Helena Cruz Castanheira

Office Address: 

353 McNeil

helenac@sas.upenn.edu

Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Group in Demography

MA, Demography, CEDEPLAR/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 2011
BA, Economics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 2007

Entered Program: 
2011
Dissertation: 
Social and Demographic Determinants of Low Fertility in Brazil
Dissertation Chair: 
Hans-Peter Kohler
Dissertation Committee Member: 
Emilio Alberto Parrado
Dissertation Committee Member: 
Kristen Harknett
Graduation Year: 
2015

Helena holds BA in Economics and MA in Demography from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Her research interests include Demography, Family Sociology, Life Course Sociology, and Latin American Studies.