Statement of Research

My research is focused primarily on improving our understanding of racial issues and improving the health and well-being of our global citizens. From these foci, I have expanded my research agenda to include how social class reproduces national and global health disparities. Coming from a demographic background, I am equally concerned about how to capture these processes of race, health and economics within an appropriate, population-based statistical framework. The aim of my research is to generate more national and international dialogue on how to eliminate race-based and class-based health disparities for the betterment of society, as I fundamentally believe that racial, health and class divisions in society are paramount problems that need to be further understood in order to ameliorate global disadvantage.

A more detailed research statement can be downloaded here.

Publications

Jones, A., Gulbis, A. and E, Baker (2010, forthcoming). Understanding differences in tobacco use between Canada and the United States. The International Journal of Public Health [DOI:].

Jones, A. (2009, forthcoming). Stability of men's interracial first unions: A test of educational differentials and cohabitation history. Journal of Family and Economic Issues [DOI: ].

Jones, A. & Goza, F. W. (2008). Rural, urban and suburban differences in coronary heart disease among Blacks and Whites in the US. Journal of Biosocial Science 40(6): 895-909 [DOI: 10.1017 /S0021932008002769].

Jones, A. (2006). Race and the 'I have a dream' legacy: Exploring predictors of positive civil rights attitudes. Journal of Black Studies 37(2): 193-208 [DOI: 10.1177/ 0021934705282052].

Research Reports

Bulger, S. R.* (2008). Who owns what?: Current policy and practice regarding ownership of online courses in community colleges. Special Report, October 2008, Instructional Technology Council.

* I was Dr. Bulger's lead research associate for this project and I performed the analysis of data and the writing of this report. See the second page for the acknowledgement.

Revise and Resubmit

Disability, Health and Generational Status: How Mexicans in the US Fare in Late Life. Journal of Aging & Social Policy.

Under Review

Covenant Marriage, Religiosity and Black-White Race Gaps in Depression (Co-authored with Laura Sanchez). Submitted to Social Science and Medicine.

Manuscripts in Progress - Single Author

Temporal Effects of Relieving National Debt on Mortality Outcomes in Africa.

Variation in Homeownership and Residential Assorting among Latinos: The Role of Income.

Neighborhood Diversity and Interethnic Intimacy among African Americans: The Role of Family Context.

Race and Marital Transitions in Determining Health and Health Behaviors among the Elderly.

Manuscripts in Progress - Collaborative

Segregation and Cardiovascular Illness: The Role of Individual and Areal Socioeconomic Status (Co-authored with Franklin Goza).

Life Course Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Health among Urban Older Adults in Latin America (Co-authored with Franklin Goza).

Dissertation (Abstract)

A Clean (Dollar) Bill of Health: Understanding Parental Socioeconomic Disparities in Child Health as Functions of Timing, Transitions and Exposure

Thesis

Race, Hypersegregated Communities and Negative Health Outcomes: Assessing the Risk of Hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease for African Americans in Metropolitan Areas

Short Essays

Eminent Problem, Prevalent Response: Applications of Du Bois' "Unfinished Agenda" in the Toledo Context

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Essay on the Theoretical Importance of Diversity on a University

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