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Jeylan T. Mortimer

Protrait: Jeylan T. Mortimer

Professor
Ph.D. 1972 University of Michigan
Room 1014B 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 NICHD, examines pathways through the transition to adulthood, mental health and attainment, and how parental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood influence their children.

Selected Publications

“Explaining the Motherhood Wage Penalty During the Early Occupational Career,” with Jeremy Staff. Forthcoming. Demography.

“Intrinsic Work-Value Reward Dissonance and Work Satisfaction during Young Adulthood,” with Erik J. Porfeli. Forthcoming. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

“’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.

Book Cover: Classic & Contemporary Persp on Social PsycClassic and Contemporary Perspectives in Social Psychology, edited with Sharon E. Preves. 2010. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

“Adolescent Work Experience and Self-efficacy,” with Keith A. Cunnien,and Nicole MartinRogers. 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):45-62.

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