Previous Publications

  • Peg Burchinal (Education) with Iruka & Cai presents “Long-term effect of early relationships for African American children’s academic and social development: An examination from kindergarten to fifth grade.” Journal of Black Psychology.
  • George Tita (Criminology) with Radil & Flint reports on “Spatializing Social Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Geographies of Gang Rivalry, Territoriality, and Violence in Los Angeles” in the 2010 Annals of the Association of American Geographer.”
  • Peg Burchinal (Education) with La Paro, Hamre, Locasale-Crouch, Pianta, Bryant, Early, Clifford, Barbarin & Howes publishes Quality in kindergarten classrooms: Observational evidence for the need to increase children’s learning opportunities in early education classrooms. Early Education & Development, 20, 657-692.
  • George Tita (Criminology) with Radil and Flint reports on “Spatializing Social Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Geographies of Gang Rivalry, Territoriality, and Violence in Los Angeles” in the 2010 Annals of the Association of American Geographer.”
  • Peg Burchinal (Education) with Penn, Meyer, Evans, Wirth, & Cai describes “A randomized controlled trial of group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy versus Enhanced Supportive Therapy for auditory hallucinations.” Schizophrenia Research, 109, 52 – 59.
  • George Tita (Criminology) and Steven Radil report on “Spatializing the Social Networks of Gangs Explore Patterns of Violence” in a 2010 issue of Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
  • George Tita (Criminology) with Wilson & MacDonald describe “Localized Homicide Patterns and Prevention Strategies: A Comparison of Five Project Safe Neighborhood Sites” in a 2010 issue of Violence and Victims.
  • Andrew Penner (Sociology) with Trond Petersen and Geir Høgsnes are publishing “The within-job motherhood wage penalty in Norway, 1979­1996.” Journal of Marriage and Family and “The male marital wage premium: Sorting versus differential pay.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
  • Andrew M. Penner (Sociology) with Alena Krížková and Trond Petersen report on “The legacy of equality and the weakness of law: Within­job gender wage inequality in the Czech Republic” European Sociological Review 26: 83­95.
  • Andrew M. Penner (Sociology) with Aliya Saperstein analyze “The race of a criminal record: How incarceration colors racial perception.” Social Problems 57: 92­113
  • George Farkas (Education) presented his research, "Middle and high school
    skills, behaviors, attitudes, curriculum placement and their consequences,"
    at the Brookings Institution conference on Social Inequality and Educational Disadvantage in Washington D.C (to appear in a volume published by Brookings and the Russell Sage Foundation).
  • Cynthia Feliciano (Sociology) and Belinda Robnett (Sociology) (with Golnaz Komaie) report on “Gendered racial exclusion among White internet daters” in Social Science Research 2009:39-54.
  • Judith Treas (Sociology) with Tsui-o Tai published “Does household composition explain welfare regime poverty risks for older adults and other household members?” in Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 64: 777-87
  • Ruben Rumbaut’s (Sociology) books, Immigrant America and Legacies (both with Alejandro Portes), will be published in Spanish and distributed in Spain and throughout Latin America by early 2010.
  • Stan Bailey (Sociology) published “Unmixing for race making in Brazil” in American Journal of Sociology 114(3): 577-614.
  • Catherine Bolzendahl (Sociology) published “Directions of decommodification: Gender and generosity in 12 OECD nations, 1980-2000” in the European Sociological Review.
  • David Swanson (UCR Sociology) published “After a disaster: Lessons in survey methodology from Hurricane Katrina.” Population Research and Policy Review 2009: 67-92; “Before, now, and after: Assessing Hurricane Katrina relief.”  Population Research and Policy Review 2009: 31-42; and “Socio-economic status and life expectancy in the United States, 1970-1990.” Population Review 2009: 39-63.
  • Estela Zarate (Education) and Gil Conchas published “Contemporary and critical methodological shifts in Latino education” in E. G. Murillo, Handbook of Latinos and education. New York: Routledge Falmer.
  • Ruben Rumbaut published "The Coming of the Second Generation: Immigration and Ethnic Mobility in Southern California." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2008:196-236.
  • Ruben Rumbaut published "Survivor: Cuba. The Cuban Revolution at 50." Latin American Perspectives 2009: 84-98 (with L.E. Rumbaut).
  • Judith Treas published “Immigration in an Aging Society,” the Winter, 2009, issue of Generations, called "a long overdue look at the demographic revolution of our time" (edited with Fernando Torres-Gil).
  • Ruben Rumbaut published "Pigments of Our Imagination: On the Racialization and Racial Identities of 'Hispanics' and 'Latinos.'" In Jose Cobas et al., eds., How the U.S. Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and Its Consequences, Paradigm, 2009.
  • Andrew Penner (Sociology) and Aliya Saperstein published "How Social Status Shapes Race." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008: 19628-19630.
  • Andrew Penner (Sociology) 2008. "Gender Differences in Extreme Mathematical Achievement: An International Perspective on Biological and Social Factors." American Journal of Sociology 2008: S138-S170.
  • George Farkas (Education) published “Does Human Capital Raise Earnings for Immigrants in the Low Skill Labor Market?” (with M. Hall) in Demography (2008:619-639).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published Applied Demography in the 21st Century (Springer, 2008) with Steven Murdock, US Census Bureau Director.
  • Marianne Bitler (Economics) published “What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments” American Economic Review (2008: 988-1012) ( with Jonah Gelbach and Hillary Hoynes).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “Applied Demography: Its Business and Public Sector Components” The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Demography Volume (2008) (with L. Pol).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “Applied Demography at the Beginning of the 21st Century” Applied Demography in the 21st Century (2008) (with S. Murdock).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “Measuring Uncertainty in Population Data Generated by the Cohort-Component Method: A Report on Research in Progress” Applied Demography in the 21st Century (2008).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century” Applied Demography in the 21st Century (2008) (with S. Murdock).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published Applied Demography at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Co-Editor with Steve Murdock (2008).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “The Demographic Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: An Analysis by Zipcode.” Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (2008: 213-231).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “Psychologists and Hurricane Katrina: Natural Disaster Response through Training, Public Education, and Research” Training and Education in Professional Psychology (2008: 83-88) (with S. Schulenberg, K. Dellinger, A. Koestler, A. Kinnell, R. Forgette, and M. Van Boening).
  • David A. Swanson (UCR) published “Applied Demography in Action: A Case Study of Population Identification” Canadian Studies in Populatio (2008: 133-158) (with S. Murdock).