Resume

• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Sociology and Demography

  Graduate and Professional Student Association: Liberal Arts Delegate\nGraduate Recruitment Committee\nMinority Opportunities through School Transformation Committee\nDemography Methods Committee\nGolden Key Honor Society

  Penn State University

  Social Demography

  Adolescent Development

  Demography of the Life Course

  Demographic Techniques

  Demography of Aging

  Statistical Methods for Nonexperimental Research

  Social Gerontology

  Immigration

  Family

  and Health

  Health and Social Behavior

  Analysis of Survey Data

  Aging: Contemporary Issues

  Biobehavioral Health: Biological Perspectives

  Regression Models for Limited and Categorical Dependent Variables

  Gene x Environment Transactions

  Longitudinal Analysis

  Gender and Sexual Minorities

  Multilevel Modeling

  Social Inequalities in Physical and Mental Health

  Family Instability

  Quantitative Methods Certificate

  Penn State University

• 2007

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Human Development and Family Studies; Gerontology

  Speech and Debate Team\nAnything Goes! Musical Theatre Troupe\nEvan's Lab

  Cornell University

• Public Speaking

  Microsoft Office

  Program Evaluation

  Quantitative Research

  Teaching

  Statistics

  Higher Education

  Research

  Data Analysis

  SPSS

  University Teaching

  Research Design

  Networking

  Stata

  Grant Writing

  \"Gender and Reinforcing Associations between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Body Mass Over the Life Course.\"

  Ellis Logan

  Eric Reither

  Using the 1957–1993 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

  we explore reciprocal associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and body mass in the 1939 birth cohort of non-Hispanic white men and women. We integrate the fundamental cause theory

  the gender relations theory

  and the life course perspective to analyze gender differences in (a) the ways that early socioeconomic disadvantage launches bidirectional associations of body mass and SES and (b) the extent to which these mutually reinforcing effects generate socioeconomic disparities in midlife body mass. Using structural equation modeling

  we find that socioeconomic disadvantage at age 18 is related to higher body mass index and a greater risk of obesity at age 54

  and that this relationship is significantly stronger for women than men. Moreover

  women are more adversely affected by two mechanisms underlying the focal association: the obesogenic effect of socioeconomic disadvantage and the SES-impeding effect of obesity. These patterns were also replicated in propensity score–matching models. We conclude that gender and SES act synergistically over the life course to shape reciprocal chains of two disadvantaged statuses: heavier body mass and lower SES.

  \"Gender and Reinforcing Associations between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Body Mass Over the Life Course.\"

  Kyler

  Sherman-Wilkins

  Missouri State University

  Cornell University

  Penn State University

  The National Institutes of Health

  Penn State University

  State College

  Pennsylvania Area

  Graduate Student and Research Assistant

  Penn State University

  Springfield

  Missouri Area

  Assistant Professor Of Sociology

  Missouri State University

  State College

  Pennsylvania Area

  PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant

  Penn State University

  Ithaca

  New York Area

  Lab Manager/Research Assistant

  Cornell University

  Penn State University

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  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Pre-Doctoral Trainee

  The National Institutes of Health

  State College

  Pennsylvania Area

  Summer Lecturer

  Penn State University

  Population Association of America

  Cornell University College of Human Ecology

  Golden Key International Honour Society

  Golden Key International

  Inc.

  College of Liberal Arts External Funding Incentive Award

  The Pennsylvania State University

  Elsie Van Buren Rice Award for Public Speaking (1st Place)

  Cornell University College of Human Ecology

  SOLID Scholar Award for Undergraduate Advising

  The Pennsylvania State University

  Bunton-Waller Award for Diversity

  The Pennsylvania State University

  Graduate Student Paper Award

  The Society for the Study of Social Problems

  James Family Foundation Full Tuition Scholarship

  James Family Foundation