Brian Thiede, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography
University Park, PA 16802
- Email bct11@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2561
- PDF Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
- Population and environment
- International development
- Poverty and inequality
- Migration
Education
- PhD, Cornell University, 2014
- MS, Cornell University, 2011
- BA, Bucknell University, 2008
Research Interests
My research program focuses on two substantive areas. First, I examine the relationship between environmental change, demographic behavior, and economic development, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. Current projects examine the effect of climate shocks on internal migration and livelihoods. The second area of research focuses on poverty and inequality in the United States. Recent and ongoing studies have analyzed poverty dynamics among newborn children, ethno-racial inequality, and the working poor.
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Publications
Characterizing the indigenous forest peoples of Latin America
World Development, Thiede, Brian C., Gray, Clark, 2020
Does crop diversity at the village level influence child nutrition security? Evidence from 11 sub-Saharan African countries
Population and Environment, Tobin, Daniel, Jones, Kristal, Thiede, Brian C., 2019
Climatic variability and changing reproductive goals in Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Environmental Change, Eissler, Sarah, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Strube, Johann, 2019
The multi-scalar organization of aging-related services in US rural places
Journal of Rural Studies, Brown, David L., Glasgow, Nina, Kulcsar, Laszlo, Sanders, Scott, Thiede, Brian Clemens, 2019
Race, Residence, and Underemployment
Rural Sociology, Slack, Tim, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Jensen, Leif, 2019
Working, but poor
Journal of Rural Studies, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Lichter, Daniel T., Slack, Tim, 2018
The Spatial Concentration of America's Rural Poor Population
Rural Sociology, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Kim, Hyojung, Valasik, Matthew, 2018
Mexican-American educational stagnation
International Migration Review, Turner, Richard Neil, Thiede, Brian, 2018
Born Poor? Racial Diversity, Inequality, and the American Pipeline
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Thiede, Brian, Sanders, Scott, Lichter, Daniel, 2018
Child poverty across immigrant generations in the United States, 1993-2016
Demographic Research, Thiede, Brian C., Brooks, Matthew M., 2018
Heterogeneous climate effects on human migration in Indonesia
Population and Environment, Thiede, Brian C., Gray, Clark L., 2017
Marriage, Work, and Racial Inequalities in Poverty
Journal of Marriage and Family, Thiede, Brian C., Kim, Hyojung, Slack, Tim, 2017
A Demographic Deficit? Local Population Aging and Access to Services in Rural America, 1990–2010
Rural Sociology, Thiede, Brian C., Brown, David L., Sanders, Scott R., Glasgow, Nina, Kulcsar, Laszlo J., 2017
Climate variability and inter-provincial migration in South America, 1970–2011
Global Environmental Change, Thiede, Brian, Gray, Clark, Mueller, Valerie, 2016
Factors Associated with the Risk of Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6 to 36 Months in Households Targeted by an Emergency Cash Transfer Program
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Bliss, Jessica, Jensen, Nathan, Thiede, Brian, Shoham, Jeremy, Dolan, Carmel, Sibson, Victoria, Fenn, Bridget, 2016
Resilience and Development Among Ultra-Poor Households in Rural Ethiopia
Resilience, Thiede, Brian, 2016
The Great Recession and America's geography of unemployment
Demographic Research, Thiede, Brian C., Monnat, Shannon M., 2016
America's Working Poor
Work and Occupations, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Lichter, Daniel T., Sanders, Scott R., 2015
Rainfall Shocks and Within-Community Wealth Inequality
World Development, Thiede, Brian Clemens, 2014
Hurricane Katrina
Population Research and Policy Review, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Brown, David L., 2013
Are food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from East Africa
Food Security, Kristjanson, Patti, Neufeldt, Henry, Gassner, Anja, Mango, Joash, Kyazze, Florence B., Desta, Solomon, Sayula, George, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Förch, Wiebke, Thornton, Philip K., Coe, Richard, 2012
