David F. Warner
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David F. Warner
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· Nov 21
![Call for Associate Editors
The Editors-in-Chief of Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR) are currently seeking applications for Associate Editors with expertise in the following areas:
• Fertility
• Maternal/Child Health
• Family Demography
• Aging
• Climate/Environmental Demography
• Economic/ Labor Demography
Scholars in the above areas who also have expertise in LMICs, Qualitative Methods, SGM populations are especially encouraged to apply.
Expectations and responsibilities will be adjusted according to Rank and Tenure status.
Interested scholars should send an email indicating their interest and areas of expertise, along with their updated CV, to:
Dr. David F. Warner, Co-Editor-in-Chief of PRPR, University of Alabama at Birmingham (dwarner3 [at] uab [dot] edu) by January 6, 2025
After an initial review, applicants will be contacted for additional information.
Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR) is an interdisciplinary Springer journal published in cooperation with the Southern Demographic Association (SDA). PRPR receives approximately 400 submissions per year and has a 25% acceptance rate. The 2023 Impact Factor was 2.6 and the journal ranks in Q1 of Demography outlets](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2li6oqrhz3mgswjx2vqrak5f/bafkreibyhngu2nxpk7t4y2g27axpcnocdknwzmcmeahytrk52zmshlq6zi@jpeg)
Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR), published in affiliation with @sda-demography.bsky.social, is looking to add Associate Editors to our team.
See the call below. Spread the word. #Demography #PopulationStudies #Academsky
See the call below. Spread the word. #Demography #PopulationStudies #Academsky
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
Rand Paul: "Chicago is a nightmare. It is literally a war zone."
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Excited to announce that UAB has joined with UMD and UMBC to launch the Southern Population Aging Research Center (SPARC), supported by National Institute on Aging.
Read more at: www.uab.edu/news/researc...
Read more at: www.uab.edu/news/researc...
September 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Excited to announce that UAB has joined with UMD and UMBC to launch the Southern Population Aging Research Center (SPARC), supported by National Institute on Aging.
Read more at: www.uab.edu/news/researc...
Read more at: www.uab.edu/news/researc...
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The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
A perfect description. 🤢
It's hard to say whether dignity or democracy had a worse day today.
If today had a taste, it would be the stale vomit-y grossness of Day 2 of a 48-hour stomach flu.
If today had a taste, it would be the stale vomit-y grossness of Day 2 of a 48-hour stomach flu.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A perfect description. 🤢
Local man— who spent years pouring gasoline on the ground, passing out matches, and getting an arsonist installed as Fire Chief— says that town in real danger of burning down.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s second presidency is ‘most dangerous period’ since second world war, Mitch McConnell says
Former Senate leader likens administration’s fixation with tariffs to isolationist policies of the US in the 1930s
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Local man— who spent years pouring gasoline on the ground, passing out matches, and getting an arsonist installed as Fire Chief— says that town in real danger of burning down.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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As an aside: Marrazzo was an incredible resource for Alabama and Alabama reporters during the COVID pandemic, when she was at UAB. Smart, knowledgeable and accessible.
Former infectious-diseases chief Jeanne Marrazzo and international-research chief Kathleen Neuzil allege in a whistleblower complaint they were removed from their posts after objecting to Trump administration efforts to undermine vaccines, flout court orders, withhold research money, NYT reports.
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As an aside: Marrazzo was an incredible resource for Alabama and Alabama reporters during the COVID pandemic, when she was at UAB. Smart, knowledgeable and accessible.
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Senate Dems are just totally unprepared for this moment. We need new leaders there - and it’s now clear we need new Senators.
Dems' plan is to help the GOP win the midterms (including State elections) by delaying ACA cuts until just after the midterms, when the ACA will be gutted just the same and the GOP will still control everything and wreak more havoc.
Dems aren't even asking for anything beyond that. What a disgrace.
Dems aren't even asking for anything beyond that. What a disgrace.
There’s a New Budget Showdown. Senate Dems’ Current Plan Is Bullshit talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/there...
September 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Senate Dems are just totally unprepared for this moment. We need new leaders there - and it’s now clear we need new Senators.
Words to live by!
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Words to live by!
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One more time, shout out to the very serious people who suggested that RFK had some really good points about public health. No way to have predicted how things would turn out, except to look at his past record and everything he said about vaccines.
Surely with RFK Jr.s nuanced and careful public health messaging, trust in public health is at an all-time high.
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
One more time, shout out to the very serious people who suggested that RFK had some really good points about public health. No way to have predicted how things would turn out, except to look at his past record and everything he said about vaccines.
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Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this:
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
August 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this:
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
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PAA joined more than 90 scientific, academic, and professional orgs to sign this letter to Director Kratsios at White House OSTP: buff.ly/dosN52k
August 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
PAA joined more than 90 scientific, academic, and professional orgs to sign this letter to Director Kratsios at White House OSTP: buff.ly/dosN52k
The Ct of Fed Claims move is just a legal fig leaf the Court holds up as they allow Trump to redirect NIH funding, irrespective of Congress’s directives.
The district and circuit court records are clear. A non-corrupt Court would not have interfered. This is the Court finding a way to back Trump.
The district and circuit court records are clear. A non-corrupt Court would not have interfered. This is the Court finding a way to back Trump.
TL;DR: 5 justices say Trump doesn't have to immediately restore the funding, but 5 *also* signal that the underlying directives are unlawful.
That sends a fairly strong (if mixed) message that Trump will lose these cases *eventually,* but only once they're brought in the Court of Federal Claims.
That sends a fairly strong (if mixed) message that Trump will lose these cases *eventually,* but only once they're brought in the Court of Federal Claims.
August 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Planet of the Apes (1968-1973) is one of my all time favorite movie series.
I have often dreamed of teaching Intro to Sociology using the originals. I’m not sure I’d have any enrollment… but the core themes are all there.
I have often dreamed of teaching Intro to Sociology using the originals. I’m not sure I’d have any enrollment… but the core themes are all there.
planet of the apes!
August 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Planet of the Apes (1968-1973) is one of my all time favorite movie series.
I have often dreamed of teaching Intro to Sociology using the originals. I’m not sure I’d have any enrollment… but the core themes are all there.
I have often dreamed of teaching Intro to Sociology using the originals. I’m not sure I’d have any enrollment… but the core themes are all there.
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🚨New Publication🚨
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
U.S. Women’s First Family-Forming Transitions to Cohabitation or Birth: Differences by Racial and Socioeconomic Disadvantage Challenge the Theory of the Second Demographic Transition - Population Rese...
Which do U.S. women do first—cohabit, have a birth, or marry? At what age do they experience this first family-forming event? How do these patterns differ by race, socioeconomic background, and their ...
link.springer.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨New Publication🚨
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR) is now on Bluesky!
The official journal of @sda-demography.bsky.social, PRPR publishes research of interest to demographers, population scientists, and those working in adjacent fields.
Learn more at sda-demography.org/PRPR-journal.
The official journal of @sda-demography.bsky.social, PRPR publishes research of interest to demographers, population scientists, and those working in adjacent fields.
Learn more at sda-demography.org/PRPR-journal.
August 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR) is now on Bluesky!
The official journal of @sda-demography.bsky.social, PRPR publishes research of interest to demographers, population scientists, and those working in adjacent fields.
Learn more at sda-demography.org/PRPR-journal.
The official journal of @sda-demography.bsky.social, PRPR publishes research of interest to demographers, population scientists, and those working in adjacent fields.
Learn more at sda-demography.org/PRPR-journal.
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Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
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Motherfucker wrote one sloppy paper in April 2020 and instead of being like oops, shit, my bad, he has kept doubling down until now he's killing most promising medical technology of the past quarter century rather than going to therapy.
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Motherfucker wrote one sloppy paper in April 2020 and instead of being like oops, shit, my bad, he has kept doubling down until now he's killing most promising medical technology of the past quarter century rather than going to therapy.
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The Demographic and Health Surveys Program has been saved! At least in part. According to the announcement, “Several donors and host countries are funding the completion of selected surveys.”
Great news for global health in spite of US government’s war on data.
www.dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N...
Great news for global health in spite of US government’s war on data.
www.dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N...
August 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Demographic and Health Surveys Program has been saved! At least in part. According to the announcement, “Several donors and host countries are funding the completion of selected surveys.”
Great news for global health in spite of US government’s war on data.
www.dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N...
Great news for global health in spite of US government’s war on data.
www.dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N...
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They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections electionlawblog.org?p=151533
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections #ELB
We know the Supreme Court dallied a long time in setting the Louisiana case for reargument, only recently adding a doozy of a question in this racial gerrymandering case that could tee up a potential ...
electionlawblog.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.