Results for "Population Research Center"

The Population Research Center (PRC) is an interdisciplinary organized research unit of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) that provides support services and project support for population-related research projects at UT. Faculty researchers come from such departments as Sociology, Human Ecology, Economics, Geography, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Social Work, Educational Psychology, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/

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Faculty

Francheska Alers Rojas

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Human Development and Family Sciences
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Kamran Ali

Affiliated Departments:
Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Comparative Literature, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, South Asia Institute
Research Interests:

Gender, Sexuality, Health, Development, Labor History, Political Economy; Post-Colonialism; 

Urban Social Histories, Popular Culture, Historiography, Memory, Liberalism, Middle 

East; South…

Edward Anderson

Affiliated Departments:
School of Human Ecology, Human Development and Family Sciences, Statistics and Scientific Computation
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Dr. Anderson specializes in the adjustment of children and families to parental divorce and remarriage. His interests include understanding how divorced parents' dating and repartnering affects children and…

Jacqueline Angel

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Research Interests:

Social policy and programs on aging; health care policy; demographic methods; gender roles.
Aging and health among Mexican American women; health care policy and older women; poverty; demographic change

Maria Mercedes Arredondo

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Human Development and Family Sciences
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My research focuses on understanding how infants, toddlers and school-age children acquire their language(s). I am especially interested in why some children can become proficient bilinguals, while others seem to…

Aprile D Benner

Affiliated Departments:
Human Development and Family Sciences
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My substantive research interests center on the development of low-income and race/ethnic minority youth, investigating how social contexts influence school transitions, experiences of marginalization, and…

Rebecca Callahan

Affiliated Departments:
Population Research Center, Educational Leadership and Policy
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Dr. Callahan's research focuses on academic preparation of immigrant, language minority adolescents as they transition from high school into young adulthood. She is presently involved in several research projects…

Shannon Cavanagh

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Population Research Center, Sociology
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Grounded in family demography and social psychology, Dr. Shannon Cavanagh's research mainly explores 1) children’s experiences with their parents’ partner instability and 2) the transition into adulthood amidst…