Ann Meier

[email protected]

Sociology

1127 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Professor,

Sociology

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 2003
M.S: Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999
B.A.: Sociology, The George Washington University, 1995

Specialties

Family and Life Course
Adolescent and Young Adult Development
Gender

Publications

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Publications

"Mothers’ and Fathers’ Well-Being in Parenting Across the Arch of Child Development," with Kelly Musik, Jocelyn Fischer, and Sarah Flood. 2018. Journal of Marriage and Family 80(4):992-1004.
"A Quarter Century of Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities: Inequalities by Race, Class, Gender and Age?" with Benjamin Swartz Hartmann and Ryan Larson. 2018. Journal of Youth and Adolescent 47(6):1299-1316.
"Variation in Associations between Family Dinners and Adolescent Well-Being," with Kelly Musick. 2014. Journal of Marriage and Family 76:13-23.
"Assessing Causality and Persistence in Associations between Family Dinners and Adolescent Well-Being," with Kelly Musick. 2012. Journal of Marriage and Family 74(3):476-493.
"Are Both Parents Always Better Than One? Parental Conflict and Young Adult Well-being " with Kelly Musick. 2010. Social Science Research 39(5):814-830.
"Young Adult Relationship Values at the Intersection of Gender and Sexuality," with Kathleen Hull and Timothy Ortyl. 2009. Journal of Marriage and Family 71(3):510-525.
"Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health," with Gina Allen. 2009. The Sociological Quarterly 50:308-335.
"Adolescent First Sex and Subsequent Mental Health." 2007. American Journal of Sociology 112(6):1811-1847.
"Older Sexual Partners and Adolescent Females’ Mental Health," with Gina Erickson and Heather McLaughlin. 2016. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 48(1):25-33.
"How Parents Fare: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Subjective Well-Being in Time with Children," with Kelly Musik and Sarah Flood. 2016. American Sociological Review 8(5):1069-1095.
"Mothering Experiences: How Single Parenthood and Employment Structure the Emotional Valence of Parenting," with Kelly Musik, Sarah Flood, and Rachel Dunifon. 2016. Demography 53(3):649-674.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Referee: American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology. none - none
Organizer and Chair: Session on Adolescent Fertility, Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN. April 2003 - none
Chair: Session of the Changing Face of Adolescence, Meeting of the Americna Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA. August 2001 - none
Member: American Sociological Association; Section memberships: population and children and youth. 1994 - none
Member: Population Association of America. 1997 - none
Membership Committee: Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. none - none
Mentor: Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison. none - none
Member, Study Group Committee of Society for Research on Adolescence: decide which study groups to support for research pursuits. none - none
Member: Society for Research on Adolescence. none - none
Member: National Council on Family Relations. none - none

Research

: “Families and Variation in Well-Being.” This project investigates the ways that differences within families manifest in child and parent well-being. One study finds the well-being of children from high conflict continuously married parent families is similar to those from single-parent families. Other studies examine the links between family dinners and well-being, parenting and subjective well-being, parental work adjustment after having a child, and children’s activities across the early life course.
: “Adolescent Sexual Activity and Well-Being.” This project examines the effects of early sexual activity on a number of domains of adolescent life. A current study examines the role of friend and school norms in shaping the effects of sex on mental health, academic outcomes, and risk behaviors.

Awards

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Awards

Midwest Sociological Society, Graduate Student Paper Competition Award. Recipient for "Social Capital and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents.", 1999
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Graduate Student Paper Award. Recipient for "Adolescents' Transition to First Intercourse, Religiosity and Attitudes about Sex.", 2001
University of Wisconsin, Genevieve Gorst Herfuth Award for Outstanding Research in Social Studies. Recipient for "Adolescents' Transition to First Intercourse, Religiosity and Attitudes about Sex.", 2001
Vilas Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002
Murray Research Center's Adolescent and Youth Dissertation Award from Harvard University and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2002

Courses

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Courses

Soc 1001 - Introduction of Sociology
FSEM 1905: Alpha Wives and Tiger Moms
Soc 3511/3511H - World Population Problems
Soc 3501 - Sociology of Family
Soc 8001 - Sociology as a Profession
Soc 1011V : Honors: Introduction to Sociology
Soc 8090 - Fertility, Family Planning, and Sexual Health
Soc 4090 - Topics: Sexualities