Students
Community Health Sciences (Public Health)
Uchechi Acholonu- Racial health disparities in chronic illnesses, stress
Hector
Alcala
- Racial and ethnic disparities in health, specifically chronic disease.
- Adolescent sexual health, substance use and HIV/STI sexual risk and survival sex, especially among adolescents and sexual minorities, infectious diseases in vulnerable populations such as prisoners, adolescents and the homeless
DeAnnah Byrd- Health disparities, racial discrimination, and birth outcomes
Maria Pia
Chaparro- Association between Food Assistance Program Participation and Obesity
Eliva A. Clinton- Social-structural determinants of mental health; the impact of mental health status on other health outcomes, general well-being, and productivity; global mental health-specifically the US and sub-Saharan Africa
Mekeila Co- Community Health Sciences
Hsin-Chieh
Chang- Health demography, marriage migration, social determinants of health and well-being among women and children
Elinam Dellor- Mental health
and behavioral consequences of childhood stress; effect of child
abuse and neglect on high-risk behaviors among adolescents
- Migration, Labor, Acculturation and Reproductive Health Decision-Making
- Racial and ethnic health disparities; residential segregation
- Social determinants of population health.
- Couple level decision making surrounding abortion and reproductive health; Women's empowerment and autonomy
- Urban demography, spatial aspects of social and health behavior, and public health
- Health of children based on race/ethnicity/gender deferantial and the status of children from imigrant population
- Social determinants, neighborhood/community factors, and youth violence
Camillia Lui- Addictions (substance abuse and problem gambling), Adolescent Health, Health Disparities
Brittany Morey- Health disparities, Enviornmental Justice (especially how it impacts sub-populations in urban areas)
-Social-Structural Determinants of Mental Health, Mental Health Services and Policies
Tabashir Sadegh-Nobari
- The impact that early life experiences can have on health and socioeconomic outcomes later in life.
Goleen Samari- Reproductive health and adolescent reproductive health decision making
Mienah Zulfacar Sharif
-Chronic disease prevention, nutrition and food security among immigrant populations with an emphasis on the family structure as well as gender issues.
- The reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity as health outcome, and facility delivery and skilled birth attendants in low resource settings, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jacqueline
Torres- Mental health, immigration
Kiyomi Tsuyuki- HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, gender, and maternal and child health
Bethany Wexler
Rainisch- Reproductive health, mainly pertaining to women's fertility choices; family demography; sex-communication; and female empowerment
- Social determinants of health, food environment and childhood obesity, substance abuse
Economics (Letters and Sciences)
Matthew Baird- Labor economics, Immigration, Economics of Education
Peter Bergman- Eduation, Economic Development, Political Economy
Mary Ann
Bronson- Labor economics, Development economics, Economic History
Yi Chen- Health Economics and Labor Economics; especially the Inter-Generational Transfer of Inequality
- Development Economics, Labor Economics
- Labor economics, Africa, and applied econometrics
- Econometrics, Labor Economics
- Marriage, Housing, Economic History
Ziyan Huang- Intergenerational relationship in rural area, especially China
- Development economics, immigration, and trade
Seth Kerstein- Applied Microeconomics, Economic Demography, Health, Development, Labor
Robert Kurtzman- Labor Markets from Macro-Theory and Empirical Perspectives, Behavioral Economics, and Optimal Policy Design
Carolina Mejia- Household risk, insurance and insurance markets
Kenneth Mirkin
- Applied Theory, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Joel Moore
- Economics of Aging, Health Economics, Education
- Labor Economics and Development Economics
- Labor Economics and Development Economics
Rosanna Smart- Applied Microeconomics: Labor, Public Finance, Health, Economics of Aging
- Health Economics, Development Economics
- Information Economics applied to Development Economics
Geography (Letters and Sciences)
Chen Chen- Labor migration in China
- Wage inequality and trade, migration and land-use change, gender and commuting patterns
- Spatial demography, migration and immigration, regional economic
development, and China
- Hispanic (or Latino) migration in urban areas
- Informal housing markets, land use and urban economics
- Migration in China
Health Services (Public Health)
- Social determinants of health affect individual health seeking behaviors.
Sociology (Letters and Sciences)
Erika Arenas- Immigration/migration, especially from Mexico
Jessica Carbino- Transition to adulthood, family and household demography
- social stratification, demography and East Asian countries
- Social stratification, race, education
Dwight Davis- China, Environment, and Historical Demography
Rebecca DiBennardo- Sexuality, Health, and Same Sex Families
- Families, Social Stratification and Demography
- Marriage and Cohabitations, Time Allocation and Family/Work Structures and Relationships
Benjamin Jarvis- Residential Segregation, Social Stratification, and Agent-based Models
Liz Kofman– Comparative/Cross-National Perspectives of Work and Family
Yana Kucheva- Social Stratification, Race and Ethnicity, Spatial Demography, Social Policy, Social Networks, Quantitative Methods
- Neighborhood Effects on Mental Health in Families
- Social Demography
Rennie Lee- Educational Attainment among Immigrants
Phillip S.Y.
Lu– Social Networks, Social Stratification, Sociology of Family
Tara McKay- HIV/AIDS, Sexuality, Substance Use
Amanda
Morrall- Social Stratification, Social Mobility, Race, Education, Criminal Justice
- Social Demography
- Migration and the savings behavior of households in El Salvador
Sung Shim Park- Family, Life Course and Immigration
William Rosales- Social Stratification, Demography, Gender, Race and Ethnicity
Sarah Schlabach- Stratification, Race/Ethnicity and Family
-International Migration, Race and Ethnicity
E. Julia Simon
Thomas- Education, Social Stratification and Mobility
Xi Song– Stratification, Social demography
Danielle Wondra- Family, Gender, Sexuality, looking at how characteristics such as sexual identity and race influence men's fertility intentions and family formation desires
- International Migration, Stratification and Language
-Social Demography
Social Welfare
Nancy Jo
Kepple
- Population Trends of Child Maltreatment Behaviors, Ecological Factors Related to Crime, Substance Environment and Substance Use Behaviors, and Racial Disparities
