Sarah Burgard
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center.
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, ISR.
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health.
Associate Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, ISR.
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health.
Associate Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Dr. Burgard's research interests focus on the way systems of stratification and inequality impact the health of people and populations. She currently studies racial/ethnic and gender-based disparities in working conditions and occupational careers, the effect of these inequalities on health, and the impact of an individual's working life on the well-being of other family members. She also examines racial/ethnic and socioeconomic
determinants of children's health in South Africa and Brazil.
News & Announcements
Burgard on economic downturns and rise in US suicides
Burgard in Slate on health impacts of job loss fear
Burgard et al. find sudden loss of wealth at midlife linked to increased risk of mortality
Findings by Burgard, Kalousova, and Seefeldt on the mental health impact of job insecurity
Select Publications
Select Projects
The Social and Economic Dynamics of Optimism and Hopelessness over American Adulthood: Evidence from the Americans Changing Lives Study (1986-2011) (Templeton, John)
The Well-being of the Long-term Unemployed after the Great Recession (Rockefeller Foundation)
