Christine Percheski Department of Sociology Northwestern University 1810 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60208 c- percheski@northwestern.edu RESEARCH EXPERTISE Family demography, Inequality and stratification, Health policy EMPLOYMENT 2010 - Assistant Professor of Sociology & Institute for Policy Research Faculty Fellow Northwestern University (Two- year tenure clock extension; parental leave) 2008-10 Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research Harvard University EDUCATION Princeton University Ph.D. in Sociology, 2008 M.A. in Sociology, 2006 Dissertation: Women s employment, family structure, & social inequality in the United States. Committee Members: Sara McLanahan, Bruce Western, Douglas Massey. Dartmouth College B.A. in Sociology, 2001. Departmental Honors, Magna Cum Laude. PUBLICATIONS (*denotes graduate student co- author) Gibson- Davis, Christina and Christine Percheski. Forthcoming. Children and the Elderly: Wealth Inequality among America s Dependents. Demography. Percheski, Christine. Forthcoming. Marriage, Family Structure, and Maternal Employment Trajectories. Social Forces. Percheski, Christine and Sharon Bzostek. 2017. Public Health Insurance and Health Care Utilization for Children in Immigrant Families. Maternal & Child Health Journal 21(12): 2153 2160. December 5, 2017 1
Meyer, Jess* and Christine Percheski. 2017. Health Behaviors & Union Dissolution among Parents of Young Children: Differences by Marital Status. PLoS One 12(8): e0182628. Cannon, Sarah* and Christine Percheski. 2017. Fertility Change in the American Indian /Alaska Native Population, 1980-2010. Demographic Research 37: 1-12. v Winner of a PAA poster award, 2016 Percheski, Christine. 2017. Men as Dependents? Gender, Marriage, and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage among Adults in the United States, 1988-2008. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 3:1-13. Percheski, Christine and Rachel Kimbro. 2017. Deciding to Wait: Partnership Status, Economic Conditions, and Pregnancy During the Great Recession. Sociological Science 4: 176-195. Bzostek, Sharon and Christine Percheski. 2016. Children Living with Uninsured Family Members: Differences by Family Structure. Journal of Marriage and Family 78(5): 1208-1223. Percheski, Christine and Sharon Bzostek. 2013. Health Insurance Coverage within Sibships: Prevalence of Mixed Coverage and Associations with Health Care Utilization. Social Science & Medicine 90:1-10. Percheski, Christine and Eszter Hargittai. 2011. Health Information- Seeking in the Digital Age. Journal of American College Health. 59(5): 379-386. McCall, Leslie and Christine Percheski. 2010. Income Inequality: New Trends and Research Directions. Annual Review of Sociology 36: 329-47. Wildeman, Christopher and Christine Percheski. 2009. Associations of Childhood Religious Attendance, Family Structure, and Nonmarital Fertility across Cohorts. Journal of Marriage and Family 71:1294-1308. Western, Bruce, Deirdre Bloome, and Christine Percheski. 2008. Inequality among American Families with Children: 1975-2005. American Sociological Review 73 (6): 903-920. McLanahan, Sara and Christine Percheski. 2008. Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities. Annual Review of Sociology 34: 257-76. Percheski, Christine. 2008. Opting Out? Cohort Differences in Professional Women s Employment Rates from 1960 to 2005. American Sociological Review 73 (3): 497-517. v Media coverage: Time, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Workforce Management. v Winner of IPUMS 2010 award for best graduate student paper v Updated version with 2010 data published in the Grusky Stratification Reader, 4 th edition. December 5, 2017 2
Percheski, Christine and Christopher Wildeman. 2008. Becoming a Dad: Employment Trajectories of Married, Cohabiting, and Non- resident Fathers. Social Science Quarterly 89 (2): 482-501. RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW (*denotes graduate student co- author) Percheski, Christine and Christina Gibson- Davis. Family Structure and Wealth Inequality among Families with Children, 1989-2013. Revise & Resubmit at American Sociological Review. Percheski, Christine and Jess Meyer.* Associations Between Health and Union Dissolution: Differences by Gender and Marital Status. Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Health and Social Behavior. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS (*denotes graduate student co- author) Cohort Change in U.S. Women s Family Formation Pathways. With Yuhan Jao*. Racial Inequality in Wealth: The Uneven Impact of the Great Recession on Families with Children. With Christina Gibson- Davis. Draft available. Family Characteristics and Economic Well- being in the US: Comparing the Recent Recession with the Recessions of the early 1980s. Draft available. Cohort Change in the Association between Motherhood Timing and Educational Attainment. With Yu- Han Jao.* Family Structure, Women s Employment, and Income Inequality among American Women. RESEARCH GRANTS Family Structure and Inequality in Contemporary America (Co- PI: Christina Gibson- Davis) National Science Foundation Grant Period: May 1, 2015 April 30, 2016 Award Amount: $69,905 The Great Recession's Effects on Non- marital and Multi- Partner Fertility. (Co- PI: Rachel Kimbro) University of Wisconsin, Institute for Research on Poverty Grant Period: May 2012- August 2013 Award Amount: $19,773 Changes in Native American/ American Indian Family Demography Seed grant, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Academic year 2015-2016 Award Amount: $2700 December 5, 2017 3
Family Structure and Inequality in Contemporary America Seed grant, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Summer 2014 Award Amount: $1750 INVITED RESEARCH TALKS (2010-2017) Family Characteristics and Growing Wealth Inequality in the United States, 1989-2013. Sociology Department Colloquium, University of Illinois Chicago, October 2017. Cohort Change in Family Formation Patterns in the United States: Differences by Race and Ethnicity. Family Working Group, University of California, Los Angeles, March 2016. Cohort Changes in the Association between Timing of First Birth and Educational Attainment." Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, April 2015. How Motherhood Timing Affects Women's Poverty Risk and Family Income. Demography Seminar, University of Wisconsin Madison, March 2014. Economic Conditions and Pregnancy Rates in the United States During the Great Recession. Demography Workshop, University of Chicago, January 2014. "Family Structure, Health Insurance, and Children's Well- being in the U.S." Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, University of Chicago, April 2013. Family Structure, Women s Employment, and Inequality among American Women. Academic Year 2011-2012: v Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University v Demography Workshop, University of Chicago v Minnesota Population Center Seminar Series, University of Minnesota v Clayman Institute for Gender Research and Department of Sociology, Stanford University v Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington Cohort Changes in Women s Employment Experience. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, November 2011. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (2010-2017) Family Structure and Wealth Inequality Among Families with Children, 1989 2013. American Sociological Association, August 2016. Family Structure and Wealth Inequality Among Families with Children, 1989 2013. Population Association of America, April 2016. December 5, 2017 4
Committed in Sickness and in Health? Health and Relationship Dissolution. American Sociological Association, August 2014. Pregnancy during the Great Recession: Variations among U.S. Women by Partnership Status. American Sociological Association, August 2014. The (Un)Changing Relationship between Gender, Family Characteristics, and Income Inequality in the United States. American Sociological Association, August 2013. Employment and Income Changes Associated with Parenthood. American Sociological Association, August 2013. The Great Recession s Effects on Fertility: Differences among Married, Cohabiting, Unpartnered and Teenage Women. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin- Madison. July 2013. Marriage, Parenthood, and Health Insurance? How Changes in Family are Linked to More Uninsured Americans. American Sociological Association, August 2012. Family Structure, Non- standard Work, and Job Quality among New Mothers. Work and Family Researchers Network, June 2012. Family Characteristics and Economic Well- being in the US: Comparing the Recent Recession with the Recessions of the early 1980s. International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28), August 2011. Family Characteristics, Unemployment, and Women s Economic Status: Comparing the Recessions of the early 1980s and the Present. Social Science History Association, November 2010. Family Complexity, Children s Health Insurance Coverage, and Access to Quality Health Care. (with Sharon Bzostek), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 2010. SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Conference Organization and Discussion (Selected, 2013-17): Organizer, Conference Panels Economic Inequality and Institutions, American Sociological Association (ASA) 2016 New Approaches to Poverty, Exclusion, and Boundaries, ASA 2015 Family Demography and Economic Inequality, Population Association of America (PAA) 2014 Family Structure, Homogamy, and Economic Inequality, PAA 2014 Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, ASA 2014 Jobs, Occupations, and Professions, ASA 2013 Labor Markets, ASA 2013 December 5, 2017 5
Invited discussant, Conference Panels Union Formation: Policy, Economic, & Contextual Influences,, Population Association of America (PAA) 2017 Families in Later Life, PAA 2015 Gender, Work and Family, PAA 2015 Cohabitation and Marriage, PAA 2014 The Demography of Inequality, PAA 2013 Leadership and Committee Work: American Sociological Association Co- Organizer of Family Section roundtables (2010) Family Section Article Award Committee (2011, 2012) Scholars Strategy Network Co- chair of Evanston regional chapter (2012-2013) Princeton University Graduate School Leadership Council (2012-2016) Peer Reviewer: Acta Sociologica, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Demography, European Sociological Review, Feminist Studies, Gender & Society, Industrial Relations, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Marriage and Family, Law & Social Inquiry, PLoS One, Population Studies, Qualitative Sociology, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Science Quarterly, Social Science Research, Social Service Review, Sociological Forum, Sociological Methods and Research, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Quarterly, Sociology Compass, Sociology of Education, Work & Occupations. SERVICE TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Sociology Department Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop, Co- organizer (2012-13) Faculty Hiring Committee (2016-17) Faculty Senate Representative (2014-16) Graduate Student Admissions Committee (2010-11) Graduate Affairs (2011-13) Undergraduate Affairs (2014-15) Institute for Policy Research STATA Training for IPR Summer Undergrad Research Assistant Program (2012-16) Faculty Search Committee, Joint IPR/School of Education & Social Policy Search (2015-16) December 5, 2017 6
Other Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences Freshman Advisor (2010-11, 2015, 2016) Organization of Women Faculty Steering Committee (2016 - present) TEACHING Northwestern University Undergraduate Courses: Sociology 101-6: American Families after the Sexual Revolution Sociology 210: Family and Society Sociology 305: Demography and Population Problems Sociology 310: Families and Social Learning Sociology 376-20: Families in Global Perspective Graduate Courses: Sociology 476-21: Sociology of Families ADVISING Dissertation Committee Member for PhD Students: Alex Kevern (PhD, 2014) Sarah Cannon (PhD, 2015) Adilia James (PhD, 2017) Yuhan Jao (PhD, 2017) Kelly Becker Ole Hexel Jess Meyer Andrew Owen Talia Shiff December 5, 2017 7