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Youth With Parents and Household Members in Prison More Likely to Have First Baby Before Marriage

As incarceration rates have increased in the United States, so has the likelihood that children will endure the imprisonment of a parent — especially among the most disadvantaged populations. But how does the imprisonment of parents and other household members influence a child or adolescent’s future?A Princeton University…

Achen Challenges Popular Conceptions of American Democracy

While on a fellowship at Princeton in the early 2000s, Christopher Achen wandered into a bookstore across from campus. On the front table he spotted two books about shark attacks along the New Jersey coast that killed four people over 12 days and sparked a panic in 1916. Those books gave Achen an idea, a way to test a theory…

The Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Great Recession

Financial strain has long been one of the leading causes of family discord, but a recent study suggests that simply living through major economic recessions increases a mother’s chance of suffering from domestic violence.Researchers from Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California,…

The Wilson School Congratulates the GREAT Class of 2016

The Woodrow Wilson School awarded 83 graduate students and 144 undergraduate students with degrees at its May 31 Commencement and through the 2015-16 academic year.The Wilson School congratulates the five Ph.D. students, 60 Master in Public Affairs (MPA) students and 18 Master in Public Policy (MPP) students who graduated. …

WWS Reacts: How Will Funding Help in the Fight Against Zika?

The Senate voted last week to advance $1.1 billion in emergency funding to help fight the spread of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that is particularly harmful to pregnant women. The sum, which will likely be used for vaccine development and mosquito control, comes short of the $1.9 billion originally requested by the White…

Addressing Economic Hardships in Rural America Could Help Control Drug Epidemic, Wailoo Tells Congress

America’s drug epidemic could be better controlled by addressing the economic hardships facing rural America, Princeton University’s Keith Wailoo said at a recent Congressional briefing. The country must also consider how best to treat those suffering from chronic pain.The briefing—held May 9 by the National History Center of…

WWS Reacts: Brazil’s President Was Impeached. Now What?

Brazil’s Senate voted last week to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, a move that suspends the president for 180 days. Rousseff, who is accused of using public bank money to cover budget gaps, now faces an impeachment trial. The suspended president is calling the situation a “coup d’etat” and maintains she didn’t act criminally…

SINSI Spotlight: A Passion for the Health and Well-Being of Others

Concern for the health and well-being of others has long been a driving force for Marlise Pierre-Wright ’12, MPA ’16. As a Princeton University undergraduate student, this passion led her to assume several leadership roles on campus, including serving as a Healthy Minds peer advisor and a member of the Student Health Advisory…

In the Nation’s Defense: SINSI Scholar Kevin McGinnis Shapes National Security Policy

Growing up, Kevin McGinnis ’11, MPA ’15, never imagined he’d someday be advising the U.S. Secretary of Defense on national security policy and overseas military basing. Hailing from the eastern shore of Maryland, an area facing many ecological and economic challenges, McGinnis originally thought he’d end up in environmental…

Students in Policy Task Force Study Migrant Crisis in Europe

Every year citizens flee their homelands to escape political instability, violent conflicts, environmental degradation and grinding poverty. In 2015 alone, roughly 1 million migrants sought a more secure future within the European Union (EU). Over the past few months, students in a Princeton University undergraduate policy task…