This graduate-level course explores the theory and the method of ethnography through critiques and class discussions of exemplar ethnographies. The heart of the course is practice in learning how to do field work, write good field notes, and analyze data.
This seminar examines the impact of poverty and socioeconomic inequality, more generally, on the health of individuals and populations. Attention is given to both US and non-US populations.
This course examines population, health and environment (PHE) dynamics with a focus on interactions occurring in countries classified as developing or transition economies.
This course covers the substantive findings and policies/policy debates around key selected topics in population and health today in industrialized and developing societies. Demographic models are used to understand, frame, define and evaluate these topics.
At least as much as any other institution, families can distribute resources among their members across time and space, spread risk, and foster cooperation.
This course examines the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality in the United States, and reviews the major social policies used to combat poverty's ill effects.
This course will cover the tools and techniques of program evaluation, and help familiarize students with the various research methods that can be employed to evaluate the effect of policies and innovations.
This one semester course discusses emerging issues in the micro-economics of population and development.
This workshop covers emerging issues in international population health and development including individual and family behavior in developing countries, poverty, inequality, human and financial capital, and health of populations across the globe.