Ann Meier

Contact Me

meierann@umn.edu
612-626-7230

Sociology
1127 Social Science Bldg

267 19th Ave S

Affiliations

• Sociology
• Minnesota Population Center

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

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

Curriculum Vitae

Specialties

• Family and Life Course
• Adolescent and Young Adult Development
• Gender

Courses Taught

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

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Referee: American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology
• Organizer and Chair: Session on Adolescent Fertility, Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN , April 2003
• Chair: Session of the Changing Face of Adolescence, Meeting of the Americna Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA , August 2001
• Member: American Sociological Association; Section memberships: population and children and youth , 1994
• Member: Population Association of America , 1997
• Membership Committee: Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Mentor: Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Member, Study Group Committee of Society for Research on Adolescence: decide which study groups to support for research pursuits
• Member: Society for Research on Adolescence
• Member: National Council on Family Relations

Research

• “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
• “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

Publications

• "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.
• "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.
• "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.
• "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.
• "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.
• "Adolescent First Sex and Subsequent Mental Health." 2007. American Journal of Sociology 112(6):1811-1847.

Awards

• 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
• 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
• Midwest Sociological Society, Graduate Student Paper Competition Award. Recipient for "Social Capital and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents.", 1999