Discipline(s):
Sociology
Area(s) of Expertise:
Family, Gender, Health, Aging
E-Mail:
kspringer@sociology.rutgers.edu
Background:
Kristen Springer received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006 and is currently an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Springer’s research broadly centers on health and aging in the context of gender relations and families. Some of her recent research examines how wives’ and husband’s relative income contributions across the lifecourse affect husbands’ health. She is also examining whether the influence of hegemonic masculinity on men’s health care seeking varies by social, economic, and relational context. In addition, Springer is completing a project exploring the social, behavior, emotional, and cognitive life course pathways that connect childhood physical abuse with midlife physical health. Finally, she is involved in collaborative research examining how work/family tradeoffs influence health and well-being across generations. Springer’s research has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Sociology, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Social Science Research. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, she plans to incorporate biological and genetic determinants into her research on gendered and family-based health inequalities. She is particularly interested in bridging the divide between feminist and physiological perspectives on health disparities.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Kristen Springer's available publications in PubMed.
