Marta Tienda, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and former director of Princeton's Office of Population Research, received an honorary doctorate in social science from Ohio State University at its Commencement ceremony June 14. Tienda was one of four honorary degree recipients, including President George W. Bush, Yankees principal owner George M. Steinbrenner III, and Walter E. Massey, president of Atlanta's Morehouse College.
Tienda's research focuses on diversity in higher education, race and gender inequality, and the sociology of
economic life.
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