Sophia Chae. Guttmacher Institute 125 Maiden Lane, 7 th Floor New York, NY ext. 2248

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1 Sophia Chae Guttmacher Institute 125 Maiden Lane, 7 th Floor New York, NY schae@guttmacher.org ext EMPLOYMENT Guttmacher Institute Senior Research Scientist 2015-Present Arizona State University Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Population Dynamics, Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania 2013 PhD in Demography Dissertation Title: Essays on Family Structure and Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa Committee: Hans-Peter Kohler (chair), Jere R. Behrman, Susan C. Watkins M.A. in Demography 2009 Harvard School of Public Health 2008 M.S. in Population and International Health Northwestern University 2003 B.A. in Economics, International Studies PUBLICATIONS Chae, Sophia Timing of Orphanhood, Early Sexual Debut, and Early Marriage in Four Sub- Saharan African Countries, Studies in Family Planning 44(2): UNDER REVIEW Chae, Sophia. Forgotten Marriages? Measuring the Reliability of Marriage Histories. (Second Revise and Resubmit - Demographic Research) Chae, Sophia. Parental Divorce and Children s Schooling in Rural Malawi. (Revise and Resubmit Demography)

2 Chae 2 Chae, Sophia, Sarah R. Hayford, and Victor Agadjanian. Father s Labor Migration and Leaving the Parental Home in Rural Mozambique. (Revised and Resubmitted Journal of Marriage and Family) IN PREPARATION Chae, Sophia and Jennifer E. Glick. Educational Selectivity of Migrants and Current School Enrollment in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries. INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2012 Forgotten Marriages? Measuring the Reliability of Retrospective Marriage Histories Presented at a workshop on Quality and Comparability of Demographic Data in Sub-Saharan Africa, Institut National d Etudes Démographiques (INED), March 2012 OTHER PRESENTATIONS 2015 Educational Selectivity of Migrants and Current School Enrollment in Four Sub Saharan African Countries (With Jennifer E. Glick) Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, May Father s Labor Migration and Leaving the Parental Home in Rural Mozambique (With Sarah R. Hayford and Victor Agadjanian) Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2014 Forgotten Marriages? Measuring the Reliability of Retrospective Marriage Histories Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May 2014 Father s Labor Migration and Leaving the Parental Home in Rural Mozambique (With Sarah Hayford and Victor Agadjanian) Poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May Does Parental Divorce and Remarriage Matter for Children s Schooling? Evidence from Rural Malawi Presented at the International Sociological Association (RC06) Seminar on Demographic and Institutional Change in Global Families, Taipei, Taiwan, March Divorce, Remarriage, and Children s Outcomes in Rural Malawi Poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2012

3 Chae 3 Divorce, Remarriage, and Children s Outcomes in Rural Malawi Presented at the Mini-Conference on Marriage Patterns, Union Stability, and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, San Francisco, CA, May Forgotten Marriages? Measuring the Reliability of Retrospective Marriage Histories Presented at the Sixth African Population Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, December 2011 Divorce, Remarriage, and Children s Outcomes in Rural Malawi Presented at the Sixth African Population Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, December 2011 Does Timing of Orphanhood and HIV Prevalence Matter? A Look at Orphans Transitions to Sexual Debut and Marriage in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., March 2011 GRANTS AND AWARDS SAS Graduate Student Travel Award, 2012, 2013 SASGov Travel Fund Award, 2012, 2013 GAPSA President s Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2011, 2013 Health and Society in Africa Research Grant, University of Pennsylvania, Department of History and Sociology of Science, 2009 NIH/NICHD T32 Training Grant Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, GRANTS UNDER REVIEW 2014 P01 HD , National Institutes of Health Title: Family Migration and Early Life Outcomes Role: Co-Investigator Amount requested: $5,345,118 Resubmission: September 2014 PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2012 Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH), Malawi Fieldwork Director Supervised a survey team in collecting data from 1200 respondents in three regions of rural Malawi Research Assistant, Professor Hans-Peter Kohler, University of Pennsylvania Performed data quality checks; supervised undergraduate and graduate students on tasks related to the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH)

4 Chae Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH), Malawi Field Assistant Coordinated data collection of anthropometric measurements; performed data quality checks; reviewed questionnaires for completeness and internal consistency 2009 Population Council, Burkina Faso Intern Conducted research on determinants of early marriage in Burkina Faso; revised and translated policy reports from English to French 2008 Research Assistant, Professor Allan Hill, Harvard School of Public Health Conducted analysis of low fertility using data from Women s Health in Accra Survey 2007 EngenderHealth, Ghana Intern in Monitoring and Evaluation for Action for West Africa Reproductive Health Updated reporting templates by extracting details from trip/activity reports; created, updated, and synchronized paper files and folders of all electronic data to support results reporting 2007 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Burkina Faso Intern in Adolescent Reproductive Health Analyzed strategy of using married adolescents as peer educators; performed analysis of causes of unwanted pregnancies among unmarried adolescents Peace Corps, Burkina Faso Small Enterprise Development Volunteer Organized and obtained funding for income-generating activities and created savings and credit clubs for village-based women s groups; coordinated HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns at the local and national level OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Organizer, Center for Population Dynamics Colloquium Series, Spring 2014 Graduate Student Mentor, Graduate Group in Demography, Reviewer, International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Marriage and Family, Population Research and Policy Review, Studies in Family Planning Professional Memberships: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Population Association of America (PAA) Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)

5 Chae 5 LANGUAGE SKILLS English (Native), French (Fluent), Korean (Conversational), Mooré and Spanish (Basic)