Jennifer Bratter, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, MS-28
Office: SH 554 |
Curriculum Vitae: PDF
Courses:
Fall 2007: SOCI 329 Multiracial America
Spring 2008: SOCI 315 Population and Society
Areas of Interest
- Race, Demography, Marriage, and Family
Biography
Jenifer L. Bratter (PhD 2001, University of Texas at Austin) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Dr. Bratter research explores the implications of racial mixing (i.e. interracial family formation, multiracial identity) for current understanding of the salience of racial distinctions within three sociological domains: the family, health, and identity. In the realm of family, her work explores how interracial couples and multiracial adults navigate the color line in a post-civil rights America select spouses and partners, maintain relationships, parent their children. In the area of health, Dr. Bratter’s has recently initiated a project examining how the realities of multiple-race reporting, and thus multiracial identity, complicate what is known about health disparities between racial groups. Finally, Dr. Bratter's research is exploring the meaning of blurred racial identity more broadly through drawing connections to blurred gender identity. A new project conducted with Dr. Kristen Shilt is identifying possible parallels between mixed race identities and transgender identities. Dr. Bratter has recently published works appearing in Social Forces, Family Relations, Population Research and Policy Review, as well as several upcoming book chapters.
Recent Publications
Bratter, Jenifer and Rosalind King, Forthcoming in 2008. “But Will
It Last?”: Duration of Interracial Unions Compared to Similar Race
Relationships”Family Relations
Bratter, Jenifer 2007. “Will ‘Multiracial’ Survive to the Next
Generation?: The Racial Classification of Children of Multiracial
Parents” Social Forces 86(2) : 821 – 849
King, Rosalind and Jenifer Bratter. 2007. “A Path to Interracial Mate
Selection: Choosing First Partners and Husbands across Racial Lines,”
/The Sociological Quarterly/ 48(2) 343-369
Solis, Patricio, Thomas Pullum, and Jenifer Bratter 2007. “Homogamy in Monterrey, Mexico: Changes and Continuity” Population
Research and Policy Review 26: 279-298.
Bratter, Jenifer and Karl Eschbach, 2006. "What about the Couple? Interracial Marriage and Psychological Distress" Social Science Research 35(4): 1025-1047
Bratter, Jenifer and Karl Eschbach, 2005. "Race/Ethnic differences in Non-Specific Psychological Distress: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey," Social Science Quarterly 86:620-644.