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Ph.D Sociology, Florida State U.
Full CV
Certificate in Gerontology, Florida State U.
M.S. Sociology, Virginia Tech
B.A. Communication Studies, Virginia Tech
3324G-001 Social Inequality Over the Lifecourse
9003A-001 Quantitative Research Methods
9263A-001 Selected Topics in Health
2009- Outstanding Publication Award, American Sociological Association's Section on Aging and the Life Course (co-recipients Kim Shuey, G. Elder, Jr.) for "Cumulative Advantage Processes as Mechanisms of Inequality in Life Course Health"
Andrea Willson's research interests include studies of social inequality over the life course, particularly social disparities in health. Her current research investigates the cumulative processes linking socioeconomic status to health over the life course and across generations.
for more see Full CV(2016) "Poverty, Income, and Wealth across the Life Course" (with N. Etherington) in M. Harrington Meyer and E.A. Daniele (eds.) Gerontology: Changes, Challenges, and Solutions, Praeger.
(2016) “Disability and Social Inequality in Canada” (with K. Shuey and K. Bouchard) in E. Grabb and N. Guppy (eds.) Social Inequality in Canada: Dimensions of Disadvantage, 6th Edition, Oxford University Press.
(2015) “Health Inequalities among Older Adults in Developed Countries: Reconciling Theories and Policy Approaches” (with A. Quesnel-Vallee and S. Reiter-Campeau) in L. George and K. Ferraro (eds.) Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 8th Edition, NY: Academic Press.
(2016) “Life Course Pathways of Economic Hardship and Mobility and Midlife Trajectories of Health” (with Kim Shuey) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(3):407-422.
(2016) “Heterogeneity in Chronic Disease Outcomes among Women and Men in Midlife: Examining the Role of Stability and Change in Childhood Economic Hardship” (with Nicole Etherington and Kim Shuey) Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 7(1):3-24.
(2015) "Patterns of Cumulative Abuse Among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Links to Women’s Socioeconomic Status" (with Lorraine Davies, Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, Colleen Varcoe, Judy Wuest, Jacquelyn Campbell, Kelly Scott-Storey) Violence Against Women, 21:30-48.
(2014) "Economic Hardship in Childhood and Adult Health Trajectories: An Alternative Approach to Investigating Life-course Processes" (with Kim Shuey) Advances in Life Course Research, 22:49-61.
Supervisory Status: MA, PhD
Currently supervising Loanna Heidinger, The Impact of Cumulative Childhood Adversity on Attainment and Trajectories of Mental Health.
Nicole Etherington, Gender and Health Over the Life Course: Temporal, Contextual, and Intersectional Considerations.
Jinette Comeau (jointly supervised with William R. Avison), Children's Mental Health Over the Early Life Course: The Impact of Economic Resources, Neighborhood Disorder, and Family Processes.
Heather Maddocks (co-supervisor with William R. Avison), Underemployment, Employment, and Mental Health.
Lisa Zaporzan, Health Implications of the Delayed Transition to Adulthood.
Ashley Gibson, Understanding the Relationship between Social Support and Health.
Stephen (Cheng-Chi) Lin, The Socioeconomic Gradient in Health: Do Age and Immigrant Status Matter?
Samantha Sinka, Implications for Care Options in Later Life: A Theoretical Analysis of Challenges Experienced by Immigrant Seniors in Canada.
May 31
Shuey and Willson, "Trajectories of work disability: Linking early-life disadvantage and economic precarity at the transition to retirement" in Work and the Life Course session of the 52nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Sociological Association
Toronto
"Challenges and Potential Contributions to Research on the Intergenerational Transmission of Health"