The PDP sponsors or co-sponsors two forms of seminars. A formal seminar series is organized each academic year in conjunction with the Department of Development Sociology. Many of these seminars are co-sponsored by other Cornell programs. These seminars will be posted on this page well in advance of their scheduled presentation date. Alterations in the schedule will be posted as they occur. Most of these seminars are offered at 2:30 on specified Fridays in Warren 32; however, some occur on other days and in other locations. Seminars organized by other parties will be posted on this page if they are highly relevant to population and development processes.
Occasional brownbags are held in Warren 32 from 12:00 to 1:30. The brownbags are open to faculty, students, and visitors who wish to discuss work in progress. The brownbag schedule will be posted on this site as they are scheduled; however, the scheduled dates for each semester will be posted early in the semester. Pay attention to open dates in case you want an opportunity for some friendly feedback.
The seminar organizer is Thomas Hirschl (tah4@cornell.edu).
Recent Events
Several of our Population and Development Program (PDP) faculty and students participated in the Population Association of America (PAA) Conference, March 29-31, and in side meetings surrounding that event.
David Brown (with T. Champion and M. Coombes) presented the poster, “Post-Migration Commuting Behavior among Urban to Rural Migrants in England and Wales, 2001.”
Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue gave a presentation entitled, “Demographic Transitions and Children’s Resources: Bonus or Divergence?” Sarah Giroux presented two papers. One, “Trends in Reproductive Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Micro-Macro Distinction” is based on a paper co_authored with Parfait Eloundou and Dan Lichter. The other, “Urban Bias and Labor Market Inequality: Trends in a Sub-Saharan Setting,” is based on her Masters thesis.
Fatou Jah presented the poster, “From School to Work: An Historical Overview of the Gains to Sub-Saharan Women in Education and Employment.”
Alaka Basu, Lindy Williams and Dela Kusi-Appouh gave a presentation entitled, “Hindu-Muslim Differentials in Infant and Child survival in India: Some Unexpected Findings.” Dela also presented her paper, “Contextual Factors Influencing Sexual Activity within Adolescent Social Networks in a Metropolitan/ Rural Area.”
On Thursday evening, Alaka Basu was one of two participants in the debate "Should the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) be Relevant for Academic Work?" Alaka took the "No" position. The debate was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Population Division.
Warren Brown is Chair of the PAA's Committee on Applied Demography which held its annual business meeting on Wednesday, March 28; an open reception on Thursday evening to promote networking among applied demographers; and a breakfast meeting on Friday morning in which Sam Roberts of the New York Times was the speaker. Linda Jacobsen of the Population Reference Bureau and a former member of the Cornell faculty and PDP member, succeeds Warren as Chair. Warren also presented a paper in the session "Sociodemographic Change in a New York Minute." The title of the paper was "The Young and The Restless: Brain Drain or Life Stage" which he co-authored with Robert Scardamalia, Chief Demographer, New York State. The paper examined migration of young college educated workers in and out of Upstate New York.
Also on Wednesday, Mary Kritz attended a meeting of the Editorial Board of the International Migration Review, which was held at the Center for Migration Studies. Mary is currently a member of the IMR Editorial Board. Doug Gurak participated in a Workshop on Census and ACS in the Classroom held at the CUNY Graduate Center. Mary and Doug also participated in a side meeting on the UN High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development organized by the United Nations Population Division that was held at the meetings.
Mary Kritz was one of two lead speakers at The Inaugural De Jong Lecture in Social Demography at the conference entitled, "Migration and Race/Ethnic Diversity in the U.S." held Thursday, September 21, 2006 at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA.
The race and ethnic composition of the U.S. population is changing significantly. Internal migration and immigration are major mechanisms driving this change. Legal and undocumented immigration, particularly from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, has increased to near historic levels over the past 15 years. Many of the new immigrants are settling in "new destination" communities. At the same time, internal migration of both domestic minority and foreign born population groups has contributed to changing patterns of race/ethnic interactions, residential segregation, and community institutional structures. This conference provided an assessment of forces that are driving these changes in race/ethnic diversity in the U.S., their consequences, and implications for research agendas and public policy.
Douglas T. Gurak served as a Panel Discussant on Future Research Agendas at the conference.
Mary Kritz, a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Developmental Sociology at Cornell University, is a prolific scholar in migration research. Her recent research has emphasized nativity group differentials in internal migration, and how immigrant groups differ in their settlement and integration strategies. Dr. Kritz received her Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in Demography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1972.
Douglas Gurak is Professor of Development Sociology and Director of the Polson Institute for Global Development at Cornell University. His recent research has focused on the dynamics of internal migration of the foreign-born in the United States. Dr. Gurak received his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1973 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Special Event
Photos of PDP representation at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Centennial Parade, May 12, 2004.
Director of PDP, Tom Hirschl, walking his bike at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Parade Celebration on May 12, 2004.
Linda Warner, administrative staff in the Department of Development Sociology, displaying the "Population" sign as a PDP concentration at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Centennial Parade Celebration on May 12, 2004.
Associate Director of PDP, Lindy Williams (left holding banner), graduate student, Marie Joy Arguillas (right), and Professor Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue (next to Arguillas walking), at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Centennial Parade Celebration on May 12, 2004.
PDP Professor Nina Glasgow (left) and Josie Velez, Executive Staff Assistant (right) cheering the PDP participants at the CALS Centennial Parade Celebration on May 12, 2004.
