John Iceland's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Social demography; poverty; residential segregation; immigration.
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research and Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan
1998-2001 Analyst, Poverty and Health Statistics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
2001-2003 Branch Chief, Poverty and Health Statistics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
2003-2005 Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Maryland-College Park
2008 Associate Director, Maryland Population Research Center
2005-2008 Associate Professor, Sociology Department, University of Maryland-College Park
2008-present Professor, Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University
2008-present Senior Scientist, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2001-2003 Special Achievement Award for research contributions, U.S. Census Bureau
2004-2007 Editorial Board, Demography
2005-2008 Secretary-Treasurer, Population Association of America
2006 Rosenberg Award for the University of Maryland sociology faculty member who exhibits strong commitment to mentoring graduate students (awarded by the graduate students)
2006- Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly
2007-2011 Member, Population Sciences Subcommittee Grant Review Panel, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2008- Editorial Board, Social Problems
2009- Editorial Board, City and Community
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Iceland, J.
(1995).
"Concentrated Poverty in U.S. Cities: A Look at Metropolitan-Level Causes, 1970-80." In
Chekki, D.A.
(Ed.)
, Research in Community Sociology, Vol. V., Urban Poverty in Affluent Nations.
JAI Press.
Iceland, J.
(1997).
"Urban Labor Markets and Individual Transitions Out of Poverty."
Demography 34(3):429-441.
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Hofferth, S.L.
and
J. Iceland
(1998).
"Social Capital in Rural and Urban Communities."
Rural Sociology 63(4):574-598.
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Iceland, J.
(1999).
"Earnings Returns to Occupational Status: Are Asian Americans Disadvantaged?."
Social Science Research 28(1):45-65.
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Iceland, J.
(2000).
"The Family/Couple/Household Unit of Measurement in Poverty Estimation."
Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 26(3-4):253-265.
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Iceland, J.
,
K. Short
,
T.I. Garner
and
D. Johnson
(2001).
"Are Children Worse off?: Evaluating Well-Being Using a New (And Improved) Measure of Poverty."
The Journal of Human Resources 36(2):398-412.
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Iceland, J.
and
J. Kim
(2001).
"Poverty among Working Families: New Insights from an Improved Poverty Measure."
Social Science Quarterly 82(2):253-267.
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Iceland, J.
(2003).
Poverty in America.
Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Iceland, J.
(2003).
"Why Poverty Remains High: The Role of Income Growth, Economic Inequality, and Changes in Family Structure, 1949-1999."
Demography 40(3):499-519.
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Iceland, J.
(2004).
"Beyond Black and White: Residential Segregation in Multi-Ethnic America."
Social Science Research 33(2):248-271.
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Wilkes, R.
and
J. Iceland
(2004).
"Hypersegregation in the Twenty-First Century: An Update and Analysis."
Demography 41(1):23-36.
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Iceland, J.
(2005).
"Measuring Poverty: A Rejoinder."
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research & Perspective 3(4):261-266.
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Iceland, J.
(2005).
"Measuring Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations."
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research & Perspective 3(4):199-235.
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Iceland, J.
(2005).
Workshop on Experimental Poverty Measures.
Washington, DC:
National Academy Press.
Iceland, J.
,
C. Sharpe
and
E. Steinmetz
(2005).
"Class Differences in African American Residential Patterns in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: 1990-2000."
Social Science Research 34(1):252-266.
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Iceland, J.
(2006).
Poverty in America (2nd Edition).
Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Iceland, J.
and
R. Wilkes
(2006).
"Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? Race, Class, and Residential Segregation."
Social Problems 53(2):248-273.
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Iceland, J.
(2007).
"The Dynamics of Poverty and Family Change Using Alternative Units of Analysis." In
Hofferth, S.L.
and
L.M. Casper
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(pp. 221-233)
Iceland, J.
(2007).
"Poverty." In
Ritzer, G.S.
(Ed.)
, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing.
(pp. 3587-3589)
Iceland, J.
(2007).
"Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation and the Role of Socioeconomic Status: 1980-2000." In
Goering, J.
(Ed.)
, Fragile Rights within Cities: Government, Housing, and Fairness.
Lanham, MD:
Rowman and Littlefield.
Iceland, J.
(2007).
"Residential Segregation." In
Ritzer, G.S.
(Ed.)
, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing.
(pp. 3888-3891)
Iceland, J.
and
K.J. Bauman
(2007).
"Income Poverty and Material Hardship: How Strong is the Association?."
Journal of Socio-Economics 36(3):376-396.
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Timberlake, J.
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J. Iceland
(2007).
"Change in Racial and Ethnic Residential Inequality in American Cities, 1970-2000."
City & Community 6(4):335-365.
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Iceland, J.
and
K.A. Nelson
(2008).
"Hispanic Segregation in Metropolitan America: Exploring the Multiple Forms of Spatial Assimilation."
American Sociological Review 73(5):741-765.
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Iceland, J.
and
M. Scopilliti
(2008).
"Immigrant Residential Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1990-2000."
Demography 45(1):79-94.
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Scopilliti, M.
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J. Iceland
(2008).
"Residential Patterns of Black Immigrants and Native-Born Blacks in the United States."
Social Science Quarterly 89(3):551-572.
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Wilkes, R.
and
J. Iceland
(2008).
"Hypersegregation." In
Parrillo, V.N.
(Ed.)
, Encyclopedia of Social Problems.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
(pp. 463-466)
Iceland, J.
(2009).
Where We Live Now: Immigration and Race in the United States.
Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
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Heflin, C.M.
and
J. Iceland
(Forthcoming).
"Poverty, Material Hardship, and Depression."
Social Science Quarterly.
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Iceland, J.
,
K.A. Goyette
,
K.A. Nelson
and
C. Chan
(Forthcoming).
"Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation and Household Structure: A Research Note."
Social Science Research.
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