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ROBERT A. HUMMER October 2018

Office: Phone, Fax, Email:

123 West Franklin Street, #2201 Phone: 919-962-6134

Carolina Population Center Fax: 919-445-0740

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [email protected]

Chapel Hill, NC 27516

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

July 2015 - Current

Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Fellow, Carolina Population Center,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

July 2015 – Current

Senior Research Fellow, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

September 2010 – June 2015

Centennial Commission Professor of Liberal Arts #1, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at

Austin

September 1997 – June 2015

Assistant Professor (September 1997) to Associate Professor (September 2000) to Full Professor

(September 2004), Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin.

July 1996 – June 2015

Faculty Research Associate, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

September 2010 – August 2013

Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Research Fellow, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin

September 2006 – August 2010

Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

July 2001 – June 2005

Director, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

July 2000 – June 2001

Associate Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin.

July 1995 - June 1996

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, and Senior Research Scientist, Louisiana Population Data

Center, Louisiana State University.

August 1993 - June 1995

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, East Carolina University.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Florida State University, 1993 (Sociology)

M.S., Florida State University, 1990 (Sociology)

B.A., Adrian College, 1985 (Sociology and Business)

RESEARCH

Books and Edited Volumes

2019 Hummer, R.A., and E.R. Hamilton. Population Health in the United States: A Social

Demographic Perspective. University of California Press (forthcoming).

2010 Ellison, C.E., and R.A. Hummer (Co-editors). Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based

Research in the United States. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

*** Reviewed in: (1) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50(1): 223-225 (2011).

(2) Contemporary Sociology 40(5): 577-579 (2011).

(3) Sociology of Religion 72(3): 384-385 (2011).

2000 Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, and C.B. Nam. Living and Dying in the U.S.A.: Behavioral,

Health, and Social Differentials in Adult Mortality. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

*** Winner, 2002 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Social

Demography, Population Section, American Sociological Association.

*** Reviewed in: (1) Library Journal (4/15/00).

(2) Population and Development Review 26(4): 833-835 (2000).

(3) Contemporary Sociology 30(5): 529-530 (2001).

Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Other Publications

2018 Huyser, K.R., R.J. Angel, J. Beals, J.H. Cox, R.A. Hummer, A. Sakamoto, S.M. Manson, and

the AI-SUPERPFP Team. “Reservation Lands as a Protective Social Factor: An Analysis of

Psychological Distress Among Two American Indian Tribes.” Socius: Sociological Research for

a Dynamic World (forthcoming).

Fishman, S.H., R.A. Hummer, and S.P. Morgan. “Smoking and Variation in the Hispanic

Paradox: A Comparison of Low Birthweight Across 33 US States.” Population Research and

Policy Review (forthcoming).

Lariscy, J.T., R.A. Hummer, and RG. Rogers. “Cigarette Smoking and All-Cause and Cause-

Specific Mortality in the United States.” Demography (forthcoming).

Gartner D., K. Doll, R.A. Hummer, and W. Robinson. “Contemporary geographic variation and

socio-demographic correlates of hysterectomy rates among reproductive aged women.” Southern

Medical Journal (forthcoming).

Lawrence, E.M, R.A. Hummer, B. Domingue, and K.M. Harris. “Wide Educational Disparities

in Young Adult Cardiovascular Health.” Social Science and Medicine – Population Health 5:

249-256.

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Hummer, R.A. Review of “Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy,” by James S.

House. Contemporary Sociology 47(4): 464-466.

Hummer, R.A. & I. Gutin. “Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in the Health of Older US

Men and Women.” Chapter 3 (pp. 31-66) in Future Directions for the Demography of Aging:

Proceedings of a Workshop, edited by M.D. Hayward and M.K. Majmundar. Committee on

Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of

Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Walsemann, K., R.A. Hummer, and M.D. Hayward. “Heterogeneity in Educational Pathways

and the Health Behavior of U.S. Young Adults.” Population Research and Policy Review 37:

343-366.

Hernandez, E.M., R. Margolis, and R.A. Hummer. “Educational and Gender Differences in

Health Behavior Changes After a Gateway Diagnosis.” Journal of Aging and Health 30(3): 342-

364.

Rogers, R.G., E.M. Lawrence, and R.A. Hummer. “A Twenty-First Century Demographic

Challenge: Comparatively Low Life Expectancy in the United States.” Chapter 4 (pp. 49-72) in

Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change, edited by D.L. Poston, S. Lee,

and H.G. Kim. Springer Publishers.

2017 Lawrence, E.M., S. Mollborn, and R.A. Hummer. “Health Lifestyles across the Transition to

Adulthood: Implications for Health.” Social Science and Medicine 193:23-32.

Rogers, R.G., E. Lawrence, R.A. Hummer, and A. Tilstra. “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Early

Life Mortality in the United States.” Biodemography and Social Biology 63(3): 189-205.

Lawrence, E., R.A. Hummer, and K.M. Harris. “The Cardiovascular Health of Young Adults:

Disparities along the Urban-Rural Continuum.” Annals of the American Academy of Political

and Social Science 672(1): 257-81.

Olson, J.S., R.A. Hummer, and K.M. Harris. “Gender and Health Behavior Clustering among

U.S. Young Adults.” Biodemography and Social Biology 63(1): 3-20.

Hummer, R.A. “Foreword.” Pp. v-vii in Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st

Century, edited by M.N. Hoque, M.A. McGehee, and B. Pecotte. Springer.

2016 Masters, R.K., D.A. Powers, R.A. Hummer, A. Beck, S.F. Lin, and B.K. Finch. “Fitting Age-

Period-Cohort Models Using the Intrinsic Estimator: Assumptions and Misapplications.”

Demography 53(4): 1253-1259.

Skalamera, J., and R.A. Hummer. “Educational Attainment and the Clustering of Health Risk

Behavior among U.S. Young Adults.” Preventive Medicine 84: 83-89.

Chinn, J.J., and R.A. Hummer. “Racial Disparities in Functional Limitations among Hispanic

Women in the United States.” Research on Aging 38(3): 399-423.

Lariscy, J.T., C. Nau, G. Firebaugh, and R.A. Hummer. “Hispanic-White Differences in

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Lifespan Variability.” Demography 53(1): 215-240.

2015 Sheehan, C.M., R.A. Hummer, B.L. Moore, K.R. Huyser, and J.S. Butler. “Duty, Honor,

Country, Disparity: Race/Ethnic Differences in Health and Disability among Male Veterans.”

Population Research and Policy Review 34(6): 785-804.

Krueger P.M., M.K. Tran, R.A. Hummer, and V.W. Chang VW. “Mortality Attributable to Low

Levels of Education in the United States.” PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131809.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131809.

Hummer, R.A., and M.D. Hayward. “Hispanic Older Adult Health and Longevity in the United

States: Current Patterns and Concerns for the Future.” Daedalus 144(2): 20-30.

Hummer, R.A., J.E. Melvin, and M. He. “Immigration, Health, and Mortality.” Pp. 654-661 in:

James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences,

2nd Edition, Volume 11. Oxford: Elsevier Press.

Hayward, M.D., R.A. Hummer, and I. Sasson. “Trends and Group Differences in the

Association between Educational Attainment and U.S. Adult Mortality: Implications for

Understanding Education's Causal Influence.” Social Science & Medicine 127 (Special issue on

Educational Attainment and Adult Health): 8-18.

Lariscy, J.T., R.A. Hummer, and M.D. Hayward. “Hispanic Older Adult Mortality in the United

States: New Estimates and An Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox.”

Demography 52(1): 1-14.

Li, J., and R.A. Hummer. “The Relationship Between Duration of U.S. Residence, Educational

Attainment, and Adult Health among Asian Immigrants.” Population Research and Policy

Review 34: 49-76.

2014 Masters, R.K., R.A. Hummer, D.A. Powers, A. Beck, S. Lin, and B.K. Finch. 2014. “Long-

Term Trends in Adult Mortality for U.S. Blacks and Whites: An Examination of Period- and

Cohort-Based Changes.” Demography 51(6): 2047-2073.

Melvin, J.E., R.A. Hummer, I.T. Elo, and N. Mehta. “Age Patterns of Racial/Ethnic/Nativity

Differences in Disability and Physical Functioning in the United States.” Demographic Research

31: 497-510.

Beck, A.N., B.K. Finch, S. Lin, R.A. Hummer, and R.K. Masters. “Racial Disparities in Self-

Rated Health: Trends, Explanatory Factors, and the Changing Role of Socio-Demographics.”

Social Science and Medicine 104: 163-177.

Hayward, M.D., R.A. Hummer, C. Chiu, C. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, and R. Wong. “Does the

Hispanic Paradox in U.S. Adult Mortality Extend to Disability?” Population Research and Policy

Review 33: 81-96.

Brown, D.C., R.A. Hummer, and M.D. Hayward. “The Importance of Spousal Education for the

Self-Rated Health of Married Adults in the United States.” Population Research and Policy

Review 33: 127-151.

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2013 Cantu, P.A., M.D. Hayward, R.A. Hummer, and C. Chiu. “New Estimates of Race/Ethnic

Differences in Life Expectancy with Chronic Morbidity and Functional Loss: Evidence from the

National Health Interview Survey.” Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology 28(3): 483-497.

Hummer, R.A., and L.M. Perry. “Education and Health.” Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology.

Edited by Jeff Manza. New York: Oxford University Press. Entry launched 8/26/13, url:

www.oxfordbibliographies.com

Hummer, R.A., J.E. Melvin, C. Sheehan, and Y. Wang. “Race/Ethnicity, Mortality and

Longevity.” Chapter 9 (pp. 131-151) in Handbook of Minority Aging, edited by K.E. Whitfield

and T.A. Baker. NY: Springer Publishers.

Wade, B., J.T. Lariscy, and R.A. Hummer. “Racial/ethnic and Nativity Patterns of U.S.

Adolescent and Young Adult Smoking.” Population Research and Policy Review 32(3): 353-

371.

Hummer, R.A., and E.M Hernandez. “The Effect of Educational Attainment on Adult Mortality

in the United States.” Population Bulletin 68(1): 1-18. Washington, DC: Population Reference

Bureau.

Lariscy, J.T., R.A. Hummer, J.M. Rath, A.C. Villanti, M.D. Hayward, and D.M. Vallone.

“Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Tobacco Use among US Young Adults: Results from a

Nationally-Representative Survey.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research 15(8): 417-426.

Ra, C.K., Y. Cho, and R.A. Hummer. “Is Acculturation Always Adverse to Korean Immigrant

Health in the United States?” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 15(3): 510-516.

Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, and B.G. Everett. “Educational Differentials in U.S. Adult

Mortality: An Examination of Mediating Factors.” Social Science Research 42: 465-481.

2012 Lin, S., A.N. Beck, B.K. Finch, R.A. Hummer, and R.K. Masters. “Trends in U.S. Older Adult

Disability: Exploring Age, Period, and Cohort Effects.” American Journal of Public Health

102(11): 2157-2163.

Ross, C.E., R.K. Masters, and R.A. Hummer. “Education and the Gender Gaps in Health and

Mortality.” Demography 49(4): 1157-1183.

Masters, R.K., R.A. Hummer, and D. Powers. “Educational Differences in U.S. Adult

Mortality: A Cohort Perspective.” American Sociological Review 77(4): 548-572.

Sullivan, K., R.K. Raley, E. Schiefelbein, and R.A. Hummer. “The Potential Contribution of

Marital-Cohabitation Status to Racial, Ethnic, and Nativity Differentials in Birth Outcomes in

Texas.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 16: 775-784.

Brown, D.C., M.D. Hayward, R.A. Hummer, J.K. Montez, C. Chiu, and M.M. Hidajat. “The

Significance of Education for Mortality Compression in the United States.” Demography 49(3):

819-840.

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Zajacova, A., R.A. Hummer, and R.G. Rogers. “Education and Health among U.S. Working-

Age Adults: A Detailed Portrait Across the Full Educational Attainment Spectrum.”

Biodemography and Social Biology 58(1): 40-61.

Walsemann, K., B. Bell, and R.A. Hummer. “Effects of Timing and Level of Degree

Attainment on Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health at Mid-Life.” American Journal of

Public Health 102(3): 557-563.

Montez, J.K., R.A. Hummer, and M.D. Hayward. Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality

in the United States: A Systematic Analysis of Functional Form. Demography 49(1): 315-336.

2011 Hamilton, T.G., and R.A. Hummer. “Immigration and the Health of U.S. Black Adults: Does

Country of Origin Matter?” Social Science and Medicine 73: 1551-1560.

Everett, B.G., R.G. Rogers, P.M. Krueger, and R.A. Hummer. Trends in Educational

Attainment by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Sex in the United States, 1989-2005. Ethnic and

Racial Studies 34(9): 1543-1566.

Hamilton, E.R., J. Berger, R.A. Hummer, and Y.C. Padilla. “Assimilation and Emerging Health

Disparities among New Generations of U.S. Children.” Demographic Research 25: 783-818.

Hummer, R.A., and J.J. Chinn. “Mortality Among the U.S. Hispanic Population.” Chapter 4

(pp. 75-93) in The Demography of the Hispanic Population: Selected Essays, edited by R.R.

Verdugo. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Hummer, R.A., and J.J. Chinn. Race/Ethnicity and U.S. Adult Mortality: Progress, Prospects,

and New Analysis. Du Bois Review 8(1): 5-24.

Hummer, R.A., and J.T. Lariscy. Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality. Chapter 12 (pp.

241-261) in International Handbook of the Adult Mortality, edited by Richard G. Rogers and

Eileen M. Crimmins. New York: Springer Publishers.

Cho, Y., R.A. Hummer, Y. Choi, and S.W. Jung. Late Childbearing and Changing Risks of

Adverse Birth Outcomes in Korea. Maternal and Child Health Journal 15: 431-437.

Montez, J.K., R.A. Hummer, M.D. Hayward, H. Woo, and R.G. Rogers. Trends in the

Educational Gradient of U.S. Adult Mortality from 1986 through 2006 by Race, Gender, and

Age Group. Research on Aging 33(2): 145-171.

2010 Hummer, R.A., and E.R. Hamilton. Race/Ethnicity and Fragile Families. Future of Children

20(2): 113-132.

Verona, A.P., R.A. Hummer, C.S. Dias, and L.C. de Lima. Infant Mortality and Mothers’

Religious Involvement in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Population 27(1): 59-74.

Rogers, R.G., B.G. Everett, A. Zajacova, and R.A. Hummer. Educational Degrees and Adult

Mortality Risk in the United States. Biodemography and Social Biology 56(1): 80-99.

Denney, J.T., R.G. Rogers, R.A. Hummer, and F.C. Pampel. Educational Inequality in

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Mortality: The Age and Gender Specific Mediating Effects of Cigarette Smoking. Social

Science Research 39: 662-673.

Ellison, C.E., and R.A. Hummer. Introduction. Chapter 1 (pp. 1-15) in Religion, Families, and

Health in the United States: Population-Based Research in the United States. New Brunswick,

NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Hummer, R.A., M.R. Benjamins, R.G. Rogers, and C.E. Ellison. Religious Involvement and

Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults. Chapter 14 (pp. 273-291) in Religion,

Families, and Health in the United States: Population-Based Research in the United States. New

Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Rogers, R.G., P.M. Krueger, and R.A. Hummer. Religious Attendance and Cause-Specific

Mortality in the United States. Chapter 15 (pp. 292-320) in Religion, Families, and Health in the

United States: Population-Based Research in the United States. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers

University Press.

Ellison, C.E., R.A. Hummer, A.M. Burdette, and M.R. Benjamins. Race, Religious

Involvement, and Health: The Case of African Americans. Chapter 16 (pp. 321-348) in Religion,

Families, and Health in the United States: Population-Based Research in the United States. New

Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Ellison, C.E., and R.A. Hummer. Future Directions in Population-Based Research on Religion,

Family Life, and Health in the United States. Chapter 21 (pp. 431-453) in Religion, Families, and

Health in the United States: Population-Based Research in the United States. New Brunswick,

NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Frisbie, W.P., R.A. Hummer, D. Powers, S. Song, and S.G. Pullum. Race/Ethnicity/Nativity

Differentials and Changes in Cause-Specific Infant Deaths in the Context of Declining Infant

Mortality in the U.S.: 1989-2001. Population Research and Policy Review 29: 395-422.

2009 Zajacova, A., and R.A. Hummer. Gender Differences in Education Effects on All-Cause

Mortality for White and Black Adults in the United States. Social Science and Medicine 69(4):

529-537.

Padilla, Y.C., E.R. Hamilton, and R.A. Hummer. Beyond the Epidemiologic Paradox:

The Health of Mexican American Children at Age 5. Social Science Quarterly 90(5): 1072-1088.

Montez, J.K., M.D. Hayward, D.C. Brown, and R.A. Hummer. Why is the Educational Gradient

of Mortality Steeper for Men? Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 64B: 625-634.

Hamilton, E.R., A. Villarreal, and R.A. Hummer. Mother’s, Household, and Community U.S.

Migration Experience and Infant Mortality in Rural and Urban Mexico. Population Research

and Policy Review 28: 123-142.

Hummer, R.A., R.G. Rogers, R.M. Masters, and J. Saint Onge. Mortality Patterns in Late Life.

Chapter 23 (pp. 521-542) in International Handbook of Population Aging, edited by P.

Uhlenberg. NY: Springer Publishers.

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Hummer, R.A., and J.J. Chinn. Health Differentials/Disparities: Adulthood. Pp. 193-198 in

Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Volume 2, edited by D. Carr, R.

Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, and A. Pienta. Macmillan Reference USA.

Frisbie, WP, R.A. Hummer, and S. McKinnon. Infant and Child Mortality. Pp. 262-268 in

Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Volume 1, edited by D. Carr, R.

Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, and A. Pienta. Macmillan Reference USA.

2008 Liu, H., and R.A. Hummer. Are Educational Differences in U.S. Self-Rated Health Increasing?:

An Examination by Gender and Race. Social Science and Medicine 67: 1898-1906.

Lochner, K., R.A. Hummer, S. Bartee, G. Wheatcroft, and C. Cox. The Public-Use National

Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files: Methods of Re-Identification Risk Avoidance

and Comparative Analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology 168(3): 336-344.

Reichman, N., E.R. Hamilton, R.A. Hummer, and Y.C. Padilla. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in

Low Birthweight among Urban Unmarried Mothers. Maternal and Child Health Journal 12: 204-

215.

2007 Hummer, R.A., D. Powers, G. Gossman, S.G. Pullum, and W.P. Frisbie. Paradox Found

(Again): Infant Mortality among the Mexican Origin Population of the United States.

Demography 44(3): 441-457.

Lochner, K., R.A. Hummer, and C. Cox. Comparative Analysis of the Public-Use and

Restricted-Use NHIS Linked Mortality Files. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health

Statistics. (Available at:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/datalinkage/nhis_mort_compare_2007.pdf

Hummer, R.A., and N. Lindsey. 2007. Government Health Surveys. Entry (pp. 249-251) in :

Encyclopedia of Health and Aging, edited by K. Markides. Sage Publications.

Frisbie, W.P., and R.A. Hummer. Race/Ethnicity, Health and Mortality. The Blackwell

Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by G. Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007, Volume

VIII: 3756-3760. Blackwell Reference Online, 01 March 2007:

http://www.blackwellreference.com/subscriber/tocnode?id=g9781405124331_chunk_g97814051

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McKinnon, S., and R.A. Hummer. Education and Mortality Risk among Hispanic Adults in the

United States. Chapter 6 (pp. 65-84) in The Health of Aging Hispanics, edited by J. Angel and

K. Whitfield. NY, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Springer Science & Business Media, Inc.

Hummer, R.A. Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, and Health Care. Chapter 9 (pp. 170-178) in

Social Structures: Demographic Changes and the Well-Being of Older Persons, edited by K. W.

Schaie & P. Uhlenberg. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Frisbie, W.P., R.A. Hummer, T.E. Durden, and Y. Cho. Health Patterns of Pacific Islanders and

Asians in the United States," Chapter 9 (pp. 192-218) in Ryutaro Ohtsuka and Stanley J.

Ulijaszek (eds.) Health Change in the Asia-Pacific Region: Biocultural and Epidemiological

Approaches. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/datalinkage/nhis_mort_compare_2007.pdf

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2006 Durden, T.E., and R.A. Hummer. Access to Health Care among Working-Aged Hispanic

Adults in the United States. Social Science Quarterly 87 (special issue): 1319-1343.

Hamilton, E.R., R.A. Hummer, X. You, and Y.C. Padilla. Health Status and Health Care

among Mexican American Children Born to Unmarried Women. Social Science Quarterly 87

(special issue): 1280-1294.

Padilla, Y.C., M. Radey, R.A. Hummer, and E. Kim. The Living Conditions of U.S.-Born

Children of Mexican Immigrants in Unmarried Families. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral

Sciences 28(3): 331-349.

Powers, D., W.P. Frisbie, R.A. Hummer, S.G. Pullum, and P. Solis. Race/Ethnic Differences

and Age-variation in the Effects of Birth Outcomes on Infant Mortality in the U.S. Demographic

Research 14: 179-216.

2005 Lopez-Gonzalez, L., V.C. Aravena, and R.A. Hummer. Immigrant Acculturation, Gender, and

Health Behavior: A Research Note. Social Forces 84(1): 581-593.

Hummer, R.A. Income, Race, and Infant Mortality: Comment on Stockwell et al. Population

Research and Policy Review 24(4): 405-409.

Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, and P.M. Krueger. Adult Mortality. Chapter 10 (pp. 283-309) in

the Handbook of Population, edited by D. Poston and M. Micklin. NY, NY: Kluwer

Academic/Plenum Springer Science & Business Media, Inc.

Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, P.M. Krueger, and F.C. Pampel. Mortality Attributable to

Cigarette Smoking in the United States. Population and Development Review 31(2): 259-292.

Hummer, R.A. Commentary: Understanding Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk in the

United States: Comment on Bagiella, Hong, and Sloan. International Journal of Epidemiology

34(2): 452-453.

2004 Hummer, R.A., C.E. Ellison, R.G. Rogers, B. Moulton, and R. Romero. Religious Involvement

and Adult Mortality in the United States: Review and Perspective. Southern Medical Journal

97(12): 1223-1230.

Hummer, R.A., M.R. Benjamins, and R.G. Rogers. Race/Ethnic Disparities in Health and

Mortality among the Elderly: A Documentation and Examination of Social Factors. Chapter 3

(pp. 53-94) in Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life,

edited by N. Anderson, R. Bulatao, and B. Cohen. Washington, DC: National Research Council.

Cho, Y., W.P. Frisbie, R.A. Hummer, and R.G. Rogers.* Nativity, Duration of Residence, and

the Health of Hispanic Adults in the United States. International Migration Review 38(1): 184-

211.

* authors listed alphabetically, indicating equal contributions.

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Benjamins, M.R., R.A. Hummer, I.E. Eberstein, and C.B. Nam. Self-Reported Health and

Adult Mortality Risk: An Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality. Social Science and Medicine

59(6): 1297-1306.

Krueger, P.M., R.G. Rogers, C. Ridao-Cano, and R.A. Hummer. To Help or To Harm?: Food

Stamp Receipt and Mortality Risk Prior to the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Social Forces 82(4):

1573-1599.

Hummer, R.A., J. Pacewicz, S. Wang, and C. Collins. Health Insurance Coverage in

Nonmetropolitan America. Pp. 197-209 (Chapter 16) in Critical Issues in Rural Health, edited

by N. Glasgow, N. Johnson, and L. Morton. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing.

Hummer, R.A., K. Hack, and R.K. Raley. Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Wantedness and

Child Well-Being in the United States. Journal of Family Issues 25(3): 404-428.

Krueger, P.M., S.B. Huie, R.G. Rogers, and R.A. Hummer. Neighborhoods and Homicide

Mortality: An Analysis of Race/Ethnic Differences. Journal of Epidemiology and Community

Health 58: 223-230.

Krueger, P.M., R.G. Rogers, J.D. Boardman, and R.A. Hummer. Body Mass, Smoking, and

Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality. Research on Aging 26(1, special issue on obesity): 82-

107.

2003 Krueger, P.M., R.G. Rogers, R.A. Hummer, S.B. Huie, and F.B. LeClere. Socioeconomic

Status and Age: The Effect of Income Sources and Portfolios on Adult Mortality in the United

States. Sociological Forum 18(3): 465-482.

Huie, S.B., P.M. Krueger, R.G. Rogers, and R.A. Hummer. Wealth, Race, and Mortality.

Social Science Quarterly 84(3): 667-684.

Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, and P.M. Krueger. The Effect of Obesity on Overall, Circulatory

Disease- and Diabetes-Specific Mortality. Journal of Biosocial Science 35: 107-129.

2002 Huie, S.B., R.A. Hummer, and R.G. Rogers. Individual and Contextual Risks of Death among

Race and Ethnic Groups in the United States. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 43(3): 359-

381.

Frank, R., and R.A. Hummer. The Other Side of the Paradox: The Risk of Low Birth Weight

among Infants of Migrant Households within Mexico. International Migration Review 36(fall):

746-765.

Boardman, J.D., D. Powers, Y.C. Padilla, and R.A. Hummer. Low Birth Weight, Social

Factors, and Developmental Outcomes among Children in the United States. Demography

39(2): 353-368.

Finch, B.K., R.A. Hummer, M. Reindl, and W. Vega. The Validity of Self-Reported Health

among Latinos. American Journal of Epidemiology 155(8): 755-759.

Padilla, Y.C., J.D. Boardman, R.A. Hummer, and M. Espitia. Is the Mexican American

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‘Epidemiologic Paradox’ Advantage at Birth Maintained Through Early Childhood? Social

Forces 80(3): 1101-1123.

Rogers, R.G., and R.A. Hummer. Longevity: Social Aspects. Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by

Ekerdt, David J., Robert A. Applebaum, Karen C. Holden, Stephen G. Post,

Kenneth Rockwood, Richard Schulz, Richard L. Sprott, and Peter Uhlenberg. New York:

Macmillan Reference USA.

Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, and P.M. Kreuger. Life Expectancy. Encyclopedia of Aging,

edited by Ekerdt, David J., Robert A. Applebaum, Karen C. Holden, Stephen G. Post,

Kenneth Rockwood, Richard Schulz, Richard L. Sprott, and Peter Uhlenberg. New York:

Macmillan Reference USA.

2001 Cho, Y., and R.A. Hummer. Disability Status Differentials across Fifteen Asian and Pacific

Islander Groups and the Effect of Nativity/Duration. Social Biology 48(3-4): 171-195.

Finch, B.K., W. Vega, R.A. Hummer, and B. Kolody. The Role of Discrimination and

Acculturative Stress in the Physical Health of Mexican American Adults. Hispanic Journal of

Behavioral Science 23(4): 399-429.

Boardman, J.D., B.K. Finch, and R.A. Hummer.* Race/Ethnic Differences in Respiratory

Problems among a Nationally-Representative Cohort of Young Children in the United States.

Population Research and Policy Review 20(3): 187-206.


Rogers, R.G., R. Rosenblatt, R.A. Hummer, and P.M. Krueger. Black-White Differences in

Adult Homicide Mortality in the United States. Social Science Quarterly 82(3): 435-452.

Frisbie, W.P., S. Echevarria, and R.A. Hummer. Determinants of the Adequacy of Prenatal

Care Utilization among Non-Hispanic Whites, Blacks, and Mexican Americans. Maternal and

Child Health Journal 5(1): 21-33.

Byrd, T., H. Balcazar, and R.A. Hummer. Acculturation and Breastfeeding Intention and

Practice in Hispanic Women on the US-Mexico Border. Ethnicity and Disease 11: 72-79.

Frisbie, W.P., Y. Cho, and R.A. Hummer. Immigration and the Health of Asian and Pacific

Islander Adults in the U.S. American Journal of Epidemiology 153(4): 372-380.

* reprinted as Chapter 13 in Thomas LaVeist (ed.), Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health

Reader. (2002). NY: Jossey-Bass.

2000 Finch, B.K., R. Frank, and R.A. Hummer.* Race/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality: The

Role of Behavioral Factors. Social Biology 47(3-4): 244-263.


Ellison, C.E., R.A. Hummer, S. Cormier, and R.G. Rogers. Religious Involvement and

Mortality Risk among African American Adults. Research on Aging 22(6): 630-667.

Hummer, R.A., R.G. Rogers, S. Amir, D. Forbes, and W.P. Frisbie. Adult Mortality

Differentials between Hispanic Subgroups and non-Hispanic Whites. Social Science Quarterly

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81(1): 459-476 (in special issue on Hispanics in the US).

Forbes, D., W.P. Frisbie, R.A. Hummer, S.G. Pullum, and S. Echevarria. A Comparison of

Hispanic and Anglo Cause-Specific Infant Mortality and Compromised Birth Outcomes in the

United States, 1989-1991. Social Science Quarterly 81(1): 439-458 (in special issue on

Hispanics in the US).

Hummer, R.A., and C.E. Ellison. Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk. Spirituality and

Medicine Connection 4(2): 1,7.

1999 Toussaint, D.W., and R.A. Hummer. Differential Mortality Risks from Violent Causes for

Foreign- and Native-Born Residents of the United States. Population Research and Policy

Review 18(6): 607-620.

Hummer, R.A., R.G. Rogers, C.B. Nam, and C.E. Ellison. Religious Involvement and U.S.

Adult Mortality.” Demography 36(2): 273-285.

Hummer, R.A., M. Biegler, P. DeTurk, D. Forbes, W.P. Frisbie, Y. Hong, and S.G. Pullum.

Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Infant Mortality in the United States. Social Forces 77(3): 1083-

1118.

Hummer, R.A., R.G. Rogers, C.B. Nam, and F.B. LeClere. Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and U.S.

Adult Mortality. Social Science Quarterly 80(1): 136-153.

1998 Hummer, R.A., R.G. Rogers, and I.W. Eberstein. Sociodemographic Differentials in Adult

Mortality: A Review of Analytic Approaches. Population and Development Review 24(3): 553-

578.

Frisbie, W.P., D. Forbes, R.A. Hummer, and S.G. Pullum. Birth Outcome, Not Pregnancy

Process: Reply to van der Veen. Demography 35(4): 519-527.

Hummer, R.A., C.B. Nam, and R.G. Rogers. Adult Mortality Differentials Associated with

Cigarette Smoking in the United States. Population Research and Policy Review 17(3): 285-304.

Frisbie, W.P., D. Forbes, and R.A. Hummer. Hispanic Pregnancy Outcomes: Additional

Evidence. Social Science Quarterly 79: 149-169.

1996 Nam, C.B., R.G. Rogers, and R.A. Hummer. Impact of Future Cigarette Smoking Scenarios on

Mortality of the Adult Population in the U.S., 2000-2050. Social Biology 43: 155-168.

Rogers, R.G., R.A. Hummer, C.B. Nam, and K. Peters. Demographic, Socioeconomic, and

Behavioral Factors Affecting Ethnic Mortality by Cause. Social Forces 74(4): 1419-1438.

Hummer, R.A. Black-White Differences in Health and Mortality: A Review and Conceptual

Model. The Sociological Quarterly 37(1): 105-125.

1995 Hummer, R.A., C. Schmertmann, I.W. Eberstein, and S. Kelly. Retrospective Reports of

Pregnancy Wantedness and Birth Outcomes in the U.S. Social Science Quarterly 76: 402-418.

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Rogers, R.G., C.B. Nam, and R.A. Hummer. 1995. Demographic and Social Links to Cigarette

Smoking. Social Biology 42(1-2): 1-22.

1994 Nam, C.B., R.A. Hummer, and R.G. Rogers. 1994. Underlying and Multiple Causes of Death

Related to Smoking. Population Research and Policy Review 13(3): 305-326.

Rogers, R.G., C.B. Nam, and R.A. Hummer. Activity Limitation and Cigarette Smoking in the

United States: Implications for Health Expectancy. Pp. 333-340 in Advances in Health

Expectancies: Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of the International Network on Health

Expectancy (REVES), edited by C.D. Mathers, J. McCallum, and J.M. Robine.

1993 Hummer, R.A. Racial Differentials in Infant Mortality in the U.S.: An Examination of Social

and Health Determinants. Social Forces 72(2): 529-554.

1992 Hummer, R.A., I.W. Eberstein, and C.B. Nam. Infant Mortality Differentials Among Hispanic

Groups in Florida. Social Forces 70(4): 1055-1076.

1990 Eberstein, I.W., C.B. Nam, and R.A. Hummer. Infant Mortality by Cause of Death: Main and

Interaction Effects. Demography 27(3): 413-430.

1989 Martin, P.Y., and R.A. Hummer. Fraternities and Rape on Campus. Gender and Society 3(4):

457-473.

* re-printed in at least 10 different edited volumes.

Externally Funded Grants: Current

Race/Ethnic Differences in Life Course Exposure to Death: Consequences for Health. Co-Investigator,

National Institute on Aging. 4-year award of $1,200,000 (PI Debra Umberson, University of

Texas-Austin). 3/31/18-12/31/21.

From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research. Co-Principal

Investigator (with Allison Aiello), National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development. 5-year award of $2,006,024 (1T32HD091058-01). 8/21/17-4/30/22.

Non-Clinical and Contextual Factors Associated with Hysterectomy in North Carolina. Principal

Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 2-year award of

$90,000 (F31 Predoctoral support for Danielle Gartner). 9/1/17-8/31/19.

Enhancing Scientific Community Access to Add Health Data. Principal Investigator, National Institute

of Child Health and Human Development. 2-year award of $155,208 (1R03-HD091318-01).

3/23/17-2/28/19.

Early Life Mortality in the United States. Co-Investigator, National Institute of Child Health

and Human Development. 3.5-year award of $575,000. PI: Richard G. Rogers. 9/1/15-

12/31/18.

Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America.

Co-Principal Investigator (1 of 4, with James House, Eileen Crimmins, and Mark Hayward),

National Institute on Aging. Five-year award of $1.6 million. 9/15/14 – 6/30/19.

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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Investigator, National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development. Five-year award of $28,000,000. PI: Kathleen Mullan

Harris. 7/16/14-4/30/19.

The Add Health Children’s Birth Records Study. Co-investigator, National Institute of Child Health

and Human Development. Three-year award of $410,000. PI: Kathleen Mullan Harris. 7/17/16-

6/30/18.

External Grants Completed

Transitions to Adulthood and Health Risk among US Young Adults. Principal Investigator, National

Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 1.5-year award of $84,000 (F32

Postdoctoral support for Elizabeth Lawrence). 8/17/16-12/31/17.

Education and the Transition to Adulthood. Co-investigator, National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development. Five-year award of $2,628,654. PI: Chandra Muller. 9/28/10-9/30/16.

Emerging Health Inequalities: Education, New Health Events, and Social Networks. Principal

Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 3-year award of

$143,000 (F32 Postdoctoral support for Elaine Hernandez). 9/1/11-8/31/14.

A Social Demography of Racial Health Disparities. Co-investigator, DHHS National Center on

Minority Health Disparities. Five-year subcontract award of $109,000 to UT-Austin. PI: Brian

Finch, San Diego State University. Project dates: 9/25/09-4/30/14.

Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, and Health in an Aging Society. Principal Investigator, MacArthur

Foundation Network on an Aging Society (Network PI, Jack Rowe, at Columbia

University). 19-month award of $150,000. Co-PI: Mark Hayward. Project Dates: 6/1/12-

12/31/13.

SBE Collaborative Proposal: Diversifying Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and

Economic (SBE) Sciences. Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation. Four-year

award of $427,500. Co-PI: Darlene Grant. Project Dates: 10/1/07-9/30/11.

• Supplemental award of $50,000 for hosting annual conference for this national level program

at UT-Austin (April 21-23, 2010).

• Supplemental award of $50,000 for extending the project through 9/30/12.

Race/Ethnicity, Education, and Young Adult Smoking. Principal Investigator, American Legacy

Foundation. Six-month award of $31,269. Project Dates: 1/1/12-6/30/12.

Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality. Principal investigator, National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development. Four-year project of $808,053. 8/1/06-7/31/10.

Social Ties and Health Behavior Over the Life Course. Co-investigator, National Institute of

Aging. Five-year award of $1,300,000. PI: Debra Umberson. 9/1/06-8/31/11.

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Minority Group Demography. Principal Investigator,

National Science Foundation. One-year award of $105,000. Co-PI: Arthur Sakamoto. Project

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Dates: 4/1/09-3/31/10.

Training Program in Population Studies. Principal investigator, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development. Five-year project of $1,350,000. 6/1/08-5/31/13 (Kelly

Raley became PI in February of 2010).

Changing Race/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality. Co-investigator, National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development. Three-year project of $650,000. PI: W. Parker

Frisbie. 9/1/06-8/31/09.

Mexican American Child Health: Birth to Early Childhood. Co-Investigator, National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development. Five-year award of $748,887. PI: Yolanda Padilla.

Project Dates: 7/1/04-4/30/09.

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Minority Group Demography. Principal Investigator, National

Science Foundation. Three-year award of $280,000. Co-PI: Arthur Sakamoto. Project Dates:

4/1/06-3/31/09.

SBE Collaborative Proposal: Diversifying Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic

(SBE) Sciences. Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation. Three-year award of

$385,000 ($325,000 original plus $60,000 supplement). Co-PI: Darlene Grant. Project Dates:

10/15/05-10/14/08.

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Minority Group Demography. Co-principal Investigator,

National Science Foundation. Three-year award of $194,808. Project Dates: 4/1/03-3/31/06.

PI: Omer Galle.

Difficult Dialogues Forum Seminars. Co-principal Investigator, Ford Foundation. Two-year award of

$100,000. PIs: Lucia Gilbert and Paul Woodruff. Project Dates: 1/1/06-12/31/07.

Religious Organizations, Local Norms, and HIV in Africa. Co-investigator, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development. Three-year subcontract award of $300,000 to UT-Austin (PI

of subcontract: Mark Regnerus). PI: Susan Watkins. Project dates: 4/1/05-3/31/08.

Population Research Center. Principal Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development. Five-year award of $2.4 million. Project dates: 7/1/02-6/30/07. Mark Hayward

(as new Director of the PRC) took over as PI on 7/1/05.

Center for the Study of Urbanization and Internal Migration in Developing Countries, Population

Research Center. Principal Investigator, Andrew T. Mellon Foundation. Three-year award of

$450,000. Co-Pis: Bryan Roberts and Joseph Potter. Project Dates: 1/1/03– 12/31/05.

Modeling Race/Ethnic Differences in Infant Mortality. Co-Investigator, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development. Three-year award of $439,416. Project Dates: 6/1/02-

5/31/05. PI: W. Parker Frisbie.

Religious Involvement and Mortality in the United States. Principal Investigator, National Science

Foundation. Two-year award of $49,731. Dual award with Richard Rogers, University of

Colorado-Boulder. Project Dates: 5/15/03-4/30/05.

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Religion, Race/Ethnicity, Health, and Mortality. Co-Investigator, National Institute on Aging. Three-

year award of $444,514. Project Dates: 9/1/00-8/31/03. PI: Christopher G. Ellison.

Income and Assets, Race/Ethnicity, and U.S. Adult Mortality. Principal Investigator, National Science

Foundation. Three-year award of $72,347. Dual award with Richard Rogers, University of

Colorado-Boulder. Project Dates: 9/15/99-8/31/02.

Multiple Causes of Death and Differential Adult Mortality. Co-Investigator, National Institute on

Aging. Two-year sub-contract award of $22,000. Project dates: 5/1/01-4/30/03. PI: Isaac

Eberstein, Florida State University.

Center for the Study of Urbanization and Internal Migration in Developing Countries, Population

Research Center. Principal Investigator from 7/1/01-12/31/02, Andrew T. Mellon Foundation.

Three-year award of $510,000. Co-Pis: Bryan Roberts and Joseph Potter. Project Dates: 4/1/00–

12/31/02. Other principal investigator: Myron P. Gutmann (4/1/00-6/30/01).

University of Texas Population Research P-30 Center. Principal Investigator from 7/1/01-6/30/02,

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Five-year award of $1,500,000.

Project Dates: 7/1/97 – 6/30/02. Other principal investigators: Frank D. Bean (7/1/97-6/30/98)

and Myron P. Gutmann (7/1/98-6/30/01).

Birth Outcomes, Social Risks, and Child Health. Principal Investigator, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development. Three-year award of $274,888. Project Dates: 1/1/99-

12/31/01.

Long-Term Minority Investigator Research Supplement to Birth Outcomes, Social Risks, and Child

Health (for Yolanda Padilla). Principal Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development. 2.5-year award of $137,200. Project Dates: 7/1/99-12/31/01.

Race/Ethnic Differentials in Birth Outcomes. Co-investigator, National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development. Three-year award of $389,126. Project Dates: 1/1/99-12/31/01. PI: W.

Parker Frisbie.

Factors Affecting Ethnic Mortality by Cause. Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation.

Three-year award of $82,842. Project Dates: 4/1/97-3/31/00. Dual award with Richard Rogers,

University of Colorado-Boulder.

Internal Grants

Research Internship Award. University of Texas Graduate School. $16,000 award. Project Dates:

9/1/06-5/31/07.

Instructional Technology Grants, Principal Investigator, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at

Austin. Yearly awards to the Population Research Center, 2001-2005. Role: Principal

Investigator.

A Demographic Approach to the Study of Child Health and Development in the Mexican American

Population. Co-Investigator, University of Texas Interdisciplinary Research Initiative.

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$98,809 award. Project Dates: 9/1/00-8/31/02. PI: Yolanda C. Padilla.

Research Internship Award. University of Texas Graduate School. $15,500 award. Project Dates:

9/1/01-5/31/02.

Birth Outcomes, Social Risks, and Child Development. Principal Investigator, University of Texas at

Austin Faculty Development Program. $12,000 award. Project Dates: 7/1/99-8/31/99.

Infant Mortality Differences by Race in North Carolina: A Test of Maternal Health and Behavioral

Factors. Principal Investigator, Research and Creative Activity Committee, East Carolina

University. $4,864 award. Project Dates: 5/1/94-8/15/94.

Race and Infant Mortality in the United States. Principal Investigator, Office of Graduate Studies,

Florida State University. $10,000 award. Project Dates: 8/15/92-8/14/93.

Invited Presentations

2018 Training in Biosocial Population Research. Invited presentation given to the Southern

Demographic Association, Durham, NC.

The Midlife Mortality Crisis in the United States: An examination of recent trends in cause-

specific mortality and related indicators of despair among adults soon moving into midlife.

Sussmilch Lecture presented at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock,

Germany, May 29.

2017 Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in the Health of Older Adult Women and Men in the

United States. Committee on Population, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and

Medicine.

Leveling the Playing Field? Race/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality in the United States.

Presentation given to the Center on Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin.

Madison, WI.

Developing a Research Agenda. Presentation given to the Center on Demography and Ecology,

University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI.

Leveling the Playing Field? Race/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in Infant Mortality among Low

Risk Women in the United States. Presentation given to the Department of Health Management

and Policy, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.


Risk Women in the United States. Presentation given to the Minnesota Population Center,

University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN.


Risk Women in the United States. Presentation given to the Population Research Center,

University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX.


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Risk Women in the United States. Presentation given to the Center for Research on Inequalities

and the Life Course, Yale University. New Haven, CT.

2016 Race/Ethnicity and Early Life Mortality in the United States. Presentation given to the Maryland

Population Research Center, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Educational Attainment, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Presentation given to the

Committee on Population, National Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC.

Hispanic Older Adult Health and Longevity in the United States: Current Patterns and Concerns

for the Future. Presentation given to the Cornell Population Center, Cornell University. Ithaca,

NY.

Race/Ethnicity and Early Life Mortality in the United States. Presentation given as the

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, Santa Clara University. Santa Clara,

CA.

2015 Race/Ethnicity and Early Life Mortality in the United States. Presentation given to the Center for

Demography and Ecology, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.

Hispanic Older Adult Health and Longevity in the United States: Current Patterns and Questions

for the Future. Presentation given at Demography Daze, UNC and Duke. Chapel Hill, NC.

2014 Hispanic Older Adult Health and Longevity in the United States: Current Patterns and Concerns

for the Future. Presentation given to the California Center for Population Research, UCLA. Los

Angeles, CA.


for the Future. Presentation given to the Department of Sociology, University of Memphis.

Memphis, TN.


for the Future. Presentation given to the International Conference on Aging in the Americas.

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

What Demographic Data and the Big-Picture Examination of Patterns and Trends Adds to Our

Understanding of Education and Health/Mortality in the United States. Presentation given at the

Workshop on Education and Health: New Frontiers, sponsored by the Office of Behavioral and

Social Science Research of the National Institutes of Health, Washington DC.

De-Mystifying the Hispanic Paradox: Toward a Better Understanding of Health and Mortality

Patterns among Mexican Origin Adults in the United States. Presentation given to the

Department of Demography, University of Texas at San Antonio.

2013 De-Mystifying the Hispanic Paradox: Toward a Better Understanding of Health and Mortality

Patterns among Mexican Origin Adults in the United States. 8th Annual Gordon De Jong Lecture

presented to the Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University. University Park,

PA.

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Education and Mortality in the United States: Contextualizing Causality. Presentation given to

the Workshop on Contextualizing Causality in Education-Health Research. Harvard Center for

Population and Development, Harvard School of Public Health. Cambridge, MA.


Patterns among Mexican Origin Adults in the United States. Invited presentation given to the

Department of Sociology, Duke University. Durham, NC.



Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC.



MacArthur Foundation Network on an Aging Society. New York, NY.

The Effect of Educational Attainment on Adult Mortality in the United States. Webinar

presentation sponsored by the Population Reference Bureau, July 2013.

Toward a Better Understanding of the Hispanic Paradox. Invited presentation given to the Center

for Social and Demographic Analysis, University at Albany. Albany, NY.

Toward a Better Understanding of the Hispanic Paradox. Invited presentation given to the

Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE.

2012 Toward a Better Understanding of the Hispanic Paradox. Invited presentation given to the Office

of Population Research, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ.

Educational Attainment and Changes in U.S. Adult Mortality. Invited presentation given to the

MacArthur Foundation Network on Aging in the 21st Century. Chicago, IL.

Educational Attainment and U.S. Adult Mortality. Invited presentation given to the Center for

Population Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Educational Attainment and U.S. Adult Mortality. Invited presentation given to the Initiative on

Population Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

2011 Educational Attainment and Widening Mortality Disparities in the United States. Invited

presentation given to the Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-

Madison, Madison, WI.

Educational Attainment and Widening Mortality Disparities in the United States. Invited lunch

address given to the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Tallahassee, FL.

Hispanic Adult Mortality in the United States: A Review, New Estimates, and Comparisons to

Other Population Groups. Invited talk given to the Center for Demography and Ecology,

University of Washington. Seattle, WA.

Healthy People 2010? Education and Adult Mortality in the United States. Invited policy seminar

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given to the Population Reference Bureau. Washington, DC.

Hispanic Adult Mortality in the United States: A Review, New Estimates, and Comparison to

Other Population Groups. Invited talk given to the MacArthur Foundation Network on an Aging

Society. Palo Alto, CA.

2010 Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality Risk. Invited presentation given to the National

Conference on Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. Washington, DC.

Running an Effective Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. Invited panel

presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA.

Healthy People 2010? An Updated Look at Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality.

Brownbag presentation at the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota.

The Use of Vital Statistics in Demographic Analysis. Invited discussion given to the U.S. Census

Bureau for the Technical Workshop on Demographic Analysis for the 2010 Census. Suitland,

MD.

2009 Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality: Evidence and Controversy. Invited lecture

given to the Center for Religion, Spirituality, and Health, Duke University. Durham, NC.

Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality: Evidence and Controversy. Invited lecture

given to the Department of Demography and Organizational Studies, University of Texas at San

Antonio. San Antonio, TX.


given to the Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University. Starkville, MS. Also gave

address to graduating students in the Department of Sociology during this visit.


given to the Department of Sociology, Rice University. Houston, TX.

Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality: Evidence and Controversy. Invited

public lecture given at the University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK.

Healthy People 2010? Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality. Presentation given to

the Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK.

2008 Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality. Invited presentation given at the Heritage

Foundation Conference on Religion and Health. Washington, DC.

Review of the National Health Interview Survey. Presentation given as Chairperson of the

Review Panel of the National Health Interview Survey. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for

Health Statistics.

Eliminating Health Disparities?: Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality in the Early

21st Century. Invited presentation given to the Population Studies Center, University of

Pennsylvania.

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Eliminating Health Disparities?: Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Health and Mortality in

the Early 21st Century. Invited presentation given to the Department of Sociology, University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Difficult Dialogues: Getting Them to Talk. Invited presentation given at the annual workshop on

Teaching and Learning, Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment, University of

Texas at Austin.

2007 The Department as a Catalyst for Change. Invited presentation given at the annual meeting of

the NSF Collaborative on Diversifying the Graduate Student Body of the Social, Behavioral, and

Economic Sciences. Santa Barbara, CA.

Difficult Discussions as Opportunities for Learning and Teaching. Invited presentation given at

the Collaborative for Instructional Impact, University of Texas at Austin.

2006 Population Change and Undergraduate Education. Invited presentation given at the Reinvention

Center Conference, Washington, DC.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health and Mortality at the Starting Gate. Invited presentation

given at the Institute of Behavior Science, University of Colorado.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health and Mortality at the Starting Gate. Invited presentation

given at the Department of Sociology’s Annual Symposium on the Many Faces of Inequality,

Ohio State University.

Diversifying Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. Invited

presentation given at an NSF Conference on Under-Represented Minority Involvement in SBE

Graduate Programs, Chapel Hill, NC.

Graduate School and Other Uses for a Sociology Degree. Invited luncheon address given to the

Carolina Undergraduate Social Science Symposium, Presbyterian College.

Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk in the United States: Evidence, Controversy, and Next

Steps. Invited keynote address given to the Carolina Undergraduate Social Science Symposium,

Presbyterian College.

Religious Involvement and Adult Mortality Risk in the United States. Invited talk given to the

Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University.

Using Large, National Data Sets in Health Research. Invited presentation given to the Center for

Health Promotion in Underserved Populations, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin.

2005 Interdisciplinary Grant Writing Workshop: Panel Discussion. Invited panel discussion

sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin.

Religion and Mortality Risk in the United States: Evidence, Controversy, and Next Steps. Invited

presentation given to the Lakeway Men’s Club, November 30, Lakeway, Texas.

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Discussion of Hispanic Mortality Estimates. Invited discussion given to university researchers,

NCHS staff, Social Security Administration Staff, and Census Bureau Staff. Meeting on

Hispanic Mortality, University of Maryland, May 31.

Mexican American Child Health: Birth to Early Childhood. Invited Presentation given to the

Human Development and Family Sciences Division of the Department of Human Ecology, UT-

Austin, May 6.

Broadening Participation in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. Invited presentation

given to the SBE-AGEP Group at the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, April 25.

Religion, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Invited presentation to the Social Work

Student Organization at UT, 3/8/05.

Paradox Found. Health and Mortality among the Mexican Origin Population in the United

States. Invited presentation to the Department of Sociology, Arizona State University, 3/4/05.

Paradox Found. Health and Mortality among the Mexican Origin Population in the

United States. Invited presentation to the Carolina Population Center, University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1/14/05.

Paradox Found. Health and Mortality among the Mexican Origin Population in the

United States. Invited presentation to the Demography Interest Group, Duke University,

1/13/05.

2004 Religious Involvement and Mortality in the United States: Evidence, Controversy, and Next

Steps. Charles B. Nam Annual Lecture presented to the Center for Demography and Population

Health, Florida State University, 3/26/04.

Religious Involvement and Mortality in the United States: Evidence, Controversy, and Next

Steps. Invited presentation given to the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown

University, 3/4/04.

2003 Race/Ethnicity and Health Outcomes in the United States. Invited presentation given to the

Texas Institute for Society and Health, Rice University and UT School of Public Health, Baker

Institute of Rice University, 3/26/03.

2002 Religion, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Invited presentation given to the Population

Studies Center, University of Michigan, 10/28/02.

Mexican American Health and Mortality: Toward a Better Understanding of the Epidemiologic

Paradox. Invited presentation given to the School of Public Health, University of California at

Berkeley, 5/14/02.

Race/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality among the Elderly. Paper prepared for the

National Research Council Workshop on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Aging Health.

Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 3/21/02.

Measuring Race/Ethnic Health Disparities in the National Health Interview Survey. Hearing on

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the Measurement of Race/Ethnic Health Disparities. Subcommittee on Population, National

Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Washington DC, 2/12/02.

2001 Health Outcomes among the Mexican Origin Population: Toward a Better Understanding of the

Epidemiologic Paradox. Invited presentation to the University of Chicago Population Research

Center, 11/28/01.

The Population Research Center at UT. Invited presentation to the UT-Austin Department of

Human Ecology.

Religious Involvement, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Invited presentation to the

UT-Austin School of Social Work.

Religious Involvement, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Invited presentation to the

UT-Galveston Medical School, Galveston, TX.

Health Research at the Population Research Center. Invited presentation to the UT-UTMB-VA

Austin Forum on Collaboration, University of Texas at Austin.

Race/Ethnic Differences in Older Adult Health and Mortality. Invited presentation to the

Committee on Population at the National Research Council, Washington, DC.

Birth Outcomes among Mexican Americans: Toward a Better Understanding of the

Epidemiologic Paradox. Invited presentation to the Office of Population Research, Princeton

University, Princeton, NJ.

2000 Race/Ethnicity, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Invited colloquium presentation to

the Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin.

1999 Current Research on Race/Ethnicity, Health, and Mortality in the United States. Invited research

presentation to the Department of Sociology and Center for the Study of Population at Florida

State University: Tallahassee, FL.

Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality. Invited paper presentation at the meeting on

Mortality and Religious Involvement: A Review and Critique of the Results, the Methods, and

the Measures, sponsored by the National Institute for Healthcare Research and the John

Templeton Foundation. Boston, MA: Harvard University.

An Overview of Current Research on Health and Mortality Differentials. Brownbag presentation

at the Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

Adverse Birth Outcomes, Race/Ethnicity, and Child Development in the United States. Invited

paper presentation at the Institute for Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality. Invited speaker presentation at the annual

meeting of the Association of Black Cardiologists, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Religious Involvement and Longevity in the U.S. Invited speaker presentation at the UT

AKD/Sociology Club, Austin, Texas.

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1998 Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, and U.S. Mortality. Invited presentation given at the Colegio de la

Frontera Norte (COLEF), Tijuana, Mexico.

The Thomason Hospital Study. Invited presentation at the Research Symposium on the Survival

of Families in Poverty in the United States/Mexico Border Region. School of Social Work,

University of Texas at Austin.

New Research on Birth Outcomes in the United States. Brownbag presentation at the Population

Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

1997 Religious Involvement and US Adult Mortality. Brownbag presentation at the Population

Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.

1994 Maternal Age and Infant Mortality: A Test of Competing Hypotheses. Invited Presentation at

the meeting of the Triangle Area Population Society, Chapel Hill, NC.

Conference Presentations (first-authored only) and Discussions

2018 The Future of Add Health. Presentation given at the 2018 Add Health User’s Conference.

Bethesda, MD.

Overview of Ancillary Study Applications: Adding Supplemental Data to Add Health.

Presentation given at the 2018 Add Health User’s Conference. Bethesda, MD.

Can the Elimination of Obesity and Smoking Reduce Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in

Quantity and Quality of Life? Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Population

Association of America, Denver, CO.

Can the Elimination of Obesity and Smoking Reduce Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in

Quantity and Quality of Life? Presentation given at the annual meeting of Demography Daze,

Duke University, Durham, NC.

2016 Race/Ethnic Disparities in US Infant Mortality among Low-Risk Women. Presentation given at

the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Athens, GA.

Add Health Data Dissemination. Poster presentation given at the annual meeting of the

International Association for Population Health Science, State College, PA.

Overview of Ancillary Study Applications: Adding Supplemental Data to Add Health.

Presentation given at the 2016 Add Health User’s Conference. Bethesda, MD.

2015 Gender and the Clustering of Health Risk Behavior among US Young Adults. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the Network on Health Dynamics and Disparities, San Diego, CA.

The Redesign of the National Health Interview Survey: Perspective of a User. Presentation given

at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, San Diego, CA.

Discussant, Session on Mortality and Health Behavior. Annual meeting of the Population

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Association of American, San Diego, CA.

2014 Educational Gradients in Cardiovascular Health: A Comparison of Mexico and Costa Rica.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA.

2012 Discussant, Session on Disability and Mortality. Annual meeting of the Population Association

of America, San Francisco, CA.

2011 Race/Ethnicity and U.S. Adult Mortality: Progress, Prospects, and New Analyses. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC.

Black/White Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality: An Examination of Recent Period and Cohort

Trends. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America,

Washington, DC.

2010 Discussant, Session on Immigration and Race/Ethnicity. Annual meeting of the Southern

Demographic Association, Knoxville, TN.

2009 Discussant, Session on Aging and Health. Annual meeting of the American Sociological

Association, San Francisco, CA.

2007 Healthy People 2000 and 2010?: Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Birmingham, AL.

2006 Education and Self-Rated Health among U.S. Adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the Southern Demographic Association, Durham, NC.

2005 Education and Adult Mortality Risk among Hispanics in the United States. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Oxford, MS.

The Health Status and Health Care of Young Mexican American Children: The Influence of

Parental Relationship Status. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population

Association of America, Philadelphia, PA.

2004 Mexican Origin Infant Mortality: Evidence of Under-reporting? Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Hilton Head, SC.

2003 Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Recent Changes in U.S. Infant Mortality. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Crystal City, VA.

Discussant, Session on Social Institutions and Health. Annual meeting of the Population

Association of American, Minneapolis, MN.

2002 Health Insurance Coverage in Non-Metropolitan America. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Austin, TX.

Does Maternal Religious Involvement Influence the Birth Outcomes and Health Status of

Infants? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of American,

Atlanta, GA.

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2001 Maternal Religious Involvement, Health Behavior, and Infant Birth Weight. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Miami, FL.

Religious Involvement, Religious Denomination, and Adult Mortality Risk among a Nationally

Representative Cohort of Middle Aged Adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Demographic Association, Miami, FL.

Immigration, Duration of Residence, and the Health of Hispanic Adults in the United States.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of American, Washington,

DC.

Discussant, Session on International Migration. Annual meeting of the American Sociological

Association, Anaheim, CA.

2000 Race, Birth Weight, and General Measures of Child Well-Being. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, New Orleans, LA.

Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Wantedness and Child Well Being in the United States.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington,

DC.

Religious Involvement, Lifestyles, and Causes of Death: Evidence from a Followback Survey of

Death Certificates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological

Association, Washington, DC.

The Influence of Asset Ownership on the Risk of Adult Mortality in the United States.Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles,

California.

1999 Poverty, Birth Outcomes, and Maternal Reports of Child Asthma in the United States.Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, San Antonio, Texas.

Authors Meet Critics: A Panel Discussion of Living and Dying in the USA. Panel session at the

annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, San Antonio, Texas.

Birth Outcomes, Race, and Child Development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Population Association of America, New York, New York.

The Thomason Hospital Study: Overview, Methodology, and Descriptive Results. Paper

presented at the UT/DIF meeting on the Dynamics of Family and Household Structures on the

U.S.-Mexico Border, El Paso, Texas.

1998 Intra-Hispanic Differentials in U.S. Adult Mortality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of

the Southern Demographic Association, Annapolis, MD.

Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, and U.S. Mortality. Presentation given at the German-American

Academic Council’s Workshop on Social and Biological Determinants of Longevity. Max-

Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.

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1997 Health Behaviors and U.S. Adult Mortality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Demographic Association, Orlando, FL.

Ethnicity, Nativity, and U.S. Adult Mortality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.

Ethnicity, Nativity, and U.S. Infant Mortality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.

1996 Religious Participation and U.S. Adult Mortality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Demographic Association, Memphis, TN.

Sociodemographic Differentials in Mortality: Review and Perspective. Paper presented at the

meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

1995 Sociodemographic and Health Links to SIDS. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Demographic Associaton, Richmond, VA.

Smoking, Drinking, Weight Status, and Mortality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA.

1994 Discussant for session on Disability in the United States at the annual meeting of the American

Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

Socioeconomic Effects on the Smoking-Mortality Relationship Among Adults in the United

States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Atlanta,

GA.

Discussant for session on State Policy, Social Structure, and Population Change at the annual

meeting of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Underlying and Multiple Cause Mortality Risks Associated with Smoking Habits. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Miami, FL.

Race, Health, and Mortality: A Review of the Literature and Conceptual Framework. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, NC.

1993 Infant Mortality by Maternal Age at Birth: Understanding the Effects of Race/Ethnicity, Parity

and Cause of Death. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic

Association, New Orleans, LA.

1992 Why Former Smokers Have Higher Death Rates than Current Smokers: Unraveling a Paradox.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Charleston,

SC.

Race and Infant Mortality in the United States: An Examination of Social and Health

Determinants. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association,

Pittsburgh, PA.

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1991 Demography in the Classroom. Panel Presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern

Demographic Association, Jacksonville, FL.

A Structural Analysis of Gender Differentials in Mortality. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH.

Fraternities and Rape on Campus: Organizational Norms and Context as Motive. Panel

presentation at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati.

1990 Chair and Discussant for Mortality Paper Session at the annual meeting of the Southern

Demographic Association, Louisville, KE.

Infant Mortality among Hispanics in Florida. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Demographic Association, Louisville, KE.

Other Research-Related Experience

Visiting Demographer, Institute for Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder: May 2011;

July, 2006; July 2003; July 1999.

Participant, Young Scholars’ Institute on Social and Biological Determinants of Longevity, 1997-1998,

Davis, CA (1997) and Rostock, Germany (1998).

Participant, RAND/NIA Summer Institute on Aging, 1997, Santa Monica, CA.

Consultant, "Smoking, Morbidity, and Mortality in the U.S." Project funded by the National Institute of

Aging, January, 1994 - December, 1995. (PI C. Nam).

Participant, National Institutes of Health Workshop entitled "Social Inequality and Health", September

27-30, 1994, Annapolis, MD.

Participant, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Workshops on Low

Birth Weight and Infant Mortality, April, 1990 and April, 1991, Bethesda, MD.

Participant, Inter-Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in

Quantitative Research Methods, 1990, Ann Arbor, MI.

TEACHING AND MENTORING

Courses Taught at the University of North Carolina

1) SOCI/EPID 823. Integrating Social and Biological Perspectives on Human Health (Fall 2018)

2) SOCI 830. Demography (1/3-portion focused on human mortality; Fall 2018)

3) SOCI 172. Introduction to Population Health in the United States (Fall 2017)

4) SOCI 835. Mortality: Social Demographic Perspectives (Fall 2015, Spring 2017)

5) SOCI 422. Sociology of Health and Mental Illness (Spring 2016, Spring 2016)

Courses Taught at the University of Texas

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1) Population and Society

2) Introduction to Social Demography – 4 times

3) Forum Seminar: Population and Public Policy – 3 times

4) Introduction to Social Research

5) Introduction to the Study of Society, Mass Section - 2 times

6) Introduction to the Study of Society, Honors Section

7) Sociology of Health and Illness

8) Training Seminar in Demography, graduate level – 2 times

9) Demography of Minority Groups, graduate level – 2 times

10) Human Mortality, graduate level – 5 times

11) General Approaches to the Study of Population, graduate level – 4 times

12) Social Policy Analysis in Latin America, graduate level

13) Difficult Dialogues: Race and Policy -- 2 times

14) Aging and the Life Course (emergency fill in for ill colleague)

15) Social Context of Public Health – 5 times

Courses Taught Elsewhere

1) Introduction to Sociology - 8 times

2) Minority Peoples in the U.S.

3) Introduction to Population - 5 times

4) Introduction to Medical Sociology

5) Introduction to Social Statistics, Lecture Class - 4 times

6) Introduction to Social Statistics, Lab - 4 times

7) Multivariate Techniques and Analysis, graduate level - 2 times

Postdoctoral, Graduate, and Undergraduate Advising

1) Postdoctoral Advising

• Current Primary/Co-Primary (Grace Noppert)

• Current Secondary (None)

• Previous Primary/Co-Primary (Taylor Hargrove, Elaine Hernandez, Elizabeth Lawrence)

• Previous Secondary (Lauren Gaydosh, Rhiannon Kroeger, Pina Valle Holway, Claire

Margerison-Zilko, Patti Thomas, Anna Zajacova)

2) Ph.D. Advising or Co-Advising

o Current students (Nafeesa Andrabi, Iliya Gutin, Reed Deangelis, Alexis Dennis, Andrea

Goodwin, Kaitlin Shartle)

o Ph.D. students completed and last known position:

1) Neveen Shafeek Amin (Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arkansas, Little

Rock)

2) Maureen Benjamins (Senior Epidemiologist, Sinai Urban Health Institute)

3) Jason Boardman (Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder)

4) Dustin Brown (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University)

5) Anna Campbell Buck (Research Associate, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate,

Georgetown University)

6) Juanita Chinn (Program Officer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health

and Human Development)

7) Carlos Diaz-Venegas (Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,

Germany)

8) Molly Dondero (Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University)

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9) T. Elizabeth Durden (Associate Professor of Sociology, Bucknell University)

10) Jane Ebot (Assistant Scientist, Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health,

Johns Hopkins University)

11) Reanne Frank (Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University)

12) Raul Gonzalez Ramirez (Researcher, Population Studies Department, El Colegio de la

Frontera Norte, Mexico)

13) Erin Hamilton (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California at Davis)

14) Tod Hamilton (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University)

15) Stephanie Bond Huie (Vice-Chancellor, UT System Office of Strategic Initiatives)

16) Joseph Lariscy (Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis)

17) Jing Li (Quantitative Methodologist, Department of Sociology, Rice University)

18) Lorena Lopez-Gonzalez (Senior Research Analyst, Truven Health Analytics)

19) Hernan Manzelli (Research Associate, Centro de Estudios de Población [CENEP], Buenos

Aires, Argentina)

20) Ryan Masters (Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder)

21) Sarah McKinnon (Deceased)

22) Jennifer Melvin (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Flagler College)

23) Kelly Mikelson (Research Scientist, Ray Marshall Center, University of Texas at Austin)

24) Yuka Minagawa (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sophia University, Japan)

25) Benjamin Moulton (Director of Policy Analysis and Simulations, Insight Policy Research)

26) Sandra Valongueiro-Alves (Researcher, Department of Social Medicine, Federal University

of Recife, Brazil)

27) Shu-Chuan Wang (Assistant Professor of Medical Sociology and Social Work, Chung Shan

Medical University, Taiwan)

28) Ying-Ting Wang (Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National

Yang-Ming University)

29) Xiuhong You (Research Scientist, Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research,

University of Texas at San Antonio)

2) Dissertation Committees

o Current students (David Braudt, Nathan Dollar, Yanica Faustin, Samuel Fishman, Danielle

Gartner, Moira Johnson, Gracia Sierra, Batool Zaidi)

o Students completed (Sarit Amir, Sherri Benn, Jodi Berger, Monique Biegler, Courtney Boen,

Chi-Tsun Chiu, Youngtae Cho, Shannon Cormier, Peter deTurk, Nora Douglas, Julie Dowling,

Samuel Echevarria, Marilyn Espitia, Gang-hua Fan, Brian Finch, Marc Garcia, Karen Gerken,

Ginger Gossman, Fern Greenwell, Melissa Hamilton, Andrea Henderson-Pratt, Erin Hofmann,

Kimberly Huyser, Eunjeong Kim, Jason LaTurner, Jennifer Leiferman, Cathy Liu, Celia Hubert

Lopez, Faith Lucas, Cate McNamee, Georgina Martinez, Jennifer Karas Montez, Julie Skalamera

Olson, Nina Palmo, Lawrence Panas, Cristian Paredes, Melissa Radey, Paulo Saad, Isaac Sasson,

Connor Sheehan, Dara Shifrer, Ole Steinert, Danielle Toussaint, Jenny Trinitapoli, Joshua

Wassink, Kari White, Elizabeth Wildsmith, Hyeyoung Woo, Lindsey Wilkinson, Huei-hsia Wu,

Wei Zhang)

3) MA Thesis Chair

o Current students (Nafeesa Andrabi, Andrea Goodwin, Kaitlin Shartle)

o Students completed (Juanita Chinn, Shannon Cormier, Brian Crisp, Alexis Dennis, Jane Ebot,

Iliya Gutin, Joseph Lariscy, Kristen Miller, Melissa Radey, Ying-Ting Wang, Gelareh Yazdi)

4) MA Thesis Committee

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o Current students (none)

o Students completed (Maureen Benjamins, Sarah Blanchard, Phillip Cantu, Sara Crissey, Nathan

Dollar, Samuel Echevarria, Oliver Fischer, Samuel Fishman, Suzannah Gonzales, Tara Keniry,

George Lara, Cate McNamee, Evangeleen Pattison, Karen Ra, Julie Street, Amy Whitcher,

Deborah White, Robert O’Neil, Ginger Stevenson, Joshua Wassink)

5) Undergraduate Thesis Committee Chair

o Current students (None)

o Students completed (Claire Altman, Deva Cats-Baril, Laura Dekovich, Rachel Donnelly,

Jennifer Hausler, Kristina Kelley, Vaishali Jadhav, Urvashi Mitbander, Kadejah Murray, Lisa

Newhouse, Christina Ngo, Michael Ross)

6) Undergraduate Thesis Committees

o Current students (none)

o Students completed (Tara Buentello, Caroline Carter, Paresh Jaini, Khristian Kesterson, Olga

Simons, Melissa Ward)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

National Level

Member, Committee on Population, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2018-

2021.

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2017.

External Advisory Board, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 2014-2016.

Member, National Institutes of Health Review Panel for Population Research Infrastructure Grants,

April 2010.

Chair, Review Panel for the National Health Interview Survey, Board of Scientific Counselors, National

Center for Health Statistics, Spring-Summer-Fall 2008.

Member Reviewer, National Institutes of Health, Social Sciences and Population Studies (SSPS) Study

Section, Health of the Population Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, July,

2003 to June, 2007.

Ad-Hoc Reviewer, National Institutes of Health (22 panels between 1994 and 2017).

Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Behavioral and Social Sciences Branch, National Institute on Aging: 2006, 2008,

2009.

Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, May 2005.

Chair, National Institutes of Health Study Section Special Review (RFA) on Education and Pathways to

Health, July 2003.

Member, National Institutes of Health Review Panel for Population Research Infrastructure Grants,

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April 2001.

Ad-Hoc Reviewer, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2005, 2009.

Ad-Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation, SBE Program, 2000-2008 (7 reviews).

Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Israeli Science Foundation, 2002-2003 (2 reviews).

External Reviewer, Promotion, Tenure, Hiring, Programmatic, and Award Cases from Various U.S.

Universities (64 reviews, 2000-2018): University of Michigan (5), University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill (2), University of Indiana, University of Texas-San Antonio (4), Rice University

(3), Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania (2), Pennsylvania State University, Duke

University (2), Louisiana State University (3), Arizona State University (3), University of

California at Irvine (2), Villanova University, Mississippi State University, University of

Maryland (2), Northwestern University, Georgia State University, University of Nebraska (2),

University of Colorado at Denver, University of California at Berkeley, Princeton University (2),

Brooklyn College, Texas A&M University, University of Illinois, University of California at

Riverside, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Oklahoma, University of

Washington, University of Missouri, University of Memphis, University of Chicago, Brown

University, Cornell University, State University of New York-Albany, University of Minnesota,

Washington University in St Louis, Stony Brook University, University of Wisconsin, Michigan

State University, University of Alabama-Birmingham, University at Buffalo, University of

Hawaii, Florida State University.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Service

Associate Editor, Demographic Research (2013-2018)

Deputy Editor, Demography (2013-2017)

Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2010-2013)

Deputy Editor, Population Research and Policy Review (2006-2011)

Editorial Board, Research on Aging (2016-current)

Editorial Board, Demography (2007-2010)

Editorial Board, Social Forces (2009-2010; 2015-current)

Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly (2006-2013)

Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2003-2006)

Editorial Board, Population Research and Policy Review (2000-2003)

Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewer (1989-present), American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of

Epidemiology, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Annals of

Epidemiology, Annual Review of Sociology, Demographic Research, Demography,

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Epidemiologic Reviews, European Journal of Population, Gender and Society, International

Journal of Epidemiology, International Migration, International Migration Review, Journal of

Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, Journal for

the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Aging and Health, Journal of Cross-Cultural

Gerontology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, National Journal of Sociology, Population

and Development Review, Population Research and Policy Review, Population Studies,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Research on Aging, Science, Social Biology,

Social Forces, Social Science and Medicine, Social Problems, Social Science Quarterly, Social

Science Research, Sociological Forum, Sociological Methods and Research, Sociological

Spectrum, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Quarterly, Southern Medical Journal,

Violence Against Women.

Service to Professional Organizations

Member, Committee on Population Statistics, Population Association of America, 2018-2021.

Program Co-Chair (appointed), International Association for Population Health Sciences, 2017-2018.

Vice-President Elect and Vice-President (elected), Population Association of America, 2016-2017 (Co-

Chair of PAA Program Committee, 2017).

Member (appointed), Initiatives Committee, Population Association of America, 2013-2015 (Chair of

Committee in 2015).

Chair (elected), Nominations Committee, Population Association of America, September 2013 to

August 2014.

Member (elected), Publications Committee, Population Association of America, January 2010 to

December 2012 (Chair of Committee in 2012).

Member (appointed), Clogg Award Selection Committee, Population Association of America, January

2012 to December 2015.

Member (appointed), Initiatives Committee, Population Association of America, 2013-2015.

Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past-Chair (elected), Population Section, American Sociological Association,

2009-2011.

Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, Population Association of America, 2010 meeting.

Session Organizer, Population Association of America, 2010 meeting.

Chair, Data Safety and Monitoring Board for the Work, Family and Health Network (NIH funded

study), 2009-2014.

Board of Directors (elected), Population Association of America, 1/1/06-12/31/08.

Member, Finance Committee, Population Association of America, 1/1/06-12/31/08 (Chair of Committee

in 2008).

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Member, Ad-Hoc Awards Committee, Population Association of America, 2007-2008.

Chair, Nominations Committee, Population Section, American Sociological Association, 2006.

President-Elect, President and Past-President (elected), Southern Demographic Association, 2004-2006.

Vice-President, Association for Population Centers, 2004-2005.

Council Member, Population Section, American Sociological Association, 2002-2004.

Vice-President, Southern Demographic Association, 2003.

Board of Directors (elected), Southern Demographic Association, 2000-2002.

Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, Southern Demographic Association, 2002.

Session Organizer, Population Association of America, 2007, 2002, 1998.

Chair of Nominations Committee, Population Section, American Sociological Association, 2000.

Creator, Graduate Student Paper Award, Population Section, American Sociological Association, 2000.

Chair of Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Population Section, American Sociological

Association, 2000-2001.

Poster Session Judge, Population Association of America, 2000.

Session Organizer, American Sociological Association, 1999.

Nominations Committee, Southern Demographic Association, 1999.

Nominations Committee, Population Section, American Sociological Association, 1998.

Program Committee, Southern Sociological Association, 1997.

Site Selection Committee, Southern Demographic Association, 1995.

Service to the University of North Carolina

Member, Advisory Council, Carolina Population Center, 2018-22.

Search Committee Member for the Training Program Coordinator, Carolina Population Center, 2018.

Chair, Committee to develop a new undergraduate minor in Health and Society, 2016-18.

Member, Search Committee, Department of Sociology, 2017-18.

Chair, Search Committee for the Director of the Carolina Population Center, 2016-17.

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Member, Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, 2016-17.

Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, 2015-17.

Chair, Social Committee, Department of Sociology, 2015-2017.

Service to the University of Texas

Chair, committee to develop new undergraduate degree on Health and Society, College of Liberal Arts,

2009-2013.

New Liberal Arts Building Ad-Hoc Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 2008-2012.

Quantitative Reasoning Committee, School of Undergraduate Studies, 2008-2011.

Chairperson, Department of Sociology, 2006-2010.

Public Affairs Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 2006-2009.

Director, Population Research Center, 2001-2005.

Co-Director (with Omer Galle), Population and Public Policy Bridging the Disciplines Undergraduate

Program, 2002-2006.

Director, Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Population Research Center, 2006 -present.

Co-Director (with Omer Galle), Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Population Research

Center, 2003-2006

Co-Chair, Dean of Social Work Review Committee, 2004-2005, Office of the Provost.

UT Representative to NSF Meetings on Bridging the Gap for Minority Students, 2004-2005.

Co-Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2003-2004, Department of Sociology.

Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2002-2003, Department of Sociology.

Population Research Center Representative to the Association of Population Centers Annual Meeting,

1999-2005.

Associate Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2000-2001.

Chair, Distinguished Speaker Series Selection Committee, Department of Sociology, 2000-2001.

Executive Committee, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, Department of Sociology.

Graduate Steering Committee, 1999-2001 and 2003-2004, Department of Sociology.

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Search Committee, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2011-2012, Department of Sociology.

Faculty Governance Committee, 1997-present, Population Research Center.

Graduate Admissions Committee, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2005-2006, Department of Sociology.

Comprehensive Examination Committees on Demography, Health, Race/Ethnicity, and Religion,

Various Roles, Department of Sociology, 1997-present.

Selection Committee, REU Program, Population Research Center, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2011.

Search Committee, Population Research Center Director Position, 1999.

Mellon Undergraduate Fellowship Selection Committee, Population Research Center, 1997-1998.

REU Program Mentor, Population Research Center, 1997-present.

MPACCT Selection Committee, Population Research Center, 2000.

MPACCT Program Mentor, Population Research Center, 2000-2003.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS

Champion Award, Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Science, 2018.

Community Building Award, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2017-18.

Sociological Research Association (elected membership), 2017.

Graduate Student Mentor Award, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2016-17.



IHIS Research Award in Recognition of Outstanding Work Using IPUMS Data (with Joseph Lariscy

and Mark Hayward for article in Demography 52[1]: 1-14), Minnesota Population Center, 2015.

Clifford C. Clogg Award for Early Career Achievement, Population Association of America, 2010.

Undergraduate Mentor Award (for Tara Buentello’s 2nd Place Finish in the Hamilton Awards), 2008.

Blue Ribbon Poster Award Winner (with Erin Hamilton and Andres Villareal), annual meeting of the

Population Association of America, 2007.

Big XII Faculty Fellowship Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2005-06.

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Rapaport/King Mentor Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2005-06.

Dean’s Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, fall 2005.

Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Scholarly Contribution in Social Demography, for Living and Dying in

the USA: Behavioral, Health, and Social Differentials of Adult Mortality (Academic Press, with

R. Rogers and C. Nam). Population Section, American Sociological Association, 2002.

Big XII Faculty Fellowship Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1989-99, 2002-03, 2010-11.

Dean’s Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, spring 2001.

Outstanding Paper Award in Humility Theology in the Category of Religion and the Medical Sciences,

for “Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality,” Demography 36(2): 273-285 (with R.

Rogers, C. Nam, and C. Ellison). John Templeton Foundation, 1999.

Fellow, German-American Academic Council Young Scholars’ Institute on Social and Biological

Determinants of Longevity, 1997-98.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1995-96.

Dissertation Fellowship Award Winner, Florida State University, 1992-93.

Graduate Scholar Award, Phi Kappa Phi, Florida State University, 1992.

Best Graduate Student Teacher, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 1992.

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Membership, 1990.

Frances Allen Graduate Fellowship Award, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 1990.

Honors Program, American Sociological Association, 1989.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Sociological Association

Population Association of America

Southern Demographic Association

International Association for Population Health Science

Sociological Research Association

REFERENCES

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