Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
211 Oswald Tower
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2527
Fax: 814-863-7216
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Jennifer Van Hook
Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography 611 Oswald Tower |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Texas, 1996
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Immigration (Health and Well-being of Children of Immigrants, Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants; Unauthorized Migration, Indirect Estimation Techniques of Migration Flows); Social Demography; Demographic Techniques; Household/Family Structure; Health
PENN STATE COURSES
Population and Policy Issues (Sociology 023)
Event History Analysis (Sociology 577)
RESEARCH GRANTS (Active)
U.S. Census Bureau. “Estimates of the foreign-born emigration and internal migration”.
Foundation for Child Development. “Obesity Among Young Children of Immigrants”.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming
Baker, Elizabeth, Kelly S. Balistreri, and Jennifer Van Hook. “Maternal Employment and Overweight among Hispanic Children of Immigrants and Children of Natives.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
Brown, Susan L., Jennifer Van Hook, and Jennifer E. Glick. “Cohabitation Among Immigrants Versus Natives in the U.S.” Population Research and Policy Review.
2007 Buelow, Victoria and Jennifer Van Hook. “Timely Immunization Series Completion Among Children of Immigrants.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
2007 Van Hook, Jennifer, and Jason Snyder. “Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Loss of White Students From California Public Schools, 1990-2000.” Population Research and Policy Review 26: 259-277.
2007 Ryabov, Igor K. and Jennifer Van Hook. “School Segregation and Academic Achievement among Hispanic Adolescents.” Social Science Research 36(2): 767-788.
2007 Van Hook, Jennifer, and Jennifer E. Glick. “Immigration and Living Arrangements: Moving Beyond the ‘Instrumental Needs Versus Acculturation’ Dichotomy.” Demography 44(2): 225-249.
2007 Van Hook, Jennifer and Kelly S. Balistreri. “Immigrant Generation, Socioeconomic Status, and Economic Development of Countries of Origin: A Longitudinal Study of BMI among Children.” Social Science and Medicine 65: 976-989.
2006 Van Hook, Jennifer, Susan K. Brown, and Frank D. Bean. “For Love or Money? Welfare Reform and Immigrant Naturalization.” Social Forces 85(2): 643-666.
2006 Van Hook, Jennifer, Weiwei Zhang, Frank D. Bean, and Jeffrey Passel. “Foreign-born Emigration: A New Approach and Estimates Based on Matched CPS Files.” Demography 43(2): 361-382.
2006 Van Hook, Jennifer and Kelly Stamper Balistreri. “Ineligible Parents, Eligible Children: Food Stamps Receipt, Allotments and Food Insecurity among Children of Immigrants.” Social Science Research 35(1): 228-251.
2004 Van Hook, Jennifer, Susan L. Brown, and Maxwell Kwenda. “A Decomposition of Trends in Poverty Among Children of Immigrants.” Demography 41(4): 649-670.
2004 Balistreri, Kelly and Jennifer Van Hook. “The more things change the more they stay the same: Mexican Naturalization Before and After Welfare Reform.” International Migration Review 38(Spring): 113-130.
2003 Van Hook, Jennifer. “Welfare Reform Chilling Effects on Non-citizens: Changes in Non-citizen Recipiency or Shifts in Citizenship Status?” Social Science Quarterly 84(3): 613-631.
2002 Van Hook, Jennifer, and Kelly Balistreri. “Diversity and Change in the Institutional Context of Immigrant Adaptation: California Schools 1985-2000.” Demography 39(4): 639-654.
2002 Van Hook, Jennifer. “Immigration and African American Educational Opportunity: Are Limited English Proficient Students Disproportionately Transforming Minority Schools?” Sociology of Education 75(2): 169-189.
2002 Glick, Jennifer E. and Jennifer Van Hook. “Parents’ Coresidence with Adult Children: Can Immigration Explain Race and Ethnic Variation?” Journal of Marriage and the Family 64: 240-253.