When:
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: 620 Library Place, room 106, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Program of African Studies
(847) 491-7323
Group: Program of African Studies
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Join the Program of African Studies as we provide lunch and a lecture.
Julia Behrman, Sociology, Northwetern University
Title: The Effects of Growing-Season Drought on Young Adult Women’s Life Course Transitions in Malawi
Bio:
Julia Behrman’s research explores the relationship between inequality in educational opportunity and demographic processes, with emphasis on fertility and family formation. Much of her work is motivated by a central question: How does family background shape educational opportunities, and in turn, how does education shape fertility, family formation, and the intergenerational transmission of inequality? Her work takes an international comparative perspective that focuses on contexts in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia undergoing rapid economic, social, and demographic change.