Population and Development Review Abstract: The extent to which women outlive men in the United States has fluctuated over the 20th century, with periods of equalization, stagnation, and increase. Women’s life expectancy advantage declined for …
Publications
Division of Labor, Multiplication of Gratitude? Gratitude and Resentment Within Households by Allison Daminger, Amanda Nerenberg, Rachel Drapper, Alexandra C. Feldberg, and Kathleen L. McGinn (2025)
Journal of Marriage and Family Abstract: Objective This paper investigates contemporary household economies of gratitude and resentment, assessing how discrepancies between partners’ expectations relate to their emotions and household labor allocation. Background Women shoulder greater …
The Social Psychology of Social Class and Mobility by Jessica Calarco and Chloe Rosenstock (2025)
Handbook of Social Psychology Vol. 2: Meso and Macro Perspectives Abstract: Compared to other social scientists, social psychologists have been less involved in efforts to explain patterns of social class reproduction and social class mobility, …
How Do You Interview a River? Translating the Social Role of Natural Entities by Taimur Ahmad (2025)
The Sociological Quarterly Abstract: Dualistic approaches that separate the natural from the social have long been the norm in sociology, but they are flawed in an era of ecological crisis where the interconnections between humans …
Ethnic Movements in the United States by Emma-Claire LaSaine (2025)
TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology Abstract: This course sociologically analyzes historical and recent ethnic/racial conflict and movements in the U.S., including the relations between European Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, …
Discordant patterns and adulthood consequences of childhood maltreatment and foster care placement by Martin Eiermann, Garrett Baker, and Christopher J. Wildeman (2025)
Social Forces Abstract: Child maltreatment and foster care placement are common, unequally distributed, and consequential for life-course outcomes. Yet, little is known about how foster care placements vary across children who experience different types and …
Perceived Spousal Similarity in Outlook on Life: Implications for Later-Life Well-Being by Yue Qin, Sara Moorman, and Michal Engelman (2025)
The Journals of Gerontology: Series B Abstract: Objectives People tend to choose marital partners who are similar to themselves, and spouses become increasingly similar in some respects due to shared life experiences. However, it is …
Is It Daddy Time Yet? Trends and Variation in Men’s Employment Hours around Childbirth: 1989-2020 by Anita Li (2025)
Demography Abstract: Scholars continue to debate the progress of the gender revolution. Some argue that the gender revolution is stalled, whereas others see an emerging second half marked by men’s increased involvement in the home. …
Does Immigration Enforcement Exacerbate Racial Inequality Under the Law? by Michael Light and Avery Warner (2025)
American Journal of Sociology Abstract: We leverage the rollout of Secure Communities (S-Comm)—the largest effort in US history to integrate local criminal justice authorities into immigration enforcement—to examine whether immigration enforcement exacerbates racial disparities in …
Is There an Idealized Target of Sexual Harassment in the MeToo Era? by Chloe Grace Hart (2025)
Social Problems Abstract: Evidence suggests that Americans became more sympathetic toward people who experienced sexual harassment as the MeToo movement surged. Yet how comprehensive these shifts in public opinion have been remains unclear. I hypothesize …