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Ann Meier

Protrait: Ann Meier

Associate Professor
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 recent up-ticks 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 including mental health, attitudes and values and relationships with parents and peers

Selected Publications

"Young Adult Relationship Values at the Intersection of Gender and Sexuality," With Kathleen Hull and Timothy Ortyl. Forthcoming. Journal of Marriage and Family.

"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.

"Intimate Relationship Development during the Transition to Adulthood: Differences by Social Class," with Gina Allen. 2008. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 119(Spring): 25-40.

"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.