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Jeffrey Morenoff
Funded Research:
Economic Development and Changes in Crime and Risk Behaviors (Freedman)
Evaluating the Impact of Set-Aside Laws on Ex-Offender Recidivism and Socioeconomic Outcomes (NSF)
Evaluation of the MPRI Learning Site (Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency)
Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities (CIAHD) (NCMHD)
Michigan Interdisciplinary Center on Social Inequality, Mind and Body (NICHD)
Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative: A Plan for Comprehensive Evaluation (Michigan Department of Corrections)
Neighborhoods and CVD Risk in a Multiethnic Cohort (NHLBI)
Neighborhoods, Households, and the Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults (NSF)
Neighborhoods, Recidivism, and Employment among Returning Prisoners (Department of Justice)
Prisoner Reentry Pilot Study, Phase II (PSC-Ford Funds)
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
The Demography of Prisoner Reentry: Residential Moves & Changing Social Contexts (NICHD)
Tools for Measuring and Analyzing Cortisol Levels in Population Studies of Health Disparities (NIDA)
Understanding Social Disparities in Health and Aging (NIA)
Unpacking Trends in Neighborhood Poverty, Affluence, and Economic Diversity, 1970-2010 (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Associate Professor, Sociology.
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center.
Associate Chair, Sociology.
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Dr. Morenoff’s research interests focus on neighborhood environments, crime and criminal justice, the social determinants of health, and racial/ethnic/immigrant inequality. He is currently conducting research on prisoner reentry, the social context and spatial dynamics of health and crime, and neighborhood social processes.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
King, Katherine E., Jeffrey Morenoff, and James S. House. 2011. "Neighborhood Context and Social Disparities in Cumulative Biological Risk Factors." Psychosomatic Medicine, 73(7): 572-579. PMCID: PMC3216672. DOI.
Viruell-Fuentes, Edna, Jeffrey Morenoff, James S. House, and David R. Williams. 2011. "Language of Interview, Self-Rated Health, and the Other Latino Health Puzzle." American Journal of Public Health, 101(7): 1306-1313. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Mair, Christina, Ana Diez Roux, and Jeffrey Morenoff. 2010. "Neighborhood Stressors and Social Support as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in the Chicago Community Adult Health Study." Health & Place, 16(5): 811-819. PMCID: PMC2918682. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Jennifer Ailshire, Robert Melendez, Michael Bader, and Jeffrey Morenoff. 2010. "Using Google Earth to conduct a neighborhood audit: Reliability of a virtual audit instrument." Health & Place, 16(6): 1224-1229. PMCID: PMC2952684. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Lantz, Paula M., Ezra Golberstein, James S. House, and Jeffrey Morenoff. 2010. "Socioeconomic and behavioral risk factors for mortality in a national 19-year prospective study of US adults." Social Science & Medicine, 70(10): 1558-1566. PMCID: PMC3337768. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Bader, Michael, Jennifer Ailshire, Jeffrey Morenoff, and James S. House. 2010. "Measurement of the Local Food Environment: A Comparison of Existing Data Sources." American Journal of Epidemiology, 171(5): 609-617. PMCID: PMC2842213. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Mohai, Paul, Paula M. Lantz, Jeffrey Morenoff, James S. House, and Richard P. Mero. 2009. "Racial and socioeconomic disparities in residential proximity to polluting industrial facilities: evidence from the Americans' Changing Lives Study." American Journal of Public Health, 99(suppl 3): S649-56. PMCID: PMC2774179. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Mujahid, M.S., A.V. Roux, Jeffrey Morenoff, Trivellore Raghunathan, R.S. Cooper, H.Y. Ni, and S. Shea. 2008. "Neighborhood characteristics and hypertension." Epidemiology, 19(4): 590-598. DOI. Abstract. Public Access. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Jennifer Ailshire, Michael Bader, Jeffrey Morenoff, James S. House, and ERROR author #6. 2008. "Mobility disability and the urban built environment." American Journal of Epidemiology, 168(5): 506-513. PMCID: PMC2727170. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Roux, A.V., M.S. Mujahid, Jeffrey Morenoff, and Trivellore Raghunathan. 2007. "Mujahid et al. Respond to "Beyond the metrics for measuring neighborhood effects"." American Journal of Epidemiology, 165(8): 872-873. DOI.