Director
John
R. Logan is Professor of Sociology and Director of the S4
initiative. He came to Brown University in Fall 2004, after 24 years at
the University at Albany, where he served as Chair of the Department of
Sociology, Director of the Lewis Mumford Center, and Director of the Center for
Social and Demographic Analysis. Dr. Logan is co-author, along with Harvey
Molotch, of Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place. His most
recent edited book, The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform,
was published by Blackwell in 2001.
Staff
Rachel Franklin (Associate Director) is a population geographer and regional scientist with research interests in spatial variations in demographic processes at the national and sub-national scales, migration and fertility in particular, and the impacts of these variations. For example, a current strand of research investigates student racial and ethnic diversity in higher education in the U.S. and the institution and regional population characteristics that help determine this diversity. Previous research has focused on domestic patterns of internal migration, as well as spatial and temporal changes in Italian regional fertility.
Weiwei Zhang is a 4th year graduate student in Sociology. Her primary research interests include immigration assimilation and race/ethnic segregation in the U.S., and spatial demorgaphy in general. Her training at Brown in spatial and other quantitative methods has led to numerous applications using these methods. The focus of her current research is on the impact of recent immigration flows on minority residential patterns. She is also working on historical racial/ethnic residential segregation in U.S. cities using the 1880 Census. At Brown, she is affiliated with both S4 and the Population Studies and Training Center.
The S4 staff includes two other full-time
professionals with GIS and programming expertise:
Youshe
Li (PHD in Geology, University at Albany) is the GIS and
Computing Manager. He is responsible for the development of a web-based GIS
application for the S4, as well as developing techniques for analysis and
processing of spatial data for applied interdisciplinary research. He is also
responsible for assessing technological needs and coordinating work.
Additionally he provides technical consultation and training.
Juanfang
Lei is the Programmer/Analyst. Her responsibilities
include providing technical assistance for web and desktop application
development, database management, and web-based Geographic Information System
(GIS) projects. She also is responsible for designing, creating and maintaining
the S4 website.
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