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Evelyn Joy Patterson

Education: PhD, Criminology and Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
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POSITION TITLE:  Dept. of Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice Research Associate

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Correctional populations; mortality; mathematical demography; statistics.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE: 

2007-Present Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate, Department of Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice, The Pennsylvania State University


HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS: 

2000 W. M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training Fellow

2000-2006 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow

2002-2006 U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging Trainee

2002-2007 William Fontaine Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

2006 American Society of Criminology Minority Fellow

2006-2007 School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

Donato, K.M. and E.J. Patterson (2004). "Women and Men at the Border: Undocumented Border Crossing." In Durand, J. and D.S. Massey (Eds.) , Crossing the Border: Research from the Mexican Migration Project. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. (pp. 111-130)

Tao, G. , E.J. Patterson , L.M. Lee , S. Sansom , S. Teran and K.L. Irwin (2005). "Estimating Prenatal Syphilis and HIV Screening Rates for Commercially Insured Women." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 28(2):175-181. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Donato, K.M. , B. Wagner and E.J. Patterson (2008). "The Cat and Mouse Game at the Mexico-US Border: Gendered Patterns and Recent Shifts." International Migration Review 42(2):330-359. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|