Bridget K. Gorman, Ph.D.

Professor
Editor-in-Chief, Population Research & Policy Review (PRPR) 

Department of Sociology, MS-28
Rice University
6100 S. Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892

Office: SH 550A
Tel. (713)348-4137
Fax (713)348-5296
Email: bkgorman@rice.edu

Curriculum Vitae:    Gorman_CV_0512      

Office Hours:
Tuesday 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 
Wednesday 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Courses

Fall 2011    SOCI 381/581 Research Methods

Areas of Interest

• Racial and ethnic disparities in physical health and health care.

• Gender differences in mental and physical health and health care.

Biography

Bridget Gorman (Ph.D., Sociology and Demography, 2000, PennsylvaniaStateUniversity) is a Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Her areas of specialization include demography, mortality and morbidity, and family.  Dr. Gorman’s main research agenda is focused on understanding racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in both physical and mental health.  She is currently working on research papers that examine racial/ethnic disparities in adult hypertension, overweight/obesity, self-rated health, and access to and utilization of health care services.  Understanding gender disparities in mental and physical health is another foci of Bridget’s research agenda, as she has published several papers that explore gender differences in morbidity among adults.  She is currently working on projects that examine how the connection between mental and physical health differs for men and women; how aspects of socioeconomic status differentially shape health outcomes for men and women; and the factors that contribute to gender differences in the utilization of health care among immigrant adults.  Dr. Gorman’s research also examines other factors related to health (e.g., immigrant status, socioeconomic status, family relationships and social support), which you can read about on her CV.  Following her interest in the role of gender for shaping well-being, Dr. Gorman is also co-PI of an ongoing, panel study of graduate school success and attrition at Rice, with a focus on gender differences across disciplines (e.g., differences in attrition between men and women in social science, humanities, engineering, and natural science disciplines).   

Dr. Gorman is also an acclaimed teacher, having won multiple awards for teaching, mentoring, and service to the undergraduate student body since starting at RiceUniversity in the fall of 2002. 

Recent Publications

Bratter, Jenifer and Bridget K. Gorman.  2010.  “Does Multiracial Matter? A Study of Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health.” **Authors listed alphabetically; contribution is equal.  Forthcoming at Demography. 

Read, Jen’nan G. and Bridget K. Gorman.  Forthcoming in 2010.  “Gender and Health Revisited.”  In The Handbook of Health, Illness & Healing: Blueprint for the 21^st Century, edited by Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack K. Martin, Jane McLeod, and Anne Rogers.  Springer. 

Gorman, Bridget K.  2010.  “Gender Bias in Cardiac Care: The Perspective from a Sociologist.”  Pp. 192-193 in Professionalism in Medicine: The Case-Based Guide for Medical Students, edited by John Spandorfer, Charles A. Pohl, Susan L. Rattner, and Thomas J. Nasca.  Cambridge University Press.   

Gorman, Bridget K. and Meredith Chu.  2009.  “Racial Differences in Asthma Prevalence, Problems, and Medical Care among Adults.”   Ethnicity & Health 14(5):527-552. 

Gorman, Bridget K. and Jennifer Braverman.  2008.  “Family Structure Differences in Health Care Utilization among U.S. Children.”  Social Science & Medicine 67(11):1766-1775. 

Gorman, Bridget K and Rathi Asaithambi.  2008.  “Biology, Social Environment, and Health: How Family History and Social Conditions Affect Adult Asthma”  Social Science Quarterly 89(3): 749-771.

Heard, Holly E., Bridget K. Gorman, and Carolyn A. Kapinus.  2008.  “Family Structure and Self-Rated Health in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.”  Population Research and Policy Review 27(6):773-797.