April 2016
KATHLEEN MULLAN HARRIS
CURRICULUM VITAE
OFFICES:
Department of Sociology
University of North Carolina
CB# 3210, Hamilton Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210
email: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
M.A., Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 1979
B.A., Computer Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1972
FIELDS:
Social Inequality, Health Disparities, Family, Poverty and Social Policy.
POSITIONS HELD:
July 2008-present
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina
CB# 8120, University Square
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997
Phone: 919-962-6158
James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sept 2007-present
Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, University of North Carolina
Feb. 2004-present
Director and PI, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult
Health, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Aug. 2010-July 2011
Interim Director, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
July 2003-June 2008
Gillian T. Cell Distinguished Term Professor of Sociology, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 2001- 2003
Full Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
June 1998-2004
Deputy Director, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 1997-June 2000
Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina
July 1996-June 2001
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina
Sept. 1994-Aug. 1995
Member, Faculty Council, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 1993-June 1998
Member, Advisory Council, Carolina Population Center, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 1990-June 1996
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, North Carolina.
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Sept 2016
Golden Goose Award for leadership of Add Health, from the US Congress,
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Association of
American Universities (AAU).
Mar 2016
Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University
April 2014
National Academy of Sciences (elected)
Oct 2013
Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences, a biennial
award from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR) to recognize individuals who have had a profound impact on social science
research and infrastructure.
Jan 2008Dec 2009
President (elected), Population Association of America (President-elect 2008)
Sept 2006May 2007
Rachel Rosenfeld Graduate Student Association Award for Excellence in Mentoring,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2005Dec 2006
Vice-President (elected), Population Association of America (VP-elect 2005)
April 2004
Clifford C. Clogg Award for Early Career Achievement in Population Studies and
Demography, a biennial award from the Population Association of America and
the Population Research Institute of the Pennsylvania State University.
Jan 2001
Kenan Leave (one semester).
May 2000
Member, Sociological Research Association (honorary, inducted in 2000).
Sept 1999
Young investigator representative for the University of North Carolina at the Science
Coalition Signature Event, entitled “Science: Investing in the Future” (selected by
UNC System President, Molly Broad).
Aug 1997
Otis Dudley Duncan Award for outstanding scholarship in social demography,
Sociology of Population Section, American Sociological Association.
Aug 1992May 1993
Lilly Teaching Fellow: Lilly Endowment Inc., Indianapolis, IN and the College of
Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.
June 1988Aug 1990
Hewlett Post Doctoral Fellow: Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
PA.
Sept 1986June 1987
Mellon Dissertation Fellow in the Program for Accessing and Revitalizing the Social
Sciences (PARSS), University of Pennsylvania, PA.
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GRANTS AWARDED:
Apr 2016Mar 2021
“Social Context, the Life Course, and Genetic Transcription in Add Health.”
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant R01
HD087061. Principal Investigator. Total costs $3,802,118.
Sept 2015Aug 2018
“Adolescent and Adult Lives of Children of Parents Returning from Prison.”
National Science Foundation, Grant 1535563. Principal Investigator of UNC
subcontract to John L. Hagan and Holly A. Foster, PIs. Total subcontract costs:
$325,397.
Sept 2015Aug 2018
“Childhood Family Instability, Adult Stress Reactivity, and Consequences for
Health.” National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant F32
HD084117, Faculty Sponsor to Lauren Gaydosh, F32 PI. Total direct costs:
$157,290.
May 2014Aug 2015
“The Maternal Life Course Origins of Infant Health.” National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, Grant K99 HD075860. Primary mentor to
Jennifer Buher-Kane, K99 PI. Total direct costs: $162,468.
July 2014Mar 2019
“The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Wave V.” National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant 4 P01 HD031921.
Principal Investigator. Total direct costs $28,932,277.
July 2014June 2019
“Exome Variants Underlying Weight Gain from Adolescence to Adulthood.”
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant R01 HD057194.
Co-Investigator. Total direct costs $2,975,722.
July 2014June 2019
“Center for Population Health and Aging—External Network Core” Duke University.
National Institute of Aging, Grant P30 AG034424. Total subcontract award $154,676.
Apr 2013Nov 2018
“Add Health Parent Study: Phase I.” National Institute of Aging, Grant
R01 AG042794. Principal Investigator (MPI: Joseph Hotz).
Total direct costs $8,260,187.
July 2012June 2017
“Add Health: A Genotype and Phenotype Resource for the Global Scientific
Community.” National Institute for Child Health and Human Development,
Grant R01 HD073342. Principal Investigator. Total direct costs $2,489,712.
May 2012Apr 2014
“Locating the Parents of Add Health.” National Institute of Aging, Grant
R21 AG042663. Principal Investigator (MPI: Joseph Hotz).
Total direct costs $225,000.
June 2010May 2015
“Social Demographic Moderation of Genome Wide Associations for Body Mass
Index.” Principal Investigator of University of Colorado subcontract via National
Institute for Child Health and Human Development, NIH Grant
(MPIs Matthew B. McQueen and Jason Boardman). Total direct costs $2,422,555.
Sept 2009-
“Genetic/Epigenetic Markers, Social Contexts, Lifecourse & Risky Health
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Aug 2011
Behaviors.” National Institute for Drug Abuse, NIH Grant RC1 DA029425.
Co-investigator (PI Guang Guo). Total direct costs $681,780.
June 2008Oct 2009
“Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood: Evidence for the AfricanAmerican Community from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.”
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, through a contract with Mathematica Policy Research.
Principal Investigator. Total direct costs $10,000.
Oct 2008Sept 2012
“Gene by Social-Control Interactions for Delinquency and Crime.” National
Science Foundation HSD 0826913. Co-investigator (PI Guang Guo). Total direct
costs $513,822.
Sept 2008Aug 2010
“Genetic Predispositions, Social Contexts, and Longitudinal Binge Drinking.”
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Addiction supplement to the National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, NICHD Grant P01 HD031921.
Co-Principal Investigator and Program Director. Total direct costs $142,562.
Sept 2006Aug 2009
“Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Social Exclusion: The Long Arm of the
Law.” Principal Investigator of Northwestern University subcontract via National
Science Foundation, (PI John Hagan).
Jan 2006June 2014
“The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Wave IV.” National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant 3 P01 HD031921.
Principal Investigator. Total direct costs $32,143,044.
Jan 2006June 2014
“Family Formation, Career Trajectories, and Health.” National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, Grant 3 P01 HD031921. Principal Investigator of
Subproject in program project, “The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
Health: Wave IV.” Total direct costs $748,880.
June 2005May 2009
“Transition to Fatherhood.” National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, Grant P01 HD045610. Co-investigator. Total direct costs
$5,368,732.
Aug 2007July 2008
“Contexts of Disadvantage, Obesity and Inactivity in the Transition to Adulthood.”
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant F31 HD056627
Mentor to Hedwig Lee, PI of NRSA Fellowship.
July 2006June 2007
“Transition to Adulthood.” Principal Investigator of University of Pennsylvania
subcontract via MacArthur Foundation, Transition to Adulthood MacArthur Network,
(PI Frank Furstenberg). Total direct costs $50,000.
Jan 2006Dec 2006
“Genetic Gold Standard Project.” Principal Investigator of Butler Hospital
subcontract to create an Add Health genetic data file (Butler Hospital, Providence RI).
Total direct costs $20,000.
Jan 2005Dec 2006
“Constructing an Add Health Wave III Contextual Database.” Principal Investigator
of Cornell University subcontract via National Institute of Child Health and Human
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Development, (PI Ray Swisher).
July 2004June 2009
“Demographic Data Sharing and Archiving.” Co-investigator of University of
Michigan subcontract via National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, Grant U24 HD048401 (PI Myron Guttman).
Sept 2001Aug 2004
“Health, Education, and the Economic Well-Being of Adolescent Immigrants.”
Russell Sage Foundation, Project # 88-01-12. Co-PI. Total direct costs $231,651.
Mar 2001Feb 2004
“Nonmarital Childbearing Among Young Adults.” National Institute of Child Health
Health and Human Development, Principal Investigator of a supplement to Grant 2
P01 HD31921, as part of the Program Project, “National Study of Adolescent
Health: Survey 2000.” Total direct costs $444,110.
Apr 1999Mar 2004
“Social Context, Family Process, and Adolescent Health.” National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, Family and Child Well-Being Research Network,
Grant U01 HD37558. Principal Investigator. Total direct costs $1,081,616.
Mar 1999Feb 2001
“Nonmarital Childbearing Among Young Adults.” National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development, Grant 2 P01 HD31921. Principal Investigator of
Subproject as part of the Program Project, “National Study of Adolescent Health:
Survey 2000.” Total direct costs $112,074.
Mar 1999Feb 2004
“National Study of Adolescent Health: Survey 2000.” National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, Grant 2 P01 HD31921. Co-Investigator. Total
direct costs $18,948,646.
May 1994Dec 1994
“Cultural Diversity and the Poverty Experience.” Service-Learning Course
Development Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, Univ of North Carolina and
the Corporation on National and Community Service, Washington, DC. $500.
Mar 1994Feb 1999
“Families, Communities, and Adolescent Behavior.” National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development Grant 1 P01 HD31921. Principal Investigator of
Subproject as part of the Program Project, “The Prospective Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health.” Total direct costs $173,555.
Mar 1994Feb 1999
“The Prospective Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development, Grant 1 P01 HD31921. Co-Investigator.
Total direct costs $21,674,115.
Sept 1994Aug 1997
“Demographic Aspects of Child Care and Long-Term Effects.” National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development Grant 1 R01 HD31928. Principal
Investigator. Total direct costs: $357,188.
July 1993June 1998
“Mother's Work, Welfare, and Children: The Implications of Women's Employment
for the Well-Being of Children in Poor Families.” W.T. Grant Foundation, Faculty
Scholars Award. Principal Investigator. Total costs: $220,000.
Feb 1993
“Single Mothers’ Work and Welfare.” Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG)
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Award. Total costs: $3,290.
May 1992Aug 1992
“The Revolving Door of Welfare Dependency.” Summer Research Award, Institute
for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.
Principal Investigator. $3,000.
Dec 1991Nov 1993
“Work and Welfare Among Single Mothers in the 1980s.” University Research
Council Grant Award, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.
Principal Investigator. $1,000.
PUBLICATIONS:
Haberstick, Brett C., Jason D. Boardman, Brandon Wagner, Andrew Smolen, John K. Hewitt, Ley
Killeya-Jones, Joyce Tabor, Carolyn T. Halpern, Beverly H. Brummett, Redford B. Williams,
Ilene C. Siegler, Christian J. Hopfer, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2016. “Depression,
Stressful Life Events, and the Impact of Variation in the Serotonin Transporter: Findings from the
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health).” PLoS One 11(3):
e0148373.
Yang, Claire Yang, Courtney Boen, Karen Gerken, Ting Li, Kristen Schorpp, and Kathleen Mullan
Harris. 2016. “Social Relationships and Physiological Determinants of Longevity across
the Human Life Span.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(3):578-583..
Young, Kristin, Mariaelisa Graff, Kari North, Andrea Richardson, Jonathan Bradfiled, Struan
Grant, Leslie Lange, Ethan Lange, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Penny Gordon-Larsen. 2016.
“Influence of SNP*SNP interaction on BMI in European American Adolescents: Findings from the
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Pediatric Obesity 11(2):95-101..
Daw, Jonathan, Guang Guo, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2015. “Nurture Net of Nature:
Re-Evaluating the Role of Shared Environments in Academic Achievement and Verbal
Intelligence.” Social Science Research 52:422-439.
Haberstick, Brett C., Andrew Smolen, Redford B. Williams, George D. Bishop, Vangie A. Foshee,
Terrance P. Thornberry, Rand Conger, Ilene C. Siegler, Xiodong Zhang, Jason D. Boardman,
Zygmunt Fraizyngier, Michael C. Stallings, M. Brent Donnellan, Carolyn T. Halpern, and
Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2015. “Population Frequencies of the Triallelic 5HTTLPR in Six
Ethnically Diverse Samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa." Behavior Genetics
45(2):255-261.
Hussey, Jon M., Quynh C. Nguyen, Eric A. Whitsel, Liana J. Richardson, Carolyn Tucker Halpern,
Penny Gordon-Larsen, Joyce W. Tabor, Pamela P. Entzel, and Kathleen Mullan Harris.
2015. “Characteristics and Reliability of In-Home Anthropometry: The National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, Wave IV.” Demographic Research 32(39):
1081-1098.
Moss, Jennifer L. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2015. “Impact of Maternal and Paternal
Preconception Health on Birth Outcomes Using Prospective Couples' Data in Add Health.”
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 291(2):287-298.
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Domingue, Benjamin W., Daniel W. Belsky, Dalton Conley, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Jason D.
Boardman. 2015. “Polygenic Influence on Educational Attainment: New Evidence From
the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.” AERA Open 1(3):1-13.
--one of the 10 most read articles in all of the AERA journals in 2015.
Young, Kristin, Mariaelisa Graff, Kari North, Andrea Richardson, Karen Mohlke, Leslie Lange,
Ethan Lange, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Penny Gordon-Larsen. 2015. “Interaction of
smoking and obesity susceptibility loci on adolescent BMI: The National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent to Adult Health.” BMC Genetics 16:131. DOI: 10.1186/s12863-015-0289-6
McQueen, Matthew B., Jason D. Boardman, Benjamin W. Domingue, Andrew Smolen, Joyce
Tabor, Ley Killeya-Jones, Carolyn T. Halpern, Eric A. Whitsel, and Kathleen Mullan
Harris. 2015. “The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add
Health) Sibling Pairs Genome-Wide Data. Behavioral Genetics 45(1):12-23.
Nguyen, Quynh, Eric A. Whitsel, Joyce W. Tabor, Carmen C. Cuthbertson, Mark H. Wener, Alan
J. Potter, Carolyn T. Halpern, Ley A. Killeya-Jones, Jon. M Hussey, Chirayath Suchindran, and
Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2014. “Blood Spot-based Measures of Glucose Homeostasis and
Diabetes Prevalence in a Nationally Representative Population of Young U.S. Adults.” Annals of
Epidemiology 24(12):903-909.e1.
Haberstick, Brett C., Andrew Smolen, Gary L. Stetler, Joyce W. Tabor, Taylor Roy, H. Rick Casey,
Alicia Pardo, Forest Roy, Lauren A. Ryals, Christina Hewitt, Eric A. Whitsel, Carolyn T. Halpern,
Ley A. Killeya-Jones, Jeffery M. Lessem, John K. Hewitt, Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2014. "Simple
sequence repeats in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: An Ethnically
Diverse Resource for Genetic Analysis of Health and Behavior." Behavior Genetics 44(5):487-497
PMCID: PMC4244076
Yang, Yang Claire, Kristen Schorpp, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2014. “Social Support, Social
Strain, and Inflammation: Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study of U.S. Adults.” Social
Science and Medicine 107:124-35. PMCID: PMC4028709
Yang, Yang Claire, Courtney Boen, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2014. “Social Relationships and
Hypertension in Late Life: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study of Older
Adults.” Journal of Aging and Health (September 23) DOI: 10.1177/0898264314551172.
Domingue, Benjamin W., Daniel W. Belsky, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Andrew Smolen, Matthew
B. McQueen, and Jason D. Boardman. 2014. “Polygenic Risk Predicts Obesity in Both White and
Black Young Adults.” PLoSONE (July 3) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101596.
Conley, Dalton, Mark Siegal, Benjamin Domingue, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Matthew McQueen,
and Jason Boardman. 2014. “Testing the Key Assumption of Heritability Estimates Based
on Genome-wide Genetic Relatedness.” Journal of Human Genetics 59:342-345
doi:10.1038/jhg.2014.14
Boardman, Jason D., Benjamin W. Domingue, Casey L. Blalock, Brett C. Haberstick, Kathleen
Mullan Harris, and Matthew B. McQueen. 2014. “Is the Gene-Environment Interaction
Paradigm Relevant to Genome-Wide Studies? The Case of Education and Body Mass Index.”
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Demography 51:119-139.
Guo, Guang, Yilan Fu, Hedwig Lee, Tianji Cai, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Yi Li. 2014.
“Genetic Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Racial Classification in Social Surveys in the
Contemporary United States.” Demography 51:141-172
Halpern, Carolyn Tucker, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Eric A. Whitsel. 2014. “Studying
Family Transitions from a Systems Perspective: The Role of Biomarkers.” PP.127-144 in McHale
Susan M, Amato, Paul, and Booth, Alan (editors). Emerging Methods in Family Research.
Springer International Publishing.
Haberstick, Brett C., Jeffrey M. Lessem, John K. Hewitt, Andrew Smolen, Christian J. Hopfer,
Carolyn T. Halpern, Ley A. Killeya-Jones, Jason Boardman, Joyce Tabor, Ilene C. Siegler,
Redford B. Williams, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2014. “MAOA Genotype, Childhood
Maltreatment, and Their Interaction in the Etiology of Adult Antisocial Behaviors.” Biological
Psychiatry 75:25-30.
*One of the most highly cited original articles in Biological Psychiatry in 2014.
*Finalist for the Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry
to recognize outstanding research investigations in biological psychiatry.
Graff, Mariaelisa, Kari E. North, Andrea S. Richardson, Kristin Leigh Young, Karen L. Mohlke,
Leslie A. Lange, Ethan M. Lange, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Penny Gordon-Larsen.
2013. “Screen Time Behaviors May Interact with Obesity Genes, Independent of Physical
Activity, to Influence Adolescent BMI in an Ethnically-Diverse Cohort.” Pediatric Obesity
8(6):e74-79.
Kane, Jennifer B., S. Philip Morgan, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and David K. Guilkey.
2013. “The Educational Consequences of Teen Childbearing.” Demography 50(6):2129-2150.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Eric E. Whitsel, Jon Hussey, Ley A.
Killeya-Jones, Joyce Tabor, Glen H. Elder, John Hewitt, Michael Shanahan, Redford B. Williams,
Ilene C. Siegler, and Andrew Smolen. 2013. “Social, Behavioral, and Genetic Linkages from
Adolescence into Adulthood.” American Journal of Public Health 103 (S1): S25-S32.
doi: 10.2105/ NIHMS440877
Daw, Jonathan, Michael Shanahan, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Andrew Smolen, Brett Haberstick,
and Jason D. Boardman. 2013. “Genetic Sensitivity to Peer Behaviors: 5HTTLPR,
Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 54(1):92-108.
PMC3659161
Lee, Hedwig, Kathleen Mullan Harris and Joyce Lee. 2013. “Multiple Levels of Social
Disadvantage and Links to Obesity in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.” Journal of School
Health 83(3):139-149. PMC3731140
Richardson, Andrea S., Kari E. North, Mariaelisa Graff, Kristin Leigh Young, Karen L. Mohlke,
Leslie A. Lange, Ethan M. Lange, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Penny Gordon-Larsen. 2013.
“Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Interactions with Genetic Variants and Body Mass Index
in a Large US Ethnically Diverse Cohort.” Pediatric Obesity. doi: 10.1111/j.20476310.2013.00152.x. [Epub ahead of print] PMC3707946
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Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Brett C. Haberstick, and Andrew Smolen.
2013. “The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health )
Sibling Pairs Data.” Twin Research and Human Genetics 16(1):391-398 doi: 10.1017.
PMC3574787
Graff, Mariaelisa, Kari E. North, Karen L. Mohlke, Leslie A. Lange, Jason J. Luo, Kathleen
Mullan Harris, Kristin Leigh Young, Andrea S. Richardson, Ethan M. Lange, and Penny GordonLarsen. 2012. “Estimation of Genetic Effects on BMI during Adolescence in an Ethnically Diverse
Cohort: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Nutrition and Diabetes
24(2):e47. PMC3461356
Boardman, Jason D., Michael E. Roettger, Benjamin W. Domingue, Matthew B. McQueen, Brett
C. Haberstick, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2012. “Gene-Environment Interactions Related to
Body Mass: School Policies and Social Context as Environmental Moderators.” Journal of
Theoretical Politics 24(3):370-388. PMC3518081
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Hedwig Lee. 2012. “Pathways of Social Disadvantage from
Adolescence into Adulthood.” Pps.168-207 in Jenny Chesters, Ron Haskins, and Ariel Kalil
(eds.), Investing in Children: Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries.
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Halpern, Carolyn Tucker, Eric A Whitsel, Brandon Wagner, and Kathleen Mullan Harris.
2012. “Challenges of Measuring Diurnal Cortisol Concentrations in a Large PopulationBased Field Study.” Psychoneuroendocrinology 37(4): 499-508. PMC3245839
Lee, Hedwig, Dohoon Lee, Guang Guo, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2011. “Trends in
Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Young Adulthood in the United States: 1959–2002.”
Journal of Adolescent Health 49(6):601-608. PMC3228354
Brummett, Beverly H., Michael A. Babyak, Ilene C. Siegler, Michael Shanahan, Kathleen Mullan
Harris, Glen H. Elder, and Redford B. Williams. 2011. “Systolic Blood Pressure,
Socioeconomic Status, and Biobehavioral Risk Factors in a Nationally Representative U.S Young
Adult Sample.” Hypertension 58(2): 161-166. PMC3160108
Whitsel, Eric A., Quynh C. Nguyen, Chirayath Suchindran, Jon M. Hussey, Ley A. Killeya-Jones,
Joyce W. Tabor, Caitlin S. Fitzgerald, Suzanne P. Hallquist, Carolyn T. Halpern, and Kathleen
Mullan Harris. 2011. “Value Added: Quality, Quantity and Diversity of National Blood
Pressure Data on Young Adults,” rejoinder to commentary, “When Implausible Findings Emanate
from High-Quality Studies” by Paul Sorlie. Epidemiology 22(4):544-545.
Nguyen, Quynh C., Joyce W. Tabor, Pamela P. Entzel, Yan Lau, Chirayath Suchindran, Jon M.
Hussey, Carolyn T. Halpern, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Eric A. Whitsel. 2011. “Discordance in
National Estimates of Hypertension Among Young Adults.” Epidemiology 22(4):532-541.
PMC3109249
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hedwig Lee, and Felicia DeLeone. 2010. “Marriage and Health
in the Transition to Adulthood: Evidence for African Americans in the Add Health Study.”
Journal of Family Issues 31(8):1106-1143. PMC3151642
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Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 2010. “An Integrative Approach to Health.” Demography 47(1):1-22.
PMC3000007
Guo, Guang, Tianji Cai, Rui Guo, Hongyu Wang, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2010. “The
Dopamine Transporter Gene, a Spectrum of Most Common Risky Behaviors, and the Legal Status
of the Behaviors.” PLoS ONE 5(2): e9352. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009352.) PMC2825268
Powell, Darci, Krista M. Perreira, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2010. “Trajectories of
Delinquency from Adolescence to Adulthood.” Youth and Society 41(4):475-502.
(doi:10.1177/0044118X09338503).
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Krista Perreira, and Dohoon Lee. 2009. “Obesity in the
Transition to Adulthood: Predictions across Race-Ethnicity, Immigrant Generation, and Sex.”
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 163(11):1022-1028. PMC2788784
Lee, Hedwig, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Penny Gordon-Larsen. 2009. “Life Course
Perspectives on the Links Between Poverty and Obesity During the Transition to Young
Adulthood.” Population Research and Policy Review 28(4):505-532. PMC2743510
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Shannon E. Cavanagh. 2008. “Indicators of the Peer Environment in
Adolescence.” Pp.259-278 in Brett V. Brown (ed.), Key Indicators of Child and Youth WellBeing: Completing the Picture. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
O’Sullivan, Lucia F., Mariah Mantsun Cheng, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.
2007. “I Wanna’ Hold Your Hand: The Progression of Romantic and Sexual Behaviors in
Adolescent Relationships.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 39(2): 100-107.
King, Rosalind B. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2007. “Romantic Relationships Among
Immigrant Adolescents.” International Migration Review 41(2):344-370.
Perreira, Krista, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Dohoon Lee. 2007. “Immigrant Youth in the Labor
Market.” Work and Occupations 34(1):5-34.
Pollard, Michael S. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2007. “Measuring Cohabitation in Add Health.”
Pp.35-51 in Sandra L. Hofferth and Lynne M. Casper, eds., Handbook of Measurement Issues in
Family Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Andrew Smolen, and Brett C. Haberstick.
2006. “The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health ) Twin Data.” Twin
Research and Human Genetics 9(6):988-997.
Perreira, Krista, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Dohoon Lee. 2006. “Making It In America: High
School Completion of Immigrant and Native Youth.” Demography 43(3):456-478.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 2006. “Family Structure, Poverty, and Family Well-Being.” Employee
Rights and Employment Policy Journal 10(1):45-80.
Morris, Martina, Mark S. Handcock, William C. Miller, Carol A. Ford, John L. Schmitz, Marcia
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M. Hobbs, Myron S. Cohen, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and J. Richard Udry. 2006. “Prevalence of
HIV Infection Among Young Adults in the U.S.: Results from the Add Health Study.” The
American Journal of Public Health. 96(6):1091-1097.
Tillman, Kathryn Harker, Guang Guo and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2006. “Grade retention
Among Immigrant Children.” Social Science Research 35(1):129-156.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Kim Chantala, J. Richard Udry. 2006.
“Longitudinal Trends in Race and Ethnic Disparities in Leading Health Indicators from
Adolescence to Young Adulthood.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 160:74-81.
Miller, William. C., Heidi Swygard, Marcia M. Hobbs, Carol A. Ford, Martina Morris, Mark S.
Handcock, John L. Schmitz, Myron S. Cohen, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and J. Richard Udry.
2005. The Prevalence of Trichomoniasis in Young Adults in the United States.” Sexually
Transmitted Diseases 32(10):593-598.
Perreria, Krista, Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Kenneth Bollen. 2005. “What
Are We Measuring? An Evaluation of the CES-D Across Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant
Generation.” Social Forces 83(4):1567-1601. (Honorable mention, 2007 best publication,
Sociology of Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association).
Hofferth, Sandra L., Stephen Stanhope, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2005. “Remaining Off
Welfare in the 1990s: The Influence of Public Policy and Economic Conditions.” Social Science
Research 34:426-453.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Rosalind Berkowitz King, and Penny Gordon-Larsen. 2005. “Healthy
Habits Among Adolescents: Sleep, Exercise, Diet, and Body Image.” Pp.111-132 in Kristin
Anderson Moore and Laura H. Lippman, eds., What Do Children Need to Flourish?
Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development. New York: Springer.
King, Valarie, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Holly E. Heard. 2004. “Racial and Ethnic Diversity
in Nonresident Father Involvement.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 66:1-21.
Miller, William C., Carol A. Ford, Marcia M. Hobbs, Myron S. Cohen, John L. Schmitz,
Kathleen Mullan Harris, Mark S. Handcock, and Martina Morris. 2004. “Letters: Prevalence of
Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Young Adults.” Journal of the American Medical
Association 292(7):801-802.
Miller, William C., Carol A. Ford, Martina Morris, Mark S. Handcock, John L. Schmitz, Marcia
M. Hobbs, Myron S. Cohen, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and J. Richard Udry. 2004 , “The
Prevalence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection Among Young Adults in the United States.”
Journal of the American Medical Association 291(18):2229-2236.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Suzanne Ryan. 2004. “Father Involvement and the Diversity of
Family Context.” Pp.293-319 in Randal D. Day and Michael E. Lamb (eds.), Conceptualizing and
Measuring Father Involvement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gordon-Larsen Penny, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Diane S. Ward, Barry M. Popkin. 2003.
“Acculturation and Overweight-related Behaviors Among Hispanic Immigrants to the US: The
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National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Social Science and Medicine 57:2023-2034.
Hofferth, Sandra L., Stephen Stanhope, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2002. “Exiting Welfare in
the 1990s: Did Public Policy Influence Recipients’ Behavior?” Population Research and Policy
Review 21:433-472.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, R. Kelly Raley, and Ronald R. Rindfuss. 2002. “Family Configurations
and Child Care Patterns: Families with Two or More Preschool Age Children.” Social Science
Quarterly 83:455-471.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Greg J. Duncan and Johanne Boisjoly. 2002. “Evaluating the Role of
‘Nothing to Lose’ Attitudes on Risky Behavior in Adolescence.” Social Forces 80:1005-1039.
Duncan, Greg J., Johanne Boisjoly, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2001. “Sibling, Peer,
Neighborhood and Schoolmate Correlations as Indicators of the Importance of Context for
Adolescent Development.” Demography 38:437-447.
Lokshin, Michael, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Barry M. Popkin. 2000. “Single Mothers in
Russia: Household Strategies for Coping with Poverty.” World Development 28 (12):2183-2198.
Guo, Guang, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2000. “The Mechanisms Mediating the Effects of
Poverty on Children’s Intellectual Development.” Demography 37:431-447.
Raley, R. Kelly, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Ronald R. Rindfuss. 2000. “The Quality and
Comparability of Child Care Data in U.S. Surveys.” Social Science Research 29:356-381.
Duncan, Greg J., Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Johanne Boisjoly. 2000. “Time Limits and Welfare
Reform: New Estimates of the Number and Characteristics of Affected Families.” Social Service
Review 74: 55-75.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1999. “The Health Status and Risk Behavior of Adolescents in
Immigrant Families.” Pp. 286-347 in Donald J. Hernandez (ed.), Children of Immigrants:
Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Edin, Kathryn and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1999. “Getting Off and Staying Off: Racial
Differences in the Work Route off Welfare.” Pp. 270-301 in Irene Browne (ed.), Latinas and
African American Women at Work: Race, Gender and Economic Inequality. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation.
Boisjoly, Johanne, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Greg J. Duncan. 1998. “Initial Welfare Spells:
Trends, Events, and Duration.” Social Service Review 72:466-492.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., and Jeremy K. Marmer. 1998. “Paternal
Involvement with Adolescents in Intact Families: The Influence of Fathers over the Life Course.”
Demography 35:201-216.
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Resnick, Michael D., Peter S. Bearman, Robert Wm. Blum, Karl E. Bauman, Kathleen M. Harris,
Jo Jones, Joyce Tabor, Trish Beuhring, Renee E. Sieving, Marcia Shew, Marjorie Ireland, Linda H.
Bearinger, and J. Richard Udry. 1997. “Protecting Adolescents From Harm: Findings from the
National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health.” Journal of the American Medical
Association 278:823-832.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1997. Teen Mothers and the Revolving Welfare Door. Philadelphia:
Temple University Press. (Winner of the 1997 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Sociology of
Population Section, American Sociological Association).
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Jeremy K. Marmer. 1996. “Poverty, Paternal Involvement, and
Adolescent Well-Being.” Journal of Family Issues 17:614-640.
Guo, Guang, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1996. “Parents’ Labor Force
Attachment and Grade Retention Among Urban Black Children.” Sociology of Education 69:217236.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1996. “Life After Welfare: Women, Work, and Repeat Dependency.”
American Sociological Review 61:407-426.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1993. “Work and Welfare Among Single Mothers in Poverty.”
American Journal of Sociology 99:317-352.
Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1993. “When Fathers Matter, Why Fathers
Matter: Paternal Involvement and Children's Well-being.” Pp. 189-215 in Annette Lawson and
Deborah L. Rhode, eds., The Politics of Pregnancy: Adolescent Sexuality and Public Policy.
New Haven: Yale University Press.
Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1993. “When Fathers Matter, Why Fathers
Matter: Paternal Involvement and Children's Well-being.” Pp. 117-138 also in Robert I. Lerman
and Theodora J. Ooms, eds., Young Unwed Fathers. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1992. “The Disappearing American
Father? Divorce and the Waning Significance of Biological Parenthood.” Pp. 197-223 in Scott J.
South and Stewart E. Tolnay, eds., The Changing American Family: Sociological and
Demographic Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1991. “Teenage Mothers and Welfare Dependency: Working Off
Welfare.” Journal of Family Issues 12:492-518.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and S. Philip Morgan. 1991. “Fathers, Sons and Daughters: Differential
Paternal Involvement in Parenting.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 53:531-544.
Herceg-Baron, Roberta, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Kay Armstrong, Frank Furstenberg Jr., and Judy
Shea. 1990. “Factors Differentiating Effective Use of Contraception Among Adolescents.” Pp.
37-50 in Arlene R. Stiffman and Ronald A. Feldman, eds., Advances In Adolescent Mental Health,
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Vol. 4: Contraception, Pregnancy, and Parenting. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Herceg-Baron, Roberta, Frank Furstenberg Jr., Judy Shea, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1986.
“Supporting Teenagers' Use of Contraceptives: A Comparison of Clinic Services.” Family
Planning Perspectives 18:61-66.
Massey, Douglas S. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1983. “Recent Trends in Hispanic Immigration
to the United States.” International Migration Review 17:212-244.
Massey, Douglas S. and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1983. “Background and Characteristics of
Undocumented Hispanic Migrants to the United States.” Migration Today 11(1):6-13.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Hedwig Lee. 2007. “The National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition, edited by
William A. Darity. New York, NY: Macmillan Reference.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1996. “Single-Mother Families.” Pp. 1-19 in C. Calhoun and R. Ritzer,
eds., Introduction to Social Problems, The Family. New York: McGraw-Hill Primis Text.
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. 1996. “The Reforms Will Hurt, Not Help, Poor Women and Children.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education 43:B7.
UNDER REVIEW:
Tyson, Karolyn, William Darity Jr., Kathleen Mullan Harris, Brandon Wagner, Hedwig Lee.
“Ostracism or Opportunity? Examining the Popularity Penalty for High-achieving Black Students.”
Perreira, Krista, Dohoon Lee, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. “Life After High School: Transitions
to Work and College for Immigrant Youth in the New Millennium.”
Harris, Kathleen Mullan. “The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood
Processes.”
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Suzanne Ryan. “Family Context, Family Processes, and Adolescent
Behavior.”
Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Holly E. Heard, and Valarie King. “The Diversity of Father Involvement
Across Family Contexts Defined by Family Structure, Race and Ethnicity, and Social Class.”
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Suzanne Ryan. “Parenting Processes, Neighborhood Context, and
Adolescent Risk Behavior.”
Harris, Kathleen Mullan and Ping Chen. “The Acculturation of Parent-Child Relations in
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Immigrant Families.”
“Welfare Reform and Nonmarital Childbearing in the Transition to Adulthood,” (with David
Guilkey, Mariah Cheng, and Eve Veliz).
BRIEFINGS AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES:
“Impact of the Economic Downturn on Young Adults.” Congressional Briefing on “Recession and
Recovery: How are Americans Affected?” sponsored by the Population Association of America,
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., July 12, 2010.
“An Integrative Approach to Health.” Presidential address, Annual Meetings of the Population
Association of America, Detroit, MI, May 1, 2009.
“The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Invited to participate in the American
Sociological Association Centennial Congressional Reception & Research Exhibit, on Capitol
Hill, Rayburn House Office Building, October 25, 2005.
“From Welfare to Work and Back Again: A Quantitative and Qualitative Perspective.”
Invited by the Department of Family and Community Studies of the Australian government as an
international speaker at the Panel Data and Policy Conference, Canberra, Australia, May 3, 2000.
“The Consequences of Maternal Employment and Welfare Receipt for Children in Poor Families.”
Invited by the Department of Family and Community Studies of the Australian government as an
international speaker at the Panel Data and Policy Conference, Canberra, Australia, May 1, 2000.
“Science: Investing in the Future.” Young investigators from universities across the country were
chosen to attend the Science Coalition Signature Event to meet with members of their state
congressional delegation, House and Senate Leadership, and members of the Appropriations
Committees to explain the importance of federal funding for university-based research in their own
words. I was selected by UNC System President, Molly Broad, to represent UNC, Chapel Hill, at
the Science Coalition Signature Event, September 21-22, 1999.
“The Effects of Family Structure and Family Processes on Adolescent Health Risk Behavior.”
Congressional Briefing on Add Health, sponsored by both chambers of Congress and the Institute
for Youth Development, the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., June 3, 1999.
“Adolescents: Assessing the Potential.” 1999 State Adolescent Health Coordinators Network
(SAHCN), Washington, DC, March 13, 1999.
“Children in Immigrant Families: What We Know.” Press Briefing, sponsored by the American
Sociological Association at its annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 24, 1998.
“Adolescent Health: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.”
Congressional breakfast seminar, sponsored by the Consortium of Social Science Associations
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(COSSA), Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, July 17, 1998.
“The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Congressional exhibition of scientific
findings, sponsored by Friends of NICHD Coalition, Cannon House Office Building, Washington,
DC, June 3, 1998.
“Women, Work, and Welfare: Consequences for Children.” Address in the “Welfare to What?:
Poverty and Policy Reform in America” series, Center for Social Concerns, Notre Dame
University, South Bend, IN, March 2, 1998.
“Women, Work, and Welfare: Implications of Welfare Reform.” Plenary address at the Third
Annual Public Health Social Work Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, October, 1997.
“Welfare to Work: Opportunities and Pitfalls.” Congressional seminar sponsored by the Spivack
Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy of the American Sociological Association,
Washington, DC, March 10, 1997.
“‘Contract With America’ Series–Welfare.” Invited panelist in one of five sessions analyzing
legislation under the “Contract With America” in terms of its impact in key areas of social life, at
the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, August, 1996.
INVITED TALKS:
“Race, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in Young Adulthood.” Invited talk to the
Junior Honors Colloquium on Race, Poverty and Politics, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, November 10, 2015.
“Overview of the Add Health Study and Design.” Invited workshop conducted at the annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 24, 2015.
“Bridging Biological and Social Sciences to Study Developmental and Health Trajectories from
Adolescence into Adulthood.” Invited talk in the workshop “How the Social Environment gets
Under the Skin—Developmental Perspectives,” sponsored by NICHD and the Economic and
Social Research Council (ESRC) of the Research Councils United Kingdom, Washington, DC
June 17-18, 2015.
“Defining the Essentials in Population Health Science Training.” Invited panelist at the Institute of
Medicine meeting on “Training in Interdisciplinary Population Health Science: A Vision for the
Future.” National Academy of Sciences, Keck Building, Washington, DC, June 1-2, 2015.
“Add Health: Social and Biological Linkages in Health and Well-Being across the Life Course.”
Invited talk in the Dean’s Seminar on Chronic Disease, Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University, May 11, 2015.
“Add Health: Social and Biological Linkages in Health and Well-Being across the Life Course.”
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Invited talk at the annual meeting of the Health and Society Scholars Program, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, Chapel Hill, NC May 8, 2015
“Communicating with Policy Makers: Why It’s Important and How to Do It.” Invited panelist,
Invited session at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), San Diego,
CA, April 30-May 2, 2015.
“Social and Biological Linkages in Health and Well-Being across the Life Course.” Invited talk in
the CIQLE Inequality and Life Course Workshop, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life
Course (CIQLE), Yale University, February 6, 2015.
“Innovations in Measurement from the U.S. Add Health Study.” Invited talk at the International
Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies, Unicef Office of Research—Innocenti, Florence,
Italy, October 13-15, 2014.
“Social and Biological Linkages in Health and Well-Being across the Life Course.” Invited talk in
the Notestein Seminar Series, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, November 11,
2014.
“Social and Biological Linkages in Health and Well-Being across the Life Course.” Invited talk in
the Labor and Population Seminar Series, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, May 19, 2014.
“Social and Biological Linkages in Health and Well-Being across the Life Course.” Invited talk in
the Population, Society, and Inequality Colloquium series, Center for Demographic & Social
Analysis, the University of California at Irvine, April 1, 2014.
“Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages Across the Life Course.” Invited presentation to the
Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, January 23, 2014.
“Linking Social, Behavioral, and Biological Processes in Health.” Invited presentation to the
Government Accounting Office (GAO), December 5, 2013.
“Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages in a Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
Invited talk to the UNC School of Dentistry, September 20, 2013
“Add Health Lives On.” Invited talk at Demography Daze, joint meeting of Population Center
research at UNC and Duke, June 13, 2013.
“Studying Family Transitions from a Systems Perspective: The role of Biomarkers.” Invited
Presentation at the Penn State 20th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues: Emerging
Methods in Family Research, State College, PA, October 8-9, 2012.
“Add Health Data Dissemination: Challenges, Procedures, and Successes.” Invited presentation at
the Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA, July 28-August 2, 2012.
“Pathways of Social Disadvantage from Adolescence into Adulthood.” Invited talk in the
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Minnesota Population Center Seminar Series, sponsored by the Life Course Center and
Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN April 9, 2012.
“Add Health: Linking Social, Behavioral, and Biological Processes in Health.” Invited talk to the
Applied Research and Methods/Center for Designs, Methods, and Analysis (ARM/CDMA) of the
Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC, December 6, 2011.
“Family Structure and Instability Measures in Federal Data Collection Efforts.” Paper presented at
the Counting Couples, Counting Families Conference, sponsored by the National Center for
Family & Marriage Research, NIH Campus, Bethesda, Washington, DC, July 19-20, 2011.
“Pathways of Social Disadvantage from Adolescence into Adulthood.” Invited paper presented at
the “Advancing Child and Family Policy Through Research” conference, Canberra, Australia,
January 31-February 2, 2011.
“Family Structure Models and Nonmartial Childbearing in the Transition to Adulthood.” Invited
talk in the IUSSP Seminar on Intergenerational Ties and Transitions to Adulthood, Bocconi
University, Milan, Italy, November 8-9, 2010.
“Surveying Socially Marginalized Groups in Add Health.” Invited talk in the Surveying Social
Marginality Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, October 7-9, 2010.
“Capturing Intergenerational Aspects of Change in Family Patterns.” Invited talk in the “Science
of Family Research: A Workshop,” sponsored by The Institute of Medicine – National Research
Council Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Venable Conference Center, Washington, DC,
July 13-14, 2010.
“Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages in a Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.”
Invited talk in the Center for Demographic and Social Analysis, University of California,
Irvine, CA, March 9, 2010.
“Add Health Grows Up: Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages across the Life Course.”
Invited talk in the DuPRI Seminar Series, Duke University, Durham, NC, January 14, 2010.
“Add Health Grows Up: Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages across the Life Course.”
Invited talk in the UNC/Duke Mental Health Research Seminar, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health
Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, November 17, 2009.
“Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages in the Early Life Course.” Invited talk at the 2nd
Stanford Workshop in Biodemography, Stanford, CA, October 29-31, 2009.
“Add Health Grows up: Health and Developmental Trajectories in Emerging Adulthood.”
Keynote Address at the 4th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA, October 29-30,
2009.
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“Social, Behavioral, and biological Linkages across the Life Course.” Keynote Address at the
Conference on Health over the Life Course, sponsored by the University of Western Ontario
Research Data Centre and the Aging and Health Research Center, London, Western Ontario,
October 15-16, 2009.
“How to Design Studies Planning for Data Sharing.” Invited talk at the Crossroads: Sharing Social
Environment and Genetic Data Meeting, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), Washington, DC, December 8-9, 2008.
“Research Benefits of Linking Biological Data with Survey Data.” Invited talk at the Workshop
on Collecting, Storing, Protecting and Accessing Biological Data Collected in Social Surveys,
sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, November 17-18, 2008.
“Social, Behavioral and Biological Linkages in a Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.”
Invited talk to the National Institute for Alcohol Addiction and Abuse (NIAAA), July 11, 2008.
“Add Health Grows Up: Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages in a Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health.” Invited talk in the Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at
Boulder, February 11, 2008.
“Add Health: Past, Present, and Future.” Invited talk to the National Advisory Child Health and
Human Development Council, representing science funded by the Demographic and Behavioral
Sciences Branch of NICHD, NIH campus, Bethesda, MD, September 10, 2007
“The Add Health Study: Health and developmental trajectories from adolescence into young
Adulthood.” Invited symposium speaker at the Society for Life History Research in
Psychopathology Conference “Interactions of Mental and Physical Health Throughout the Life
Course,” Emory University, Atlanta, GA, April 25, 2007.
"The Origins of Disadvantage in the Transition to Adulthood." Invited talk in the Colloquium
series of the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, PA, March 19, 2007.
"The Origins of Disadvantage in the Transition to Adulthood." Invited talk in the Notestein
Seminar Series, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, February 27, 2007.
"The Origins of Disadvantage in the Transition to Adulthood." Invited talk in the Institute for
Research on Poverty seminar series “Transitions to Adulthood.” Institute for Research on Poverty,
University of Wisconsin, WI, February 15, 2007.
“Studying the Mental Health of Diverse Youth in the Add Health Study.” Invited Workshop
presenter at the Family Research Consortium IV entitled “On the Move: Geographic Transitions
and the Mental Health of Families,” Third Annual Summer Institute, Spokane, WA, June 29-July
1, 2006.
“National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health): Past and Future.” Invited talk to
the annual meeting of the Sexually Transmitted Infections and Cooperative Research Centers,
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NIH, Bethesda, MD, June 28, 2006.
“Longitudinal Trends in Race and Ethnic Disparities from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.”
Invited presentation in the Summer Symposium Annual Series on the Many Faces of Inequality,
entitled “Inequalities in Health and Well-Being over the Life Course,” The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, June 27, 2006.
“National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Invited Talk in the National Poverty Center
Summer Workshop on Children and Poverty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, June 12-16,
2006.
“Add Health Grows up: Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages in a Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health.” Invited talk to Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan,
November 7, 2005.
“Charting the Future of Genetics and Social Science Research at UNC Chapel Hill: Relevance to
Social Science.” Invited speaker, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, UNC, October
20, 2005.
“Family Structure Role Models and the Context of Nonmarital Childbearing.” Invited talk to
Sociology Department Colloquium Series, Indiana University, September 9, 2005.
“Social Context and the Assimilation of Youth in Immigrant Families.” Invited presentation at the
NIH Workshop, “One in Five: Addressing Health Educational, and Socioeconomic Disparities of
Children in Immigrant Families,” Rockville, MD, May 25-26, 2005.
“Studying Health Disparities in Add Health.” Invited talk for the NIH Roadmap Workshop on
Interdisciplinary Research on “Population Perspectives on Health Disparities,” University of North
Carolina, May 10, 2005.
“Family Structure Role Models and Nonmarital Childbearing. Invited talk in the Sociology
Colloquium Series, Brown University, April 14, 2005.
“Studying Immigrant Families in Add Health: Social Context and the Assimilation of Immigrant
Youth.” Invited visiting scholar lecture in the seminar series of the University of Kentucky Center
for Poverty Research, University of Kentucky, March 8-9, 2005.
“Social Context and the Assimilation of Immigrant Youth.” Invited talk in the seminar series of
the Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, March, 2004.
“Parenting Processes, Neighborhood Context, and Adolescent Risk Behavior.” Invited talk in the
seminar series of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, Stanford University, November 20, 2002.
“The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood Processes.” Invited talk in
the Workshop on Community and Youth Development, School of Education, Stanford University,
November 19, 2002.
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“The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood Processes.” Invited talk in
seminar series of the Population Center, University of Texas at Austin, November 15, 2002.
“The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood Processes.” Invited talk in
Triangle Area Organization and Stratification Seminar series and the Sociology Department, Duke
University, September 27, 2002.
“The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood Processes.’ Invited talk in
seminar series of the Population Center, University of California at Los Angeles, April, 2002.
“The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood Processes.” Invited talk in
seminar series in Department of Sociology and Population Center, The Ohio State University,
May, 2001.
“The Americanization of Immigrant Youth: Family and Neighborhood Processes.” Invited talk to
seminar series in Department of Sociology and School of Public Health at Rice University, April,
2001.
“Family Processes and Health Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Invited
talk to the Research Workshop on Families, Inequality, and Poverty, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA. November 3, 2000.
“Family Processes and Health Risk Behavior Among Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Invited
talk given in the Hopkins Population Center seminar series, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, February 7, 2000.
“Health Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Invited talk at the second
biannual meeting of the Urban Seminar Series on Children’s Health and Safety entitled
“Successful Youth in High-Risk Environments,” Harvard University, December 2-3, 1999.
“Parental and Neighborhood Influences on Adolescent Risk Behavior.” Invited talk at the
conference, Parenting and the Child’s World: Multiple Influences on Intellectual and SocialEmotional Development, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NIH campus, Bethesda, MD, August 2-3,
1999.
“Health Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Immigrant Families: Findings from Add Health.”
Invited talk given in the Population Studies Center seminar series, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, February, 1999.
“New Findings on Immigrant Health from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.”
Invited presentation in the seminar series of the Institute for Research in Social Science, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, November, 1998.
“The Quality of Child Care Data in National Surveys: What You See is What You Don't Get."
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Invited presentation in the Meeting on Child Care Research in the New Policy Context: Children’s
Health, Safety and Development in Child Care in Light of Regulations, Subsidies, and Child Care
Quality, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, NIH campus, Bethesda, MD, May 1, 1998.
“From Welfare to Work and Back Again: A Quantitative and Qualitative Perspective.” Invited talk
to the Joint Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 26, 1998.
“The Health Status and Risk Behavior of Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Invited
presentation in the Population Research Center seminar series, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY,
December, 1997.
“The Health Status and Risk Behavior of Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Invited
presentation to the Carolina Consortium proseminar series of the Center for Developmental
Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 20, 1997.
“Poverty and Health Outcomes During Adolescence: New Findings from the National Study of
Adolescent Health.” Invited presentation at the conference, “New Findings on Poverty and
Children’s Health and Nutrition,” National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., May 1997.
“The Adolescent Health Study: New Opportunities for Research.” Invited presentation in the
Center for Demography and Ecology seminar series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, April,
1997.
“The Consequences of Maternal Employment and Welfare Receipt for Children in Poor Families.”
Invited talk in the Population Research Institute seminar series, Pennsylvania State University,
State College, PA, February, 1997.
“From Welfare to Work and Back Again.” Invited presentation at the conference, “After AFDC:
Reshaping the Anti-Poverty Agenda,” New School for Social Research, New York, November 16,
1996.
“Women, Work, and Welfare.” Invited talk in the Population Studies Center seminar series,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February, 1995.
“Women, Work, and Welfare.” Invited talk in the Poverty and Social Policy seminar series,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI., November 1994.
PRESENTATIONS:
“Childhood Family Instability and Adult Health.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2016.
“Early Life Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Young Adult Cardiometabolic Risk: Sex Differences
and Underlying Mechanisms.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association
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of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2016.
“Birth Intendedness, Union Status at Conception, and Maternal Behaviors.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31April 2, 2016.
“Polygenic Predisposition to Educational Attainment and Characteristics of Individuals and Their
Environments: Evidence from the Add Health.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2016.
“Preconception Risk Factors in Childhood and Adolescence Predicting Prenatal Smoking and Birth
Weight in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2016.
“Racial/Ethnic and Generational Status Differences in the Relationships between Subjective Social
Status, Objective Socioeconomic Status, and Young Adult Health.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2,
2016.
“Chronic Disease and Depression in Adulthood: Add Health (The National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent to Adult Health).” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association
of America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2016.
“Beyond Race/Ethnicity: Skin Color and Cardiometabolic Risk Among Blacks and Hispanics in
the United States.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of
America (PAA), Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2016.
“Early Life Socioeconomic Status and Health from young Adulthood to Old Age.” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Longitudinal Lifecourse Studies, Dublin,
Ireland, October 21, 2015.
“Racial Stratification in the Accumulation of Health and Human Capital from Adolescence into
Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association
of America (PAA), San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015.
“Early Life Socioeconomic Status and Adult Physiological Functioning: A Life Course
Examination of Biosocial Mechanisms.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America (PAA), San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015
“Where and for How Long Does Parental Influence Last? Parents, Neighborhoods, and
Adolescent-to-Adulthood Health Behavior and Wellbeing.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015.
“Public Assistance in America: Explaining Intergenerational Transitions and Persistence.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), San Diego,
CA, April 30-May 2, 2015.
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“Are Men and Women Who Adhere to Gender-Typical Behavior More Likely to Engage in
Concurrent Sexual Partnerships? A Nationally Representative Longitudinal Data Analysis.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA),
San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015.
“Adherence to Gender-Typical Behavior and High Frequency Substance Use from Adolescence
into Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association
of America (PAA), San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015.
“Family Structure Models and Nonmarital Childbearing in the Transition to Adulthood.”
Paper presented at the XVIII International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of
Sociology, Yokohama, Japan, July 16, 2014.
“Health and Social Stratification in Family Formation Pathways.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, April 30 – May 2, 2014.
“Social Relationships and Physiological Determinants of Longevity across Human Life Span.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC,
April 30 – May 2, 2014.
“Social Relationships and Hypertension in Late Life: Evidence from a Nationally Representative
Longitudinal Study of Older Adults.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, Washington, DC, April 30 – May 2, 2014.
“The Social Gradient in Metabolic Syndrome: Reciprocal Effects between Human Capital and
Poor Health across the Transition to Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America, Washington, DC, April 30 – May 2, 2014.
“Mechanisms of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Health.” Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, April 30 – May 2, 2014.
“The Role of Adherence to Gender-typical Behavior in Adult Intimate Partner Violence
Perpetration: a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Data Analysis.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, April 30 – May 2,
2014.
“Early-Life Trajectories in Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adult Blood Pressure: The
Moderating Role of DRD4.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association
of America, Washington, DC, April 30 – May 2, 2014.
"Social Integration in Adolescence and Physiological Dysregulation in Young Adulthood." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, April
10-13, 2013.
“Early Life Neighborhood Disadvantage and Blood Pressure in Young Adulthood.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, April
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10-13, 2013.
“Social Support, Social Strain and Chronic Inflammation: Evidence from a National Longitudinal
Study of U.S. Adults.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of
America, Washington, DC, April 10-13, 2013.
“Genetic Sensitivity to Peer Behaviors: 5HTTLPR, Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, August
17-21, 2012.
“Ostracism or Opportunity? Examining the Popularity Penalty for High-achieving Black Students.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO,
August 17-21, 2012.
“The Educational ‘Penalty’ of Teen Childbearing: Comparisons across OLS, Propensity Score
Matching, Treatment Effects, and Discrete Factor Models.” Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, August 17-21, 2012.
“Parents’ Participation in a Two-Generation Longitudinal Health Study.” Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR),
Orlando, FL, May 17-20, 2012.
“Reassessing the Consequence of Nonmarital Childbearing for First Marriage Formation.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC,
March 31 – April 2, 2011.
“Trajectories of Unintended Fertility.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, Washington, DC, March 31 – April 2, 2011.
Social and Economic Consequences of Obesity during the Transition to Adulthood.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC,
March 31 – April 2, 2011.
“Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 14-17, 2010.
“Early Life Obesity and Social Stratification in Adulthood.” Paper presented at the Add Health
Users Conference, NIH campus, Bethesda, Washington, D.C., July 22-23, 2010.
“The Dopamine Transporter Gene, a Spectrum of Common Risky Behaviors and the Legal Status
of the Behaviors.” Paper presented at the Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences Conference,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, June 2-3, 2010.
“Measuring Diurnal Cortisol Change in a Population-Based Field Study: Don’t Try This at Home
(Alone).” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Dallas,
TX, April 15-17, 2010.
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“Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America, Dallas, TX, April 15-17, 2010.
“Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood: Evidence for African Americans in Add
Health.” Paper presented at the Forum on the Social Determinants of Health: A Discussion of the
Relationship between Marriage and Health Outcomes in African American Communities,
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, March 4,
2010.
“Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood: Race and Socioeconomic Disparities.”
Paper presented at the ISA RC28 2009 Spring Meeting of the International Sociological
Association, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, May 14, 2009.
“Race Disparities in Early Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood.” Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit, MI, April 30-May 1,
2009.
“Life After High School: Transitions to Work and College for Immigrant Youth in the New
Millennium.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America,
New Orleans, LA, April 17-19, 2008.
“Dating Major Life Events using a CAPI/CASI Event History Calendar in Add Health.” Paper
presented at the Conference on the Event History Calendar Method, Census Bureau, Washington,
DC, December 5-6, 2007.
“’I am so Desperate for You…’ The Ideal and Actual Romances of American Adolescent with
Emotional Depressive Symptoms.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 11-14, 2007.
“Explaining Family Change and Variation.” Invited panel presentation at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 11-14, 2007.
“Adolescent Relationship Precursors to Young Adult Family Formation.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, CA, August 12-15, 2006.
“The Development of Marriage Expectations, Attitudes, and Desires From Adolescence into
Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual Add Health Users Conference, NIH, Bethesda,
MD, July 17-18, 2006.
“Add Health Wave IV--New Horizons in Health.” Panel discussion on the scientific opportunities
made possible by the new directions Add Health is going in Wave IV, the annual Add Health
Users Conference, NIH, Bethesda, MD, July 17-18, 2006.
“The Development of Marriage Expectations, Attitudes, and Desires From Adolescence into
Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of
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America, Los Angeles, March 30-April 1, 2006.
“Obesity in the Transition to Adulthood: Predictions across Race-Ethnicity, Immigrant Generation,
and Sex.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los
Angeles, March 30-April 1, 2006.
“Links Between Poverty and Obesity Through the Life Course into Young Adulthood.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August
13-16, 2005.
“Cohabit or Marry: Union Formation Patterns among Young Adults of Different Immigrant
Generations.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association,
Philadelphia, August 13-16, 2005.
“Family Structure Role Models and the Context of Nonmarital Childbearing.” Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 13-16, 2005.
Making it in America: High School and GED Completion among Immigrant Youth. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, March 31April 2, 2005.
“Nonmarital Cohabitation and Health.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, Philadelphia, March 31-April 2, 2005.
“Links Between Poverty and Obesity Through the Life Course into Young Adulthood.” Paper
presented at the annual Add Health User’s Conference, NIH, Bethesda, MD, July 20-21, 2004.
“Nonmarital Cohabitation and Health.” Paper presented at the annual Add Health User’s
Conference, NIH, Bethesda, MD, July 20-21, 2004.
“The Acculturation of Parent-Child Relations in Immigrant Families.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, April 1-3, 2004.
“Tracing Race and Ethnic Disparities from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, April 1-3, 2004.
“Measuring Male Fertility in Add Health.” Paper presented at the Conference on “Measurement
Issues in Family Demography,” National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, November 13-14,
2003.
“Describing Cohabitation and Marriage in Add Health.” Paper presented at the Conference on
“Measurement Issues in Family Demography,” National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD,
November 13-14, 2003.
“Welfare Reform and Nonmarital Pregnancy in the Transition to Adulthood.” Paper presented at
the Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research
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Conference, Washington, D.C., November 6-8, 2003.
“Educational Achievement, Heritability, and Individual-Level Environmental Influences.” Paper
Presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 1619, 2003.
“What Are We Measuring? An Evaluation of the CES-D Across Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant
Generation.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association,
Atlanta, August 16-19, 2003.
“Tracing Race and Ethnic Disparities from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.” Paper presented at
the annual Add Health User’s Conference, Washington, D.C., July 28-29, 2003.
“What Are We Measuring? An Evaluation of the CES-D Across Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant
Generation.” Paper presented at the annual Add Health User’s Conference, Washington, D.C.,
July 8-29, 2003.
“Educational Achievement, Heritability, and Individual-Level Environmental Influences.” Paper
presented at the annual Add Health User’s Conference, Washington, D.C., July 28-29, 2003.
“Working Through High School: Work Participation Among Immigrant Youth.” Paper presented
at the annual Add Health User’s Conference, Washington, D.C., July 28-29, 2003.
“Parenting Processes, Neighborhood Context, and Adolescent Risk Behavior.” Paper presented at
the VIth Annual Summer Institute on Developmental Science, Uppsala University, Sweden, June
4-8, 2003.
“The Role of Peers in the Adaptation Processes of Immigrant Youth.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN, May, 2003.
“Healthy Habits among Adolescents in the U.S.” Paper presented at the Indicators of Positive
Development Conference, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, Washington DC, March
12-13, 2003.
“Evolutionary Theory and Parental Investment.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002.
“Family Processes and Health Risk Behavior Among Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Paper
presented at the XV World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association.
Brisbane, Australia, July 9, 2002.
“The Influence of School Context on Immigrant Youth Adaptation.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA, May, 2002
“Romantic Relationships Among Immigrant Adolescents.” Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA, May, 2002.
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“The Role of the Family and Peer Contexts on Adolescent Development.” Paper presented at the
biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA, April 2002.
“Neighborhoods, Family Processes, and Adolescent Outcomes.” Paper presented at the annual
Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2001.
“The Life Course Effects of Race, Class, and Family Structure on Adolescent Sexual Behavior and
Fertility.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association,
Anaheim, CA, August, 2001.
“Indicators of the Peer Environment in Adolescence.” Paper prepared for the conference, “Key
Indicators of Children’s Well-Being: Completing the Picture,” NIH campus, Bethesda, MD, June
14-15, 2001.
“The Influence of School Context on Immigrant Youth Adaptation.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April, 2001.
“Family Processes, Neighborhood Context, and Adolescent Risk Behavior.” Paper presented at
The annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., March, 2001.
“Grade Retention Among Generations of Immigrant Adolescents.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., March, 2001.
“Exploring Increasing Overweight and its Determinants Among Hispanic and Asian Immigrants to
the U.S.: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., March, 2001.
“Father Involvement and the Diversity of Family Context.” Paper presented at the “Workshop on
Measuring Father Involvement,” National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. February 8-9, 2001.
“Fathers as Single Parents: Some Developmental Implications.” Paper presented at the Carolina
Consortium on Human Development Proseminar Series, Center for Developmental Science,
University of North Carolina, November 13, 2000.
“Family Processes, Neighborhood Context, and Adolescent Risk Behavior.” Paper presented at
The annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 2000.
“Great Expectations: Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing on
Perceptions of Adult Attainments.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 2000.
“The Well-being of Adolescents in Single-Father Families.” Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March, 2000.
“Resident Father Involvement: Differences by Family Structure, Race and Ethnicity, and Social
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Class.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los
Angeles, CA, March, 2000.
“Diversity in Nonresident Father Involvement: Patterns and Variation by Race and Ethnicity.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL,
August, 1999.
“Great Expectations: Consequences of Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing on
Perceptions of Adult Attainments.” Paper presented at the Conference on Nonmarital
Childbearing, April 29-30, 1999, Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI.
“Sibling, Peer, Classmate, and Neighbor Correlations as Upper-Boundary Estimates of Contextual
Effects.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New
York, NY, March 1999.
“The Life Course of Non-Marital Fertility Among Adolescents: The Differential Effects of Race,
Class, and Family Structure.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association
of America, New York, NY, March 1999.
"Child Care Choices of Working Women in the U.S.: Implications for Public Policy." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA,
August, 1998.
"Health Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Immigrant Families." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1998.
"Family Functioning and Adolescent Health: New Data and Findings." Presentation in Invited
Session at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA,
August, 1998.
“Time Limits and Welfare Reform: New Estimates of the Number and Characteristics of Affected
Families.” Paper presented at the annual workshop of the National Association for Welfare
Research and Statistics, Chicago, IL, August 2-5, 1998.
“Evaluating the Role of ‘Nothing to Lose’ Attitudes on Risky Behavior in Adolescence.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April
1998.
“Family Configuration and American Child Care Patterns.” Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL, April 1998.
“Sibling, Peer and Schoolmate Correlations as Indicators of the Importance of Context for
Adolescent Development.” Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research
on Adolescence, San Diego, February, 1998.
“Family Ties: Reproductive Behavior and Adolescents in Step Families.” Paper presented at the
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annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, IN, November, 1997.
“The Impact of Family Structure and Father Involvement in Risk Behavior Among Adolescents.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Family Relations, Crystal City,
VA, November, 1997.
“Parental Involvement and Health Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Two-Parent Families.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, August, 1997.
“Getting Off and Staying Off: Race Differences in the Work Route Off Welfare.” Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
August, 1997.
“The Mechanisms Mediating the Effects of Poverty on Children’s Educational Achievement.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington,
D.C., March 1997.
“Initial Welfare Spells: Trends, Events, and Duration.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., March 1997.
“Child Care Data Quality: How much are our findings affected by how we ask our questions?”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington,
D.C., March 1997.
“Dissemination of Add Health Data Workshop.” Presentation at the annual meetings of the
Society for Adolescent Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March, 1997.
“Initial Welfare Spells: Trends, Events, and Duration, With Implications for Welfare Reform.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management, Pittsburgh, PA: October 1996.
“Paternal Involvement with Adolescents in Intact Families: The Influence of Fathers over the Life
Course.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association,
New York, August 1996.
“The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: A New Data Source.” Presentation at the
annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 1996.
“The Consequences of Maternal Employment and Welfare Receipt for Children in Poor Families.”
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, New Orleans,
May 1996.
“Workshop on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Presentation at the annual
meetings of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, May 1996.
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“Race and Ethnic Differences in the Process of Working Off Welfare.” Paper presented at the
conference, "Race, Gender and Economic Inequality: African American and Latina Women in the
Labor Market,” Russell Sage Foundation, New York, April 19-20, 1996.
“Divorce, Fathers, and Children: Patterns and Effects of Paternal Involvement.” Paper presented
at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA: April 1995.
“Women, Work, and Welfare.” Presentation in the Carolina Population Center seminar series,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, March, 1995.
“Life After Welfare: Women, Work, and Repeat Dependency.” Paper presented at the
annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994.
“Life After Welfare: Women, Work, and Repeat Dependency.” Paper presented at the
Institute for Research on Poverty Summer Seminar, Madison, WI, June 1994.
“Persistent Economic Deprivation and Grade Retention Among Urban Black Children.” Paper
presented at the Institute for Research on Poverty Summer Seminar, Madison, WI, June 1993.
“The Revolving Door of Welfare Dependency: Women, Work, and Welfare.” Paper presented at
the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, OH, April 1993.
“Persistent Economic Deprivation and Grade Retention Among Urban Black Children.” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, OH,
April 1993.
“Work and Welfare Among Single Mothers in Poverty.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Denver, CO, October 1992.
“School Performance among Underclass Children: Innovative Responses to Structural
Constraints.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.
Pittsburgh, PA, August 1992.
“Work and Welfare Among Single Mothers in Poverty.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of
the Population Association of America. Denver, CO, April 1992.
“Father-Child Relations Following Divorce: Can Fathers Make a Difference?” Paper presented
at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Cincinnati, OH, August 1991.
“Single Mothers and Poverty: Working Off Welfare.” Paper presented at the PSID Event History
Conference. Stanford, CA, July 1991.
“Adolescent Childbearing and High School Completion Differentials: An Inter Cohort
Comparison.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America.
Washington, DC, March 1991.
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“Affective Mobility: The Course of Parent-Child Relations in Adolescence.” Paper presented
at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Washington, D.C., August
1990.
“Fathers, Sons and Daughters: Differential Paternal Involvement in Parenting.” Paper presented
at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Washington, D.C., August 1990.
“The Disappearing American Father? Divorce and the Waning Significance of Biological
Parenthood.” Paper presented at the Albany Conference on Demographic Perspectives on the
American Family. State University of New York, Albany, NY, April 1990.
“Teenage Mothers and Welfare Dependency: Combining Work and Welfare.” Paper presented at
the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA, August 1989.
“Adolescent Childbearing and Welfare Experience: The Transition Out of Dependency.” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America. Baltimore, MD,
March 1989.
“Adolescent Childbearing and Welfare Receipt.” Paper presented at the PARSS (Program for
Assessing and Revitalizing the Social Sciences) Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, PA,
February 1987.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Sociology and Genetics (graduate workshop), 2007, 2008
Using Add Health to Study Developmental and Health Trajectories Across the Life Course (graduate
seminar), 2007, 2013, 2015
Empirical Research on Family Change (graduate seminar), 2005
Poverty in America (graduate), 2004
Demography (Part I): Theory, Substance, and Techniques (graduate), 1993-2001
Family and Society (undergraduate), 1990-1992
Measurement and Data Collection (undergraduate), 1991, 1993
Data Analysis in Sociological Research (undergraduate), 1992, 1994
Race and Social Policy (undergraduate), 1994
U.S. Poverty and Public Policy (advanced undergraduate) 1995-1996, 2000-2003, 2005, 2006, 2014
Proseminar (seminar for first-year Sociology graduate students), 1997-2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES:
20152016
Chair, Selection Committee for Distinguished Professorships, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill (appointed by the Dean).
2015-
Chair, Committee on Population, the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
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Present
2014Present
Member, Search Committee, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill (invited by Provost James Dean).
2014Present
Big Ideas Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (invited by
Chancellor Carol Folt and Dean Bob Blouin, School of Pharmacy)
2014Present
Member, Biology and Social Science (BioSS) Working Group, Russell Sage Foundation,
New York, NY (invited by RSF Board of Trustees).
2014
2016
Member, Review Panel for research program on “The Social, Political and Economic
Effects of the Affordable Care Act,” Russell Sage Foundation (invited by RSF President).
20142015
Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee (ASAC), involves review activities related to
promotion and tenure in the College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(elected)
20132014
Member, Committee on “Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young
Adults,” Institute of Medicine and National Research Council (nominated and appointed
By Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine).
20132014
Member, Selection Committee for Distinguished Professorships, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill (appointed by the Dean).
20122014
Member, Census Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations (NAC)
U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, MD (appointed by Census Director, Robert Groves).
20122015
Member, Committee on Population, the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
(elected).
20122017
Member, National Scientific Advisory Board for the NIH project, “Children Living in
Rural Poverty: Phase III of the Family Life Project” (invited).
20122016
Consultant, NIH Study, “Fragile Families,” Sarah McLanahan, Project Director
and Principal Investigator, Princeton, NJ (invited).
20112014
Member, Steering Committee of the NIH Data Sharing for Demographic Research
(DSDR) Project (invited).
20112012
Inquiry Team for Research Misconduct, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (appointed by the Dean of the College)
20112012
Chair, Search Committee for the Director of the Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (appointed).
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20112012
Chair, Nominations Committee, Population Association of America (elected)
20102011
Member, Research Computing Coordinating Committee, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill (appointed).
2010Present
Temporary member, Scientific Review Study Sections: Social Sciences and Population
Studies (SSPS2); Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes (KNOD); Social Psychology,
Personality and Interpersonal Processes (SPIP), Center for Scientific Review, National
Institutes of Health (invited).
20102011
Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill (elected).
20082011
Member, Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) of the National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS) (elected).
20082011
Member, Faculty Athletics Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
(elected).
20072008
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, ICPSR Council (appointed).
20072009
Member, National Advisory Committee for Relationship Dynamics and Social Life
Study, Jennifer S. Barber, PI (invited).
20072009
Technical Review Panel for the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) Demonstration,
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
and conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
20072010
Member, Board of Overseers, General Social Survey (GSS) (elected).
20062007
Member, Roommate Study Advisory Committee, Guang Guo and Greg J. Duncan, PIs
(invited).
20062009
Council member, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
(elected).
20062008
Member, National Advisory Board for the National Study of Adolescent Males (NSAM)
(invited).
20062009
Member, Clifford C. Clogg Award Committee, Population Association of America
(appointed).
2005-
Member, Board of Directors, Society of Biodemography and Social Biology (SBSB)
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2014
elected).
20052006
Member, Committee on Tissue Banks and DNA Repositories (appointed by Tony
Waldrop, Vice-Chancellor for Research and Economic Development).
2005
Member, Committee for the Administrative Review of Ken Bollen, Director, Odum
Institute for Research in Social Science (appointed by Tony Waldrop, Vice Chancellor
for Research and Economic Development).
20052006
Title IX Committee for Self-Study of Title IX compliance of the Athletic Department,
University of North Carolina (appointed by Dick Baddour, Directors of Athletics).
20052007
Faculty Fellow, Inter-Disciplinary Obesity Center (IDOC), Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (invited).
2005present
Advisory Board , Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill (appointed by UNC Provost Shelton).
20042006
Vice President, Population Association of America (elected); 2004-05 Vice PresidentElect; 2005-06 Vice President.
20042007
Council Member, American Sociological Association Section on Sociology of the Family
(elected).
20042014
Member, National Advisory Board for the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
(NSHAP) (invited).
20042006
Member, Hettleman Award Selection Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill (appointed by UNC Chancellor Moeser).
2004
Member, Task Force on Signage in Athletic Facilities, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, NC (appointed by UNC Chancellor Moeser).
20032008
Member, Faculty Athletics Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
(elected).
20022004
Chair, American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Population
(elected), 2002-03 Chair-elect; 2003-04, Chair.
20032009
Member, National Advisory Board of the UK Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR)
(invited).
20022003
Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Adolescent Health and Academic
Achievement Study (AAHA) (invited).
2001-
Member, Scientific Review Study Section, “Social Sciences and Population Studies”
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2005
(SSPS), Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health (nominated).
20012002
Member, Search Committee for the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (appointed by Tony Waldrop, Vice Chancellor for
Research and Economic Development).
20012002
Chair, Search Committee for the Director of the Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (appointed by UNC Provost Shelton)
2001
2004
Member, Steering Committee for the Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
Outcomes (ECHO), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
20002003
Member, Panel Study of Income Dynamics Board of Overseers (invited for second term).
20002003
Member, Latane Family Fellowship Faculty Board, which oversees the Interdisciplinary
Latane Social and Human Science Program which funds research and graduate
fellowships at UNC.
2000present
Mentor Faculty, Center for Developmental Science, UNC (invited).
2000
Member, Mindel C. Sheps Award Selection Committee, Population Association of
America (appointed).
1999
Member, Demography and Behavioral Sciences Subcommittee of the Population
Research Committee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
Division of Scientific Review (member of Site Visit Review team).
19982001
Deputy Editor, Demography (invited).
19972000
Member, Finance Committee, Board of Directors, Population Association of America,
Chair, 1999-2000 (appointed by PAA president)
19972000
Member, Board of Directors, Population Association of America (elected).
19972000
Secretary-Treasurer, American Sociological Association Section on the
Sociology of Population (elected).
19972000
Member, Panel Study of Income Dynamics Board of Overseers (invited).
19971999
Program Chair, Triangle Area Population Society (invited).
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1995present
Member, IRP Research Working Group, research group on “Problems of the Low-Income
Population,” funded by the Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI (invited).
19941995
Member, Planning Committee, W.T. Grant Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting,
W.T. Grant Foundation, July, 1995, New York.
19911994
Invited participant, IRP Summer Research Workshop, sponsored by the IRP Research
Working Group, funded by the Institute for Research on Poverty, Madison, WI.
Seminars convene for one week every June.
1994
Chair, Committee on Nominations for the American Sociological Association Section
on the Sociology of Population (appointed by Section Chair).
1993
Member, Committee on Nominations for the American Sociological Association Section
on the Sociology of Population (invited by Section Chair).
1993
Invited participant, VISIONS Workshop on cultural diversity for UNC faculty,
(Vigorous InterventionS In Ongoing Natural Settings, funded by Dupont Corp.)
1993
Member, Steering Committee for the Conference, “African-Americans and
Disidentification: Teaching at UNC-CH,” sponsored by the Lilly Teaching Fellows
Program and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences,
UNC.
1990present
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center, UNC (elected)
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Sociological Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
International Sociological Association
Population Association of America
Southern Sociological Society
Triangle Area Population Society
Society of Biodemography and Social Biology
EDITORIAL OR ADVISORY ACTIVITIES:
Editorial Board: Social Forces, 1990-present
Biodemography and Social Biology, 2006-present
Deputy Editor: Demography, 1998-2001
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Occasional Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Demography
Social Science Quarterly
Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Family Issues
Social Service Review
National Science Foundation
W.T. Grant Foundation
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute of Aging, NIH
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