Jane Lankes, M.A.

Jane Lankes, M.A.

Jane Lankes, M.A.

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology and Demography with interests in motherhood, marriage, religion, health, and quantitative methods. My dissertation focuses on maternal investment and maternal well-being. Together with Dr. Shenk, I research various topics related to dowry in South Asia.

Dissertation:
Intensive Mothering and Maternal Physical Health

Dissertation Chair(s):
Dr. Sarah Damaske

Research Interests:
Family, Gender, Health, Food, Religion, Demography, Quantitative Methods

At Penn State, I have taught one lower-level and one upper-level undergraduate courses. In my Soc 005: Social Problems class, I received an average rating of 6.7/7 from student evaluations. I aimed to guide students through the process of taking in contradictory information and using principles of sociology (i.e. a “sociological imagination”) to form conclusions and their own opinions about society. In my Soc 470: intermediate Social Statistics course, I received an average rating of 6.4/7. My two main goals for this class were to 1) Give students the basics of statistics which they can later build upon if they wish, and 2) Help students evaluate statistics they hear on the news, in media, or otherwise in their everyday life.

At Penn State, I have taught one lower-level and one upper-level undergraduate courses. In my Soc 005: Social Problems class, I received an average rating of 6.7/7 from student evaluations. I aimed to guide students through the process of taking in contradictory information and using principles of sociology (i.e. a “sociological imagination”) to form conclusions and their own opinions about society. In my Soc 470: intermediate Social Statistics course, I received an average rating of 6.4/7. My two main goals for this class were to 1) Give students the basics of statistics which they can later build upon if they wish, and 2) Help students evaluate statistics they hear on the news, in media, or otherwise in their everyday life.