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About Us
The Population Dynamics Research Group was
organized in 1999 and is the principal research arm of the USC School of
Policy, Planning, and Development for supporting research activities using
census data, population forecasts, immigration and diversity, housing and
urban growth patterns. Population growth and change is important to public,
private, and nonprofit policies aimed at improving the human condition in
urban areas. Principal funding support is through projects funded by the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Fannie Mae
Foundation, Ford Foundation, METRANS, Haynes Foundation, and others.
The research unit is also USC's representative to the state data center
network operated by the U.S. Census Bureau. We are designated a State Data
Center Affiliate Agency through the California Department of Finance.
Dowell Myers
is the Director of the Population Dynamics Research Group and Professor of
Urban Planning and Demography in the School of Policy, Planning, and
Development. 
Julie
Park is the
Associate Director of the research unit and Research Assistant Professor in
the School of Policy, Planning and Development.
John Pitkin is a long-term senior
research associate who plays a key role in forecast and analysis activities
of the unit. He is the president of Analysis and Forecasting, Inc., a
consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Research
Assistants
SeongHee Min, Xin Gao, Dennis Kao, and
Shauna Dillavou.
Faculty Affiliates on Group Projects
Tridib Banerjee,
Amon Emeka,
Philip Ethington,
Howard Greenwald,
Clara
Irazábal,
Harry P.
Pachon, and
Gary Painter |
