New study (w/ Hui Zheng) finds that among US-born older adults, Asian Americans are no longer the healthiest racial group. This is because disability prevalence has declined for *every other racial group* since 2005, but not for Asian Americans. #AAPI

Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

Does anyone have recommended readings to understand how causes of death are attributed, coded, and/or analyzed? Bonus points for e.g., medical sociological/anthropological takes into these practices. Thanks in advance.

The Dorothy S. Thomas Award is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. Nominations for this & other @popassocamerica.bsky.social awards are due by Jan 31, 2025! www.populationassociation.org/about/annual...

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is accepting applications for Fall 2025 for the PhD program in Demography AND the Graduate Group in Sociology & Demography. Seeking a diverse and strong cohort; applications DUE 12/17/2024. Learn more about the program: www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-pro...

Heyyyyy, Altmetric is here! Bluesky's got the juice!

I am proud (and relieved, really) to announce the publication of my article “Worlds in Motion Redux? Expanding Migration Theories and Their Interconnections,” on Population and Development Review (1/n) t.co/MTqHuyKqhb

Does anyone have recommended readings to understand how causes of death are attributed, coded, and/or analyzed? Bonus points for e.g., medical sociological/anthropological takes into these practices. Thanks in advance.

Hot off the press: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Will do a thread soon, when I am not buried under, whatever all this paperwork and to-dos are...

I'm going to use my first (bluesie? blueskysie?) wisely. This feels like moving into a new place that is sparsely furnished. Maybe I'll be opening a bottle of prosecco later and toast to new beginnings.