Brian Thiede, Ph.D.
- Associate 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.
Publications
Climate anomalies and birth rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Climatic Change, Thiede, Brian C., Ronnkvist, Sara, Armao, Anna, Burka, Katrina, 2022
The Childhood Origins of Climate-Induced Mobility and Immobility
Population and Development Review, Thiede, Brian C., Randell, Heather, Gray, Clark, 2022
Proposed Pipelines and Environmental Justice
Rural Sociology, Strube, Johann, Thiede, Brian C., Auch, Walter E.“Ted”, 2021
Unequal from the start? Poverty across immigrant generations of hispanic children
Demography, Thiede, Brian C., Brooks, Matthew M., Jensen, Leif, 2021
Beyond Yields: Mapping the Many Impacts of Climate on Food Security, Thiede, Brian, Man, Christian, 2021
Rural-Urban Differences in the Labor-Force Impacts of COVID-19 in the United States
Socius, Brooks, Matthew M., Mueller, J. Tom, Thiede, Brian C., 2021
Income Inequality across the Rural-Urban Continuum in the United States, 1970–2016*
Rural Sociology, Thiede, Brian C., Butler, Jaclyn L.W., Brown, David L., Jensen, Leif, 2020
Exposure to Armed Conflict and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Demography, Thiede, Brian C., Hancock, Matthew, Kodouda, Ahmed, Piazza, James, 2020
County reclassifications and rural-urban mortality disparities in the United States (1970-2018)
American Journal of Public Health, Brooks, Matthew M., Tom Mueller, J., Thiede, Brian C., 2020
Climate exposures and child undernutrition: Evidence from Indonesia
Ethics in Science and Medicine, Thiede, Brian C., Gray, Clark, 2020
Climate variability and child nutrition
Global Environmental Change, Thiede, Brian C., Strube, Johann, 2020
Corrigendum to “Characterizing the indigenous forest peoples of Latin America
World Development, Thiede, Brian C., Gray, Clark, 2020
Population Change and Income Inequality in Rural America
Population Research and Policy Review, Butler, Jaclyn, Wildermuth, Grace A., Thiede, Brian C., Brown, David L., 2020
Race, residence, and underemployment: Fifty years in comparative perspective, 1968–2017
Rural Sociology, Slack, Tim, Thiede, Brian C., Jensen, Leif, 2020
Characterizing the Forest-Dwelling Indigenous Populations of Latin America: Results from Census and Satellite Data
World Development, Thiede, Brian, Gray, Clark, 2020
Characterizing the indigenous forest peoples of Latin America
World Development, Thiede, Brian C., Gray, Clark, 2020
Review of Unjust Conditions: Women's Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs
American Journal of Sociology, Thiede, Brian, 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
Climate Change Will Likely Influence Fertility Rates, Thiede, Brian, 2019
Climatic variability and changing reproductive goals in Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Environmental Change, Eissler, Sarah, Thiede, Brian C., 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 J., Sanders, Scott, Thiede, Brian C., 2019
Child Poverty in Rural America, Rothwell, David, Thiede, Brian, 2018
Working, but poor
Journal of Rural Studies, Thiede, Brian C., Lichter, Daniel T., Slack, Tim, 2018
The Spatial Concentration of America's Rural Poor Population
Rural Sociology, Thiede, Brian, Kim, Hyojung, Valasik, Matthew, 2018
Demographic drivers of in-work poverty, Thiede, Brian C., Sanders, Scott R., Lichter, Daniel T., 2018
Child poverty across immigrant generations in the United States, 1993-2016
Demographic Research, Thiede, Brian C., Brooks, Matthew M., 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
Heterogeneous climate effects on human migration in Indonesia
Population and Environment, Thiede, Brian C., Gray, Clark L., 2017
Erratum to
Population and Environment, Thiede, Brian Clemens, Gray, Clark L., 2017
Marriage, Work, and Racial Inequalities in Poverty
Journal of Marriage and Family, Thiede, Brian C., Kim, Hyojung, Slack, Tim, 2017
Six Charts that Illustrate the Divide Between Rural and Urban America, Thiede, Brian, Greiman, Lillie, Weiler, Stephan, Beda, Steven, Conroy, Tessa, 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
Resilience and Development Among Ultra-Poor Households in Rural Ethiopia, Thiede, Brian, 2017
The ‘Old’ Versus ‘New’ Economies and Their Impacts, Thiede, Brian, Slack, Tim, 2017
Concentrated Poverty Increased in Both Rural and Urban Areas Since 2000, Reversing Declines in the 1990s, Thiede, Brian, Kim, Hyojung, Valasik, Matthew, 2017
Climate Variability is Increasing Internal Migration in South America, Swelling Cities, Thiede, Brian, 2016
Resilience and development among ultra-poor households in rural ethiopia, Thiede, Brian, 2016
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
The Great Recession and America's geography of unemployment
Demographic Research, Thiede, Brian C., Monnat, Shannon M., 2016
Access to Services Diminishes in Rural America as Populations Age, Thiede, Brian, Brown, David, Sanders, Scott, Glasgow, Nina, Kulcsar, L, 2016
Working Poverty is a Widespread but Under-Analyzed and Poorly-Measured Problem in the U.S., Thiede, Brian, Lichter, Daniel, Sanders, Scott, 2015
America's Working Poor
Work and Occupations, Thiede, Brian C., Lichter, Daniel T., Sanders, Scott R., 2015
Review of Global Rivalries: Standards Wars and the Transnational Cotton Trade
Rural Sociology, Thiede, Brian, 2015
The Challenge of Measuring 'Working Poverty' in America, Thiede, Brian, Lichter, Daniel, Sanders, Scott, 2015
Rainfall Shocks and Within-Community Wealth Inequality
World Development, Thiede, Brian C., 2014
Hurricane Katrina
Population Research and Policy Review, Thiede, Brian C., 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, Förch, Wiebke, Thornton, Philip K., Coe, Richard, 2012
Review of Demography at the Edge: Remote Human Populations in Developed Nations
Journal of Regional Science, Thiede, Brian, 2012
