Elizabeth Lawrence elizabeth.lawrence@colorado.edu August 2014 Department of Sociology 327 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 1440 15 th Street Boulder, CO 80302 Education Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology Prospectus approved, degree expected May 2015 University of Colorado Boulder Dissertation Title: Does Education Reduce or Reproduce Inequality? Conditional Effects of College Degrees on Health Behaviors Committee Members: Fred Pampel, Stefanie Mollborn, Richard G. Rogers, Liam Downey, Fernando Riosmena, Ryan Masters Master of Arts, Sociology 2012 University of Colorado Boulder Thesis Title: School Influences on Parents Educational Expectations Committee Members: Stefanie Mollborn, Fred Pampel, Richard G. Rogers Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy 2002 University of Notre Dame Research Interests Educational inequality, health disparities, life course, socioeconomic status, social demography Peer-Reviewed Publications Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Fred Pampel, and Stefanie Mollborn. Published online ahead of print. Life Course Transitions and Racial and Ethnic Differences in Smoking Prevalence. Advances in Life Course Research. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1040260814000100. doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2014.03.002. Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Laurie James-Hawkins, and Paula Fomby. Published online ahead of print. When Do Socioeconomic Resources Matter Most in Early Childhood? Advances in Life Course Research. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/s1040260814000094. doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2014.03.001. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. Published online ahead of print. The Family-School Interaction: School Composition and Parental Educational Expectations. British Educational Research Journal. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/berj.3139/full. doi: 10.1002/berj.3139. Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Laurie Hawkins, and Paula Fomby. 2014. How Resource Dynamics Explain Accumulating Disparities for Teen Parents Children. Demography. 51(4): 1199-1224. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13524-014-0301-1. doi: 10.1007/s13524-014-0301-1 1
Pampel, Fred, Stefanie Mollborn and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. 2014. Life Course Transitions in Early Adulthood and SES Disparities in Tobacco Use. Social Science Research 43:45-59. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.08.005 Rogers, Richard G., Patrick M. Krueger, Richard Miech, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. 2013. Lifetime Abstainers and Mortality Risk in the United States. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 11: 165-183. http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/0xc1aa500d_0x00307bb9.pdf. Rogers, Richard G., Patrick M. Krueger, Richard Miech, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Robert Kemp. 2013. Nondrinker Mortality Risk in the United States. Population Research and Policy Review. 32:325-352. doi: 10.1007/s11113-013-9268-7. Manuscripts Under Review Mollborn, Stefanie, Laurie Hawkins, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Paula Fomby. Health Lifestyles in Early Childhood. (Conditional Acceptance to Journal of Health and Social Behavior) Lawrence, Elizabeth M. and Stefanie Mollborn. Parents Shaping Children s Education: School Selection in the United States. (Revise and resubmit from Research in Social Stratification and Mobility) Rogers, Richard G., Jason D. Boardman, Philip M. Pendergast, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. Drinking Problems and Mortality Risk in the United States. (Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs) Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Richard G. Rogers, and Anna Zajacova. Educational Attainment and Mortality in the United States: Effects of Degrees, Years of Schooling, and Certification. (Submitted to Social Science Research) Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Stefanie Mollborn, and Fernando Riosmena. Early Childhood Disadvantage for Sons of Mexican Immigrants: Body-Mass Index Across Ages 2-5. (Under review at American Journal of Health Promotion) Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Elisabeth Dowling Root, and Stefanie Mollborn. Residential Mobility across Early Childhood: Associations between Moving and Individual, Household, and Neighborhood Characteristics. (Under review at American Journal of Public Health) Manuscripts in Preparation Rogers, Richard G., Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Jennifer K. Montez. Alcohol s Long-Lasting Effects: Exposure to Problem Drinking and Subsequent Adult Mortality Risk. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. Conditional Effects of College Degrees on Health Behaviors. Rogers, Richard G., Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Robert A. Hummer, and Daniel A. Powers. Trends in Socioeconomic Status, Family Composition, and Race/Ethnicity among Children in the United States. Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Elisabeth Dowling Root, and Stefanie Mollborn. Residential Mobility and Well-Being in Early Childhood. 2
Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Elisabeth Dowling Root. The Effects of School and Residential Mobility on Academic, Behavioral, and Health Trajectories of Children. Rogers, Richard G. and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. Health Behaviors among Hispanics in the United States. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. Induced Abortion in Adult Women s First Pregnancies: A Life Course Perspective. Rogers, Richard G., Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Tim Wadsworth. Happiness and Mortality. Non-Refereed Work Rogers, Richard G., Jason D. Boardman, Philip M. Pendergast, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. 2014. Drinking Problems and Mortality Risk in the United States. CUPC Working Paper: http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/pubs/pop/pop2014-0001.pdf Lawrence, Elizabeth M. and Stefanie Mollborn. 2013. Parents Shaping Children s Education: School Selection in the United States. CUPC Working Paper: http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/pubs/pop/pop2013-0003.pdf Rogers, Richard G., Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. (Under Review). Socioeconomic Status, Health, and Mortality. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. George Ritzer, editor. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing. Grants Pending National Institute of Health Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship (F31): Impact Score: 21; Percentile: 15 (Decision pending) Grants and Awards National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, $6,429 PI: Fred Pampel (2014) Out-of-Pocket Dissertation Expenses Award, CU Sociology Department (2014) $500 Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences Graduate Fellow (2014) $1,000 Finalist, National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship (2013-2014) Honorable Mention, CU Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2014) SIPP Workshop Participation and Travel, Duke University (Spring 2014) ~$,2000 CU Graduate School Travel Award (Spring 2014) $300 Public Speaking Project Training Grant, CU Graduate Teacher Program (2013-2014) $500 Travel Awards, CU Sociology Department (Spring 2013-current) $1,200 Research Assistant Award, CU Sociology Department (Summer 2013) $750 Travel Awards, CU Population Center (Fall 2012-current) $1,900 Methodological Training Funding, CU Population Center (Summers 2012, 2013, & 2014) $4,750 Research Expense Award, CU Sociology Department (Summer 2012) $700 Add Health User s Conference Travel Grants (Summers 2012 & 2014) $1,700 3
Conference Presentations Lawrence, Elizabeth M. October 2014. Heterogeneity in the Effects of College Degrees on Health Behaviors. Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Memphis, TN. Rogers, Richard G., Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Robert A. Hummer, and Daniel A. Powers. Trends in Socioeconomic Status, Family Composition, and Race/Ethnicity among Children in the United States. Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Memphis, TN. Rogers, Richard G. and Lawrence, Elizabeth M. 2014. Health Behaviors among Hispanics in the United States. International Conference on Aging in the Americas. Boulder, CO. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. and Stefanie Mollborn. August 2014. Parents Shaping Children s Education: School Selection in the United States. American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. June 2014. Education s Unequal Benefits? Conditional effects of college degrees on health behaviors. Add Health Users Conference, Bethesda, MD. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. and Richard G. Rogers. May 2014. Educational Attainment and Mortality in the United States: Effects of Degrees and Years of Schooling. Population Association of American annual meeting, Boston, MA. Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Laurie Hawkins, and Paula Fomby. May 2014. When Do Socioeconomic Resources Matter Most in Early Childhood? Population Association of American annual meeting, Boston, MA. Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Stefanie Mollborn, and Fernando Riosmena. April 2014. Early Childhood Disadvantage for Children of Mexican Immigrants: Body Mass Index Across Ages 2-5. IBS Research Symposium, Boulder, CO. (Poster) Lawrence, Elizabeth M. October 2013. Induced Abortion in Adult Women s First Pregnancies: A Life Course Perspective. Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Montgomery, AL. Rogers, Richard G., Jason D. Boardman, Philip M. Pendergast, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. October 2013. Drinking Problems and Mortality Risk in the United States. Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Montgomery, AL. Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Laurie Hawkins, and Paula Fomby. April 2013. How Resource Dynamics Explain Accumulating Disparities for Teen Parents Children. Population Association of America annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. Mollborn, Stefanie, Laurie Hawkins, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Paula Fomby. April 2013. Health Lifestyles in Early Childhood. Population Association of America annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Poster) Rogers, Richard G., Patrick M. Krueger, Richard Miech, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. November 2012. Teetotalers and Mortality Risk. International Conference, Determinants of Unusual and Differential Longevity, Vienna, Austria. 4
Rogers, Richard G., Elizabeth M. Lawrence, and Tim Wadsworth. October 2012. Happiness and Mortality. Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA. Lawrence, Elizabeth M. August 2012. Family and School Influences on Parents Educational Expectations. American Sociological Association annual meeting, Denver, CO. Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Fred Pampel, and Stefanie Mollborn. July 2012. Life Course Transitions and Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pathways to Adult Smoking. Add Health Users Conference, Bethesda, MD. Rodd, Joshua R., Dwi Agustian, Hannah Reed, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. Spring 2012. Spatial Scan of Obesity Clusters in Atlanta Metro Regional Area. Association of American Geographers annual meeting, New York City, NY. Rogers, Richard G., Patrick M. Krueger, Richard Miech, Robert Kemp, and Elizabeth M. Lawrence. May 2012. Nondrinker Mortality Risk. Population Association of America annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. Invited Presentations Propensity Score Matching from a Potential Outcomes Framework. Presented to Institute of Behavioral Science, sponsored by University of Colorado Population Center and Computing and Research Services. November 2012. Educational Inequality in the United States. Presented to Social Problems class at CU Boulder. September 2013. Beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic: Education s Effects on Health. Presented at Communicating Complex Ideas event, sponsored by the Graduate Teacher Program of the University of Colorado. Research Assistantships Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (Supervisor: Mary Ann Shea) Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Research assistant in evaluating the New Assistant Professor Program (NAPP) President s Teaching and Learning Collaborative (Supervisor: Mary Ann Shea) Fall 2013-Summer 2014 Support for faculty researchers working in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development (Supervisor: Fred Pampel) Spring 2013-Fall 2013 Review and evaluate effects of intervention programs Dr. Richard Rogers Summers 2012, 2013, & 2014 Projects included Nondrinker Mortality Risk, Happiness and Mortality and Education and Mortality Dr. Stefanie Mollborn Summer 2012-Fall 2013, Summer 2014 School Readiness Among Children of Teen Parents using Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth data 5
Dr. Fred Pampel and Dr. Stefanie Mollborn Summer 2011-Fall 2011 Smoking Across the Life Course using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) Dr. Liam Downey Summers 2010 & 2011 Environmental inequality using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant Department of Sociology: Deviance in U.S. Society (Fall 2009) Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2010, Fall 2010) Sex, Gender, and Society (Spring 2011) : Population Program (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014) Instructor English Department: Zhanjiang Normal College, Guangdong, China Courses taught included Oral English (2002-2004) and English Reading and Writing (2003-2004) Sponsor of the Oral English Club (2003-2004) and Senior Thesis Advisor (2003-2004) National Service Ad hoc reviewer: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Science Research, Social Science & Medicine, Demographic Research, Journal of Happiness Studies, Gerontology, The Sociological Quarterly Session chair at professional meetings: Southern Demographic Association (2013) University Service CU Population and Health Workshop Coordinator (Fall 2014) IBS Research Symposium, planning committee member (Spring 2014) Graduate Student Alliance, elected co-chair (2013-2014) Sociology Department graduate committee, elected member (2012-2013) self-study committee, graduate student representative (2012-2013) Search committee for senior environmental sociologist, graduate student representative (2012-2013) Mentor for incoming graduate student (2012-2013) Short Courses and Workshops Introduction to R (January 2011, ) African Population Studies (July 2011, ) Causal Inference in the Social Sciences (July 2012, ICPSR) Applied Multilevel Models for Longitudinal Data (July 2013, ICPSR) Qualitative Comparative Analysis (May 2013, Charles Ragin) Conducting Research Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (March 2014, Duke University) 6
Professional Memberships American Sociological Association (Sections: Aging and the Life Course; Children and Youth; Sociology of Education; Family, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility; Medical Sociology; Sociology of Population), Southern Demographic Association, Population Association of America References Stefanie Mollborn Department of Sociology 483 UCB Boulder CO 80309-0483 Phone: 303-735-3796 Email: Stefanie.Mollborn@colorado.edu Fred Pampel Director, CU Population Center 483 UCB Boulder CO 80309-0483 Phone: 303-492-5620 Email: Fred.Pampel@colorado.edu Richard G. Rogers Director, Population Program Department of Sociology 483 UCB Boulder CO 80309-0483 Phone: 303-492-2147 Email: Richard.Rogers@colorado.edu 7