Title
Associate ProfessorOffice Building
Psychology, Sociology and Rural StudiesOffice
215Mailing Address
Ag Engineering 215School of Psych, Soc & Rural Studies-Box 2120
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Education
- PHD | Brown University
- M.A. | Bowling Green State University
- B.A. | Suzhou University, China
Academic Responsibilities
- Undergraduate courses: Research Methods I, Research Methods II, Introduction to Sociology, Investigating the Social World, Population Studies, Capstone
- Graduate seminars: Advanced Statistics, Spatial Data Analysis, Immigrant and Community, Spatial Thinking in Social Sciences, Community Analysis
Committees and Professional Memberships
Committees:
- SDSU Information Technology Advisory Committee, 2019-present
- Department Scholarship Committee, Chair, 2017-2020
- Department Methods Prelim Committee, Chair, 2015-present
Professional Memberships:
- State Demographer, 2015-present
- State Representative, Federal-State-Cooperative-Population Estimates, 2015-present
- Membership Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2017-present
- Nomination and Election Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2017-2021
啵啵直播秀s and Honors
- Outstanding Researcher, South 啵啵直播秀 State University, 2020
- Graduate Student Paper Mentor, Great Plains Sociological Association, 2018 and 2019
- State Data Center Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Census Bureau, 2018
Grants
Selected Grants and Contracts:
- "Makiyutab Wokiksuye Ocanku (Memorial Road Map)" Wokini Challenge Grant. The Wokini Initiative.
- "EAGER: PBI: Collaboration Patterns and Socio-Economic Impacts Analysis in Emerging Science and Technology with Machine Learning Algorithms" NSF
- "Socio-Environmental Systems of Rural Health" SPARC Funding.
- "Analyzing Deaths of Despair Determinants in Rural Areas with Spatiotemporal Considerations". SPARC Funding.
- 鈥淚n铿倁ence of Affective Statistics and Visual Platforms on the Interpretation of Public Health Data鈥. McComish Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Program, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
- 鈥淪outh 啵啵直播秀 Statewide Health Assessment鈥. South 啵啵直播秀 Department of Health.
- 鈥淪outh 啵啵直播秀 Community Vulnerability Assessment Project鈥. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
- 鈥2020 Census Count Review鈥. U.S. Census Bureau.
- 鈥淧rojections of Freshman Cohort Enrollment to 2033 at South 啵啵直播秀 State University鈥. Institutional Research and Assessment.
- 鈥淜-12 Enrollment Projections to 2025鈥. Brookings School District Board.
- 鈥淩ural Hunger Mapping鈥. Feeding South 啵啵直播秀.
- 鈥淢apping Land History in Pine Ridge: A Pilot Project to Develop a Protocol for Collaborating with Tribal Communities on Land Research鈥. College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
- 鈥淢apping Historical Landscapes in Lakota Narratives鈥. South 啵啵直播秀 Humanities Council.
- 鈥淯nfolding the Settlement History of Prairie Pioneers: A Historical GIS Project of South 啵啵直播秀 Homesteaders from 1862 to 1920鈥. Office of Research Assurance and Sponsored Programs.
Areas of Research
- Quantitative, demographic and spatial methods
- Statistics
- Demography
- Migration and immigration
- Population health
Department(s)
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