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Jul 27, 2022

Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19

Native Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease,…

Anne Case

Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus; Lecturer with Rank of Professor

Email: accase@princeton.edu

Janet M. Currie

Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs; Co-Director, Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW)

Office: 185A JR Rabinowitz

Email: jcurrie@princeton.edu

Sir Angus Deaton

Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus. Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Emeritus. Senior Scholar

Email: deaton@princeton.edu

Kathryn Edin

William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs; Co-Director, Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing (CRCFW)

Office: 151 Wallace Hall

Email: kedin@princeton.edu

Adam Goldstein

Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

Office: 114 Wallace Hall

Email: amg5@princeton.edu

Arun Hendi

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs; Professor Uwe E. Reinhardt and Julis-Rabinowitz Family Preceptor in Multidisciplinary Studies

Office: 257 Wallace Hall

Email: arun.hendi@princeton.edu

Alison Isenberg

Professor of History and SPIA Associated Faculty

Office: 122 Dickinson Hall

Email: isenber@princeton.edu

Jennifer Jennings

Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs; Director, Education Research Section (ERS)

Office: 159 Wallace Hall

Email: jlj@princeton.edu

Paul R. Krugman

Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Emeritus

Office: Offsite

Email: pkrugman@princeton.edu

David S. Lee

Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Office: 257 Louis Simpson

Email: davidlee@princeton.edu

Douglas S. Massey

Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Emeritus

Office: 239 Wallace Hall

Email: dmassey@princeton.edu

Sanyu Mojola

Maurice P. During Professor of Demographic Studies

Office: 147 Wallace Hall

Email: smojola@princeton.edu

Elizabeth Levy Paluck

Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs; Deputy Director, Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy

Office: 432 Robertson Hall

Email: epaluck@princeton.edu

Eldar Shafir

Class of 1987 Professor in Behavioral Science and Public Policy; Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs; Inaugural Director, Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy

Office: 429 Robertson Hall

Email: shafir@princeton.edu

Patrick Sharkey

William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

Office: 189 Wallace Hall

Email: psharkey@princeton.edu

Stacey Sinclair

Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs

Office: 525 Peretsman-Scully Hall

Email: ssinclr@princeton.edu

Marta Tienda

Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies; Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Emeritus

Email: tienda@princeton.edu

Keith A. Wailoo

Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs

Office: 216 Dickinson Hall

Email: kwailoo@princeton.edu

Ismail White

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Office: 212 Fisher Hall

Email: iwhite@princeton.edu

Andreas Wiedemann

Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Cyril E. Black University Preceptor

Office: 413 Robertson Hall

Email: awiedemann@princeton.edu

Julian Wolpert

Henry G. Bryant Professor of Geography, Public Affairs, and Urban Planning, Emeritus

Office: Offsite

Email: jwolpert@princeton.edu

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Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing

The Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing's (CRCW) mission is to stimulate basic research, educate faculty and students about issues related to policies affecting children, and influence policymakers and practitioners at the federal, state, and local levels.

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