Stephen A. Matthews

Emeritus Liberal Arts Professor
Retired

sxm27@psu.edu

Field of Study: Anthropology, Demography, Geography, Sociology
 
Specialization: Applied Demography, Social Demography, Spatial Analysis (and Geographic Information), Training, Documentation, Information
 
Regional focus: United States and Canada
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), University of Wales, Cardiff, Geography/Planning, 1991
 
Working languages: English
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA)
Other association membership in population or related fieldsAssociation of American Geographers


Personal web page:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p1ldGbQAAAAJ&hl=en
Curriculum Vitae:
Matthews_CV_2024_July_20.pdf
Professional web page:
http://sociology.la.psu.edu/people/sxm27  
 
Professional Summary:

I am now Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Demography (Courtesy Geography).

I am a researcher with a broad set of interests in the demographic and health sciences and a proven record of successful management of infrastructure, training, mentoring, and research grants.
 Specialties: Spatial demography, health disparities, race/ethnic segregation and income inequality, and food and built environment. 

 

Publications:

Selected (5 max)

 

Kim OS, Han J, Kim KW, Matthews SA, Shim C (2022). Depopulation, super aging, and extreme heat events

in South Korea Climate Risk Management 38:100456 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2022.100456


Benassi F, Crisci M, Rimoldi S, Matthews SA.  (2022) Migrants’ population, residential segregation, and

metropolitan spaces: Insights from the Italian experience over the last twenty years. Migration Letters

19(3):287-302. https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v19i3.1795


Matthews SA (2020) Methods and applications in spatial demography: 2 Mathematical Population

Studies 27(1):1-7.


Howell FM, Porter JR, Matthews SA (Eds.) (2016) Recapturing Space: New Middle-range Theory in Spatial Demography. Springer.


Reardon SF, Matthews SA, O’Sullivan D, Lee BA, Firebaugh G, Farrell CR, Bischoff K (2008) The geographic scale of metropolitan racial segregation.  Demography 45 (3):489-514.

 

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
Emeritus Liberal Arts Professor (2023-present)

Director, Graduate Program in Demography at Penn State (2013-2023)

Editor, Spatial Demography (2019-present)

Past Co-Editor: Demography (2016-2019)



Associate Editor: Demographic Research (2012-2016)

Liberal Arts awards for (a) being PI/coPI recipient of 15 externally funded grants while at Penn State, and (b) securing 20+ years continuous funding.

Research grants:
Selected:



Stephen A. Matthews (PI) “Advanced Spatial Analysis Training Program for Population Scientists” (with Donald Janelle and Michael Goodchild (both UC Santa Barbara)). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Awarded June, 2008. No cost extension 2013-2014. (URL: http://www.gispopsci.org/)



Barrett A. Lee (PI), Stephen Matthews, Chad Farrell, Matthew Hall, and Laura Tach. “Racial and ethnic diversity in American communities, 1980-2010.” National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Awarded: July, 2013.



Shannon Zenk (PI) (University of Illinois at Chicago) et al. “Environmental Attributes and Weight Control: Study of Over 1.3 Million Veterans.” R01 Subcontract Awarded Fall 2013 National Institutes of Health.



Dan Kifer (PI), Stephen Matthews, and Tse-Chuan Yang "A Utility for Private Data Sharing in Social Science.” A Trustworthy Computing (TWC) in the Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBES) Medium application. Awarded: September, 2012.