Barrett A. Lee's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Urban sociology; social demography; homelessness; race/ethnicity.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Demographic Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1980-1986 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
1986-1990 Associate Professor of Sociology, Urban Studies
Interdisciplinary Program Director, Vanderbilt University
1990-1992 Associate Professor of Sociology; Senior Research Associate, Population Issues Research Center, Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, The Pennsylvania State University
1992-1993 Associate Professor of Sociology; Senior Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
1991-1996 Sociology Graduate Program Director,
The Pennsylvania State University
1993-present Professor of Sociology; Senior Scientist, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
1996-2001 Sociology Department Head, The Pennsylvania State
University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1973 Phi Beta Kappa
1973 Graduated with Highest Honors, University of California, Riverside
1975 National Finalist, Asian Scholars Program, Henry Luce Foundation
1978 Howard Brown Woolston Award, Sociology, University of Washington
1991-1993 Editorial Board, Sociological Quarterly
1988-1990 Editorial Board, American Sociological Review
1984-2003 Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly
1998-2001 Editorial Board, American Sociological Review
2002-2004 Chair, Community and Urban Sociology Section, American Sociological
Association
2003 Sociological Research Association
2003-2005 Editorial Board, Contexts
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Counts, G.W.
,
D.F. Gregory
,
J.G. Spearman
,
B.A. Lee
,
G.A. Filice
,
K.K. Holmes
and
J.M. Griffiss
(1984).
"Group A Meningococcal Disease in the U. S. Pacific Northwest: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Effect of a Vaccination Control Program."
Review of Infectious Diseases 6(5):640-648.
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Guest, A.
and
B.A. Lee
(1984).
"How Urbanites Define Their Neighborhoods."
Population and Environment 7:32-56.
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Lee, B.A.
and
D.C. Hodge
(1984).
"Social Differentials in Metropolitan Residential Displacement." In
Palen, J.J.
and
B. London
(Eds.)
, Gentrification, Displacement, and Neighborhood Revitalization.
Albany:
State University of New York Press.
(pp. 140-169)
Lee, B.A.
and
P.M. Mergenhagen
(1984).
"Is Revitalization Detectable? Evidence from Five Nashville Neighborhoods."
Urban Affairs Quarterly 19:511-538.
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Lee, B.A.
,
R.S. Oropesa
,
B.J. Metch
and
A. Guest
(1984).
"Testing the Decline of Community Thesis: Neighborhood Organizations in Seattle, 1929 and 1979."
American Journal of Sociology 89(5):1161-1188.
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Lee, B.A.
(1985).
"Racially Mixed Neighborhoods During the 1970s: Change or Stability?."
Social Science Quarterly 66:346-364.
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Lee, B.A.
,
D. Spain
and
D.J. Umberson
(1985).
"Neighborhood Revitalization and Racial Change: The Case of Washington, D.C."
Demography 22(4):581-602.
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Lee, B.A.
(1986).
"From Black to White: Reverse Racial Change in Neighborhoods of Large American Cities, 1970-1980."
Journal of the American Planning Association 51:338-345.
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London, B.
,
B.A. Lee
and
S.G. Lipton
(1986).
"The Determinants of Gentrification in the United States: A City-Level Analysis."
Urban Affairs Quarterly 21:369-387.
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Guest, A.
and
B.A. Lee
(1987).
"Metropolitan Residential Environments and Church Organizational Activities."
Sociological Analysis 47:335-355.
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Lee, B.A.
(1988).
"Urban Sociology." In
Borgatta, E.F.
and
K.S. Cook
(Eds.)
, The Future of Sociology.
Beverly Hills, CA:
Sage Publishing.
(pp. 200-223)
Lee, B.A.
(1989).
"Homelessness in Tennessee." In
Momeni, J.A.
(Ed.)
, Homelessness in the United States, Volume I: State Surveys.
Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press.
(pp. 181-203)
Lee, B.A.
(1989).
"Stability and Change in an Urban Homeless Population."
Demography 26(2):323-334.
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Campbell, K.E.
and
B.A. Lee
(1990).
"Gender Differences in Urban Neighboring."
Sociological Quarterly 31:495-512.
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Lee, B.A.
and
P.B. Wood
(1990).
"The Fate of Residential Integration in American Cities: Evidence from Racially Mixed Neighborhoods, 1970-1980."
Journal of Urban Affairs 12:425-436.
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Lee, B.A.
,
S.H. Jones
and
D.W. Lewis
(1990).
"Public Beliefs About the Causes of Homelessness."
Social Forces 69:253-265.
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Campbell, K.E.
and
B.A. Lee
(1991).
"Name Generators in Surveys of Personal Neighbor Networks."
Social Networks 13:203-221.
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Lee, B.A.
and
P.B. Wood
(1991).
"Is Neighborhood Racial Succession Place-Specific?."
Demography 28(1):21-40.
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Lee, B.A.
,
B.G. Link
and
P.A. Toro
(1991).
"Images of the Homeless: Public Views and Media Messages."
Housing Policy Debate 2:649-682.
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Lee, B.A.
,
K.E. Campbell
and
O. Miller
(1991).
"Racial Differences in Urban Neighboring."
Sociological Forum 6:525-550.
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Campbell, K.E.
and
B.A. Lee
(1992).
"Sources of Personal Neighbor Networks: Social Integration, Need, or Time?."
Social Forces 70:1077-1100.
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Lee, B.A.
,
D.W. Lewis
and
S.H. Jones
(1992).
"Are the Homeless to Blame? A Test of Two Theories."
Sociological Quarterly 33:535-552.
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Lee, B.A.
,
R.S. Oropesa
and
J.W. Kanan
(1994).
"Neighborhood Context and Residential Mobility."
Demography 31(2):249-270.
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Lee, B.A.
and
K.E. Campbell
(1997).
"Common Ground? Urban Neighborhoods as Survey Respondents See Them."
Social Science Quarterly 78(4):922-936.
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Zelinsky, W.
and
B.A. Lee
(1998).
"Heterolocalism: An Alternative Model of the Sociospatial Behaviour of Immigrant Ethnic Communities."
International Journal of Population Geography 4(4):281-298.
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Lee, B.A.
and
K.E. Campbell
(1999).
"Neighbor Networks of Black and White Americans." In
Wellman, B.
(Ed.)
, Networks in the Global Village.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press.
(pp. 119-146)
Lee, B.A.
(2000).
"Homelessness." In
Borgatta, E.F.
and
R.J. Montgomery
(Eds.)
, The Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd Ed.).
New York, NY:
Macmillan.
(pp. 1202-1209)
Lee, B.A.
(2000).
"Taking Neighborhoods Seriously." In
Booth, A.
and
A.C. Crouter
(Eds.)
, Does It Take a Village? Community Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Families.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(pp. 31-40)
Lee, B.A.
(2003).
"Residential Segregation." In
Demeny, P.
and
G. McNicoll
(Eds.)
, The Encyclopedia of Population (2nd Ed.).
Farmington Hills, MI:
Macmillian Reference USA.
Lee, B.A.
and
C.R. Farrell
(2003).
"Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? Homelessness, Panhandling, and the Public."
Urban Affairs Review 38(3):299-324.
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Lee, B.A.
,
T. Price-Spratlen
and
J.W. Kanan
(2003).
"Determinants of Homelessness in Metropolitan Areas."
Journal of Urban Affairs 25(3):335-355.
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Lee, B.A.
and
T. Price-Spratlen
(2004).
"The Geography of Homelessness in American Communities: Concentration or Dispersion?."
City & Community 3(1):3-27.
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Lee, B.A.
,
C.R. Farrell
and
B.G. Link
(2004).
"Revisiting the Contact Hypothesis: The Case of Public Exposure to Homelessness."
American Sociological Review 69(1):40-63.
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Lee, B.A.
and
C.J. Schreck
(2005).
"Danger on the Streets: Marginality and Victimization Among Homeless People."
American Behavioral Scientist 48(8):1055-1081.
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Lee, B.A.
and
C.R. Farrell
(2005).
"The Sheltered Homeless in Metropolitan Neighborhoods: Evidence from the 1990 and 2000 Censuses." In
Berube, A.
,
B. Katz
and
R.E. Lang
(Eds.)
, Redefining Urban and Suburban America, Vol. 2.
Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution Press.
(pp. 285-309)
Lee, B.A.
(2007).
"Invasion-Succession." In
Ritzer, G.S.
(Ed.)
, Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing.
Lee, B.A.
and
M. Marlay
(2007).
"The Right Side of the Tracks: Affluent Neighborhoods in the Metropolitan United States."
Social Science Quarterly 88(3):766-789.
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Lee, B.A.
and
M.J. Greif
(2008).
"Homelessness and Hunger."
Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49(1):3-19.
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Lee, B.A.
,
S.F. Reardon
,
G. Firebaugh
,
C.R. Farrell
,
S.A. Matthews
and
D. O'Sullivan
(2008).
"Beyond the Census Tract: Patterns and Determinants of Racial Segregation at Multiple Geographic Scales."
American Sociological Review 73(5):766-791.
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Reardon, S.F.
,
S.A. Matthews
,
D. O'Sullivan
,
B.A. Lee
,
G. Firebaugh
,
C.R. Farrell
and
K. Bischoff
(2008).
"The Geographic Scale of Metropolitan Racial Segregation."
Demography 45(3):489-514.
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Lee, B.A.
and
M. Hall
(2009).
"Residential Mobility." In
Carr, D.
(Ed.)
, Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Volume 2: Adulthood.
Farmington Hills, MI:
Macmillan Reference USA.
Hall, M.
and
B.A. Lee
(Forthcoming).
"How Diverse are U.S. Suburbs?."
Urban Studies.
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Lee, B.A.
,
J.D. Wright
and
K.A. Tyler
(In Press).
"The New Homelessness Revisited."
Annual Review of Sociology 35(1).
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