Hannah Brückner
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Yale University
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Professor of Sociology
Co-Director, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE)
Hannah Brückner (Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000) works on a wide range of topics related to the life course, inequality, health, gender and sexuality. She is the author of Gender Inequality in the Life Course and has published numerous chapters and articles about gender inequality in the labor force and in retirement, and the integration of women in academic workplaces. Findings from her research on adolescent health and sexual behavior were featured in news media across the country, including the New York Times and 60 Minutes. Current research projects focus on adolescent romantic relationships and timing and sequencing of family formation and career development. She has a longstanding interest in quantitative methodology and the integration of biological and sociological explanations of social structure and human behavior. She has received an Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Fellowship and research grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation. She is a member of the steering committee of the Women Faculty Forum and Co-Director of the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE).
The American Sociological Association featured research by Natalie Nitsche and Hannah Brückner in a press release announcing their paper, Opting out of the family? Social Change in Racial Inequality in Family Formation Patterns and Marriage Outcomes among Highly Educated Women. The paper was presented at the annual meeting of the ASA in San Francisco, CA, August 8th 2009.
The Washington Post, National Public Radio, as well as many online news outlets reported on an article co-authored with Kathryn Himmelstein '09, published in the journal Pediatrics on institutional sanctions against sexual minority youth.
Recent Publications
Books
- Brückner, Hannah (2004). Gender Inequality in the Life Course: Social Change and Stability in West Germany 1975-1995. New York: Transaction Publishers.
Chapters
- Brückner, Hannah (2009). “Surveys,” in Peter Hedstrom and Peter Bearman (eds.), Handbook of Analytical Sociology, Oxford University Press.
- Brückner, Hannah (with Peter S. Bearman) (2003). “Dating Behavior and Sexual Activity Among Young Adolescents,” in B. Albert, S. Brown, and C. M. Flanigan (eds.), 14 And Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents, pp. 31-56. Washington, DC: Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
Articles
- Himmelstein, Kathryn, and Hannah Brückner (2010) Criminal Justice and School Sanctions against Non-heterosexual Adolescents: A National Longitudinal Study. Pediatrics. Published online December 6, 2010 (doi:10.1542/peds.2009-2306)
- Aisenbrey, Silke, and Hannah Brückner (2008). Occupational Aspirations, Gender Segregation, and the Gender Gap in Wages. European Sociological Review 24(5):633-649.
- Brückner, Hannah (with Peter S. Bearman) (2005). “After the Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges [pdf],” Journal of Adolescent Health, 36: 271-278.
- Brückner, Hannah (with Karl Ulrich Mayer) (2005). “The De-Standardization of the Life Course: What It Might Mean and If it Means Anything Whether It Actually Took Place,” Advances in Life Course Research, 9: 27-54.
- Brückner, Hannah (with Anne Martin and Peter S. Bearman) (2004). “Ambivalence and Pregnancy: Adolescent Attitudes, Contraception, and Pregnancy [pdf],” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36 (6): 248-257.
- Brückner, Hannah (with Peter S. Bearman) (2002). “Opposite-Sex Twins and Adolescent Same-Sex Attraction,” American Journal of Sociology, 107: 1179-1205.
- Brückner, Hannah (with Peter S. Bearman) (2001). “Promising the Future: Abstinence Pledges and the Transition to First Intercourse,” American Journal of Sociology, 106: 859-912.
Courses and Seminars
Undergraduate
- SOCY015, Social Relations and Society.
- SOCY115, Contemporary American Society.
- SOCY118, Numbers and Society
- SOCY160, Methods of Inquiry.
- SOCY161, Survey Methods. Course Blog (This blog is only accessible to the Yale community.)
- SOCY212, Social Science, Law, and Public Policy.
- SOCY214, Gender Inequality.
- SOCY221/WGSS221, Sex and Romance in Adolescence
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Course Blog (This blog is only accessible to the Yale community.)
- SOCY314, Social Inequality.
Graduate
- SOCY506, Research Methods: Applied Data Analysis.
- SOCY595, Inequality and Life Course Workshop
Affiliations
- Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE)
- Yale Women Faculty Forum (WFF)
- Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Concentration in Gender and Sexuality Studies