Jeremy Pais

Co-Director

Biographical Statement

Professor Pais is a quantitative researcher interested in the relationship between the political economy of place, population dynamics, natural disasters, and climate change adaptation. He studies these relationships by examining the determinants of community vulnerability, resilience, and change. He uses spatial and longitudinal analyses to assemble data and to build explanatory models. Hurricane Katrina played a significant role in his formative experiences which continues to shape his research and teaching today. When he’s not doing sociology, he is enjoying the outdoors with his pup BeiBei.