Faculty Publications

2018

  • Huang, Y., South, S. J., Spring, A., & Crowder, K. (2018). A decomposition of trends in blacks and whites exposure to other-race neighbors, 2001-2011. City & Community, 17(3), 590-614.
  • Huang, Y., Potochnick, S., & Heflin, C. M. (2018). Household food insecurity and early childhood health and cognitive development among children of immigrants. Journal of Family Issues, 39(6), 1465–1497.
  • Douglasa, K. M., Sjoberg, G., Sáenz, R., & Embrick, D. G. (2018). Bureaucratic capitalism, mass incarceration, and race and ethnicity. In P. Batur and J. Feagin (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations (2nd ed., pp. 365-388). New York, NY: Springer.
  • Sáenz, R., & Johnson, K. M. (2018). White deaths exceed births in a majority of U.S. States. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Applied Population Lab.
  • Sanchez Soto, G., Bautista Leon, A., & Singelmann, J. (2018). The return-on- education Gap between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic whites. Papeles de Poblacion, 19(98), 245-268.
  • Harris, R. J., McDonald, D. P., & Sparks, C. S. (2018). Sexual harassment in the military: Individual experiences, demographics, and organizational contexts. Armed Forces & Society/Sage Journals, 44(1), 25-43. journals.sagepub.com/home/afs
  • Schmidt, S., & Sparks, P. J. (2018). Disparities in injury morbidity among young adults: Individual and contextual determinants. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 72, 458-464.
  • Martinez, M., & Sparks, P. J. (2018). Towards conceptualizing and empirically examining legacy of place: An exploratory consideration of historic neighborhood characteristics on contemporary dropout behavior. Population Research and Policy Review, 37(3), 419-441.

2017

  • Clerge, O., Sanchez Soto, G., Song, J., & Luke, N. (2017). 'I Would Really Like to Go Where You Go’: Partners of graduate students as tied movers. Population, Space and Place, 23(2).
  • Sanchez Soto, G., & Singelmann, J. (2017). The occupational mobility of Mexican migrants in the United States. Revista Latinoamericano de Poblacion, 11(20), 55-78.
  • Eason, J. M., Lichter, D., & Sparks, C. S. (2017). Crime, punishment, and spatial inequality. In A. Tickamyer, J. Sherman and J. Warlick (Ed.), Rural Poverty in the United States (pp. 349-386) New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Walter, R., Foote, N., Cordoba, H., & Sparks, C. S. (2017). Historic roots of modern residential segregation in a southwestern metropolis: San Antonio, Texas in 1910 and 2010. Urban Science, 1(2), 1-19.
  • Harris, R. J., McDonald, D. P., & Sparks, C. S. (2017). Sexual harassment in the military: Individual experiences, demographics and organizational contexts. Armed Forces & Society, 44(1), 25-43.

2016

  • Holway, Giuseppina Valle, Debra Umberson, and Mieke Beth Thomeer. Forthcoming. “Binge Drinking and Depression: The Influence of Romantic Partners in Young Adulthood.” Society and Mental Health.
  • Howard, Jeffrey T. and P. Johnelle Sparks. 2016. “Does allostatic load calculation method matter? Evaluation of different methods and individual biomarkers functioning by race/ethnicity and educational level.” American Journal of Human Biology. 28:627-635. DOI:10.1002/ajhb.22843
  • Howard, Jeffrey and P. Johnelle Sparks. 2016. “The Effects of Allostatic Load on Racial/Ethnic Mortality Differences in the United States.” Population Research and Policy Review 35 (4): 421-443. DOI: 10.1007/s11113-016-9382-4
  • Sagna, Marguerite and P. Johnelle Sparks. 2016. “Institutional Birth in Uganda: The Interplay of Individual Characteristics, Physical Accessibility, and Social Context.” Women’s Reproductive Health 3(1): 30-44. DOI 10.1080/23293691.2016.1150134

2015

2014

  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2014. CCF Civil Rights Symposium: The State of Latino Children. Chicago: Council on Contemporary Children.
  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2014. “Latinos and the Changing Face of Rural America.” Amerikastudien/American Studies.
  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2014. “Fifty Years of the Deferment of the Dream for Racial Justice: From Hattie Carroll to Trayvon Martin.” Pp. 119-124 in K.J. Fasching-Varner, A. Dixon, R. Reynolds, and K. Albert (eds.), Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2014. “The U.S. War on Poverty a Half Century Later.” Humanity & Society 38 (2):219-221.
  • Babjakova, B., A. Bandlerova, D. Brown, A. Kaleta, L. J. Kulcsar, and J. Singelmann (eds). 2014. Social and Economic Transformations Affecting Rural people and Communities in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990. Nitra: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra.
  • Sparks CS and Campbell J 2014 An application of Bayesian methods to small area poverty rate estimates. Accepted at Population Research and Policy Review. Volume 33, Issue 3,pp 455-477. DOI 10.1007/s11113-013-9303-8
  • Sparks CS 2014 Measuring residential segregation using R: So long to Factfinder. Spatial Demography 2014 2(1): 72-78
  • Yang TC, Shoff C, Black N, Noah A and Sparks CS 2014 Racial segregation and maternal smoking during pregnancy: A multilevel analysis using the racial segregation interaction index. Social Science and Medicine 107: 26-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.030.
  • Tapia M, Sparks CS and Miller JM 2014Texas Latino prison gangs: Toward a demographic framework for understanding recent changes in social dynamics. The Prison Journal 94:159-179. DOI:10.1177/0032885514524694

2013

  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2013. “Rolando Hinojosa’s Klail City: Sociological and Demographic Reflections of a Hometown.” Pp. 198-229 in S. Miller and J.P. Villalobos (eds.), Rolando Hinojosa’s “Klail City Death Trap Series”: A Retrospective, New Directions. Houston: Arte Publico Press.
  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2013. “Reflections on the Sociology of Security and Surveillance in the Study of Immigration.” Sociological Forum 28 (3):624-626. [DOI: DOI: 10.1111/socf.12041.]
  • Sáenz, Rogelio, Karen Manges Douglas, and Maria Cristina Morales. 2013. “Latina/o Sociology.” Pp. 59-68 in D.L. Brunsma, K.E. Iyall Smith, and B.K. Gran (eds.), Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
  • Saenz, Rogelio, Amber Fox, and San Juanita Garcia. 2013. “Latino Elderly in Nonmetro America.” Pp. 115-140 in N. Glasgow and E.H. Berry (eds.), Rural Aging in the 21st Century. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
  • Douglas, Karen Manges and Rogelio Saenz. 2013. “The Criminalization of Immigrants and the Immigration-Industrial Complex.” Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 142 (3):199-227. [DOI: doi:10.1162/DAED_a_00228.]
  • Montes de Oca, Verónica, San Juanita García, and Rogelio Sáenz. 2013. “Transnational Aging: Disparities Among Aging Mexican Immigrants.” Transnational Social Review: A Social Work Journal 3 (1):65-81.
  • Montes de Oca, Verónica Zavala y Rogelio Sáenz. 2013. “Estrategias de Apoyo Transnacional Ante el Envejecimiento en México y Estados Unidos.” [“Strategies of Transnational Support in the Face of Aging in Mexico and the United States.”] Pp. 481-528 en V. Montes de Oca (Coordinadora), Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe: Enfoques en Investigación y Docencia de la Red Latinoamericana de Investigación en Envejecimiento. México DF: Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 2013 Sparks PJ, Sparks CS and Campbell J Poverty segregation in nonmetro counties: A spatial exploration of segregation patterns in the US. Spatial Demography. 1:2 pp162-177
  • 2013 Sparks CS, Wood JW and Johnson PL Infant mortality and intra-household competition in the northern islands of Orkney, Scotland, 1855-2001. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 151:2 pp 1191-201 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22264
  • 2013 Sparks CS Spatial Analysis in R: Part 1 Getting data from the ACS into R and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. Spatial Demography 1:1 pp 131-139. 2013 Colon-Lugo H and Sparks CS A Study of County Child Poverty Rates in Puerto Rico: Does Space Matter? Spatial Demography 1:1 pp. 96-110.
  • 2013 Sparks PJ, Sparks CS and Campbell, J An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the United States. GeoJournal. 78:2 pp. 389-405. DOI 10.1007/s10708-011-9445-3
2013 Van Malderen C, Ogali I, Khasakhala A, Muchiri SN, Sparks CS, Van Oyen H and Speybroeck N Decomposing Kenyan socio-economic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and measles immunization. International Journal for Equity in Health.

2012

  • Case, JinnyUsing the language of demography to talk about college student transfer and attrition. Paper presented at the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE), New Orleans, LA.
  • Case, JinnyOccupation and marriage in highly educated scientists and engineers. Paper presented at the Applied Demography Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Hoque, N., Howard, J.T., Flores, M. US Population: Change in Size, Composition, and Distribution, 2000-2010. Poster presentation at 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Williamsburg, VA.
  • Hoque, N., Howard, J.T., Flores, M. US Population: Change in Size, Composition, and Distribution, 2000-2010. Oral paper presentation at 2012 Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.
  • Howard, J.T.and Howard, K.J. Barriers to healthcare utilization for individuals with chronic upper extremity joint pain: results from the national health interview survey. Poster presentation at 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society, Honolulu, HI.
  • Hoque, N. and Howard, J.T.The Implications of Future Demographic Change on the Incidence of Diseases/Disorders in Texas, 2000-2040. Poster presentation at 2012 Applied Demography Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Sánchez-Soto, G “Mexico-U.S. Migration and the Intergenerational Educational Mobility of Youth in Mexico.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA.
  • Santos Lozada, AlexisTransformation of medical-hospital services in Puerto Rico from 1993 until 2010. Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) International Symposium on Health Disparities. San Juan, PR.
  • Sparks CSandSchmidt, SA Socio-ecological model of injury mortality in Texas using Bayesian models. Poster presented at the Southern Demographic Association meeting, Williamsburg, VA
  • Valencia L and Sparks CSFertility Control in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Liberia. Paper presented at the Southern Demographic Association meeting, Williamsburg, VA
  • Campbell J andSparks CSAn application of Bayesian methods to small area poverty rate estimates. Paper presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2011

  • Sánchez-Soto, G“The Impact of Mexico-U.S. Migration in the Family and the Community on Current Work and School Status of Mexican Youth.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.
  • Sparks CS and Karuppusamy SA spatial analysis of health disparities in Texas using Bayesian hierarchical models. Paper presented at the Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Tallahassee, FL.
  • Sparks CSA Bayesian analysis of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic fertility rates in the United States. Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, Boise, ID.
  • Sparks PJ, Sparks CSand Campbell J Poverty Segregation in Nonmetro Counties: A Spatial Exploration of Segregation Patterns in the U.S. Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual meeting, Washington D.C.
  • Schmidt, Susanne and P. Johnelle Sparks. “Socioeconomic, Behavioral and Contextual Determinants of Non-fatal Injury Risk among Young Adults in the United States.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Tallahassee, Florida.
  • Sparks, P. Johnelle and Susanne Schmidt. “The Impact of Different Dimensions of Residential Segregation on Prematurity Status of Infants.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Tallahassee, Florida.
  • Sparks, P. Johnelle and Susanne Schmidt. "A Demographic Analysis of Metro/Nonmetro Differences in Adult Overweight and Obesity." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Boise, Idaho.
  • Nunez, Anne-Marie andP. Johnelle Sparks. “Understanding Postsecondary Trajectories of Linguistic Minority Students.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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