Sociology

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that Black families have been entangled in the child welfare system since the time of slavery, when they were routinely separated.

Samuel Preston of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Donald Trump being three-and-a-half years younger than Joe Biden equates to a 30% lower annual probability of death, though that advantage would be offset by Trump’s higher BMI.

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that decisions to report neglect and abuse to the child welfare system are largely shaped by racist stereotypes of Black families.

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts breaks down the adoption fallacy of the Supreme Court Dobbs decision.

Camille Z. Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says that it would be easier to fill in information gaps about Black immigrant wealth and educational representation if there were better ways to document the Black population.

Emily Hannum of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India has served as a tremendous resource for scholars looking to globally connect and engage with India.

In her book “Torn Apart,” PIK Professor Dorothy E. Roberts describes how the U.S. child welfare system historically punishes Black families for living through poverty.