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Natalia Sarkisian

Associate Professor

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Natalia Sarkisian

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 417

Telephone: 617-552-0495

Email: natalia.sarkisian@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Courses

SOCY1008 - Marriage and the Family

SOCY3361 - Family and Work
SOCY7704 - Regression Models for Categorical Data
SOCY7705 - Advanced Statistics
SOCY7706 - Longitudinal Data Analysis
SOCY7708 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling
SOCY7709 - Quantitative Data Management

Research Interests

Family sociology. Aging and the life course. Quantitative methods. Sex and gender. Race/ethnicity. Race, gender, and class.

Curriculum Vitae

Department

Sociology

Biography

Natalia Sarkisian's research utilizes her expertise in quantitative methodologies to examine variation in extended family experiences by race/ethnicity, social class, gender, age, and marital status. This research has been published in Social Forces, American Sociological Review, Journal of Marriage and Family, Contexts, and Family Relations, as well as summarized for undergraduate audiences in Sarkisian鈥檚 recent book,聽Nuclear Family Values, Extended Family Lives: The Importance of Gender, Race, and Class聽(Routledge, 2012). Her other recent publications examine the effects of the timing of retirement on subjective physical and emotional health, investigate the influence of ethnicity on older American Indian patients鈥� interpretations of healthcare providers鈥� affective behavior, and assess whether 鈥渉olistic spirituality鈥� promotes individualistic withdrawal or fosters social engagement. In addition, in 2008-2011, she was a co-Principal Investigator on a cross-national study of age and employment, funded by the Sloan Foundation.

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