August 2016 Jeffrey E. Stokes Department of Sociology Boston College McGuinn Hall 426 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 E-mail: jeffrey.stokes@bc.edu Web: jeffreyestokes.wordpress.com EDUCATION Boston College Ph.D., Sociology, expected 2017 Dissertation Title: What s Love Got To Do With It? Marital Quality and Mental Health in Older Age Dissertation Committee: Sara M. Moorman (chair), Natasha Sarkisian, John Williamson M.A., Sociology, with distinction 2013 Thesis Title: Change in Marital Satisfaction Following the Death of a Parent in Adulthood: Do Intergenerational Relationships Matter? Thesis Committee: Sara M. Moorman (chair), Natasha Sarkisian M.A., Theology (Ethics), 2009 B.A., Theology & Political Science, magma cum laude 2008 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Social Gerontology; Marriage and Family; Aging and the Life Course; Health and Well-Being; Quantitative Methods; Social Psychology; Neighborhood Effects; Death and Dying/Bereavement PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Moorman, Sara M., Jeffrey E. Stokes, and Jeremiah C. Morelock. Forthcoming. Mechanisms Linking Neighborhood Age Composition to Health. The Gerontologist. **Winner: Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Paper Competition 2016** Moorman, Sara M., Jeffrey E. Stokes, and Sean Robbins. Forthcoming. The Age Composition of U.S. Neighborhoods. Journal of Population Ageing. Stokes, Jeffrey E. Forthcoming. Marital Quality and Loneliness in Later Life: A Dyadic Analysis of Older Married Couples in Ireland. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. **Article selected for special highlight in Relationship Matters podcast** Stokes, Jeffrey E. Forthcoming. Mutual Influence and Older Married Adults Anxiety Symptoms: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. The Gerontologist. Stokes, Jeffrey E. Forthcoming. Surviving Parents Influence on Adult Children s Depressive Symptoms Following the Death of a First Parent. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
, Jeffrey E. Forthcoming. Two-Wave Dyadic Analysis of Marital Quality and Loneliness in Later Life: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Research on Aging. Heyman, Miriam, Jeffrey E. Stokes, and Gary N. Siperstein. 2016. Not All Jobs Are the Same: Predictors of Job Quality for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 44(3): 299-306. Moorman, Sara M., and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2016. Solidarity in the Grandparent-Adult Grandchild Relationship and Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms. The Gerontologist 56(3): 408-420. **Coverage in media outlets including CBS News, Fox 25 Boston, The New York Times (The New Old Age blog), The Boston Globe, The Today Show, and U.S. News & World Report.** Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2016. The Influence of Intergenerational Relationships on Marital Quality Following the Death of a Parent in Adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 33(1): 3-22. **Winner: Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Master s Thesis Award 2015** Stokes, Jeffrey E., and Sara M. Moorman. 2016. Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? Neighborhood Age Composition and Age Discrimination. Social Psychology Quarterly 79(1): 68-80. Siperstein, Gary N., Miriam Heyman, and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2014. Pathways to Employment: A National Survey of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 41(3): 165-178. HONORS & AWARDS Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Annual User Conference Participant, Ann Arbor, MI, September 2016. Travel and lodging grant. Dissertation Fellowship, Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 2015-16. ($21,000) Institute on Aging Dissertation Grant, Boston College Institute on Aging, 2015-16. ($7,500) Stokes Page 2 Engelhard Pingree Research Fellowship, Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 2015-16. Awarded to the graduate student whose work has made the greatest contribution to the research mission of the GSAS. Master s Thesis Award Recipient, Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools, 2015. ($1,000) Pass with Distinction, Dissertation Proposal (2015); Area Exam in Quantitative Methods (2014); Area Exam in Aging and the Life Course (2014); Master s Thesis Defense (2013). Research Assistant Award Recipient, Boston College Sociology Department, 2013; 2014. ($2,500)
Page 3 Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG) Data Users Workshop Participant, Park City, UT, July 2012. Travel and lodging grant; attended as representative of Dr. Sara Moorman. Summer Research Fellowship Recipient, Boston College Sociology Department, 2012. ($4,500) William Cardinal O Connell Theology Award, presented annually to only one graduating Theology major for highest overall career achievement, 2008. Theology Department Dean s Scholar, one of only two members of the Class of 2008 selected for excellence in Theology, 2008. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor Introductory Sociology, Boston College, Fall 2016. Statistics, Boston College, Fall 2014. Guest Lecturer Graduate-level courses: Quantitative Data Management, Dr. Natasha Sarkisian, Boston College, Fall 2015. Longitudinal Data Analysis, Dr. Natasha Sarkisian, Boston College, Spring 2015. Undergraduate courses: Communication Methods, Dr. Ashley Duggan, Boston College, Fall 2013; Fall 2014; Spring 2016. Aging and Society, Dr. Sara Moorman, Boston College, Fall 2013. Teaching Assistant Research Methods, Dr. Sarah Babb, Boston College, Spring 2015. Inequality in America, Dr. Eve Spangler, Boston College, Spring 2012. Peace or War? Dr. Charles Derber, Boston College, Fall 2011. Office of Learning Resources for Student-Athletes Tutor Research Methods, Social Theory, and Statistics, Boston College, 2015-2016. Graduate-Level Tutor Multivariate Statistics, Boston College, Spring 2016. Sociology Department Teaching Workshop Participant, Boston College, 2015. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Data Analyst, Center for Social Development and Education, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2014-present. Duties include cleaning, managing, and analyzing data collected by the CSDE under Department of Education funding, as well as assisting in drafting proposals and publications (in work). Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Sara Moorman, Boston College, through a grant from the Boston College Institute on Aging, 2012-2014. Duties include data management and analysis of Longitudinal
Page 4 Study of Generations (LSOG), National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS), and US Census data, first- and second-authorship of papers and conference presentations (in work). Graduate Student Assistant to Fr. James Keenan, SJ, Boston College, Spring 2009. Research Assistant to Fr. John Paris, SJ, Walsh Chair of Bioethics, Boston College, 2008-2009. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Moorman, Sara M., and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2016. The Influence of the Social Network on Married and Unmarried Older Adults Mental Health. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Morelock, Jeremiah C., and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2016. When Age and Gender Norms Collide: Rewriting When Later Life Begins. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Seattle, WA. Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2016. Do His and Her Marriage Influence One Another? Older Spouses Marital Quality Over Four Years To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA. Also to be presented at the 2016 PSID Annual User Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2016. Marital Quality and Life Satisfaction in Older Age: A Two-Wave Dyadic Study. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA. Stokes, Jeffrey E., and Sara M. Moorman. 2016. Age Discrimination and Health: A Longitudinal Study of Midlife and Older Adults in the United States. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Moorman, Sara M., and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2015. Neighborhood Age Composition and the Experience of Daily Age Discrimination. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL. Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2015. The Influence of Marital Quality on Mental and Physical Health: A Dyadic Approach. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL. Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2015. Lonely Together: Older Spouses' Marital Quality and Loneliness Over Two Years. Presented at the Boston College Sociology Department Seminar Series, Chestnut Hill, MA. Moorman, Sara M., and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2014. Mechanisms Linking Neighborhood Age Composition to Older Adults Subjective Experience. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Page 5 Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2014. The Influence of Closeness with Mothers & Mothers-In-Law on Married and Cohabiting Partners Relationship Satisfaction. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC. Stokes, Jeffrey E., and Sara M. Moorman. 2014. Neighborhood Age Composition and Adults Well- Being. Presented at the Graduate Student Research Sharing Symposium, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. Also presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC. Moorman, Sara M., and Jeffrey E. Stokes. 2013. Does Solidarity in the Grandparent/Grandchild Relationship Protect Against Depressive Symptoms? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2013. Change in Marital Satisfaction Following the Death of a Parent in Adulthood. Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. Stokes, Jeffrey E. 2013. Does Parent Adult Child Relationship Quality Influence Depressive Symptoms in Adults Following the Death of a Parent? Presented at the Graduate Student Research Sharing Symposium, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. Also presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences; Journal of Health and Social Behavior; Research on Aging; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Death Studies; Journal of Applied Gerontology; Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging; Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Abstract Reviewer, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, 2014; 2015; 2016; 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2017. Organizer, Chair, Emerging Trends in MIDUS Research. Symposium submitted for presentation at the 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, 2017; Dyadic Approaches to Marriage and Health. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL, 2015; Marital Relationships in an Extended Family Context. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, 2013. Student Member Assessment Committee, Boston College Sociology Department, 2013. Ad Hoc Committee Member, David Karp Award for Undergraduate Sociology Thesis, 2012. Proposal Services Administrator, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Office of Sponsored Programs, 2010-2011.
Page 6 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association, Section Member: Aging and the Life Course; Family Gerontological Society of America, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section International Association for Relationship Research Eastern Sociological Society STATISTICAL SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY Stata, HLM, Mplus, REALCOM Impute, R, LISREL, SPSS