Scripps Gerontology Center

J. Scott Brown, Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology & Gerontology; Scripps Research Fellow.

Education:

2002-2005 NIA Postdoctoral Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

2002 Ph.D., Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.

1999 MA, Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.

1996 MS, Applied Sociology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

1992 BA, History, Furman University, Greenville, SC.

BA, Sociology, Furman University, Greenville, SC.

Research Interests:

Life course and aging, with emphases on demographic assessment of mortality and morbidity, and welfare state effects on wealth and health inequalities.

Selected Publications:

Journal Articles

S. Hitlin, J.S. Brown, & G.H. Elder, Jr. (2007). Measuring Latinos: Racial Classification and Self-Understandings. Social Forces 86: 587-611.

J.S. Brown, S.O. Meadows, & G.H. Elder, Jr. (2007). Racial Inequality and Psychological Distress: Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Young Adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 43: 1295-1311.

J.S. Brown, S. Hitlin, & G.H. Elder, Jr. (2007). The Importance of Being 'Other': A Natural Experiment About Lived Race Over Time. Social Science Research, 36: 159-174.

S. Hitlin, J.S. Brown, & G.H. Elder, Jr. (2006). The Social Process of Racial Identity Development Across Adolescence: Monoracial vs. Multiracial Pathways. Child Development, 77: 1298-1308.

J.S. Brown, S. Hitlin, & G.H. Elder, Jr. (2006). The Greater Complexity of Lived Race: An Extension of Harris and Sim. Social Science Quarterly, 87: 411-431.

S.O. Meadows, J.S. Brown, & G.H. Elder, Jr. (2006). Depressive Symptoms, Stress, and Support: Gendered Trajectories from Adolescence to Young Adulthood. The Journal of Youth and Adolescence 35: 93-103.

J.S. Brown. (2005). Examining the Adoption of Old-Age Security Programs in the Developing World. Sociological Perspectives, 48: 505-529 .

S.M. Lynch & J.S. Brown. (2005). A New Approach to Estimating Life Tables with Covariates and Constructing Interval Estimates of Life Table Quantities. Sociological Methodology 35:177-225.

J.S. Brown & S.M. Lynch. (2004). Race, Aging, and Health: The History and Future of the Double Jeopardy Hypothesis. Contemporary Gerontology, 10: 105-109.

S.M. Lynch, J.S. Brown, & K.G. Harmsen (2003). Black-White Differences in Mortality Deceleration and Compression and the Mortality Crossover Reconsidered. Research on Aging, 25: 456-483.

S.M. Lynch, J.S. Brown, & K.G. Harmsen. (2003). The Effect of altering ADL Thresholds on Active Life Expectancy Estimates Among Older Persons. The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 58:S171-S178.

Book Chapters

S.M. Lynch, J.S. Brown, & M.G. Taylor. Forthcoming. The Demography of Disability. International Handbook of the Demography of Aging. Peter Uhlenberg, ed. Springer-Verlag.

S.M. Lynch & J.S. Brown. (2007). Race, Ethnicity, and Aging in Encyclopedia of Health and Aging, Kyriakos S. Markides, Dan G. Blazer, Laurence G. Branch, eds. Sage.

Reports

J.K. Straker & J.S. Brown (2008). 2007 Ohio Residential Care Facility Resident Satisfaction Survey: Instrument Refinements. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

R. Applebaum, V. Wellin, C. Kart, J.S. Brown, H. Menne, F. Ejaz, & K.B. Wilson (2007). Evaluation of Ohio's Assisted Living Waiver Program: Final Summary Report. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

J.S. Brown & R. Applebaum (2007). Evaluation of Ohio’s Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Program: Report on Program Costs. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

Miami University