Cynthia Colen

Cynthia Colen CV

Social demography, health and mortality, stratification and mobility, race/ethnicity. Current research investigates linkages between racial and ethnic inequalities,status attainment processes, and health outcomes; rural/urban patterning of morbidity and mortality; and the role of kinship networks as sources of resiliency among marginalized populations. Most recent work focuses on black/white disparities in mental health outcomes, such as suicide.