Susan E. Short is the Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies at Brown University who is known for her work on how gender, family, health and well-being are effected by social and political environments.
Susan Short | |
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| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| Thesis | Birth planning, sterilization, and the care of children in China (1997) |
Education
editShort received her B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1986.[1] She earned a Master's (1994)[2] and a Ph.D. (1997)[3] from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.[1]
Career
editAfter receiving her PhD in 1997, Short began in her role as assistant professor at Brown University.[4] Short served as a visiting scholar at the National University of Lesotho from 2003 to 2004 studying the AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.[5] Additionally, she was a visiting scientist at Harvard School of Public Health from 2008 to 2010. From 2011 to 2014, Short was Director of Graduate Studies for the Sociology Department at Brown University.[4] In 2022, she was named the Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies at Brown University.[1]
Research
editShort's research highlights changing social and political environments and their implications for family dynamics, gender, health, and well-being. Her research examines a variety of issues, including, economic reform and the one child policy in China,[6] the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Lesotho,[7] and changes in the organization of women's work and parenting in the United States.[8]
Selected publications
edit- Short, Susan E; Mollborn, Stefanie (2015-10-01). "Social determinants and health behaviors: conceptual frames and empirical advances". Current Opinion in Psychology. 5: 78–84. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.05.002. ISSN 2352-250X. PMC 4511598. PMID 26213711.
- Torr, Berna Miller; Short, Susan E. (2004). "Second Births and the Second Shift: A Research Note on Gender Equity and Fertility". Population and Development Review. 30 (1): 109–130. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00005.x. ISSN 0098-7921.
- Short, Susan E.; Yang, Yang Claire; Jenkins, Tania M. (2013). "Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health". American Journal of Public Health. 103 (S1): S93–S101. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301229. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 3786754. PMID 23927517.
- Short, Susan E.; Fengying, Zhai (1998). "Looking Locally at China's One-Child Policy". Studies in Family Planning. 29 (4): 373–387. doi:10.2307/172250. ISSN 0039-3665. JSTOR 172250. PMID 9919631.
Awards and honors
editIn 2016, Short was elected to the Sociological Research Association.[1] Short was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020.[1][9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Short, Susan". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ Short, Susan E. (1994). "China's economic reforms and household structure". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ Short, Susan E. (1997). "Birth planning, sterilization, and the care of children in China". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ a b https://vivo.brown.edu/docs/s/sushort_cv.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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brown.edu (2018-06-06). "Susan Short". Sociology | Brown University. Retrieved 2019-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Short, Susan E.; Fengying, Zhai (1998). "Looking Locally at China's One-Child Policy". Studies in Family Planning. 29 (4): 373–387. doi:10.2307/172250. ISSN 0039-3665. JSTOR 172250. PMID 9919631.
- ^ Parker, Erin M.; Short, Susan E. (2009). "Grandmother Coresidence, Maternal Orphans, and School Enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa". Journal of Family Issues. 30 (6): 813–836. doi:10.1177/0192513X09331921. ISSN 0192-513X. PMC 3505141. PMID 23180901.
- ^ Torr, Berna Miller; Short, Susan E. (2004). "Second Births and the Second Shift: A Research Note on Gender Equity and Fertility". Population and Development Review. 30 (1): 109–130. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00005.x. ISSN 0098-7921.
- ^ "2020 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council". Science. 370 (6520): 1048–1052. 2020-11-27. Bibcode:2020Sci...370.1048.. doi:10.1126/science.370.6520.1048. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 240657197.
