Growing up Rural | Russell Sage Foundation, co-edited by Profs. Shelley Clark & Sam Harper
Profs. Shelley Clark and Sam Harper co-edited a double volume Russell Sage Foundation issue on "Growing Up Rural: How Place Shapes Outcomes". Please use the following links to read more : Issue 3 and Issue 4.
It also contains an intro article "Growing Up in Rural America" by Shelley Clark, Sam Harper and Bruce Weber.
Call for applications - Postdoctoral researcher in rural demography
Call for applications, Postdoctoral researcher in rural demography
Applications are invited for a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre on Population Dynamics, McGill University, Québec, Canada, under the supervision of Shelley Clark, James McGill Professor of Sociology. The initial appointment will be for one year but the appointment may be renewed for a second year based on performance.
Substantive Focus
Professor Zoua Vang gives workshop exploring the association between discrimination and health for immigrants
Professor Zoua Vang gave a March 4, 2019 workshop entitled “What’s Making Us Sick? Race, discrimination and the deterioration of immigrants’ health advantage” at the University of Minnesota, co-sponsored by the Asian Economic Development Association and the Department of Sociology, U of MN.
Professor Zoua Vang presents at Forum on Systemic Discrimination
Professor Zoua Vang presented “Barriers of systemic discrimination in health and social services for visible minorities, immigrants and Indigenous populations” at the Center of Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR)’s Forum on Systemic Discrimination or Bad Service? Effective Strategies to Challenge Systemic Barriers in Public and Private Services on March 16, 2019.
Professor Zoua Vang awarded $1.3 million dollar CIHR grant to study Inuit birth outcomes
Professor Zoua Vang’s CIHR-funded longitudinal study with Nunavik Inuit communities was featured in The McGill Reporter as part of International Women’s Day.
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Sarah Brauner-Otto publishes paper on maternal employment and child health in Nepal
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Francesco Amodio publishes article on input allocation, workforce management, and productivity spillovers with Miguel A. Martinez Carrasco
Miguel A. Martinez Carrasco
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Francesco Amodio publishes article on ethnicity and violence during democratic transitions in South Africa with Giorgio Chiovelli
Giorgio Chiovelli
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Francesco Amodio publishes article on conflict, input misallocation, and firm performance with Michele Di Maio
Michele Di Maio
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Current research by Francesco Amodio on feedback rating to decrease bribery
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Policy brief by Francesco Amodio on the Italian refugee support system
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