Heather Randell, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
University Park, PA 16802
- Email hrandell@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-0107
- PDF Curriculum Vitae
- Pronouns She/Her
Areas of Expertise
- Population and Environment
- Global Health
- International Development
Websites
Education
- PhD, Brown University, 2016
- MEM, Duke University, 2008
- BS, Cornell University, 2005
I am a sociologist and demographer interested in questions surrounding environmental change and human health and well-being. I investigate how populations are impacted by and adapt to climate change, the social processes underlying dam-induced displacement, and relationships between environmental change and migration. I use both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine these issues in low- and middle-income countries including Brazil and Ethiopia.
Publications
The challenges of dam-induced displacement: Reducing risks and rethinking hydropower
One Earth, Randell, Heather, 2022
Heat, mortality, and health, Randell, Heather, 2022
The Childhood Origins of Climate-Induced Mobility and Immobility
Population and Development Review, Thiede, Brian C., Randell, Heather, Gray, Clark, 2022
Climate Change, Agrarian Distress, and the Feminization of Agriculture in South Asia*
Rural Sociology, Southard, Emily M.L., Randell, Heather, 2022
Food insecurity and compound environmental shocks in Nepal: Implications for a changing climate
World Development, Randell, Heather, Jiang, Chengsheng, Liang, Xin Zhong, Murtugudde, Raghu, Sapkota, Amir, 2021
Climatic conditions and infant care: implications for child nutrition in rural Ethiopia
Population and Environment, Randell, Heather, Grace, Kathryn, Bakhtsiyarava, Maryia, 2021
Hydropower Development, Collective Action, and Environmental Justice in the Brazilian Amazon
Society and Natural Resources, Randell, Heather, Klein, Peter, 2021
Stunted from the start
Ethics in Science and Medicine, Randell, Heather, Gray, Clark, Grace, Kathryn, 2020
Climate change and educational attainment in the global tropics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Randell, Heather, Gray, Clark, 2019
Qualitative data sharing and synthesis for sustainability science
Nature Sustainability, Alexander, Steven M., Jones, Kristal, Bennett, Nathan J., Budden, Amber, Cox, Michael, Crosas, Mercè, Game, Edward T., Geary, Janis, Hardy, R. Dean, Johnson, Jay T., Karcher, Sebastian, Motzer, Nicole, Pittman, Jeremy, Randell, Heather, Silva, Julie A., da Silva, Patricia Pinto, Strasser, Carly, Strawhacker, Colleen, Stuhl, Andrew, Weber, Nic, 2019
The strength of near and distant ties: Social capital, environmental change, and migration in the Brazilian Amazon
Sociology of Development, Randell, Heather, 2018
Forced Migration and Changing Livelihoods in the Brazilian Amazon
Rural Sociology, Randell, Heather, 2017
The short-term impacts of development-induced displacement on wealth and subjective well-being in the Brazilian Amazon
World Development, Randell, Heather, 2016
Climate variability and educational attainment
Global Environmental Change, Randell, Heather, Gray, Clark, 2016
Structure and agency in development-induced forced migration
Population and Environment, Randell, Heather, 2016
Networks Versus Need
Population Research and Policy Review, Randell, Heather F., VanWey, Leah K., 2014
Socio-economic status and malaria-related outcomes in Mvomero District, Tanzania
Global Public Health, Dickinson, Katherine L., Randell, Heather F., Kramer, Randall A., Shayo, Elizabeth H., 2012
