The Population Studies Center (PSC) welcomes Visiting Scholars (Faculty, Postdocs, Research Staff, and Graduate Students) from other institutions, whether U.S. based or abroad, who are actively engaged in population studies research to work with researchers at our Center. We encourage applications from scholars in the greater Philadelphia region to collaborate with the Population Studies Center, a federally funded NIH research center. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. See the Visiting Scholars page to learn more.
Sarah Bruhn
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Education, Harvard University, 2022
Ed.M., School Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2013
M.A.T., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, American University, 2008
B.A., American Culture, Vassar College, 2004
Qixin Cai (蔡其新)
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Social Security & School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China
M.P.A., Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, 2020
B.A., Administrative Management, Guangdong Police College, 2017
216 McNeil
Estefanía Castañeda Pérez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California Los Angeles, 2022
M.A., Political Science, University of California Los Angeles, 2019
B.A., Political Science; Honors Minor, Interdisciplinary Studies, San Diego State University, 2014
334 McNeil
Stanley Collins
Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow Affiliate
Ph.D., Sociology, Temple University
M.S., Sociology, Oklahoma State University
B.A., Economics, Morehouse College
Tiffany Huang
Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University, 2021
MPhil, Sociology, Columbia University, 2019
M.A., Sociology, Columbia University, 2018
M.P.H., Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, 2014
B.A., Public Health and French, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
Andrew Kim
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kansas, 2023
M.A., Sociology, Korea University, 2013
B.A., Sociology, Ohio State University, 2008
332 McNeil
Rebecca Leber
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. Candidate, Health Department, RWI Essen
MS.c., Health Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2019
B.S.c, Business Administration, University of Potsdam, 2015
216 McNeil
Masoud Movahed
Postdoctoral Affiliate
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022
M.S., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
M.A., Economics and Sociology, New York University, 2015
439 McNeil
Helene Purcell
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Economics, Fordham University, 2021
M.A., Economics, Fordham University, 2016
B.S., Economics and International Business, Villanova University, 2011
333 McNeil
Elif Sari
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. Candidate, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg, Department of Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Returns to Education
M.A., Sociology, Heidelberg University, 2020
B.A., Sociology, Heidelberg University, 2016
216 McNeil
Xavier Thierry
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D., Demography, Bordeaux University, 1997
M.A., Demography, Bordeaux University, 1991
M.A., Applied Social Sciences, Caen University, 1989
B.A., Sociology, Caen University, 1988
292 McNeil
Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D., Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oslo, 2023
M.P.H., Nutrition, University of Gondar, 2016
B.S., Nursing, Mekelle University, 2012
333 McNeil