Angela Lee Duckworth

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Penn Today shared the results of a UPenn-led study co-authored by PSC/PARC Research Associates Kevin G. Volpp, Angela Lee Duckworth, and Alison M. Buttenheim on the efficacy of geographically targeted, high pay-off vaccine lotteries for boosting vaccination rates. Published in Nature Human Behavior, the study found no benefit to enhancing the odds of winning in targeted zip codes.

Citations:
- "Do Vaccine Lotteries Work?" Penn Today, Knowledge at Wharton, October 10, 2022.
- K L Milkman, L Gandhi, S F Ellis, H N Graci, D M Gromet, R S Mobarak, A M Buttenheim, A L Duckworth, D Pope, A Stanford, R Thaler, and K G Volpp. 2022. "A Citywide Experiment Testing the Impact of Geographically Targeted, High-Pay-Off Vaccine Lotteries," Nature Human Behavior.
In an article for The Phildadelphia Inquirer, PSC Research Associate Angela Lee Duckworth shares her role in encouraging University of Pennsylvania's applicants to write - and share - a thank you note as an admissions essay question.
Citation:
- "Want to Get into Penn? Show a Little Gratitude - on an Essay Prompt," The Philadelphia Inquirer, S Snyder, October 1, 2022.
PSC Research Associate Angela Lee Duckworth was the Commencement Speaker for the University of Pennsylvania's long-awaited, in-person celebration. Her speech was quoted in Penn Today news article: "'Oft-Delayed but Never Deterred', Class of 2020 and 2021 Grads Celebrate." (Video of speech embedded in article.)
- Citation: "'Oft-Delayed but Never Deterred', Class of 2020 and 2021 Grads Celebrate," Penn Today, K Unger Baillie, B Baker, M W Berger, L Hertzler, and L Shepard, May 22, 2022.

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Global Change Summit : Angela L. Duckworth with Hilary Clinton and Samantha Clarke on Changing thinking to Change the World
The Knowledge Project : Angela L. Duckworth on why 'Follow Your Passion' is bad advice and discussing an alternative plan
Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's : Angela L. Duckworth on Grit - Passions, Perseverance, and Parkinson's

The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since 1962, with support from the NICHD P30 program from 1978-2003 and the P2C Population Dynamics Research Infrastructure Program from 2018 to present (formerly the R24 funding mechanism from 2003-2018). Our goal is to remain a national and world leader in research on the growth and structure of human populations and on the role of socioeconomic stratification and human and social diversity on the health of populations. The PSC is characterized by strong continuity in the production of high-quality research on demography, population-based studies of health and human development, and behavioral and social science approaches to sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive health.

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