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Judith A. Seltzer is a sociologist currently holding a Professorship at the University of California, Los Angeles. Seltzer's research focuses on family and kinship and on population-related topics. She is currently a member of the Committee on National Statistics of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She has also served as a president of the Population Association of America (PAA) and as director of the California Center for Population Research (CCPR) at UCLA.

Education and Career
Seltzer completed her doctorate at the University of Michigan.

Research
Seltzer's early research focused on fertility and marriage patterns in the US, and infant, child, and maternal mortality and health care choices in poor countries. She has collaborated with researchers and institutions in Mexico, Central America, Bangladesh, India, and West, Central and East Africa. More recently, her research has centered on neighborhood change and its effects on child and adult welfare in Los Angeles and in the United States more generally.''

Publications

 * "Doubling up when times are tough: A study of obligations to share a home in response to economic hardship," (with Lau and Bianchi). Social Science Research, 41, 1307-1309, 2012.