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  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jeylan T. Mortimer is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has a body of research primarily situated within the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions. Their work spans several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology, and Education.

The research topics addressed by Mortimer cover a range of areas such as Employment and Welfare Studies, Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, and Global Health Care Issues.

Mortimer has contributed to various scholarly venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
  • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior
  • Social Forces

Recent publications by Mortimer include:

  • "Dreams of a Lifetime: How Who We Are Shapes How We Imagine Our Future," 2023, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • "How do grandparents' and parents' educational attainments influence parents' educational expectations for children?", 2021, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Other significant papers relevant to Mortimer's field, though authored by others or co-authored with Mortimer's collaborators, include:

  • "Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens," 2020, Advances in Life Course Research
  • "Socioeconomic origin, future expectations, and educational achievement: A longitudinal three-generation study of the persistence of family advantage," 2021, Developmental Psychology
  • "Studying social change in human lives: a conversation," 2023, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Their frequent coauthors include Jeremy Staff, Xiaowen Han, Arnaldo Mont'Alvão, Klaus Burger, and Tom VanHeuvelen, with collaboration counts ranging from three to six papers together.

Mortimer was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1987, reflecting recognition within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of the Life Course

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Working and Growing up in America

    Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • Work Experience and Occupational Value Socialization: A Longitudinal Study.

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Jon Lorence

  • Volunteerism in Adolescence: A Process Perspective

    Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson;Timothy Beebe;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Mark Snyder

  • Volunteerism during the Transition to Adulthood: A Life Course Perspective

    Sabrina Oesterle;Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • The Process of Occupational Decision Making: Patterns during the Transition to Adulthood

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Mikki Holmes;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 Through a Life Course Lens

    Richard A. Settersten;Laura Bernardi;Juho Härkönen;Toni C. Antonucci

  • Persistence and change in development: the multidimensional self-concept.

    Mortimer Jt;Finch;Kumka D

  • Safety Nets and Scaffolds: Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood.

    Teresa Toguchi Swartz;Minzee Kim;Mayumi Uno;Jeylan Mortimer

  • The Effects of Work Intensity on Adolescent Mental Health, Achievement, and Behavioral Adjustment: New Evidence from a Prospective Study

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Michael D. Finch;Seongryeol Ryu;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Subjective Age Identity and the Transition to Adulthood: When Do Adolescents Become Adults?

    Michael J. Shanahan;Erik J. Porfeli;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Lance D. Erickson

  • Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence: A Study of Adjustment in Context

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Kathleen T. Call

  • Job Involvement Through the Life Course: A Panel Study of Three Age Groups

    Jon Lorence;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • Adolescent Work, Vocational Development, and Education

    Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • Occupational experience and the self-concept: A longitudinal study.

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Jon Lorence

  • Educational and Work Strategies from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Consequences for Educational Attainment

    Jeremy Staff;Jeylan T. Mortimer

  • The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Depressive Symptoms during the Early Occupational Career

    Jason N. Houle;Jeremy Staff;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Christopher Uggen

  • Leisure, work, and the mass media.

    Gary Alan Fine;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Donald F. Roberts

  • Work, family, and personality: Transition to adulthood.

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Jon Lorence;Donald S. Kumka

  • The changing adolescent experience : societal trends and the transition to adulthood

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Reed W. Larson

Frequent Co-Authors

Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson
Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson Washington State University
Reed W. Larson
Reed W. Larson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Anne C. Petersen
Anne C. Petersen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marc H. Bornstein
Marc H. Bornstein National Institutes of Health
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Ingrid Schoon
Ingrid Schoon University College London
B. Bradford Brown
B. Bradford Brown University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark Snyder
Mark Snyder University of Minnesota
Phyllis Moen
Phyllis Moen University of Minnesota

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