Alexis Santos appointed to Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee
Sep 23, 2022
Alexis Santos, assistant professor of human development and family studies and co-funded faculty member in the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State, has been appointed to the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC). The committee considers issues related to hard-to-reach…
Santos quoted on underrepresented communities in the census
Mar 12, 2022
SSRI cofund and PRI associate Alexis Santos was recently quoted in an ABC News story about Latino, Black, and Native American communities underrepresented in the 2020 Census. It's important for the bureau to accurately measure how many people are living in the United States; the census determines…News Topics: Census
Pennsylvania losing congressional seat explained in new brief
Apr 27, 2021
Pennsylvania is set to lose one U.S. House seat as its population growth lags behind some other states, the Census Bureau announced this week. The change comes due to apportionment after completion of the 2020 Census. Raeven Chandler, director of the Pennsylvania Population Network (PPN) and…News Topics: CensusPennsylvania Population Network
Penn State researchers evaluate 2020 Census data privacy changes
Jun 2, 2020
After the U.S. Census Bureau announced that it was changing how it protects the identities of individuals for the 2020 Census, a Penn State-led research team began to evaluate how these changes may affect census data integrity. The Census Bureau is proposing to use differential privacy, a new…News Topics: CensusRacial and Ethnic Minorities
Take Note: Penn State Prof. Jenny Van Hook On Coronavirus And The Census
May 27, 2020
SSRI cofund and PRI affiliate Jenny Van Hook is interviewed for WPSU's Take Note on the consequences of a Census undercount. Van Hook is the Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State and a former member of the Census Advisory Board. She was an expert witness in the legal fight…
Podcast episode explores how the Census impacts public health
Apr 9, 2020
Decisions about where to build hospitals and how to allocate emergency medical equipment are critical during a pandemic, and driven by a source you might not expect. This week’s episode of the Democracy Works podcast, produced by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and WPSU, examines the role…