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Paige Kelly is an Assistant Professor in Rural Sociology at Penn State's Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education. She holds a PhD in Rural Sociology and has extensive research interests centered around rural poverty, spatial inequality, and the influence of state and local government policies on these issues. Her work emphasizes disparities affecting populations in rural and urban communities and the structural forces that shape local economies. She has published insightful studies regarding rural-urban disparities and the capacity of local governments to address the differential risks faced by racialized populations and those transitioning from coal mining employment in the Appalachian Region. In addition to her research, Paige teaches several courses, including Introduction to Rural Sociology, Sociology of Demography and Poverty in the United States, Theories of Rural Communities, and Statistics for Social Scientists, contributing to the academic development of her students in these important areas of study.
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