Office of Population Research

Christopher Felton Awarded Charles F. Westoff Prize in Demography for 2023

His paper was recently accepted at Sociological Science. Felton’s paper is a response to a paper about suicide imitation effects in the popular Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why.
Matt Mleczko Receives 2023 Horowitz Foundation Irving Louis Horowitz Award

Convergence: An Analysis of Residential Integration in the 21st Century
Four OPR PhD students participated in this year’s Hooding and Commencement Ceremonies

Jinyuan (Chi) Qi (PIPS), Hannah Postel (PIPS/JDP), Gina DelCorazon (PIPS/JDP), and Belén Unzueta (SOC/JDP Demography Concentration- not pictured)
Dr. Jinyuan (Chi) Qi successfully defends her thesis

“Integrating Genetic Data to Examine the Link Between Religiosity and Demographic Behaviors in the United States”
Rafaela Dancygier elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Rafaela Dancygier is a professor of politics and international affairs, and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice.

About the Office of Population Research (OPR)

The Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University, founded in 1936, is one of the nation’s oldest demographic research and training centers. OPR has a distinguished history of contributions in formal demography and the global study of fertility change. Subsequent generations of OPR scholars have made significant and ground-breaking contributions in the areas of social demography, bio-social interactions, health and wellbeing, children, youth and families, poverty and racial/ethnic inequality, urbanization, migration and development, and innovative methodologies. (Click here for more)