrate the career of Barbara Anderson, Ronald A. Freedman Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies. 1040 LSA Building, 500 State St., Ann Arbor, 3 to 5 pm. Zoom link will be available for virtual guests. Remarks at 3:30.
📌 We're celebrating the magnificent career of sociologist, demographer, and mentor Barbara Anderson! Please use the RSVP form to leave memories and notes for Barbara and reply by March 20 to attend live. A Zoom link will also be available. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/barba...
Now in @voxdev.bsky.social: The enormously popular TV broadcast, Ramayan, strengthened Hindu identity in 1980s India, catalysing lasting electoral shifts, conflict, and institutional change. Research by @deanyang.bsky.social et al ⬇️
☕ Meet Sabrina Garber, who joined @burgards.bsky.social for a recent Coffee Chat to talk about what makes research administration both effective and rewarding.
RCGD's Stephen Garcia is co-author of new research on rivalry, motivation, and ethics. Both hostile and amicable rivalries increase motivation—but only hostile rivalries increase unethical intentions.
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U.S. birth rates have been declining, but #CCPR Director @marthajbailey.bsky.social finds that there has been no drop in the number of children born over the last 30 years.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...
Sabrina Garber
Rows of gorgeous pink and red rose cupcakes baked by Rachael Hamilton
Cayley Ryan-Claytor crafting a valentine, and showing off her valentine outfit & socks
💗 Need more #DemographyLove in challenging times? Scenes from the last @um-psc.bsky.social coffee chat: Sabrina Garber speaking on research administration, cupcakes by Rachael Hamilton, and PSC postdoc Cayley Ryan-Claytor crafting valentines in her valentine socks. Join us for Pi/e Day March 17!
@um-psc.bsky.social — “where demographers find their people.”Happy birthday to this friend and alum! ❤️
Studying how the expectation of aid changes behavior in the context of cash transfers in Uganda, from Achyuta Adhvaryu, Jean-François Gauthier, Pamela Jakiela, and Dean Karlan www.nber.org/papers/w34857
Incredible work by the NIMLAS folks! @bradytwest.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social
“In the end, government officials have granted only one researcher access to that kind of specificity within the data.
That person is Elizabeth Fussell, who was an assistant professor at Tulane University from 2001 to 2007.”
And now is at @BrownUniv. Kudos, Beth!
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Ope! Look Michigan, it's PSC's Ren Farley-- expert on the Census and Detroit history. In the second half of this short film, he explains the landscape of the city and the lingering effects of rapid depopulation.
How do sidewalks and neighborhood design affect aging? ISR researcher Philippa Clarke shows how curb cuts and uneven pavement shape mobility, safety, and aging in place.
Watch the video to hear Philippa Clarke explain how community design shapes everyday aging experiences!
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✅CHECK YOUR EMAIL, PAA fam. This is not a drill! We are so proud of this program @popassocamerica.bsky.social
Bureaucratic hurdles and racial disparities limit victim compensation for adult sexual assault survivors, compounding trauma.
A new @um-src.bsky.social study finds the top reason for denial is lack of police verification (34.4% of rejected claims).
Study & story: https://myumi.ch/9pzp7
“With approximately half a million Americans diagnosed with dementia annually, this translates to nearly 90,000 cases that could potentially be prevented—a truly significant figure.” Kelly Bakulski, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Michigan Public Health
New U-M research reveals older adults with high cumulative lead exposure face nearly triple the Alzheimer's risk. The study suggests reducing population lead levels could prevent thousands of dementia cases annually. myumi.ch/qZeXx
The Trump administration is restructuring federal health agencies to implement a new policy agenda. Central to this agenda is the Make America Healthy Again movement, which prioritizes individual solutions to broader public health problems, disregards science and scientific institutions, and aligns closely with the “wellness” industry. While it is normal for each administration to establish its own public health priorities, previous administrations did not dismantle existing institutions to do so. In contrast, this administration is consolidating power and actively politicizing the federal health bureaucracy, undermining scientific expertise and agency independence in the process. These changes are likely to have lasting impacts on both federal health agencies and public health that will extend well beyond the current administration.
Open-access scholarly piece in @jhppl.bsky.social about RFK's assault on public health institutions by @pamherd.bsky.social
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Important read from @pamherd.bsky.social
The surge in misogyny and racism since the start of the Trump Administration–and adjacent MAGA community–has been fast and furious. The idea that married women shouldn’t vote is a common belief...
Misogyny is central to the White Nationalist project.
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @umichsph.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate @erinware.bsky.social Kelly Marie Bakulski in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Understanding causal estimates of smoking behaviors for cognitive impairment: A Mendelian randomization study
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Hot of the presses research on high-cost alternative credit instruments and the welfare state by Rhodes, Berger, and @umichstonecid.bsky.social associate @davonnorris.bsky.social 👇
🏳️🌈 Underscoring the need for advocacy, @bradytwest.bsky.social coauthors the first study to use nationally representative data and a more thorough sexual identity assessment to assess differences in substance use & mental health in adolescents and young adults: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Crowd-sourcing: What is the best emoji for St. Louis / #PAA2025? One of these? Something else? ∩ 🍻🐴 ⚾ 🎡
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Estimating the Economic Value of Zoning Reform" by Santosh Anagol, Fernando Ferreira, and Jonah Rexer. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Stay tuned for more from the @um-psc.bsky.social spring Brown Bag lineup: Maria Sviatschi of @princeton.edu presents April 6.
Minseon Park joins the @um-psc.bsky.social Brown Bag series 3/23 to present "Two-Dimensional Report Cards: A Field Experiment on Socio-Emotional Growth Information." Join us!
Mark your calendar for 3/16: Aubree Gordon will join us for the @um-psc.bsky.social Brown Bag series.
🚀 I encourage those interested to apply! I received the 🎓 Clifford C. Clogg scholarship in 2017—eventually becoming a TA in 2020 & 2021—and had an incredible experience, shaping my career.
Huge thanks to my mentor & now friend, John Fox, for notifying me about this opportunity & guidance! 🙌 #ICPSR
