James Collins
Predoctoral Trainee
James is a predoctoral trainee in the Carolina Population Center and Ph.D. student in the Department of City and Regional Planning. His research interests include natural hazards impacts, migration and mobility, and well-being. With Carolina Demography, he investigates natural hazard risk to migrant and seasonal farmworker communities in North Carolina.
On Wednesday, October 22nd, North Carolina lawmakers approved new congressional maps for the state, which change the makeup of Congressional Districts 1 and 3 in Eastern NC. The new maps are abnormal because redistricting typically only happens once every ten…
Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, affects millions of people nationwide. The disease develops when the body either resists insulin or fails to produce enough insulin, resulting in elevated blood sugar levels. In this post, I discuss…
Last year, our partners at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) approached us about a project to develop a North Carolina School District Typology. During the fall of last year and this past winter we developed the typology…
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