Rachel T. Kimbro, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, MS-28
Office: SH 556 |
Curriculum Vitae: PDF
Courses:
Fall 2008: Soci 101 Introduction to Sociology and Soci 303 Poverty and
Public Policy
Spring 2009: Soci 345 Medical Sociology
Areas of Interest
- Family
- Medical Sociology
- Demography
- Poverty and Inequality
Biography
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro (Ph.D., 2005, Princeton University) is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice. Dr. Kimbro earned her M.A. in Sociology at Princeton and her B.A. in Sociology and Policy Studies at Rice. Following her graduate work, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received training in interdisciplinary population health. Dr. Kimbro’s research focuses on racial and ethnic health disparities and family influences on health behaviors and outcomes. Current work examines the relationship between cultural factors and risk perception during pregnancy and how the determinants of the timing of first births in the U.S. have shifted over the past 40 years. Her work on racial and ethnic differences in childhood obesity recently garnered a grant from the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. Other projects examine the relationship between maternal employment and breastfeeding initiation and duration, racial and ethnic differences in socioeconomic gradients for health outcomes and behaviors, and the influence of family structure and relationship quality on prenatal health behaviors. Interested in how health policies can make a difference for families, Dr. Kimbro has also advocated for family-friendly workplace policies in several states.
Recent Publications
- Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert. "Together Forever? Romantic Relationship Characteristics and Prenatal Health Behaviors."Forthcoming in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
- Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, Sharon Bzostek, Noreen Goldman, and German Rodriguez. "Racial and Ethnic Variation in Health Inequalities in the U.S."Forthcoming in Health Affairs.
- Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, Scott M. Lynch, and Sara McLanahan. “The Influence of Acculturation on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration for Mexican-Americans.” Forthcoming in Population Research and Policy Review.
- 2007 Weden, Margaret and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Marriage and Smoking Cessation.” Journal of Marriage and Family. 69(3): 878-887.
- 2007 Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, Sara McLanahan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. “Children’s Overweight and Obesity at Age Three: Examining the Racial and Ethnic Differentials.” American Journal of Public Health. 97:298-305.
- 2006 Goldman, Noreen J., Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Cassio Turra, and Anne Pebley. “Another Hispanic Paradox? How Socioeconomic Health Gradients Differ for Whites and Latinos.” American Journal of Public Health. 96(12): 2186-2193.
- 2006 Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert. “On-the-Job Moms: The Return to Work and Breastfeeding Duration.” Maternal and Child Health Journal. 10(1):19-26.