Jennifer Elyse Glick is an American sociologist and social demographer. She is the Arnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman Professor in Sociology at

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

. Her research focus is on immigrant adaptation and family survival strategies, leading her to co-publish a book in 2009 titled ''Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in American Schools, Jobs and Neighborhoods.''

Early life and education

Glick earned her

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degree in sociology from

before enrolling at the

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for her

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and PhD. She then became a postdoctoral research associate and assistant research professor of sociology at

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Career

Glick accepted an

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of sociology position at

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(ASU) in 1999. She studied immigrant adaptation and family survival strategies. As a result, she was appointed ASU's Center for Population Dynamics's associate director and led a research team funded by the

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to evaluate how social networks are affected by adverse policies and attitudes. In 2009, Glick received a $221,575

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grant to study child development and immigrant adaptation. In the same year, she co-published her first book with Michael J. White titled ''Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in American Schools, Jobs and Neighborhoods'' which won the

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's Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award. In 2016, Glick left ASU to become the Arnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman Professor in Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. The following year, she accepted a directorship position at Pennsylvania State University's Population Research Institute, taking over for interim director Michelle Frisco.

Selected publications

*''Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in American Schools, Jobs and Neighborhoods'' (2009)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glick, Jennifer Living people Pennsylvania State University alumni Pennsylvania State University faculty University of Texas at Austin alumni American sociologists American women sociologists Arizona State University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women