Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Leif Jensen is Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography at The Pennsylvania State University where he also serves as Associate Director of the Social Science Research Institute. He received a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Vermont and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His areas of specialization include demography, social stratification, and the sociology of economic change. He has published three books and more than 90 journal articles and book chapters on a range of topics including poverty and inequality, underemployment and other forms of employment hardship, informal work and household economic strategies, and immigration. Much of his scholarship focusses on rural people and places. He is Principal Investigator for the NIA-funded Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging. His research program has been supported by grants from NSF, NIH, USDA, and USAID, as well as the Ford, Spencer, and Russell Sage foundations.
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Rurality Matters: Understanding the Critical and Nuanced Role of Place-Based Factors in Rural Aging
Saturday, November 16, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST