Christine A. Mair

Christine_Mair(at)ncsu.edu

North Carolina State University

Department of Sociology & Anthropology


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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Family, Life Course, and Aging Populations
Social Support & Policy
Globalization & Inequality

EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Expected Summer 2011) in Sociology, North Carolina State University
Dissertation Title: "Social Context and Older Adults’ Health in Europe: A Cross-National Multilevel Study of National Characteristics, Family/Friends, and Structural Constraints"
Thesis Title: "Social Support and Mental Well-Being: The Intersectionality of Age, Race, Gender, and Class"

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Mair, Christine A. (Forthcoming). “Social Ties and Depression: An Intersectional Examination of Black and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults.” Journal of Applied Gerontology.

Mair, Christine A. and R.V. Thivierge-Rikard. (2010). “The Strength of Strong Ties for Older Rural Adults: Regional Distinctions in the Relationship between Social Ties and Subjective Well-Being.” The International Journal of Aging & Human Development. 70(2). In Press.

McDonald, Steve and Christine A. Mair. (2010). “Social Capital and the Life Course: Age and Gendered Patterns of Network Resources.” Sociological Forum. 25(2). In Press.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 
Mair, Christine A. and Feinian Chen. (2008). “Correlation versus Causation.” Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (D. Carr, Ed.). Farmingham Hills, MI: Gale.

Mair, Christine A. (2009). Book Review, Rural Retirement Migration, edited by D. L. Brown and N. Glasgow. Rural Sociology 74(3): 463-466.

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