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Biosketch - Molly A. Martin


Molly A. Martin

Department Affiliation:  Sociology
Education: PhD, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
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POSITION TITLE:  Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Social stratification and inequality; family sociology; social demography; adolescent health.

GRANTS: 

Genetics and Social Structure: A Conference - Columbia University RWJ Health and Society Scholars Seed Grant (PI: Sara Shostakk; Co-PIs: Peter Bearman & Molly Martin)

A Life Course Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Obesity - PRI Seed Grant (PI: Michelle Frisco)

A Preliminary Investigation of the Causes and Consequences of Adolescent Obesity - University of Wisconsin RWJ Health & Society Scholars Seed Grant (PI: Gary Sandefur; Co-PIs: Michelle Frisco and Molly Martin)

Social Demography and Adolescent Obesity (2005-2009)


PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE: 

2003-2005 Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Columbia University

2005- Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University

2005- Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University


HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS: 

1998 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award, Social Sciences division, University of Wisconsin

2001 Graduate Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association’s Section on Population

2002 Graduate Student Mentor Award, University of Wisconsin

2008 Co-editor, American Journal of Sociology Special Issue "Genetics and Social Structure" (114(S1): November 2008)


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

Sandefur, G.D. , M. Martin and T. Wells (1999). "Poverty as a Public Health Issue: Poverty since the Kerner Commission Report of 1968." In Harris, F.R. and L.A. Curtis (Eds.) , Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities Race, and Poverty in the United States. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Sandefur, G.D. and M. Martin (2000). "Evaluating the Impacts of W-2 on Family Structure and Maternal and Child Health." In Barnow, B.S. , T. Kaplan and R.A. Moffitt (Eds.) , Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reform: The Wisconsin Works Program. New York: Rockefeller Institute Press.

Sandefur, G.D. , M. Martin , J. Eggerling-Boeck , S.E. Mannon and A.M. Meier (2001). "An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends." In Smelser, N.J. , W.J. Wilson and F. Mitchell (Eds.) , America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume I. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (pp. 40-102)

Martin, M. (2003). "The Role of Family Income in the Intergenerational Association of AFDC Receipt." Journal of Marriage and Family 65(2):326-340. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Martin, M. (2006). "Family Structure and Income Inequality in Families with Children: 1976 to 2000." Demography 43(3):421-445. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Martin, M. (2008). "The Intergenerational Correlation in Weight: How Genetic Resemblance Reveals the Social Role of Families." American Journal of Sociology 114(S1):S67-S105. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Hillemeier, M.M. , G. Farkas , P.L. Morgan , M. Martin and S.A. Maczuga (2009). "Disparities in the Prevalence of Cognitive Delay: How Early Do They Appear?." Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 23(3):186-198. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Frisco, M.L. , J. Houle and M. Martin (Forthcoming). "Adolescent Body Mass Index and Psychological Distress: For Whom Is Weight a Burden?." Social Science Quarterly. |Journal Home Page|

Martin, M. , M.L. Frisco and A.L. May (Forthcoming). "Sex and Race/Ethnic Differences in Inaccurate Weight Perceptions among U.S. Adolescents." Women's Health Issues. |Journal Home Page|

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