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A new publication by an international group of scholars (including DUPRI's Susan Alberts and Jenny Tung) and partially funded by a DPRC pilot grant examines how early adversity affects adult body size in wild female baboons.
A new collaborative paper between DUPRI scholars Cheryl Elman and Matthew Dupre, published in Social Science & Medicine, finds the racial gap in all-cause mortality among 1920-1954 birth cohorts associated with U.S. Plantation Census (1916, 1948) birthplaces.
DUPRI's Chris Wildeman, along with an interdisciplinary group of scholars, has published a paper that introduces a cross-national data resource for comparative child welfare research. The Rockwool–Duke Global Child Welfare Database (RDGCWD) is a cross-national aggregate longitudinal data resource created to facilitate comparative research on children’s involvement with child welfare systems (CWS) and child protective services (CPS) across national contexts. The basis for the RDGCWD is harmonized data collected from national and transnational child welfare and statistical agencies on three types of contact: maltreatment investigation, substantiated maltreatment, and out-of-home placement. The database covers 44 countries for the period 2000–2020 with 33 country–year observations of children investigated by CWS/CPS, 104 country–year observations of investigations by CWS/CPS, 194 country–year observations of CWS/CPS confirmations of maltreatment, 66 country-year observations of children maltreated, 233 country–year observations of children entering out-of-home care, 402 country–year observations of children residing in out-of-home care at a specific point in time, and 55 country-year observations of entrances into care. Interested researchers can access the data at the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN).
A recent collaborative paper between DUPRI scholar Whitney Robinson and UNC public health scholars paper published in SSM - Mental Health explores the temporal and geographic correlation of county-level probation rates & mental health in North Carolina.
V. Joseph Hotz, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Economics, Tyson Brown, WLF Associate Professor of Sociology and Naomi N. Duke, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Sociology are part of a team of researchers that have received a five-year, $25.3 million National Institute on Aging (NIA) award. The award will address gaps in the understanding of potential risks for Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD). Hotz, Duke and Kathleen Mullan Harris and Krista M. Perreira at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) lead the team.
Sarah Gaither and Alexander Volfovsky were chosen based on the appeal of their research to an interdisciplinary faculty audience, as well as their embodiment of former Divinity School faculty, dean and provost Thomas Langford’s dedication to teaching, research and service. Each will present a lecture describing their ongoing scholarly activities.
DUPRI student Garrett Baker has been awarded First Prize in the Gene Carte Student Paper Competition by the American Society of Criminology for his paper titled "Shattered Dreams: Paternal Incarceration, Youth Expectations, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage" which is forthcoming in Sociological Science.
The annual call for papers for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America is out now. The submission deadline is October 1.

A recent list of top US and global researchers based on publications and citations was published by research.com. The site ranks scholars by their discipline h-index, and DUPRI scholars are well-represented.

DUPRI scholars Jennifer Lansford, Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy, and Anna Gassman-Pines, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, have been recognized with prestigious awards from the American Psychological Association's Division 7 for their outstanding contributions to the field of developmental science.