Jenifer L. Bratter

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Racial identity
• Multiracial populations
• Interracial marriage
• Race and health

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Sociology, Emphasis in Demography, University of Texas-Austin, August 2001.
• M.A., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, May 1998.
• B.A., Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, May 1995.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Recipient of the Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Fellowship for Career Enhancement of Junior Faculty (2009-2010).
• Winner of Blue Ribbon for Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, 2009, King, Rosalind and Jenifer Bratter. “What about Having the Children? Racial Differences in Fertility between Interracial and Same-Race Couples.”

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Bratter, Jenifer L. and Bridget Gorman. Conditionally Accepted “Does Multiracial Matter? A Study of Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health.” Demography
• Bratter, Jenifer L. and Holly Heard. 2009. “Mother’s, Father’s, Both: Parental Gender and Racial Classification of Multiracial Adolescents.” Sociological Forum 24 (3): 658-688.
• Bratter, Jenifer L.and Rosalind King. 2008. “But Will It Last?”: Duration of Interracial Unions Compared to Same Race Relationships.” Family Relations 57(2): 160-171.
• Bratter, Jenifer. 2007. “Will ‘Multiracial’ Survive to the Next Generation?: The Racial Classification of Children of Multiracial Parents.” Social Forces 86(2): 821 – 849.
• King, Rosalind and Jenifer L. Bratter. 2007. “A Path to Interracial Mate Selection: Choosing First Partners and Husbands across Racial Lines.” The Sociological Quarterly 48(2) 343-369.
• Solis, Patricio, Thomas Pullum, and Jenifer L. Bratter 2007. “Homogamy in Monterrey, Mexico: Changes and Continuity.” Population Research and Policy Review 26: 279-298.
• Bratter, Jenifer L. and Karl Eschbach, 2006. "What about the Couple? Interracial Marriage and Psychological Distress." Social Science Research 35(4): 1025-1047.

SELECTED RECENT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE

• Obama Gives Hope to Multiracial Families
  Professor Jenifer L. Bratter, assistant professor of sociology, is quoted in an article on the reaction of multiracial families to the election of President Barack Obama.
  The Record-Journal (Conn.)
  http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20248349&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6
• The Ike Baby Spike
  Bratter is quoted in an article on the increase in births as a result of Hurricane Ike.
  New York Times
  http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/the-ike-baby-spike/
• KPRC-TV
  Bratter is quoted in a story on the increase in births as a result of Hurricane Ike. (This story also appeared on CNN-TV, Houston Business Journal, KFOR-TV, KRIV-TV and KTAL-TV).
  http://www.click2houston.com/mostpopular/19669710/detail.html
• Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race
  Bratter is quoted in an article on racial identity.
  New York Times
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/us/politics/31race.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Jenfier%20Bratter&st=cse

For a more comprehensive list of publications and press coverage, visit curriculum vita.