Ashton M Verdery
Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University
United States
ashton.verdery@gmail.com
Field of Study: Demographie, Mathématiques, Sociologie, Statistique
Specialization: Vieillissement, Enfance et jeunesse, Collecte et traitement des données, Education et scolarisation, Estimations et projections, Familles et ménages, Fécondité, VIH/SIDA et MSTs, Migration Interne, Migration internationale, Mariage, Divorce et unions consensuelles, Mathematical Demography, Mortalité, santé et longévité, Population et développement, Population et environnement, Social Demography
Regional focus: Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Etats Unis et Canada, Europe occidentale, East Asia
Education: Doctorat (Ph.D, MD), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sociologie, 2015
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA)
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Professional Summary:
Dr. Ashton Verdery, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Social Data Analytics at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a Co-Hire of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, the Director of the Population Aging Research Center, and the Associate Director of the Population Research Institute. His research examines how demographic change intersects with changes in families and social networks to impact health and well-being.
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
2026. Elected Member, Sociological Research Association.
2025. Early Career Award, Sociology of Population Section, American Sociological Association.
2020-2023. Harry and Elissa Sichi Early Career Professorship. College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University.
2019. Roy C. Buck Award. College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University. (The purpose of the Roy C. Buck Award is to recognize the best article accepted or published by a refereed scholarly journal in the social sciences within the last year).
2026. Elected Member, Sociological Research Association.
2025. Early Career Award, Sociology of Population Section, American Sociological Association.
2020-2023. Harry and Elissa Sichi Early Career Professorship. College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University.
2019. Roy C. Buck Award. College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University. (The purpose of the Roy C. Buck Award is to recognize the best article accepted or published by a refereed scholarly journal in the social sciences within the last year).