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Bryan L. Sykes’ research focuses on demographics and criminology, with particular interests in population processes such as fertility, mortality, enumeration, and mass incarceration. His work addresses global population health, social inequality, law and society, and research methodology. Sykes employs demographic, statistical, and mixed methodologies to understand changing patterns of inequality both nationally and abroad, with his findings published in leading multidisciplinary science and social science journals. Currently, he is leading a $1.61M randomized control trial field experiment in six California counties, exploring the effects of economic and socioeconomic disparities on court-order compliance and rehabilitation program completion, as well as the impact of monetary sanctions and hidden financial penalties in the criminal legal system. Sykes has developed new demographic methods for studying multiple-partner fertility, unique statistical methods for estimating mortality differentials, and sampling weights for national surveys that exclude marginal populations. His research also investigates shifting national, regional, and global patterns of mortality, morbidity, and injuries over time.
Cornell University • Ithaca, NY
Teaching and research in the Department of Sociology.
Department of Architecture