Jenifer Bratter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, MS-28
Rice University
6100 S. Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892
Office: SH 554
Tel. (713)348-4254
Fax (713)348-5296
Email:jenifer.l.bratter@rice.edu
Curriculum Vitae: CV_0912
Courses
Fall 2012
SOCI 329 - Multiracial America
Areas of Interest
Race, Demography, Marriage, and Family
Biography
Jenifer L. Bratter (PhD 2001, University of Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Her research explores the implications of race and racial mixing (i.e. interracial families, multiracial identity) in the areas of family, identity, and social inequality. Current projects focus on indicators of social well-being such as poverty, residential segregation, and health and the new ways that race is linked to these phenomena. She had been awarded the 2009 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation for Career Enhancement to study patterns of residential segregation for mixed-race families. Dr. Bratter has recently published works appearing in Demography, Social Forces, Family Relations, Population Research and Policy Review, and several upcoming book chapters.
Recent Publications
Bratter Jenifer and Sarah Damaske, forthcoming “Poverty at a Racial Crossroads: Poverty Among Multiracial Children in Single Mother Families” Journal of Marriage and Family
Bratter, Jenifer and Rachel Kimbro. Accepted “Multiracial Children and Poverty: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of Kindergarteners” Family Relations
Multiracial Children and Poverty: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of Kindergarteners” Bratter, Jenifer and Bridget Gorman. Forthcoming. “Is Discrimination an Equal Opportunity Risk? Racial Experiences, Socioeconomic Status and Health Status among Black and White Adults..” Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Bratter, Jenifer and Bridget K. Gorman. 2011. “Does Multiracial Matter? A Study of Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health.” Demography 48(1): 127-152.
Bratter, Jenifer and Holly Heard. 2009. “Mother’s, Father’s, Both: Parental Gender and Racial Classification of Multiracial Adolescents”. Sociological Forum 24 (3): 658-688.
Bratter, Jenifer and Rosalind King. 2008. “But Will It Last?”: Duration of Interracial Unions Compared to Similar Race Relationships”. Family Relations 57:160-171.
Bratter, Jenifer 2007. “Will ‘Multiracial’ Survive to the Next Generation?: The Racial Classification of Children of Multiracial Parents”. Social Forces 86(2) : 821 – 849. Reprinted in: Racism in Post-Race America: New Theories, New Direction (pp 79-94), edited by Charles Gallagher, Social Forces Publishing 2008.
King, Rosalind and Jenifer Bratter. 2007. “A Path to Interracial Mate Selection: Choosing First Partners and Husbands across Racial Lines”. The Sociological Quarterly 48(2) 343-369.
Solis, Patricio, Thomas Pullum, and Jenifer Bratter 2007. “Homogamy in Monterrey, Mexico: Changes and Continuity”. Population Research and Policy Review 26: 279-298.
Bratter, Jenifer and Karl Eschbach, 2006. "What about the Couple? Interracial Marriage and Psychological Distress". Social Science Research 35(4): 1025-1047
Bratter, Jenifer and Karl Eschbach, 2005. "Race/Ethnic differences in Non-Specific Psychological Distress: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey". Social Science Quarterly 86:620-644.