Professor Dr. Emily Smith Greenaway

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Emily Smith-Greenaway is a Dean's Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California, with research areas including demography, health, mortality, bereavement, inequality, and family dynamics. Her work examines how social conditions impact individual and family well-being experiences. Recent studies analyze the influence of mortality conditions on family systems, the impact of child loss on family dynamics, and the consequences of community mortality conditions on women's fertility. Additionally, she investigates how social inequality affects young adults' educational, childbearing, and marital decisions. Smith-Greenaway holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from Penn State University, and previously completed a NICHD Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She has received several accolades, including the Distinguished Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association and the Raubenheimer Outstanding Junior Faculty award from USC.

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