Rin Reczek
Professor
Townshend Hall 164
1885 Neil Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
Areas of Expertise
- Family
- Gender, Race, & Class
- Health & Medical
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Rin Reczek is a professor in the Department of Sociology and an affiliate at the Institute for Population Research at The Ohio State University whose research focuses broadly on family and health. Rin is the author of over 75 articles and book chapters, the 2022 book “Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and their Enduring Ties with Parents,” and the forthcoming book, “Families We Lose: Estrangement in the Democratization of Kinship” (NYU Press). Reczek’s current research, funded by the National Institute on Aging, focuses on how childbearing biographies shape mid- and later-life health.