Selected
Projects

Research Portfolio

Current Projects

Cohort Family Instability in the United States, 1968-2023

PI: Pamela Smock

Demographic summaries of trends in family instability across American birth cohorts using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.

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Young Adult Relationship Study

PIs: Elizabeth Armstrong and Hannah Tessler

Semi-structuted interview project on relationship formation and fertility intentions among Americans aged 18-24.

Data collection in progress...

Pronatalism as Reproductive Accumulation

Independent project

Theoretical inquiry into contemporary pronatalist rhetoric in the United States.

To be presented at the American Sociological Association 2026 Meeting in NYC.

The Community Study

PIs: Stefanie DeLuca and Kaylee T. Matheny

Mixed-methods investigation of race/class trends in American economic mobility with multi-site interviews.

College and Career Decision Making Study

PIs: Stefanie DeLuca and Nick Papageorge

Co-collaborators: Jacqueline Groccia, Mark Drozd, Yingjian Liang, Brittany Lowe, and Mia Xia

Mixed-methods analysis of postsecondary trajectories among contemporary American community college students.

Providing insight into the strategy, creativity, and resilience of young adults pursuing higher education today.