Susan E. Short is Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies. She is a sociologist and demographer who does research at the intersection of gender, demography, and health.
| Jenkins TM, Short SE. "Negotiating intersex: A case for revising the theory of social diagnosis." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 175, 2017, pp. 91-98. |
| Wedow R, Briley DA, Short SE, Boardman JD. "Gender and genetic contributions to weight identity among adolescents and young adults in the U.S." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 165, 2016, pp. 99-107. |
| Short, Susan E., Goldberg, Rachel E. "Children Living with HIV-Infected Adults: Estimates for 23 Countries in sub-Saharan Africa." PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 11, 2015, pp. e0142580. |
| Short, Susan E, Mollborn, Stefanie. "Social determinants and health behaviors: conceptual frames and empirical advances." Current Opinion in Psychology, vol. 5, 2015, pp. 78-84. |
| Xu, Hongwei, Logan, John R., Short, Susan E. "Integrating Space With Place in Health Research: A Multilevel Spatial Investigation Using Child Mortality in 1880 Newark, New Jersey." Demography, vol. 51, no. 3, 2014, pp. 811-834. |
| Shandra, Carrie L., Hogan, Dennis P., Short, Susan E. "Planning for Motherhood: Fertility Attitudes, Desires And Intentions Among Women with Disabilities." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 46, no. 4, 2014, pp. 203-210. |
| Stephens, Sarah H., Hartz, Sarah M., Hoft, Nicole R., Saccone, Nancy L., Corley, Robin C., Hewitt, John K., Hopfer, Christian J., Breslau, Naomi, Coon, Hilary, Chen, Xiangning, Ducci, Francesca, Dueker, Nicole, Franceschini, Nora, Frank, Josef, Han, Younghun, Hansel, Nadia N., Jiang, Chenhui, Korhonen, Tellervo, Lind, Penelope A., Liu, Jason, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Michel, Martha, Shaffer, John R., Short, Susan E., Sun, Juzhong, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, John R., Vogelzangs, Nicole, Vink, Jacqueline M., Wenzlaff, Angela, Wheeler, William, Yang, Bao-Zhu, Aggen, Steven H., Balmforth, Anthony J., Baumeister, Sebastian E., Beaty, Terri H., Benjamin, Daniel J., Bergen, Andrew W., Broms, Ulla, Cesarini, David, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chen, Jingchun, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Cichon, Sven, Couper, David, Cucca, Francesco, Dick, Danielle, Foroud, Tatiana, Furberg, Helena, Giegling, Ina, Gillespie, Nathan A., Gu, Fangyi, Hall, Alistair S., Hällfors, Jenni, Han, Shizhong, Hartmann, Annette M., Heikkilä, Kauko, Hickie, Ian B., Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kaakinen, Marika, Kähönen, Mika, Koellinger, Philipp D., Kittner, Stephen, Konte, Bettina, Landi, Maria-Teresa, Laatikainen, Tiina, Leppert, Mark, Levy, Steven M., Mathias, Rasika A., McNeil, Daniel W., Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., Murray, Tanda, Nauck, Matthias, North, Kari E., Paré, Peter D., Pergadia, Michele, Ruczinski, Ingo, Salomaa, Veikko, Viikari, Jorma, Willemsen, Gonneke, Barnes, Kathleen C., Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caporaso, Neil, Edenberg, Howard J., Francks, Clyde, Gelernter, Joel, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Hops, Hyman, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Johannesson, Magnus, Kendler, Kenneth S., Lehtimäki, Terho, Magnusson, Patrik K.E., Marazita, Mary L., Marchini, Jonathan, Mitchell, Braxton D., Nöthen, Markus M., Penninx, Brenda W., Raitakari, Olli, Rietschel, Marcella, Rujescu, Dan, Samani, Nilesh J., Schwartz, Ann G., Shete, Sanjay, Spitz, Margaret, Swan, Gary E., Völzke, Henry, Veijola, Juha, Wei, Qingyi, Amos, Chris, Cannon, Dale S., Grucza, Richard, Hatsukami, Dorothy, Heath, Andrew, Johnson, Eric O., Kaprio, Jaakko, Madden, Pamela, Martin, Nicholas G., Stevens, Victoria L., Weiss, Robert B., Kraft, Peter, Bierut, Laura J., Ehringer, Marissa A. "Distinct Loci in the CHRNA5 / CHRNA3 / CHRNB4 Gene Cluster Are Associated With Onset of Regular Smoking." Genetic Epidemiology, vol. 37, no. 8, 2013, pp. 846-859. |
| Harrison, Abigail, Short, Susan E., Tuoane-Nkhasi, Maletela. "Re-focusing the Gender Lens: Caregiving Women, Family Roles and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability in Lesotho." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 18, no. 3, 2013, pp. 595-604. |
| Short SE, Yang YC, Jenkins TM. "Sex, gender, genetics, and health." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 103, no. S1, 2013, pp. S93-101. |
| Xu, H., Short, S. E., Liu, T. "Dynamic relations between fast-food restaurant and body weight status: a longitudinal and multilevel analysis of Chinese adults." Journal of epidemiology and community health, vol. 67, no. 3, 2012, pp. 271-279. |
| Hartz, Sarah M., Short, Susan E., Saccone, Nancy L., Culverhouse, Robert, Chen, LiShiun, Schwantes-An, Tae-Hwi, Coon, Hilary, Han, Younghun, Stephens, Sarah H., Sun, Juzhong, Chen, Xiangning, Ducci, Francesca, Dueker, Nicole, Franceschini, Nora, Frank, Josef, Geller, Frank, Gubjartsson, Daniel, Hansel, Nadia N., Jiang, Chenhui, Keskitalo-Vuokko, Kaisu, Liu, Zhen, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Michel, Martha, Rawal, Rajesh, Rosenberger, Albert, Scheet, Paul, Shaffer, John R., Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, John R., Vink, Jacqueline M., Vogelzangs, Nicole, Wenzlaff, Angela S., Wheeler, William, Xiao, Xiangjun, Yang, Bao-Zhu, Aggen, Steven H., Balmforth, Anthony J., Baumeister, Sebastian E., Beaty, Terri, Bennett, Siiri, Bergen, Andrew W., Boyd, Heather A., Broms, Ulla, Campbell, Harry, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chen, Jingchun, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Cichon, Sven, Couper, David, Cucca, Francesco, Dick, Danielle M., Foroud, Tatiana, Furberg, Helena, Giegling, Ina, Gu, Fangyi, Hall, Alistair S., Hällfors, Jenni, Han, Shizhong, Hartmann, Annette M., Hayward, Caroline, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hewitt, John K., Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Jensen, Majken K., Jousilahti, Pekka, Kaakinen, Marika, Kittner, Steven J., Konte, Bettina, Korhonen, Tellervo, Landi, Maria-Teresa, Laatikainen, Tiina, Leppert, Mark, Levy, Steven M., Mathias, Rasika A., McNeil, Daniel W., Medland, Sarah E., Montgomery, Grant W., Muley, Thomas, Murray, Tanda, Nauck, Matthias, North, Kari, Pergadia, Michele, Polasek, Ozren, Ramos, Erin M., Ripatti, Samuli, Risch, Angela, Ruczinski, Ingo, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Schlessinger, David, Styrkársdóttir, Unnur, Terracciano, Antonio, Uda, Manuela, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wu, Xifeng, Abecasis, Goncalo, Barnes, Kathleen, Bickeböller, Heike, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Caporaso, Neil, Duan, Jubao, Edenberg, Howard J., Francks, Clyde, Gejman, Pablo V., Gelernter, Joel, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Hops, Hyman, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Viikari, Jorma, Kähönen, Mika, Kendler, Kenneth S., Lehtimäki, Terho, Levinson, Douglas F., Marazita, Mary L., Marchini, Jonathan, Melbye, Mads, Mitchell, Braxton D., Murray, Jeffrey C., Nöthen, Markus M., Penninx, Brenda W., Raitakari, Olli, Rietschel, Marcella, Rujescu, Dan, Samani, Nilesh J., Sanders, Alan R., Schwartz, Ann G., Shete, Sanjay, Shi, Jianxin, Spitz, Margaret, Stefansson, Kari, Swan, Gary E., Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir, Völzke, Henry, Wei, Qingyi, Wichmann, H.-Erich, Amos, Christopher I., Breslau, Naomi, Cannon, Dale S., Ehringer, Marissa, Grucza, Richard, Hatsukami, Dorothy, Heath, Andrew, Johnson, Eric O., Kaprio, Jaakko, Madden, Pamela, Martin, Nicholas G., Stevens, Victoria L., Stitzel, Jerry A., Weiss, Robert B., Kraft, Peter, Bierut, Laura J. "Increased Genetic Vulnerability to Smoking at CHRNA5 in Early-Onset Smokers." Archives of General Psychiatry , vol. 69, no. 8, 2012, pp. 854. |
| Xu, H., Short, S. E. "Health Insurance Coverage Rates In 9 Provinces In China Doubled From 1997 To 2006, With A Dramatic Rural Upswing." Health Affairs, vol. 30, no. 12, 2011, pp. 2419-2426. |
| Goldberg, Rachel E., Short, Susan E. "The Luggage that isn’t Theirs is Too Heavy…”: Understandings of Orphan Disadvantage in Lesotho." Popul Res Policy Rev, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 67-83. |
| Rivera Drew, Julia A., Short, Susan E. "Disability and Pap Smear Receipt Among U.S. Women, 2000 and 2005." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 42, no. 4, 2010, pp. 258-266. |
| Saccone, Nancy L., Culverhouse, Robert C., Schwantes-An, Tae-Hwi, Cannon, Dale S., Chen, Xiangning, Cichon, Sven, Giegling, Ina, Han, Shizhong, Han, Younghun, Keskitalo-Vuokko, Kaisu, Kong, Xiangyang, Landi, Maria Teresa, Ma, Jennie Z., Short, Susan E., Stephens, Sarah H., Stevens, Victoria L., Sun, Lingwei, Wang, Yufei, Wenzlaff, Angela S., Aggen, Steven H., Breslau, Naomi, Broderick, Peter, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chen, Jingchun, Heath, Andrew C., Heliövaara, Markku, Hoft, Nicole R., Hunter, David J., Jensen, Majken K., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Niu, Tianhua, Payne, Thomas J., Peltonen, Leena, Pergadia, Michele L., Rice, John P., Sherva, Richard, Spitz, Margaret R., Sun, Juzhong, Wang, Jen C., Weiss, Robert B., Wheeler, William, Witt, Stephanie H., Yang, Bao-Zhu, Caporaso, Neil E., Ehringer, Marissa A., Eisen, Tim, Gapstur, Susan M., Gelernter, Joel, Houlston, Richard, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kendler, Kenneth S., Kraft, Peter, Leppert, Mark F., Li, Ming D., Madden, Pamela A. F., Nöthen, Markus M., Pillai, Sreekumar, Rietschel, Marcella, Rujescu, Dan, Schwartz, Ann, Amos, Christopher I., Bierut, Laura J. "Multiple Independent Loci at Chromosome 15q25.1 Affect Smoking Quantity: a Meta-Analysis and Comparison with Lung Cancer and COPD." PLOS Genetics, vol. 6, no. 8, 2010, pp. e1001053. |
| Parker EM, Short SE. "Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Family Issues, vol. 30, no. 6, 2009, pp. 813-836. |
| Chen F, Short SE. "Household Context and Subjective Well-Being Among the Oldest Old in China." Journal of Family Issues, vol. 29, no. 10, 2008, pp. 1379-1403. |
| Short, Susan E., Goldscheider, Frances K., Torr, Berna M. "Less Help for Mother: The Decline in Coresidential Female Support for the Mothers of Young Children, 1880-2000." Demography, vol. 43, no. 4, 2006, pp. 617-629. |
| Short, Susan E. "Only Hope: Coming of Age under China’s One‐Child Policy by Vanessa L. Fong:Only Hope: Coming of Age under China's One‐Child Policy." Am J Sociol, vol. 111, no. 3, 2005, pp. 925-927. |
| Torr, Berna Miller, Short, Susan E. "Second Births and the Second Shift: A Research Note on Gender Equity and Fertility." Population and Development Review, vol. 30, no. 1, 2004, pp. 109-130. |
| Short, Susan E., Zhang, Fengyu. "Use of maternal health services in rural China." Population Studies, vol. 58, no. 1, 2004, pp. 3-19. |
| SHORT, SUSAN E., LINMAO, MA, WENTAO, YU. "Birth planning and sterilization in China." Population Studies, vol. 54, no. 3, 2000, pp. 279-291. |
Health and Well-being
Gender and Gender Equity
Fertility and Reproductive Health
Children
Demography
Global Population Health
I am a sociologist and demographer who does research at the intersection of gender, family demography, and global population health. As an interdisciplinary scientist, I collaborate with scholars in public health, medicine, and other fields. I have written on women's work, time use, reproductive health, child well-being, and other topics.
My approach to health features contextual factors, including ideologies, institutions, policies, and structures. I ask how such factors shape day to day life, including work and family, with implications for individual health and well-being.
Research Funding
Principal Investigator. “Brown Population Studies and Training Center.” NICHD. 2021-2026.
Principal Investigator. “Brown Population Studies and Training Center.” NICHD. 2016-2021.
Principal Investigator. "Collaborative Research on Children’s Alternative Care." (MPI with Leinaweaver). Office of Vice President for Research Award, Brown University. 2019-2022.
Co-Investigator. "Fathers' Time Spent with Sons and Daughters." (Luke, PI) NICHD. 2018-2020.
Co-Investigator. “Empower, Nudge: Increasing Dual Protection among Young Women in South Africa.” (Galárraga, PI) Office of Vice President for Research Award, Brown University. 2014-2015
Investigator. “Partnerships for the Next Generation of HIV Social Science in South Africa.” (Mark Lurie/Chris Colvin Co-PIs). NIH 2013-2018.
Co-Investigator. "National Children's Study" Wave 2 (Stephen Buka, PI). NIH. 2008-2013.
Principal Investigator. "Family Organization and Child Well-being in Southern Africa." NICHD. 2007-2010.
Principal Investigator. "Social Inequalities: The Intertwining of Human Difference and Environments." Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. New Directions Fellowship. 2007- 2011.
Co-Investigator. "National Children's Study" Wave 1 (Stephen Buka, PI). NIH. 2007-2012.
Co-Investigator. "Exceptional Children, Exceptional Challenges." Office of Vice President for Research Award, Brown University. 2006-2008. (Dennis Hogan, PI).
Principal Investigator. "Children's Evolving Social Networks in the Context of High HIV/AIDS Prevalence." Salomon Faculty Research Award, Brown University. 2005-2007.
Principal Investigator. "Family Disruption, Family Response: Social Change, Family Organization, and Child Well-being in Southern Africa." NSF. 2003-2005.
Principal Investigator. "Urbanization and Migration." The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Center Award to PSTC in support of Research and Training. 2003-2005.
Consultant. "Monitoring Social Change: Health, Reproduction, and Aging." NIH. 2003-2008. (Barry Popkin, Principal Investigator, UNC-Chapel Hill).
Principal Investigator. "Family Organization and Child-Well-being: Mixing Methods in the Field." Mellon Award through PSTC, Brown University. 2003-2004.
Principal Investigator. "Population Policy and Child Well-Being." NICHD. 1999-2003.
Principal Investigator. "Men's Labor Migration, Household Organization, and Resource Allocation Decisions" Salomon Faculty Research Award, Brown University. 1999- 2003.
Selected Publications
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | PhD | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1994 | MA | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1986 | BA | Stanford University |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020
Sociological Research Association, 2016
Mellon New Directions Fellow, 2007
Population Council Fellowship, 1996-97
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1992-95
University of North Carolina Graduate Fellowship, 1991-92
American Sociological Association
Population Association of America
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
Sociologists for Women in Society
I teach courses on gender, demography, research methods, and population health.
Courses Taught at Brown University
Family Sociology
Statistics for Social Scientists
Households, Work, and Gender
Inequalities and Health
Fertility and Reproductive Health
Social and Demographic Perspectives on Family Planning
Social Perspectives on HIV/AIDS
Demography of Health
Sociology of Gender
Gender and Population
Research Methods
Demographic Techniques (co-taught)
Mulitvariate Analysis
| SOC 0300K - Inequalities and Health |
| SOC 2080 - Principles of Population |
| SOC 2960L - Special Topics in Population |
