Christopher Wildeman
RWJ Postdoctoral Fellow, Health & Society Scholars, School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
Postdoctoral Mentor: Jeff Morenoff
Ph.D., Princeton University
Dr. Wildeman is broadly interested in racial and ethnic inequalities in family life. His recent research has focused on the consequences of mass imprisonment for childhood inequality, including the risk of parental imprisonment for American children and the causal effects of parental imprisonment on infant mortality risk and children's aggressive behaviors at age five.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Western, B., and Wildeman, Christopher. 2009. "The Black Family and Mass Incarceration." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 621:221-242. DOI:10.1177/0002716208324850. Licensed Access.
Cadge, W., and Wildeman, Christopher. 2008. "Facilitators and advocates: How mainline Protestant clergy respond to homosexuality." Sociological Perspectives, 51(3): 587-603. DOI:10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.587. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Percheski, C., and Wildeman, Christopher. 2008. "Becoming a dad: Employment trajectories of married, cohabiting, and non-resident fathers." Social Science Quarterly, 89(2): 482-501. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00543.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Wildeman, Christopher. 2008. "Conservative Protestantism and paternal engagement in fragile families." Sociological Forum, 23(3): 556-574. DOI:10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.00076.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Cadge, W., Day, H., and Christopher Wildeman. 2007. "Bridging the denomination-congregation divide: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations respond to homosexuality." Review of Religious Research, 48(3): 245-259. Worldcat.
PSC Reports
Wildeman, Christopher. 2009. "Imprisonment and Infant Mortality." PSC Research Report No. 09-692. November 2009. Abstract. PDF.
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Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
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