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Diane McLaughlin
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Diane McLaughlin
Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology, Sociology and Demography
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rural sociology, stratification/mobility, aging/social gerontology
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Urban, Community, and Spatial Sociology
Rural and urban youth outmigration, schooling, work and transitions to adulthood, community economic restructuring, demographic change and poverty/inequality, community development
dkk@psu.edu
