Jennifer Karas Montez
Professor of Sociology and Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies, Syracuse University
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Montez's research focuses on the troubling trends in population health in the United States since the 1980s and the growing influence of state policies and politics on those trends. A major focus of this work has been understanding why the trends are particularly worrisome for women, for people without a college degree, and for those living in states in the South and Midwest. Montez serves on the Board of Directors of the Population Association of America and Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science.
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Quoted by Tom Jacobs in "Your College Major Predicts Midlife Health," Pacific Standard, January 11, 2018.
Research discussed by "U.S. Life Expectancy Falls, as Many Kinds of Death Increase," U.S. News & World Report, December 8, 2016.
Research discussed by "New Clues in the Mystery of Women’s Lagging Life Expectancy," New York Times, August 22, 2016.
Opinion: "What’s Killing White American Women?," Jennifer Karas Montez, BBC World Service, May 10, 2016.
Guest on National Public Radio (WCPN Affiliate), June 9, 2014.
Research discussed by "Joblessness Shortens Life Span of Least Educated White Women, Research Says," New York Times, May 30, 2013.
Quoted by in "Life Span Shrinks for Least Educated Whites in the U.S.," New York Times, September 20, 2012.