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Scott Michael Lynch

Professor in the Department of Sociology
Sociology

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Mortality Selection and Its Benefits: Modeling Long-Term Cohort Survival Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data · April 2014 Invited Talk Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University,
Region of Socialization vs. Region of Current Residence and Mid-to-late Adulthood Health Outcomes in the US. - REVES · 2014 Other Edinburgh, Scotland

with J. Scott Brown

Mortality Selection and Its Benefits: Modeling Long-Term Cohort Survival Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data · October 2013 Invited Talk Duke University Department of Sociology,
African American Utilization of Healthcare by Region Socialized: A Life Course Perspective - GSA · 2013 Other New Orleans, LA

with Cassandra Koehn, Anthony Bardo, and J. Scott Brown

R03/R21/R01 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2013 Other NIH,
Mortality Selection and Its Benefits: Modeling Long-Term Cohort Survival Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data · April 2014 Invited Talk Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University,
Region of Socialization vs. Region of Current Residence and Mid-to-late Adulthood Health Outcomes in the US. - REVES · 2014 Other Edinburgh, Scotland

with J. Scott Brown

Mortality Selection and Its Benefits: Modeling Long-Term Cohort Survival Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data · October 2013 Invited Talk Duke University Department of Sociology,
African American Utilization of Healthcare by Region Socialized: A Life Course Perspective - GSA · 2013 Other New Orleans, LA

with Cassandra Koehn, Anthony Bardo, and J. Scott Brown

R03/R21/R01 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2013 Other NIH,
Regional Variation in Self-rated Health and Subjective Well-Being - Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education · 2013 Other Ashland, OH

with A.R. Bardo, J. Chahal, and J.S. Brown

Regional Variation in Happy Life and Healthy Life Expectancies in the U.S. - REVES · 2013 Other Austin, TX

with A.R. Bardo and J. Scott Brown

Explaining the Effect of Current U.S. Region of Residence on Health Expectancies: The Role of Health Care Infrastructure - REVES · 2013 Other Austin, TX

with J. Scott Brown

The Importance of Region of Birth and Early Life vs. Current Residence to Healthy Life Expectancy in the U.S.: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study · 2013 Other REVES, Austin, TX

with J. Scott Brown and Miles G. Taylor

Early Life Region of Residence vs. Current Residence and Later Life Health: Patterns and Preliminary Explanations · 2013 Other GSA, New Orleans, LA

with J. Scott Brown, and Miles G. Talyor

Regional Variation in the Relationship between Self-Rated Health and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Age-Period-Cohort - GSA · 2013 Other New Orleans, LA

with Anthony Bardo, Jasleen Chahal, and J.Scott Brown

Selective Mortality in Life Course Research: Consequences, Usefulness, and Solutions · November 2012 Invited Talk Population Research Center, NORC, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Applied Bayesian Statistics · November 2012 Invited Talk Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, NYU School of Nursing, NYC
Cognitive Function, Education, and Earning Potential - 12th International Conference on Long-Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents for Cancer · June 2012 Invited Talk Williamsburg, VA

Sponsored by St. Judes Children's Research Hospital and the National Cancer Institute

Example of Applied Bayesian Statistics: Estimating the Effect of Covariates on Survival in Cross-Sectional Data - Annual Social Science Methodology Conference · May 2012 Lecture Penn State University, State College, PA
Application of Bayesian Statistics in Social Science · March 2012 Other CSU-LB, Long Beach, CA

One day seminar

Estimating the Influence of Fixed Covariates on Long-Term Survival Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data - Presented at PAA · 2012 Other San Francisco, CA
Missing Data: Emergent Issues in the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences 2001-2010 - Presented at GSA · 2012 Other San Diego, CA

with J. Scott Brown and Anthony Bardo

Trajectories of Perceived Stress and Exposure to Stressors Among Older Adults - Presented at GSA · 2012 Other San Diego, CA

with Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, Dana Glei, Maxine Weinstein, and Noreen Goldman

Selective Mortality in Life Course Research - 2011 Nam Lecture · March 2011 Lecture College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Florida State University
The Application of Bayesian Statistics in Social Science · February 2011 Invited Talk Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Regional Variation in the Effect of Race on Depression: Residence in Early Life vs. Current Residence - Presented at GSA · 2011 Other Boston, MA

with J. Scott Brown

Role of SES in Producing Sex Differences in HLE in the US, 1972+ - Presented at REVES · 2011 Other Paris, France

with J. Scott Brown

The Importance of Region of Birth and Early Life vs. Current Residence t Health and Mortality - Presented at PAA · 2011 Other Washington, DC

with J. Scott Brown and Miles G. Taylor

Estimating and Employing Survival Weights for Life Course Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data - Presented at GSA · 2011 Other Boston, MA

with Duane Alwin and J. Scott Brown

Black-White Difference in Health and Mortality Since the Civil Rights Movement: The Role of Socioeconomic Status · November 2010 Invited Talk Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics · June 2010 Other ICPSR, Ann Arbor, MI

Week-long seminar

Black-White Differences in Health and Mortality Since the Civil Rights Movement: The Role of Socioeconomic Status - 2010 P.K. Whelpton Lecture · April 2010 Lecture Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University
The Use of Simulation in Demography - Upper Midwest Training Conference Series in Population Studies · January 2010 Lecture University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center

three-hour lecture

Happy Life and Healthy Life in the US · January 2010 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, New York University,
Life Table Methods - Upper Midwest Training Conference Series in Population Studies · January 2010 Lecture Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota

three-hour lecture

Selective Survival: Consequences and Solutions in Demographic Research - Presented at PAA · 2010 Other Dallas, TX
Selective Mortality and Life Course Research: Consequences and Solutions - Presented at GSA · 2010 Other New Orleans, LA
Inequality in the Third Age - Presented at GSA · 2010 Other New Orleans, LA

with Dawn C. Carr and J. Scott Brown

Immigrant and Domestic Minorities’ Racial Identities and College Performance - Presented at PAA · 2010 Other Dallas, TX

with Jayanti Owens

Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics - ICPSR Seminar · June 2009 Other UNC-Chapel Hill, NC

week-long seminar

Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation · April 2009 Other CIQLE, Yale University

one day seminar

Happy Life and Healthy Life in the US · March 2009 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, Brown University, Brown University
Happy Life and Healthy Life in the US · March 2009 Invited Talk Duke University Population Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC
Happy and Healthy Life Expectancy · February 2009 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
US Population Aging and Its Consequences to Health Care - Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2009 Other New Orleans, LA
Depressive Symptom Trajectories after an Unexplained Loss in Later Life: The Role of Locus of Control - Presented at PAA · 2009 Other Detroit, MI

with Sarah O. Meadows

Handling Sampling Design in Bayesian Multistate Life Table Estimation - Presented at PAA · 2009 Other Detroit, MI

with J. Scott Brown

Health and Quality of Life: Investigating Years to be Lived Healthy and Satisfied with Life - Presented at GSA · 2009 Other Atlanta, GA

with Linda K. George

Use of Bayesian Multistate and Sullivan Life Table Methods Software - Presented at REVES · 2009 Other Copenhagen, Denmark

with J. Scott Brown
half-day seminar

Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics - ICPSR Seminar · June 2008 Invited Talk UNC-Chapel Hill, NC
The Changing Role of Socioeconomic Status in Explaining Black-White Disparities in Healthy Life Over the Last Three Decades · February 2008 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, Columbia University,
Cohort Change in the Relationship between Education and Health: Human Capital vs. Credentials in Life Course Perspective · January 2008 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
The Changing Role of Socioeconomic Status in Explaining Black-White Disparities in Healthy Life - Presented at PAA · 2008 Other New Orleans, LA

with J. Scott Brown

Growth Curve Modeling and Disentangling Age and Cohort Patterns - Presented at ASA · 2008 Other Boston, MA

with Tin-chi Lin

Happy Life and Healthy Life and the Compression of Morbidity Reconceptualized - Presented at GSA · 2008 Other National Harbor, MD

with Linda K. George

Applied Bayesian Statistics · January 2008 Other Odum Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill, Odum Institute

two day seminar

Subjective Health and Income Since 1972 - Presented at PAA · 2008 Other New Orleans, LA

with Mike Hout

Growth Curve Modeling · December 2007 Other RWJ Society of Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania
The Changing Role of Socioeconomic Status in Explaining Black-White Disparities in Healthy Life Over the Last Three Decades · November 2007 Invited Talk California Center for Population Research, UCLA
The Changing Role of Socioeconomic Status in Explaining Black-White Disparities in Healthy Life Over the Last Three Decades · October 2007 Invited Talk CUNY Institute for Demographic Research,
Growth Curve Modeling · June 2007 Other Princeton University,

three day seminar held at OPR

Change in the Relationship Between Education and Health · May 2007 Invited Talk Center for Inequality and the Life Course, Yale University,
The Changing Role of SES in Explaining Black-White Disparities in Healthy Life Across Time Since the Civil Rights Movement · April 2007 Invited Talk The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University,
Regional Variation in Healthy Life Expectancy in the US: Patterns and Explanations - Presented at REVES · 2007 Other St. Petersberg, FL

with J. Scott Brown

An Alternative to Sullivan’s Method for Estimating Multistate Life Table Quantities from Cross-Sectional Data - Presented at GSA · 2007 Other San Francisco, CA

with J. Scott Brown

Estimating Program Participation Expectancies by ADL: A Policy Application of Active Life Expectancy Methods - Presented at REVES · 2007 Other St. Petersberg, FL

with J.Scott Brown

Multistate Life Table Distribution for Highly Refined Subpopulations from Cross-Sectional Data: A Bayesian Alternative to Sullivan’s Method - Presented at JSM · 2007 Other Salt Lake City, UT
Including Covariates and Constructing Interval Estimates of Multistate Life Table Quantities Using Cross-Sectional Data: An Alternative to Sullivan’s Method - Presented at PAA · 2007 Other New York City, NY

with J. Scott Brown

Multistate Life Tables with Covariates from Cross-Sectional Data: A Bayesian Alternative to Sullivan's Method · December 2006 Invited Talk Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Cohort Change in the Relationship between Education and Health: Human Capital vs. Credentials in Life Course Perspective · June 2006 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Racial Differences in Reporting Assistive Use in the United States: The Effects of Question Order - Presented at REVES · 2006 Other Amsterdam, The Netherlands

with J. Scott Brown

Sullivan’s Method with Covariates: A Bayesian Approach for Obtaining Interval Estimates of Healthy Life for Specific Subpopulations. - Presented at REVES · 2006 Other Amsterdam, The Netherlands

with J. Scott Brown

Examining Patters in Divorced Life Expectancy by Race: An Application of a Bayesian Approach to Sullivan’s Method - Presented at PAA · 2006 Other New York City, NY

with J. Scott Brown

Bayesian Statistics - 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association · 2006 Other Montreal
The changing Role of Socioeconomic Status in Explaining Back-White Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Across Time Since the Civil Rights Movement - Presented at GSA · 2006 Other Dallas, TX

with J. Scott Brown

Differences in Death and Recovery Probabilities by Specific IADL Limitations - Presented at GSA · 2006 Other Dallas, TX

with J. Scott Brown

A Bayesian Approach to Multistate Life Tables for Use in Social Epidemiology · November 2005 Invited Talk The Department of Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Rutgers University,
Social Change in the Relationship between Education and Health: Human Capital vs. Credentials in Life Course Perspective · November 2005 Invited Talk Department of Sociology, Penn State University,
Structural Equation Modeling · July 2005 Other Duke University,

one week seminar

Active Life Expectancy by Region of Birth and Region of Current Reseidence - Presented at GSA · 2005 Other Orlando, FL

with J. Scott Brown

How Does Use of Special Equipment Affect the Black-White Gap in Active Life Expectancy? - Presented at PAA · 2005 Other Philadelphia, PA

with J. Scott Brown

Status-Based Estimates of Active Life Expectancy by type of Initial Limitation - Presented at PAA · 2005 Other Philadelphia, PA

with J. Scott Brown

Black-White Differences in Active Life Expectancy in the United States and the Explanatory Role of SES: Illustrations of a Bayesian Approach to Assessing the Importance of Intervening Variables in Multistate Life Tables - Presented at REVES · 2005 Other Beijing, China

with J. Scott Brown

The Theory of and Methods Behind ADL Hierarchy: A Meta-Analysis - Presented at GSA · 2005 Other Orlando, FL

with J. Scott Brown

Structural Equation Modeling · June 2004 Other Duke University,

one week seminar

Socioeconomic Status, Recovery from Disability, and Mortality: Education and the Outcomes of Distinct Patterns of Limitation - Presented at GSA · 2004 Other Washington, DC

with J. Scott Brown

Refining the Measurement of Women’s Autonomy: The Case of rural India - Presented at PAA · 2004 Other Boston, MA

with Rina Agarwala

Disability in Later Life: Exploring Patterns of Limitations Across Age - Presented at PAA · 2004 Other Boston, MA

with J. Scott Brown

Population and Status Based Active Life Expectancy Estimates by single ADL Patterns - Presented at REVES · 2004 Other Brugge, Belgium

with J. Scott Brown

Education and Active Life Expectancy: Years of Schooling versus Credentials - Presented at REVES · 2004 Other Brugge, Belgium

with J. Scott Brown

Patterns of Disability Across Time: Differences in Death and Recovery Chances by Specific ADL - Presented at GSA · 2004 Other Washington, DC

with J. Scott Brown and Miles G. Taylor

Double Jeopardy and Related Hypothesis: Racial Differences in Cause-Specific versus Overall Mortality · March 2003 Invited Talk Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill,
Trajectories of Physical Disability and Distress: The Longitudinal Effects of Social Support - Presented at PAA · 2003 Other Minneapolis, MN

with Miles G. Taylor

Racial Differences in Mortality by Cause of Death: the Mortality Crossover across Highly Selective and Less Selective Causes - Presented at GSA · 2003 Other San Diego, CA

with J. Scott Brown

Years of Education versus Credentials in Predicting Health: A Cohort Perspective - Presented at GSA · 2003 Other San Diego, CA

with Anna Zajacova

The Acculturation Hypothesis and the Hispanic Paradox: Breastfeeding in the Fragile Families Sample - Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association · 2003 Other Washington, DC

with Rachel Tolbert Kimbro and Sara McLanahan

Socioeconomic Differences in US Active Life Expectancy: Application of a Bayesian Approach to Estimating Multistate Life Tables Using Multiple Waves of Data - Presented at REVES · 2003 Other Guadalajara, Mexico

with J. Scott Brown

Race Differences in Causes of Death: Double Jeopardy for Blacks, but for Which Causes? - Presented at PAA · 2003 Other Minneapolis, MN

with J. Scott Brown

A Bayesian Approach to Estimating Multistate Life Tables with Covariates - Conference: Progress in Estimating Active Life Expectancy · October 9, 2002 Other National Center for Health Statistics,
Cohort and Life Course Patterns in the Education-Health Relationship · August 2002 Invited Talk Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany,
Bayesian Estimation of Life Tables · August 2002 Invited Talk Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany,
Structural Equation Modeling with Fragile Families Data, Parts I and II · July 2002 Invited Talk Office of Population Research, Princeton Universtiy,
Structural Equation Modeling with Fragile Families Data, Parts I and II · June 2002 Invited Talk Office of Population Research, Princeton University,
Socioeconomic Status and Active Life Expectancy: Are the Differences that Dramatic? - Presented at GSA · 2002 Other Boston, MA

with J. Scott Brown

Cohort and Life course Patterns in the Education-Health Relationship: A Hierarchical Approach - Presented at PAA · 2002 Other Atlanta, GA
Disability Question Formats and Active Life Expectancy Estimates: A Comparison of Two Major National Surveys - Presented at PAA · 2002 Other Atlanta, GA

with J. Scott Brown and Katherine G. Harmsen

A Bayesian Approach to Estimating Single Decrement, Multiple Decrement, and Increment-Decrement (Multistate) Life Tables: Inclusion of Covariates and Construction of Empirical Confidence Intervals for Life Expectancies - Presented at the annual meeting of the methodology section of ASA · 2002 Other Princeton, NJ
Explaining Temporal Variation in the Relationship Between Education and Health - Presented at GSA · 2002 Other Boston, MA
Education and Life Course Health Trajectories - Notestein Seminar · November 2001 Other Office of Population Research, Princeton Universtiy,
The Effect of Population Age Structures on Interest Rates and Stock Market Returns - Presented at GSA · 2001 Other Chicago, IL

with Greg O'Neill and J.Scott Brown

A Bayesian Approach to Computing Confidence Intervals for Multistate Life Table Estimates - Presented at PAA · 2001 Other Washington, DC

with J. Scott Brown and Katherine G. Harmsen

Demography’s Success and Its Future: The Role of Data and Methods - Presented at the NIA Conference on Demography and Epidemiology: Frontiers in Health and Aging · 2001 Other Georgetown University, Washington, DC

with S. Philip Morgan

Mortality Selection and the Life-Course Pattern of the Education-Health Relationship - Presented at GSA · 2001 Other Chicago, IL
Effect of Measurement of Disability on Active Life Expectancy Estimates: Does Measurement Matter? - Presented at GSA · 2001 Other Chicago, IL

with J. Scott Brown and Katherine G. Harmsen

The Effects of a Program to Strengthen Social Support on College Persistence - Presented at the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference · 2000 Other Vancouver, British Columbia

with William Mangold, LuAnn G. Bean, Douglas J. Adams, and William A. Schwab

Comparing Life Expectancy Estimates across Demographic Subpopulations: A Bayesian Approach to Hypothesis Tests - Presented at GSA · 2000 Other Washington, DC

with J. Scott Brown and Katherine G. Harmsen

Does Demography Determine the Dow’s Destiny? - Presented at GSA · 2000 Other Washington, DC

with Greg O'Neill and J. Scott Brown

Does Demography Determine the Dow's Density? - Presented at GSA · 2000 Other Washington, DC

with Greg O'Neill and J. Scott Brown

Who Goes, Who Stays: An Assessment of the Effect of a Freshman Mentoring and Unit Registration Program on College Persistence - Presented at the 40th annual AIR Forum · 2000 Other Cincinnati, OH

with William Mangold, LuAnn G. Bean, Douglas J. Adams, and William A. Schwab

Black-White Differences in Mortality Deceleration and Compression and the Mortality Crossover Reconsidered - Presented at PAA · 2000 Other Los Angeles, CA

with J. Scott Brown and Katherine Harmsen

Cross-National Differences in the Deceleration and Compression of Mortality - Presented at PAA · 2000 Other Los Angeles, CA

with J. Scott Brown and Katherine G. Harmsen

Modeling Death Rates with an Arctangent Curve: A Method for Examining Compression of Mortality and the Deceleration in Old-Age Mortality - Presented at GSA · 1999 Other San Francisco, CA

with J. Scott Brown

Declining Disability Time Before Death Across Cohorts: Evidence for the Compression of Morbidity - Presented at PAA · 1999 Other New York City, NY

with J. Scott Brown

Trends in Private Pension Income Inequality between Women and Men, 1976-1995 - Presented at PAA · 1999 Other New York City, NY

with Angela M. O'Rand

Boom or Bust? The Macroeconomic Impact of the Baby Boom Generation - Presented at GSA · 1999 Other San Francisco, CA

with Greg O'Neill and J. Scott Brown

Assessing Cohort Change in Disability Time Before Death: Results from Bayesian Regression Models for Censored Data - Presented at GSA · 1999 Other San Francisco, CA

with J. Scott Brown

Trajectories of Loss-Related Events, Depression and Self-Rated Health Among the Aged - Presented at GSA · 1998 Other Philadelphia, PA
Macro Level Determinants of Elder Abuse: An Investigation of County Level Predictors of Abuse Rates - Presented at PAA · 1998 Other Chicago, IL

with Audra F. Lynch

Quantifying Old: An Examination of the Age at Which Men and Women Become Old - Presented at GSA · 1997 Other Cincinnati, OH

with Audra F. Lynch

Aging Anxiety and the Midlife Crisis Revisited - Presented at GSA · 1996 Other Washington, DC
Rave Culture: The Commodification of a Counterculture - Presented at the University of Arkansas Graduate Student Conference · 1995 Other Fayettevilla, AR
Fictitious Capital, Postmodernity, and ideology: A Post-Marxist Examination of the Movie Wall Street - Presented at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Sociological and Anthropological Association · 1994 Other Hendrix College, Conway AR

Service to the Profession


Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR/WWS (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Jonathan Tannen

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Megan Todd

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Edward Berchick

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Stacie Carr

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Dennis Feehan

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR/WWS (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Jonathan Tannen

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Megan Todd

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Edward Berchick

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Stacie Carr

Dissertation Committee · 2015 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Dennis Feehan

Study Section Member (Populations Sciences Committee) · 2014 Committee Service NIH,
NIH P01 proposal reviewer · 2014 Other NIH,
Editorial Board · 2014 Editorial Activities American Sociological Review,
Dissertation Committee · 2014 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Rourke O'Brien

Editorial Board · 2014 Editorial Activities Social Forces,
Dissertation Committee (co-chair) · 2013 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Jayanti Owens

Behavioral and Social Science Section Student Award Committee Member · 2013 Committee Service Gerontological Society of America,
Organizer, chair, and discussant - Statistical, Spatial, and Network Methods · 2013 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America),
Organizer - Methods and Models in Fertility Research · 2013 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America),
R03/R21/R34/R01 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2013 Other NIH,
Gerontological Society of America, Behavioral and Social Sciences Representative · 2013 - 2016 Other GSA Information Technology Committee,
Cliff Clogg Award Committee member · 2013 - 2016 Committee Service Population Association of America,
Dissertation Committee · 2013 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Laura Blue

Dissertation Committee (co-chair) · 2013 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Liza Steele

Dissertation Committee · 2012 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Erin Jacobs

Editorial Board · 2012 Editorial Activities Sociological Methodology,
Discussant - Modeling Health and Disability · 2012 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America),
Principle Investigator - "Understanding US Regional Health & mortality Disparities: A Life Course Approach · September 2011 - 2015 Other

R01AG040199-01 $700,000 Total Costs

R03/R21/R01 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2011 Other NIH,
Chair - Longevity · 2011 Other session at GSA (Gerontological Society of America),
Chair - Early Life Health and Later Life Outcomes · 2011 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America),
Dissertation Committee · 2011 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Haywon Lee

Dissertation Committee (chair) · 2011 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Tin-chi Lin

Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2010 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Pierre Kremp

Dissertation Committee · 2010 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Phillip Connor

Member - University Committee on Examinations and Standing · 2010 - 2013 Committee Service
R03/R21/R01 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2010 Other NIH,
Dissertation Committee · 2009 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Clemencia Cosentino

Editorial Board · 2009 - 2011 Editorial Activities Demography,
Editorial Board · 2009 - 2011 Editorial Activities The Journal of Health and Social Behavior,
Discussant - Population Processes and Cognition · 2009 Other session at NIH funded "Cognition and Aging", Penn State University
Organizer and Chair - SALC session on Methodological Advances in Aging Research · 2009 Other ASA (American Sociological Association) meeting,
R03/R21/R01 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2009 Other NIH,
Dissertation Committee · 2009 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Donnell Butler

Dissertation Committee · 2009 Committee Service WWS, Princeton Universtiy,

Elisha Smith

Dissertation Committee · 2009 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Valerie Lewis

Dissertation Committee · 2009 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Sharon Bzostek

Dissertation Committee · 2008 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Emily Moiduddin

Chair, Behavioral and Social Science Section Student Award Committee · 2008 Committee Service GSA (Gerontological Society of America),
Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2008 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Conrad Hackett

Dissertation Committee (co-chair) · 2008 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Samir Soneji

R03/R21 Ad Hoc Study Section Reviewer · 2007 Other NIH,
Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2007 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Joseph Cohen

Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2007 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Leslie Hinkson

Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2007 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Nicole Esparza

Special Issue Guest Editor · 2007 - 2008 Editorial Activities Social Sciences,
Chair - session on Specific Chronic Conditions · 2007 Other REVES (International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process),
Dissertation Committee (chair) · 2006 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Anna Zajacova

Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2006 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Gyanendra D. Badgaiyan

Organizer and Chair - Race Differentials in Aging · 2006 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America) meeting,
Organizer and Chair - Demography of Disability · 2006 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America) meeting,
Organizer and Chair - International Demography of Disability · 2006 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America) meeting,
Organizer, chair, and discussant - Applications of Special Computational Methods · 2006 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America) meeting,
Organizer and Chair - Statistical/Computational Techniques in Demography · 2006 Other session at PAA (Population Association of America) meeting,
Chair - Geographic Variation in Active Life Expectancy · 2006 Other session at REVES (International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process),
Organizer and Chair - Qualitative Methodology II · 2006 Other session at ASA (American Sociological Association) meeting,
Organizer and Chair - Quantitative Methodology II · 2006 Other session at ASA (American Sociological Association) meeting,
Organizer and Chair - Quantitative Methodology I · 2006 Other session at ASA (American Sociological Association) meeting,
Behavioral and Social Science Section Student Award Committee · 2006 - 2008 Committee Service GSA (Gerontological Society of America),
Principle Investigator - "Explanations of Racial disparities in Active Life" · July 2005 - June 2008 Other National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,

R03 HD050374-01 $100,000 Direct Costs

Dissertation Committee · 2005 Committee Service Sociology and OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Rachel T. Kimbro

Chair - Research Methods & Issues · 2005 Other session at GSA (Gerontological Society of America) meeting,
Dissertation Committee · 2005 Committee Service Sociology, Princeton University,

Gabriel Rossman

Editorial Board · 2005 - 2008 Editorial Activities The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences,
Dissertation Committee · 2005 Committee Service Sociology, Duke University,

Miles G. Taylor

Dissertation Committee · 2005 Committee Service Sociology, Duke University,

Sarah O. Meadows

Dissertation Committee (examiner) · 2005 Committee Service OPR (Office of Population Research), Princeton University,

Ying Lu

Session Chair - Social Environment and Adult Health in Developing Countries · 2004 Other PAA (Population Association of America) annual meeting,
Co-Investigator (with Rachel T. Kimbro) - "The Hispanic Paradox in Breastfeeding Behavior: The Role of Accultration" · May 2003 - August 2003 Other Centers for Migration and Development Summer Research Award, Princeton University,

$4,100

Brown Prize Committee - Award for best senior thesis · 2003 - 2005 Committee Service
Chair of Population and Aging Subcommittee - Program Committee · 2003 Committee Service PAA (Population Association of America),
Computer Committee and OIT Liason · 2003 - 2005 Committee Service Dept. of Sociology, Princeton University,
Behavioral and Social Science Section Student Award Committee Member · 2002 Committee Service GSA (Gerontological Society of America),
Editorial Advisory Board - Demographic Research · 2002 Editorial Activities
Faculty Fellow and Academic Advisor · 2002 - 2007 Other Wilson College,
PAA Program Committe, Member of Data & Methods and Health & Mortality Subcommittees · 2002 Committee Service PAA (Population Association of America),
Member - University Committee on Classrooms and Schedule · 2002 - 2005 Committee Service
Library Oversight Committee · 2001 Committee Service Office of Population Research, Princeton Unviersity,
Editoril Assistant - Demography · 1999 - 2000 Editorial Activities

Entwisle and Morgan, Editors

Session Chair - Physical Disability, Religion, Positive Affect, Functional Ability, and Survival · 1999 Other annual GSA (Gerontological Society of America) meeting,