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Jenny Trinitapoli

Department Affiliation:  Sociology
Education: PhD, Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2007
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POSITION TITLE:  Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Demography; health; HIV/AIDS; sociology of religion; integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods.

GRANTS: 

Principal Investigator, "Young Adults' Strategies for Navigating Reproduction in an AIDS Epidemic," NICHD (2008-2013)

Investigator, "Childbearing in a Setting of High HIV Prevalence and Massive ART Rollout" (Victor Agadjanian, PI), NICHD (2008-2013)


PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE: 

2007-2009 Assistant Professor, School of Social and Family Dynamics and Center for Population Dynamics, Arizona State University

2009-Present Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University


HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS: 

1999 U.S. Student Fulbright Award

2005 Best Student Paper Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

2006 Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper Award, ASA Religion Section


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

Trinitapoli, J. (2005). "Congregation-Based Services for the Elders: An Examination of Patterns and Correlates." Research on Aging 27(2):241-264. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Benjamins, M.R. , J. Trinitapoli and C.G. Ellison (2006). "Religious Attendance, Health Maintenance Beliefs, and Mammography Utilization: Findings from a Nationwide Survey of Presbyterian Women." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 45(4):597-607. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Trinitapoli, J. (2006). "Religious Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa." Review of Religious Research 47:253-270. |Journal Home Page|

Trinitapoli, J. and M.D. Regnerus (2006). "Religion and HIV Risk Behaviors among Married Men: Initial Results from a Study in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 45(4):505-528. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Ellison, C.G. , J. Trinitapoli , K.L. Anderson and B.R. Johnson (2007). "Race/Ethnicity, Religious Involvement, and Domestic Violence." Violence against Women 13(11):1094-1112. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Trinitapoli, J. (2007). "'I Know This Isn't PC, ButÂ…': Religious Exclusivism among U.S. Adolescents." The Sociological Quarterly 48(3):451-483. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Crosnoe, R.L. and J. Trinitapoli (2008). "Shared Family Activities and the Transition from Childhood into Adolescence." Journal of Research on Adolescence 18(1):23-48. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Yeatman, S. and J. Trinitapoli (2008). "Beyond Denomination: New Tests of Whether and How Religion Matters for Family Planning." Demographic Research 19(55):1851-1882. |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Adams, J. and J. Trinitapoli (2009). "The Malawi Religion Project: Data Collection and Selected Analyses." Demographic Research 21(10):255-288. |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Trinitapoli, J. (2009). "Religious Teachings and Influences on the ABCs of HIV Prevention in Malawi." Social Science and Medicine 69(2):199-209. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Trinitapoli, J. , C.G. Ellison and J.D. Boardman (2009). "US Religious Congregations and the Sponsorship of Health-Related Programs." Social Science and Medicine 68(12):2231-2239. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Trinitapoli, J. and S. Vaisey (Forthcoming). "The Transformative Role of Religious Experience: The Case of Short Term Missions." Social Forces. |Journal Home Page|