Social Science Research Abstract: Black-White disparities in low birth weight (LBW) rise with maternal age. Why? The “weathering hypothesis” holds that the increasing disparity is due to the accumulation of adverse exposures leading to accelerated …
Publications
Pandemic Housing: The Role of Landlords, Social Networks, and Social Policy in Mitigating Housing Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Max Besbris, Sadie Dempsey, Brian McCabe, and Eva Rosen (2024)
Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Abstract: This article uses a subsample of low-income American Voices Project respondents who rent their homes to examine how households coped with housing insecurity at the onset …
Increased homicide played a key role in driving Black-White disparities in life expectancy among men during the COVID-19 pandemic by Michael Light and Karl Vachuska (2024)
PLOS ONE Abstract: Disparities in life expectancy between Black and White Americans increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same period, the US experienced the largest increase in homicide on record. Yet, little research …
Police’s Attribution of Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System: A Case of Non-Binary Color-Blindness by Jungmyung Kim (2024)
Ethnic and Racial Studies Abstract: This study critically examines how police officers attribute racial disparities within the US criminal justice system. For this inquiry, the study used in-depth interviews with 65 police officers from 4 …
What Is Sociological About Environmental Sociology?: Qualitative Methods in an Era of Rapid Environmental Change by Max Besbris (2024)
Qualitative Sociology Abstract: This special issue aims to display the breadth and depth of qualitative studies of the environment. In terms of breadth, the work here demonstrates that sociology should have a capacious definition of …
Tensions of Making Women’s Marginalization Salient in Men-Dominated Workplaces by Chloe Hart (2024)
Work and Occupations Abstract: Why might women who experience gender-based bias and harassment at work shy away from efforts to address gender inequality in their workplaces? Drawing on data from 52 interviews with women working …
The Local Roots of January 6th: A Mixed-Methods, Multilevel Approach to Political Communication by Sadie Dempsey and Jianing Li (2024)
Oxford University Press Sadie Dempsey co-authored a chapter with Jianing Li (Rutgers University) titled, “The Local Roots of January 6th: A Mixed-Methods, Multilevel Approach to Political Communication” that was recently published in Media and January …
Home Price Change and Ethno-racial Residential Segregation: Temporal Relationships at the Metro Level by Alex Mikulas, Brenden Beck, and Max Besbris (2024)
Socius Abstract: Although rates of residential racial segregation and home prices are undoubtedly related, the temporal nature of the relationship has rarely been studied. Using fixed effects models in a cross-lagged framework, we examine how …
A Rapidly Changing Ecology of Aid: Accepting Help and Stigma in the Aftermath of Disaster by Anna Rhodes and Max Besbris (2024)
Qualitative Sociology Abstract: Drawing on the human ecology framework, which describes social structure as dynamic and social action as environmentally contingent, this article examines behavior and attitudes around accepting help after disaster. Through two years …
The health implications of cumulative exposure to contextual (dis) advantage: Methodological and substantive advances from a unique data linkage by Wei Xu, Christina Kamis, Megan Agnew, Amy Schultz, Sarah Salas, Kristen Malecki, and Michal Engelman (2024)
American Journal of Epidemiology Abstract: Deleterious neighborhood conditions are associated with poor health, yet the health impact of cumulative lifetime exposure to neighborhood disadvantage is understudied. Using up to five decades of residential histories for …