CPC Fellow Barbara Entwisle Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Carolina sociologist and Carolina Population Center Fellow Barbara Entwisle has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Entwisle joins 252 leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research and science elected in 2026.

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world and to work together “to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people.”

Entwisle is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology and fellow of the Carolina Population Center. She also holds adjunct and affiliate positions in the geography department and in the environment, energy and ecology program.

Entwisle’s research examines migration processes in relation to the life course, household dynamics, and community contexts. She also leverages linkages between electronic health records and data from the Census Bureau to study population health.

From 2010 to 2016, Entwisle served as the vice chancellor for research at UNC-Chapel Hill, leading the university’s research program. Entwisle has also served as the director and training director of the Carolina Population Center.

“We celebrate the achievement of each new member and the collective breadth and depth of their excellence – this is a fitting commemoration of the nation’s 250th anniversary,” said Academy President Laurie Patton. “The founding of the nation and the Academy are rooted in the inextricable links between a vibrant democracy, the free pursuit of knowledge, and the expansion of the public good.”

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