Emily Smith-Greenaway

Emily Smith-Greenaway, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California.

Her research areas include demography, health, mortality, bereavement, inequality, family and international sociology. Broadly, Smith-Greenaway’s research examines how social conditions impact individual and family wellbeing and experiences. Her recent work analyzes the influence of mortality conditions on family systems, the impact of child loss on family dynamics, and the consequences of community mortality conditions for women’s fertility. She also studies how social inequality influences young adults’ educational, childbearing, and marital experiences.

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Ph.D., Sociology and Demography, Penn State University
M.A., Sociology and Demography, Penn State University
B.S., Sociology and Political Science, Virginia Tech