Read about our research on how the loss of a grandmother can have long-lasting mental health effects on grandchildren. With @smithgreenaway Ashton Verdery and Michelle Livings USC Dornsife @WesternuSOC theconversation.com/losing-a-grand…

New paper out 🚨 An overview of the gerontology field in Puerto Rico and how migration is affecting the health of older adults left behind. Thanks to AppDemography Ashton Verdery, @CarlosMdL58 & Dr.Monge for the support. I admit: it is exciting to see the island on the world map.😊

This fall, I'll be teaching Research Design/Methods for our #Sociology graduate students @WesternuSoc. I'm looking for a variety of qualitative, historical, or other data (i.e. not surveys) that are available for students to do secondary data analysis. #soctwitter suggestions?

Sociologists on the job market: We have a great position in our department for an urban sociologist broadly defined. Deadline to Apply is end of August. Join this amazing group of colleagues and students sociology.uwo.ca/people/faculty… PAA ASA Sociology

Who will care for kinless older adults? Thanks Paula Span The New York Times for raising attention to this issue and our work. Ashton Verdery @spattersearch Deborah Carr @Brownsl_BGSU @WesternuSOC nytimes.com/2022/12/03/hea…

Thanks for interviewing me! CBCLondonMorning Rebecca Zandbergen Andrew Lupton Social Sci @WesternU Western University

A very thoughtful and insightful article by @WesternuSOC MA student @samar_elmasri so useful for our undergraduates that it should be required reading Western University Social Sci @WesternU. #soctwitter

Hi #academictwitter, my university is thinking about changing our course website platform from OWL to either brightspace or canvas. What do your universities use? And how well do they work for organizing course material, announcements via email, message boards, and grading?

📢New Pub Alert! 📢 Happy to share that a new paper on older immigrant health across Europe with Rachel Margolis and Ashton Verdery is out in Population Research & Policy Review. Check it out! rdcu.be/daeks Springer Nature Penn State PRI (@pop.psu.edu🦋) @WesternuSOC

My department is hiring for two positions. These are 3-year full time positions, with a teaching load of 6 courses a year and also a research and service component. #soctwitter @ASA_Family PAA ASA Pop Section

Posted: “Sibling Availability, Sibling Sorting & Subjective Health.” H. Wang Ashton Verdery & Rachel Margolis find 2% of post-1979 adults are in only-child couples & they are not worse off than couples w/ any siblings. Aging Studies Institute @CAPS-research Syracuse University Lerner Center ow.ly/LFUE50S2lLm

How do risk factors for chronic loneliness vary crossnationally? Check out our new pub with Rachel Margolis & Ashton Verdery in #JGSS Spoiler...in 🧵 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Penn State PRI (@pop.psu.edu🦋) @WesternuSOC doi.org/10.1093/geronb…

In “Changes in Family Structure & Increasing Gaps in Care,” Huijing Wu Rachel Margolis @Averdery & @pattersearch show “kinless older adults had the highest ADL & IADL care gap rates,” with men & Whites more at risk than others. @WesternuSoc Penn State Sociology & Criminology U-M ISR ow.ly/ZGfv50Tltxs

The data are in! The total fertility rate in Canada reached a new low in 2023 at 1.26 births per woman. We now have "lowest low" fertility here, defined as being below 1.3 births per woman, as we see in Japan, S Korea, Italy and Spain. StatsCan report: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…

It's time for Canada to have two conversations about immigration and not just one! #cdnpoli LostAndFoundInCanada thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Youjin Choi, Rachel Margolis & Anders Holm explore “The Effects of Extended Parental Benefits on Parents’ Employment & Earnings in Canada” & find that fathers’ use “had positive impacts" on both mothers’ & fathers’ earnings in the longer run. Statistics Canada ow.ly/JnAC50W0v3L