Jennifer Van Hook's Information
POSITION TITLE: Associate Professor of Sociology & Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: International immigration; health and well-being of children of immigrants; unauthorized migration; immigrant incorporation; welfare and poverty; school and residential segregation.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Demographic Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1999-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University
2003-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University
2007-Present Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography, The
Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2008- Population Association of America subcommittee to the Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations (PAA/CACPA)
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Van Hook, J.
(2000).
"SSI Eligibility and Participation among Elderly Naturalized Citizens and Noncitizens."
Social Science Research 29(1):51-69.
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Van Hook, J.
and
M. Fix
(2000).
"A Profile of Immigrant Students in U.S. Schools." In
Ruiz-de-Velasco, J.
,
M. Fix
and
B.C. Clewell
(Eds.)
, Overlooked and Underserved: Immigrant Children in U.S. Secondary Schools.
Washington, D.C.:
The Urban Institute Press.
(pp. 9-33)
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Bean, F.D.
,
R. Corona V.
,
R. Tuiran
,
K. Woodrow-Lafield
and
J. Van Hook
(2001).
"Circular, Invisible, and Ambiguous Migrants: Components of Difference in Estimates of the Number of Unauthorized Mexican Migrants in the United States."
Demography 38(3):411-422.
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Glick, J.E.
and
J. Van Hook
(2002).
"Parents' Coresidence With Adult Children: Can Immigration Explain Racial and Ethnic Variation?."
Journal of Marriage and Family 64(1):240-253.
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Van Hook, J.
(2002).
"Immigration and African American Educational Opportunity: The Transformation of Minority Schools."
Sociology of Education 75(2):169-189.
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Van Hook, J.
and
K.S. Balistreri
(2002).
"Diversity and Change in the Institutional Context of Immigrant Adaptation: California Schools 1985-2000."
Demography 39(4):639-654.
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Van Hook, J.
(2003).
"Welfare Reform's Chilling Effects on Noncitizens: Changes in Noncitizen Welfare Recipiency or Shifts in Citizenship Status?."
Social Science Quarterly 84(3):613-631.
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Van Hook, J.
and
F.D. Bean
(2003).
"Immigrant Welfare Receipt: Implications for Policy." In
Bean, F.D.
and
G. Stevens
(Eds.)
, America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity.
New York:
Russell Sage.
(pp. 66-93)
Balistreri, K.S.
and
J. Van Hook
(2004).
"The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same: Mexican Naturalization Before and After Welfare Reform."
International Migration Review 38(1):113-130.
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Van Hook, J.
,
S.L. Brown
and
M.N. Kwenda
(2004).
"A Decomposition of Trends in Poverty Among Children of Immigrants."
Demography 41(4):649-670.
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Van Hook, J.
and
K.S. Balistreri
(2006).
"Ineligible Parents, Eligible Children: Food Stamps Receipt, Allotments, and Food Insecurity among Children of Immigrants."
Social Science Research 35(1):228-251.
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Van Hook, J.
,
W. Zhang
,
F.D. Bean
and
J. Passel
(2006).
"Foreign-born Emigration: A New Approach and Estimates Based on Matched CPS Files."
Demography 43(2):361-382.
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Ryabov, I.K.
and
J. Van Hook
(2007).
"School Segregation and Academic Achievement among Hispanic Children."
Social Science Research 36(2):767-788.
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Van Hook, J.
and
J. Snyder
(2007).
"Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Loss of White Students from California Public Schools, 1990-2000."
Population Research and Policy Review 26(3):259-277.
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Van Hook, J.
and
J.E. Glick
(2007).
"Immigration and Living Arrangements: Moving Beyond Economic Need Versus Acculturation."
Demography 44(2):225-249.
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Van Hook, J.
and
K.S. Balistreri
(2007).
"Immigrant Generation, Socioeconomic Status, and Economic Development of Countries of Origin: A Longitudinal Study of Body Mass Index among Children."
Social Science & Medicine 65(5):976-989.
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Brown, S.L.
,
J. Van Hook
and
J.E. Glick
(2008).
"Generational Differences in Cohabitation and Marriage in the US."
Population Research and Policy Review 27(5):531-550.
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Buelow, V.
and
J. Van Hook
(2008).
"Timely Immunization Series Completion among Children of Immigrants."
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 10(1):37-44.
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Baker, E.H.
,
K.S. Balistreri
and
J. Van Hook
(2009).
"Maternal Employment and Overweight among Hispanic Children of Immigrants and Children of Natives."
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 11(3):158-167.
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Bean, F.D.
,
C. Feliciano
,
J. Lee
and
J. Van Hook
(2009).
"The New U.S. Immigrants: Do They Elucidate or Confound Our Understanding of the African-American Experience?."
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 621(1):202-220.
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Van Hook, J.
and
F.D. Bean
(2009).
"Explaining Mexican-Immigrant Welfare Behaviors: The Importance of Employment-Related Cultural Repertoires."
American Sociological Review 74(3):423-444.
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Zhang, Y.
and
J. Van Hook
(2009).
"Marital Dissolution among Interracial Couples."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 71(1):95-107.
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Bean, F.D.
,
J. Van Hook
,
S.K. Brown
and
I. Bloemraad
(Forthcoming).
"Welfare Reform Changes in Immigrant Reception: Institutional-Contextual Influences on
Naturalization." In
Alba, R.D.
and
M.C. Waters
(Eds.)
, The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth and Families in Comparative Perspective.
Cornell University Press.
Van Hook, J.
and
F.D. Bean
(Forthcoming).
"Immigrant Welfare Receipt: Implications for Immigrant Settlement and Integration." In
Fix, M.
and
K. Kalia
(Eds.)
, A Decade Later: Welfare Reform and Immigrant Children and Families.
New York:
Russell Sage Foundation.
Van Hook, J.
,
E.H. Baker
and
C. Altman
(Forthcoming).
"Does It Begin at School or Home? The Institutional Origins of Overweight among Young Children of Immigrants." In
Grigorenko, E.L.
and
R. Takanishi
(Eds.)
, Immigration, Diversity, and Education.
Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group.
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