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Jeylan T. Mortimer

Protrait: Jeylan T. Mortimer

Professor
Ph.D. 1972 University of Michigan
Room 1014 Social Sciences
Phone: 612-624-4064
Email: morti002@umn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Life Course Center

Interest Areas

The Life Course, Social Psychology, Work.

Current Research

The "Youth Development Study," supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, examines pathways through the transition to adulthood, mental health and attainment, and how parental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood influence their children.

Selected Publications

"Family Socialization, Economic Self-efficacy, and the Attainment of Financial Independence in Early Adulthood," with Jennifer C. Lee. 2009. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 1(1).

"Holding On or 'Coming to Terms' with Educational Underachievement: A Longitudinal Study of Ambition and Attainment," with Mayumi Uno, Minzee Kim, and Michael Vuolo. Forthcoming. New Directions for Research on Child and Adolescent Development.

"Adolescent Work Experience and Self-efficacy," with K. A. Cunnien,and N. Martin-Rogers. 2009. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 29(3): 164-175.

"Family Socialization, Economic Self-efficacy, and the Attainment of Financial Independence in Early Adulthood," with Jennifer C. Lee. 2009. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 1(1).

"Changing Experiences of Work." 2009. Pp. 149-156 in International Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, edited by A. Furlong. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

"From Social Structure and Personality to Life Course Sociology: Glen Elder's Legacy at the University of Minnesota." 2008. Research on Human Development, Vol 5: 216-230.

Social Class and Transitions to Adulthood: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, editor. 2008. Special issue 119.

"Tracing the Timing of 'Career' Acquisition in a Contemporary Youth Cohort," with M.C. Vuolo, J. Staff, S. Wakefield, and W. Xie. 2008. Work and Occupations, 35: 44-84.