Demography
Families and Relationships
Health and Life Courses
Quantitative Methods
Social Inequality
Social Institutions and Culture
Social Networks
Urban, Community, and Spatial Sociology
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Demography
Penn State offers the unique opportunity for students to earn a Graduate School awarded dual-Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography.
The Demography program was ranked in the top five population science graduate training programs in the United States by the 2009 U.S. News and World Report. Multi- and inter-disciplinary learning is a hallmark of the Penn State program which offers seven dual-degrees in Demography (i.e. Sociology and Demography, Anthropology and Demography, Health Policy Administration and Demography, etc.). The program provides in-depth and systematic training with a curriculum that features a rich offering of 39 seminars in cutting-edge population science issues. The Department of Sociology has great depth in faculty mentors in Demography with 18 faculty holding dual academic rank in both Sociology and Demography.
Learn more about the Graduate Program in Demography, including complete curriculum and course information along with a description of the extensive facilities and resources as well as research program emphases.
Demography Faculty
 David BakerProfessor of Sociology, Education, and Demography (814) 863-0955Director, Graduate Program in Sociology dpb4@psu.edu Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographyEducationHealth and Life CourseSocial InequalitySocial Institutions and Culture |
 Sarah DamaskeRoy C. Buck Professor of American Institutions and Sociology, Labor and Employment Relations, and Women's Studies (814) 865-9090Associate Director, Population Research Institute sarahdamaske@psu.edu Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsHealth and Life CourseSocial Inequality |
 Jonathan DawAssociate Professor of Sociology and Demography (814) 863-0096jud36@psu.edu Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsHealth and Life CourseSocial InequalitySocial Networks |
 Diane FelmleeDistinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography (814) 863-5509dhf12@psu.edu Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsQuantitative MethodsSocial InequalitySocial Networks |
 Sarah A FontAssociate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy (814) 863-2259Associate Director, Graduate Program in Sociology SSRI Co-Funded Faculty saf252@psu.edu Sociology Graduate DirectorsTenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and Relationships |
 Cleothia FrazierAssistant Professor of Sociology 814-863-9721SSRI Co-Funded Faculty cjf6191@psu.edu Tenure Track Faculty Demography |
 Michelle FriscoDepartment Head (814) 863-5507Professor of Sociology and Demography SSRI Co-Funded Faculty mlf112@psu.edu Sociology Department HeadFaculty OfficersTenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsHealth and Life Course |
 Jennifer GlickArnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman Professor in Sociology (814) 863-4719Director, Population Research Institute SSRI Co-Funded Faculty, Social Science Research Institute Associate Director jeg115@psu.edu Tenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsMigration |
 Steven A. HaasAssociate Professor of Sociology and Demography (814) 867-2830sah49@psu.edu Sociology Faculty OfficersTenure Track FacultyUndergraduate Directors DemographyHealth and Life CourseSocial InequalitySocial Networks |
 Jessica HoAssociate Professor of Sociology and Demography jyh5718@psu.eduSSRI Co-Funded Faculty Tenure Track Faculty Demography |
 John IcelandDistinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography (814) 867-2821jdi10@psu.edu Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographySocial Inequality |
 Derek KreagerLiberal Arts Professor of Sociology and Criminology (814) 867-0217Associate Head, Department of Sociology and Criminology SSRI Co-Funded Faculty dak27@psu.edu CriminologySociology Associate Department HeadFaculty OfficersTenure Track Faculty Criminology and Criminal JusticeDemographyFamily and RelationshipsHealth and Life CourseSocial Institutions and CultureSocial Networks |
 Liying LuoAssociate Professor of Sociology and Demography liyingluo@psu.eduAssociate Director, Center for Social Data Analytics Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographyQuantitative Methods |
 Molly A. MartinAssociate Professor of Sociology and Demography (814) 863-5508Dual-Degree Demography Program Director mam68@psu.edu Sociology Graduate DirectorsTenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsHealth and Life CourseQuantitative MethodsSocial Inequality |
 Jeremy StaffProfessor of Sociology, Criminology, and Demography (814) 865-4560jus25@psu.edu Criminology Tenure Track Faculty Criminology and Criminal JusticeDemographyHealth and Life CourseQuantitative MethodsSocial Inequality |
 Jennifer Van HookRoy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography (814) 867-2276SSRI Co-Funded Faculty, Director of the Population Research Institute jxv21@psu.edu Sociology Center DirectorsTenure Track Faculty DemographyHealth and Life CourseQuantitative Methods |
 Ashton M. VerderyHarry and Elissa Sichi Early Career Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Social Data Analytics (814) 863-5385Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography Faculty Co-Hire: Institute for Computational and Data Sciences amv5430@psu.edu Sociology Tenure Track Faculty DemographyFamily and RelationshipsMigrationQuantitative MethodsSocial Networks |
 Scott T. YabikuProfessor of Sociology and Demography (814) 863-0145sty105@psu.edu Sociology Faculty OfficersGraduate DirectorsTenure Track Faculty DemographyMigrationQuantitative MethodsUrban Community and Spatial Sociology |
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