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Megan Costa
Postdoc Asst (FSC) nb2008
Post Doctoral Scholars
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
3701
Biography
Megan is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University’s T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics who completed a dual Ph.D. in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania Population Studies Center and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology in August 2016. She joined Dr. Natalie Eggum-Wilkens' ECLiPSE Lab in August 2016. She teaches Sociology 333: Population within the SSFD.
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2016: Demography and Sociology (joint)
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2014: Demography
M.S.c., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2012: Demography and Health
B.A., University of Washington, 2009: Anthropology with Distinction
Research Interests
Fertility, maternal and child health, and family demography; my research interests lie at the intersection of maternal health and household determinants of child well-being. These areas are key in the reproduction of health disparities, leaving their mark in the childhood years and hold long-term implications for health across the life course. Current projects explore fertility, fertility intentions, and child health in the Tsimane , a population experiencing rapid demographic, economic, and dietary transitions in the Bolivian lowlands. I am also working with data from the Young Lives Cohort Study to better understand the intersection of child health and aging in low and middle income countries.
Publications
Costa, M. E., Trumble, B., Kaplan, H., & Gurven, M. D. (2018). Child nutritional status among births exceeding ideal family size in a high fertility population. Maternal & child nutrition, e12625 IF: 3.23 https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12625
Gurven, M., Costa, M., Trumble, B., Stieglitz, J., Beheim, B., Rodriguez, D. E., Hooper P. L., & Kaplan, H. (2016.) Health costs of reproduction are minimal despite high fertility, mortality and subsistence lifestyle, Scientific Reports, 6. doi:10.1028/srep30056 IF: 5.228 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep30056
Rajaratnam, J. K., Marcus, J. R., Flaxman, A. D., Wang, H., Levin-Rector, A., Dwyer, L., Costa, M., Lopez, A. D., & Murray, C. J. (2010). Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4. The Lancet, 375(9730), 1988-2008. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60703-9 IF: 45.217 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60703-9
Rajaratnam, J. K., Marcus, J. R., Levin-Rector, A., Chalupka, A. N., Wang, H., Dwyer, L., Costa, M., Lopez, A.D., & Murray, C. J. (2010). Worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15–59 years from 1970 to 2010: a systematic analysis. The Lancet, 375(9727), 1704-1720. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60517-X IF: 45.217 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60517-X
Courses
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| SOC 333 | Population |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| SOC 333 | Population |
Professional Associations
Population Association of America
American Sociological Assocation
Service
Analysis: More Women In Early 40s Who Have Never Married Have Kids