Rachel T. Kimbro, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor

Office Hours: 
550A Sewall Hall
Tuesdays 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Director, Urban Health Program, Kinder Institute for Urban Research 
Rice Scholar, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Faculty Associate, Brown College

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

Tel. (713)348-4265
Fax (713)348-5296
Email: rtkimbro@rice.edu

Curriculum Vitae:   Kimbro_cv_0512               

Courses 2011-2012

Introduction to Sociology, SOCI 101 - Fall 2011
Medical Sociology, SOCI 345 - Spring 2012

Areas of Interest

• Family
  
• Medical Sociology
  
• Demography
  
• Poverty and Inequality
  

Biography

Rachel Tolbert Kimbro (Ph.D., 2005, Princeton University) is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University and a Foundation for Child Development Young Scholar (http://www.fcd-us.org/our-work/new-american-children/young-scholars-program-ysp). Dr. Kimbro earned her M.A. in Sociology at Princeton and her B.A. in Sociology and Policy Studies at Rice. Following her doctoral work at Princeton, Dr. Kimbro was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where she received interdisciplinary training in population health. Dr. Kimbro's research focuses on racial and ethnic health disparities and family influences on health behaviors and outcomes. Current work examines federal nutrition assistance programs and children's health outcomes, food parenting, and other family and neighborhood influences on child obesity and physical activity in low-income and immigrant families. Her work is funded by the Foundation for Child Development, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Program, Mississippi State University's Southern Rural Development Center, the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy Health Economics Program, and the Faculty Initiatives Program at Rice.

Recent Publications

Richard Carpiano and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. “Self-Efficacy and Health for Caregivers: The Role of Community Social Capital.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, forthcoming.

Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, Bridget Gorman, and Ariela Schachter. “Acculturation and Health for Latinos and Asian Immigrants in the U.S.” Social Problems, forthcoming.

Bratter, Jenifer and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. “Multiracial Children and Racial Differences in Child Poverty: Evidence from the ECLS-K.” Family Relations, forthcoming.

Daphne Hernandez and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro:  "Immigrant Children's Health Insurance Status:  Changes Over Time."  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, forthcoming.

Barnes, Ann Smith and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. “A Descriptive Study of African-American Adults Successful at Long-term Maintenance of Clinically Significant Weight Loss and the Establishment of the African-American Weight Control Registry.” Journal of General Internal Medicine, forthcoming.

Schachter, Ariela, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, and Bridget Gorman. 2012. “Language Proficiency and Health Status: Are Bilingual Immigrants Healthier?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 53(1): 124-145.

Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, Justin T. Denney, and Sarita Panchang. 2012. “Neighborhood Characteristics and Children’s Food Insecurity.” Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 3(1), Article 8.

Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert and Ariela Schachter. 2011. “Neighborhood Poverty and Maternal Fears of Children’s Outdoor Play.” Family Relations (60): 461-475.

Frech, Adrianne and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. 2011. “Maternal Mental Health, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Time Investments in Children.” Journal of Marriage and Family (73): 605-620.

Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Sara McLanahan. 2011. “Young Children in Urban Areas: Links Among Neighborhood Characteristics, Weight Status, Outdoor Play, and Television-Watching.” Social Science and Medicine (72): 668-676.