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Mary Shenk

Home Country

United States

The Demographic Impacts of Partition: A Study of Fertility Decline in West Bengal and Bangladesh

Program

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Program Country

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Specialization

Fertility

Academic Year

Dates

May 2022 - January 2023

Flex

No

Scholar type

U.S. Scholar

Award Title

11379-IN|Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Awards (All Disciplines)

Project Title

The Demographic Impacts of Partition: A Study of Fertility Decline in West Bengal and Bangladesh

Scholar Information

Grantee

Mary Shenk

Title

Associate Professor

Institution

Pennsylvania State University-University Park Campus

Department

Department of Anthropology

School

College of Liberal Arts

Host Institutions

Institution

Institute for Development Studies Kolkata