Stephen A. Matthews's Information
POSITION TITLE: Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Demography; and Director of the GIA Core
RESEARCH INTERESTS: GIS applications in demography (e.g. coupling ethnography and GIS, spatial modeling, and contextual analysis) focusing on women and child wellbeing, race, crime and population and environment.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Family Processes
Demographic Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1989-1990 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of California: Los Angeles
1990-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of California: Los Angeles
1994-2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography; Director, Geographic Information Analysis Core, Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
2001-2005 Senior Research Associate, Associate Professor of Demography and Sociology (Adjunct Geography)
2005 - present Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Demography (courtesy in Geography); Faculty Director GIA Core; Senior Research Associate, PRI
1997-present Faculty Affiliate, Gerontology Center, The Pennsylvania State University
1998-present Faculty, Demography Program, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Reviewer for the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review(SNEM-1/CLHP now known as Community Influences on Health Behavior: CIHB), SNEM-2, SBIR, NCI Cancer and GIS, NICHD P50 Center and NICHD R21/R24 Population Infrastructure Grants, NIEHS/Fogarty HEED R21), the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Center for Field Research at Earthwatch
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Editorial Board 2005-2008)
Health and Place Book Review Editor (1994-98), Editorial Board (1994-2004)
Geoforum Guest Editor of a special issue No. 26 Vol. 3 on “Geographies of Women's Health” (1995)
Reviewer for 30+ medical and public health, sociology geography, planning, GIS, and demography-related journals as well as book manuscripts and book proposals for several publishing houses
Chair, GIS Council, The Pennsylvania State University (2001-2004), Member (2001-present)
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS) workshop coordinator on Population Science and GIS (May 2003)
Population Association of America (PAA) GIS workshop coordinator (1998-2004)
Macro International, Member of the MEASURE+ GIS Working Group (2000-2003)
United Nations Statistical Division consultant on developing GIS databases for population, public health and community-based service provision using PopMap/MapScan (1998-99); Population Division member of the Population Information Network Technology Working Group and the Global POPIN Advisory Committee (1995-97)
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Medical Geography Specialty Group Chair (1996-98), Board Member (1992-98), Newsletter Editor (1997-2001); Chair of the AAG Census Advisory Committee (1996-97); Glenda Laws Award Committee (2001-present); and, AAG representative to the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS), 1994-97
Population Research Institute representative to the Association of Public Data Users (1994-2000)
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Green, A.
,
G. Higgs
,
S.A. Matthews
and
C. Webster
(1989).
"The Wales and South West Regional Research Laboratory."
Mapping Awareness 3(3):23-26.
Matthews, S.A.
(1989).
"GIS Methodology and Spatial Statistics: The Potential for Epidemiological Study." In
Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the Association for Geographic Information.
Birmingham:
National Exhibition Centre.
Matthews, S.A.
(1989).
"GIS Methodology Applied to an Epidemiological Study of Gastric Cancer in Wales."
British Urban and Regional Information System Association (BURISA) 88:7-9.
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Matthews, S.A.
(1990).
"Epidemiology Using a GIS: A Need for Caution."
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 14(3):213-221.
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Matthews, S.A.
(1990).
"Gastric Cancer: An Epidemiological Review."
Environmental Geochemistry and Health 12(2):201-214.
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Matthews, S.A.
(1993).
"Curriculum Re-Development: Medical Geography and Women's Health."
Journal of Geography in Higher Education 17(2):91-102.
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Matthews, S.A.
(1995).
"Geographies of Women's Health."
Geoforum 26(3):239-246.
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Matthews, S.A.
,
M.W. Rosenberg
,
A. Baker
,
R. Earickson
,
W. Gesler
,
D. Schneider
and
J. Wilson
(1995).
"Teaching Medical Geography."
Journal of Geography in Higher Education 19(3):317-334.
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Matthews, S.A.
(1997).
"Methods for Incorporating Scale Effects in Research on the Relationships between Population and Environment." In
Shivakoti, G.P.
,
G. Varughese
,
E. Ostrom
,
A. Shukla
and
G. Thapa
(Eds.)
, People and Participation in Sustainable Development: Understanding the Dynamics of Natural Resource Systems.
Winrock International.
(pp. 205-218)
Matthews, S.A.
,
D.C. Ribar
and
M.O. Wilhelm
(1997).
"The Effects of Economic Conditions and Access to Reproductive Health Services on State Abortion Rates and Birthrates."
Family Planning Perspectives 29(2):52-60.
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Clogg, C.C.
,
T. Rudas
and
S.A. Matthews
(1998).
"Analysis of Model Misfit, Structure and Local Structure in Contingency Tables using Graphical Displays based on the Misture Index of Fit." In
Blasius, J.
and
M. Greenacre
(Eds.)
, Visualization of Categorical Data.
New York, NY:
Academic Press.
(pp. 425-439)
Matthews, S.A.
(1999).
Working with PopMap: Integration of Population, Reproductive Health and Geographic Databases.
New York, NY:
United States, Statistics Division.
McLaughlin, D.K.
,
D.T. Lichter
and
S.A. Matthews
(1999).
Demographic Diversity and Economic Change in Appalachia.
Washington, D.C.:
Appalachian Regional Commission.
Matthews, S.A.
,
G.P. Shivakoti
and
N.B. Chhetri
(2000).
"Population Forces and Environmental Change: Observations from Western Chitwan, Nepal."
Society and Natural Resources 13:763-775.
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Matthews, S.A.
and
B. Gubhaju
(2004).
Contextual Influences on the Use of Antenatal Care in Nepal (DHS Geographic Studies 2).
Calverton, MD:
ORC Macro.
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Kaduri, P.
,
T. Gilreath
,
J. Mbwambo
,
G. King
,
G. Kilonzo
,
A.J. Flisher
and
S.A. Matthews
(2005).
"Social Networks' Influence on Tobacco Use among Students in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania."
Promotion & Education 12(2):10-14.
Matthews, S.A.
,
J. Detwiler
and
L.M. Burton
(2005).
"Geo-Ethnography: Coupling Geographic Information Analysis Techniques with Ethnographic Methods in Urban Research."
Cartographica 40(4):75-90.
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Skinner, D.
,
S.A. Matthews
and
L.M. Burton
(2005).
"Combining Ethnography and GIS Technology to Examine Constructions of Developmental Opportunities in Contexts of Poverty and Disability." In
Weisner, T.S.
(Ed.)
, Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life.
Chicago, IL:
MacArthur Foundation: University of Chicago Press.
(pp. 223-239)
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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Matthews, S.A.
(2008).
"The Salience of Neighborhood: Some Lessons from Sociology."
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 34(3):257-259.
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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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Martin, D.
,
P. Rees
,
H. Durham
and
S.A. Matthews
(2009).
"Census and Population Analysis." In
Rees, P.
,
L. Mackay
,
D. Martin
and
H. Durham
(Eds.)
, E-Learning for Geographers: Online Materials, Resources and Repositories.
Hershey, PA:
Information Science Reference.
(pp. 53-75)
Matthews, S.A.
,
A.V. Moudon
and
M. Daniel
(2009).
"Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight."
American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36(4(Suppl)):171-176.
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Reardon, S.F.
,
C.R. Farrell
,
S.A. Matthews
,
D. O'Sullivan
,
K. Bischoff
and
G. Firebaugh
(2009).
"Race and Space in the 1990s: Changes in the Geographic Scale of Racial Residential Segregation, 1990-2000."
Social Science Research 38(1):55-70.
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