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Professor
Samuel Preston
University of Pennsylvania
Demographer; Educator; Academic administrator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Sociology, Demography, and Geography
Elected
1986
Research focuses on population patterns, especially levels and determinants of mortality. Recent work includes a reconstruction of African-American demography in the 20th century and a codification of formal demography.
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