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Overview

Robert A. Hummer is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States and is primarily engaged in research within the social sciences. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics centered on health and social disparities, with significant attention to the intersections of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors in health outcomes.

Their recent scholarly contributions include studies published in peer-reviewed venues such as the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Annual Review of Sociology, Biodemography and Social Biology, SSM - Population Health, and Social Science & Medicine. Notable papers are:

  • Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Across Early- and Mid-Life Among the Add Health Cohort, 2020, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Social Inequality and the Future of US Life Expectancy, 2021, Annual Review of Sociology
  • Race/ethnicity, maternal educational attainment, and infant mortality in the United States, 2021, Biodemography and Social Biology
  • Social status differences in allostatic load among young adults in the United States, 2021, SSM - Population Health
  • A gender framework for understanding health lifestyles, 2020, Social Science & Medicine

Their research frequently appears in outlets such as UNC Libraries, Demography, Social Science & Medicine, Population Research and Policy Review, and SSM - Population Health.

Coauthors with whom Robert A. Hummer collaborates regularly include Kathleen Mullan Harris, Richard G. Rogers, Elizabeth Lawrence, Debra Umberson, and Taylor W. Hargrove.

They have contributed to several book publications, including works published by Wochenschau Verlag and Rutgers University Press. Titles include "Wahlplakate im Politikunterricht" (two editions in 2022) and "Religion, Families, and Health" (2020).

Robert A. Hummer's main field of study is social sciences, with focused subfields such as health, general health professions, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The core topics addressed in their work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Best Publications

  • Religious involvement and U.S. adult mortality

    Robert A. Hummer;Richard G. Rogers;Charles B. Nam;Christopher G. Ellison

  • FRATERNITIES AND RAPE ON CAMPUS

    Patricia Yancey Martin;Robert A. Hummer

  • Immigration and the Health of Asian and Pacific Islander Adults in the United States

    W. Parker Frisbie;Youngtae Cho;Robert A. Hummer

  • Living and Dying in the USA: Behavioral, Health, and Social Differentials of Adult Mortality

    Ichiro Kawachi;Richard G. Rogers;Robert A. Hummer;Charles B. Nam

  • Self-reported health and adult mortality risk: an analysis of cause-specific mortality.

    Maureen Reindl Benjamins;Robert A Hummer;Isaac W Eberstein;Charles B Nam

  • Paradox found (again): infant mortality among the Mexican-origin population in the United States.

    Robert A. Hummer;Daniel A. Powers;Starling G. Pullum;Ginger L. Gossman

  • The Role of Discrimination and Acculturative Stress in the Physical Health of Mexican-Origin Adults

    Brian Karl Finch;Robert A. Hummer;Bohdan Kol;William A. Vega

  • Validity of Self-rated Health among Latino(a)s

    Brian Karl Finch;Robert A. Hummer;Maureen Reindl;William A. Vega

  • The Effect of Educational Attainment on Adult Mortality in the United States.

    Robert A. Hummer;Elaine M. Hernandez

  • Low birth weight, social factors, and developmental outcomes among children in the United States.

    Jason D. Boardman;Daniel A. Powers;Yolanda C. Padilla;Robert A. Hummer

  • Nativity, duration of residence, and the health of Hispanic adults in the United States

    Youngtae Cho;W. Parker Frisbie;Robert A. Hummer;Richard G. Rogers

  • Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality in the United States: A Systematic Analysis of Functional Form

    Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward

  • Black-White Differences in Health and Mortality: A Review And Conceptual Model

    Robert A. Hummer

  • Education and the Gender Gaps in Health and Mortality

    Catherine E. Ross;Ryan K. Masters;Robert A. Hummer

  • Race/ethnicity nativity and U.S. adult mortality.

    Hummer Ra;Rogers Rg;Nam Cb;LeClere Fb

  • Trends in the Educational Gradient of U.S. Adult Mortality From 1986 Through 2006 by Race, Gender, and Age Group

    Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward;Hyeyoung Woo

  • Trends and group differences in the association between educational attainment and U.S. adult mortality: Implications for understanding education's causal influence☆

    Mark D. Hayward;Robert A. Hummer;Isaac Sasson

  • The Other Side of the Paradox: The Risk of Low Birth Weight among Infants of Migrant and Nonmigrant Households within Mexico

    Reanne Frank;Robert A. Hummer

  • Educational Differences in U.S. Adult Mortality: A Cohort Perspective.

    Ryan K. Masters;Robert A. Hummer;Daniel A. Powers

  • Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality

    Robert A. Hummer;Joseph T. Lariscy

  • Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Infant Mortality in the United States

    Robert Allen Hummer;Monique Biegler;Peter B. De Turk;Douglas Forbes

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Rogers
Richard G. Rogers University of Colorado Boulder
Patrick M. Krueger
Patrick M. Krueger University of Colorado Denver
Brian Karl Finch
Brian Karl Finch University of Southern California
Christopher G. Ellison
Christopher G. Ellison The University of Texas at San Antonio
Kathleen Mullan Harris
Kathleen Mullan Harris University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anna Zajacova
Anna Zajacova University of Western Ontario
Jason D. Boardman
Jason D. Boardman University of Colorado Boulder
Bethany G. Everett
Bethany G. Everett University of Utah
Stefanie Mollborn
Stefanie Mollborn University of Colorado Boulder
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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