EMILY VALA- HAYNES 239 McNeil Building, Office 266 3718 Locust Walk -6298 evala@sas.upenn.edu RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Social demography; sociology of education; transitions to adulthood; fertility in developing countries; quantitative and qualitative research methods; adolescent reproductive health EDUCATION 2014 (expected) Ph.D., Demography and Sociology, Dissertation: Reproductive Health, Fertility Trends, and the Impact of Schooling in Latin America Committee: Claudia R. Valeggia (co-chair), Emilio Parrado (co-chair), Jere Behrman Demography Exams: Master's Exam 2010, Ph.D. Exam 2011 Sociology Exams: Qualifying Exam 2011, Comprehensive Exam in Education and Inequality in Developing Countries 2012 2010 M.A., Demography, 2007 M.P.H., Global Health, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health Thesis: The Abortion Debate in Mexico: Newspaper Coverage and Discourse, 2001-2003 2004 B.A., Political Science--International Relations, minor in History, cum laude, University of California, San Diego PEER- REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Vala-Haynes, Emily and Claudia R. Valeggia. (2013). La Fecundidad Fuera de la Unión en Paraguay [Out-of-Union Fertility in Paraguay]. Forthcoming in Notas de Población. Bove, Riley, Emily Vala-Haynes, and Claudia R. Valeggia. (2013). Polygyny and Women's Health in Rural Mali. Journal of Biosocial Science, March: 1-24.
Bove, Riley, Emily Vala-Haynes, and Claudia R. Valeggia. (2012). Women's Health in Urban Mali: Social Predictors and Health Itineraries. Social Science & Medicine, 75:1392-1399. Vala-Haynes, Emily, Rob Stephenson, Roger Rochat, Eileen A. Yam, Lisa G. Rosas, and Sandra G. Garcia. (2011). The Abortion Debate in Mexico: Newspaper Coverage and Discourse, 2001-2003. Society, Biology and Human Affairs, 76(1). Yam, Eileen A. and Emily Vala-Haynes. (2007). The Abortion Debate in a Mexican Online Forum: Globalization, Religion and Politics. Global Media Journal, 6(11). PAPERS UNDER REVIEW Vala-Haynes, Emily and Claudia R. Valeggia. (2013). Sexual Initiation, Schooling, Marriage and First Birth in Central America: Changes in the Transition to Adulthood PAPERS IN PROGRESS Vala-Haynes, Emily and Claudia R. Valeggia. Changing Patterns of Contraceptive Use Among the Toba of Northwestern Argentina. Vala-Haynes, E. Adolescent Fertility in Mexico: A New Measure of "Achievement" in the Debate on School vs. Family Characteristics. PRESENTATIONS 2013 Vala-Haynes, Emily. Transitions to Adulthood in Central America: Trends in the Timing of Leaving School, Sexual Initiation, Marriage and First Birth in Central America. Stony Brook University Program in Public Health Research Seminar in Stony Brook, NY (September 2013). 2013 Vala-Haynes, Emily and Claudia R. Valeggia. Sexual Initiation, Marriage and First Birth in Central America: Trends in Timing and Context. Paper presented in poster session at the Population Association of American Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA (April 2013). 2012 Vala-Haynes, Emily, Claudia R. Valeggia, and Hans-Peter Kohler. Out-of-Union Fertility in Paraguay. Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA (May 2012). 2011 Vala-Haynes, Emily and Claudia R. Valeggia. Sexual Initiation, First Marriage and First Birth in Central America: Trends in Timing and Context. Paper presented at the Greater Philadelphia Latin American Studies Consortium Conference in Philadelphia, PA (December 2011).
2007 Vala-Haynes, Emily, Rob Stephenson, and Roger Rochat. Abortion Politics and the Print Media in Mexico. Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting in New York, NY (March 2007). FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2013-2014 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2013 NICHD Training Grant Fellowship, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Otto and Gertrude K. Pollak Summer Research Fellowship, 2011 Rollins School of Public Health Charles C. Shepard Award Nominee for Best Thesis, 2007 University of California, San Diego Friends of the International Center Scholarship, 2003 University of California, San Diego Eleanor Roosevelt College Education Abroad Scholarship, 2003 NCAA Scholar Athlete Award, 2001, 2003 University of California, San Diego, Eleanor Roosevelt College Making of the Modern World Writing Award, 2002 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member, Population Association of America, 2007-Present Member, Sociologists for Women in Society Reviewer, American Journal of Physical Anthropology TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant in Medical Sociology (HSOC 175),, Fall 2013. Guest Lectures in Medical Sociology (HSOC 175), "Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries" and "Population Health,", Fall 2013. Substitute Teacher in History, English, Spanish, and French, Jesuit High School, Portland, OR, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.
Spanish Teaching Assistant, Benjamin Franklin Academy, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007 Teaching Assistant in Proposal Development (GH 555), Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Spring 2007. Volunteer Organizer for Educational Weaving Seminars, Centro Andino de Tecnología Tradicional y Cultural de Comunidades de Ollantaytambo, Peru, Winter/Spring/Summer 2005. Teaching Assistant in Yamhill Education Service District Migrant Summer School, Newberg, OR, Summer 1999. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Field researcher, Longitudinal Reproductive Health Surveys, Fundación ECO--Formosa, Argentina, May 2011-August 2011. Independent consultant for qualitative data analysis, Study of Physician Opinions on Abortion in Mexico, Ipas, March 2007-August 2009. Market research analyst and proposal editor, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., November 2007- July 2009. Reproductive health intern and qualitative data analyst, Population Council--Mexico City, Mexico, June 2006-August 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING Quantitative Software: Stata, SAS, EpiInfo Qualitative Software: MaxQDA, NVIVO, Atlas.ti Language Skills: English (native), Spanish (fluent)
REFERENCES Claudia R. Valeggia Francis E. Johnston Term Associate Professor of Anthropology 252 McNeil Building 215-746-5162 valeggia@sas.upenn.edu Emilio Parrado Professor of Sociology 244 McNeil Building 215-898-7831 eparrado@sas.upenn.edu Jere Behrman William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics 229 McNeil Building 215-898-7704 jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu