Kenneth F. Ferraro
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Contact Information Email: ferraro |at| purdue.edu Office: YONG 824 Map Phone: (765) 494-6388 Fax: (765) 494-2180 Homepage: Homepage |
Director, Center on Aging and the Life Course Distinguished Professor of Sociology  PubMed Listing Google Scholar Listing View 2009 Vita
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Education
Ph.D. University of Akron Sociology 1981
Research Interests
Life course inequality, minority health, obesity and health, religion and health
Teaching Interests
Health and aging, medical sociology, longitudinal data analysis, minority health
Grants
National Institute on Aging
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
AARP Andrus Foundation
Publications
Ferraro, K. F. (2010-tentative). Health Behavior. In Handbook of Sociology of Aging (edited by Richard A. Settersten and Jacquelyn L. Angel). Netherlands: Springer.
Ferraro, K.F., & Shippee, T.P. (2009-in press). Aging and Cumulative Inequality: How Does Inequality Get Under the Skin? The Gerontologist 49: 333-343.
Schafer, M.H., Shippee, T.P., & Ferraro, K.F. (2009-in press). When Does Disadvantage Not Accumulate? Towards a Sociological Understanding of Resilience. Swiss Journal of Sociology:
Davila, E.P., Caban-Martinez, A.J., Fleming, L.E., Lam, B.L., Arheart, K.L., McCollister, K.E., LeBlanc, W.G., Zheng, D., Christ, S.L., Muennig, P., Ferraro, K.F., & Lee, D.J. (2009-in press). Sensory Impairment in Older US Workers. American Journal of Public Health 99.
Schafer, M.H., & Ferraro, K.F. (2009). Data Sources for Studying Aging. In P. Uhlenberg (Ed.), International Handbook of the Demography of Aging. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Sterns, H.L., & Ferraro, K.F. (2009). The Evolution of Gerontology Education over Three Decades: Reflections and Prospects. In H. L. Sterns (Ed.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics. New York: Springer Publishing.
Lee, M-A., & Ferraro, K.F. (2009). Perceived Discrimination and Health among Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans: Buffering Effect of the Lazo Matrimonial? Social Science and Medicine 68: 1966-1974.
Ferraro, K.F. (2009). Aging. In C. B. Tweedell (Ed.), Sociology: A Christian Approach for Changing the World, Second Edition. Marion, IN: Triangle Publishing.
Ferraro, K.F., Shippee, T.P., & Schafer, M.H. (2009). Cumulative Inequality Theory for Research on Aging and the Life Course. In V. L. Bengtson, M. Silverstein, N. M. Putney, & D. Gans (Eds.), Handbook of Theories of Aging, Second Edition. New York: Springer Publishing.
Ferraro, K.F., & Shippee, T.P. (2008). Black and White Chains of Risk for Hospitalization Over 20 Years. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49, 193-207.