Welcome to the program website for the 2009 Annual Meeting of PAA. This website maintains a complete record of the scientific program of the meeting. Use the menubar at the top to access the program by topic, by day/time or by participant.



Kathleen Mullan Harris
PAA President
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill



Robert Moffitt
PAA Vice President
The Johns Hopkins University

Program Committee

The co-chairs of the 2009 Program Organizing Committee were Kathleen Mullan Harris, PAA President-Elect and Robert Moffitt, PAA Vice-President Elect. Members of the Program Committee are listed below.

  • Emily M. Agree, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Stan Becker, The Johns Hopkins University
  • David Bishai, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Vladimir Canudas-Romo, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Philip N. Cohen, University of North Carolina
  • Barbara Entwisle, University of North Carolina
  • Guang Guo, University of North Carolina
  • Carolyn Tucker Halpern, University of North Carolina
  • Lingxin Hao, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Michelle J. Hindin, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Jon M. Hussey, University of North Carolina
  • Linda Martin, The Johns Hopkins University and RAND Corporation
  • Margarita Mooney, University of North Carolina
  • Ted Mouw, University of North Carolina
  • William O'Hare, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Lisa D. Pearce, University of North Carolina
  • Ronald R. Rindfuss, University of North Carolina
  • Seth G. Sanders, Duke University
  • Freya L. Sonenstein, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Chirayath M. Suchindran, University of North Carolina
  • Duncan Thomas, Duke University
  • Amy Tsui, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Paul R. Voss, University of North Carolina

September 22, 2008 . Deadline for submitting papers or abstracts to organizers

November 3, 2008 . Session organizers notify authors of accepted papers and forward promising papers that were not accepted to Program Committee Co-Chairs for possible inclusion in overflow sessions

December 18, 2008 . Author notification for papers accepted in overflow regular sessions or poster session

February 15, 2009 . Final date to make online revisions to abstracts of accepted papers

March 30, 2009 . Deadline for posting completed papers on the program website (extended)