PRI Communities and Place Working Group
Thursday, September 23rd ~ 12:00 - 1:00 am via Zoom
Communities and Place is a PRI working group focused on issues that arise in research where communities and places - ranging from rural hamlets to small urban neighborhoods, to major metropolises – are central to the phenomena under investigation. Participants in the group have diverse substantive interests that span such topics as racial and ethnic segregation, neighborhood effects (on crime, health, educational outcomes, and the like), community growth and development, residential attainment (mobility/migration, housing and neighborhood quality), and local social organization (interpersonal networks, place attachment, etc.). We plan to meet regularly during the Fall and Spring semester to share ideas, approaches, and points of view. We are excited to also experiment with a host of new ideas including designated paper presentations, research idea workshops, article discussions, professional development, and more. Faculty members and students interested in communities and place from different departments and units across PSU are welcome to attend.
Information: Charley Boynton (cnb35@psu.edu), Brittany Freelin (bnf5@psu.edu) and Iman Said (ixs228@psu.edu)