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Ann Meier

Protrait: Ann Meier

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D. 2003 University of Wisconsin Madison
Room 1127 Social Sciences
Phone: 612-626-7230
Email: meierann@umn.edu
Website: www.soc.umn.edu/~meierann/

Curriculum Vitae

Interest Areas

Family and Life Course; Adolescent and Young Adult Development; Research Methods.

Current Research

“Parental Age and Child Health and Development.” Delayed childbearing and a recent up-tick in teen birth rates have resulted in increasing variability in parents’ age at the birth of their first child. This project examines how parental age shapes children’s health and development.

“Social Development into Adulthood.” This project investigates the ways in which adolescent social relationships promote or inhibit the development of adult family relationships.

“Adolescent Sexual Activity and Well-Being.” This project examines the effects of early sexual activity on a number of domains of adolescent life A current study examines the role of friend and school norms in shaping the effects of sex on mental health, academic outcomes, and risk behaviors.

Selected Publications

“Are both parents always better than one? Parental conflict and young adult well-being,” with Kelly Musick. Forthcoming 2010. Social Science Research 39(5).

“Young Adult Relationship Values at the Intersection of Gender and Sexuality,” with Kathleen Hull and Timothy Ortyl.  2009. Journal of Marriage and Family 71(3):510-525.

“Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,” with Gina Allen. 2009. The Sociological Quarterly 50:308-335.

“Adolescent First Sex and Subsequent Mental Health.” 2007. American Journal of Sociology 112(6):1811-1847.

“Adolescents' Transition to First Intercourse, Religiosity and Attitudes about Sex.” 2003. Social Forces 81(3):1031-1052.