Wrigley-Field will analyze how demography enables and constrains cultural and political change through population ties to historical events and experiences. For example, she will investigate the high death rates of older Black Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the number of Black Americans who have a living relative who experienced Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement and how this may impact political engagement. Her project will draw on historical vital statistics, data from the IPUMS Multigenerational Linkage Project, and demographic models.