More than 40 million people provide unpaid care to a family member or loved one, according to data from the National Alliance for Caregiving. But these statistics leave out youth caregivers: a group of more than a million young people … Read more
Dr. Elizabeth Olson interviewed by Center for Urban and Regional Studies at Hickerson House. To watch Dr. Elizabeth Olson talk video about her research on youth caregivers, please follow this link – https://curs.unc.edu/2018/04/17/conversations-at-hickerson-house-elizabeth-olson-on-youth-caregivers/
Diego Riveros-Iregui was appointed adjunct professorship in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences (Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales – COCIBA) at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. His appointment is part of the growing relationship between … Read more
Dr. Andrew Curley testifies before Congress on the socio-political history of energy development for the Navajo Nation Washington D.C. — On Thursday, April 12, 2018 Dr. Andrew Curley presented aspects of his research to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee … Read more
On 29 March 2018, students in Prof. Lentz’s GEOG 232 “Agriculture, Food, Society” visited UNC’s Campus Community Garden. In conversation with director Claire Lorch and two volunteers, we learned about the garden’s agricultural practices, community participation, and food distribution program. … Read more
We mourn the passing on April 1st of Jason Davis, Assistant Professor of Geography and faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center. Jason was a young and prolific scholar who studied the relationships between migration, development and environmental change in … Read more
As summer months come and go in North and South Carolina, many people are noticing more days of intense heat or uncomfortable humidity each year. To some, it’s little more than a growing inconvenience—but to others, the increasing heat burden … Read more
Davis, J. (2018) School Enrollment Effects in a South-South Migration Context. International Journal of Educational Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2018.03.006.
Davis, J. (2017). Fertility after Natural Disaster: Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua. Population and Environment 38(4), 448-464.
Davis, J., S. Sellers, C. Gray and R. Bilsborrow (2017). Indigenous Migration Dynamics in the Ecuadorian Amazon: A Longitudinal and Hierarchical Analysis. The Journal of Development Studies. 53(11): 1849–1864.
