Megan M. Sweeney
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Ph. D., University of Wisconsin
Office: 204 HAINES HALL
Phone: 310-206-7290
Fax:
310-206-9838
E-mail:
msweeney@soc.ucla.edu
Mailing Address:
264 Haines Hall - Box 951551
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551
Subfield
Family, Demography, Social Stratification
Selected Publications
Coursolle, Kathryn, Megan M. Sweeney, James M. Raymo, and JeongHwa Ho. Forthcoming. “The Effect of Retirement on Emotional Well-Being: Does Work-Family Conflict Matter?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
Raley, R. Kelly and Megan M. Sweeney. Forthcoming. “Explaining Race and Ethnic Variation in Marriage: New Directions for Future Research.” Race and Social Problems.
Sweeney, Megan M., Hongbo Wang, and Tami Videon. Forthcoming. “Reconsidering the Association between Stepfamilies and Adolescent Well-Being.” Chapter in Marriage and Family: Multiple Complexities and Perspectives, Edited by Elizabeth Peters and Claire M. Kamp Dush. New York: Columbia University Press.
Sweeney, Megan M. 2007. "Stepfather Families and the Emotional Well-Being of Adolescents." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48:33-49.
Phillips, Julie A. and Megan M. Sweeney. 2006. "Can Differential Exposure to Risk Factors Explain Recent Racial and Ethnic Variation in Marital Disruption?" Social Science Research 35:409-434.
Raymo, James and Megan M. Sweeney. 2006. "Work-Family Conflict and Retirement Preferences." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 61B:S161-S169.
Phillips, Julie A. and Megan M. Sweeney. 2005. "Premarital Cohabitation and the Risk of Marital Disruption among White, Black, and Mexican American Women." Journal of Marriage and Family 67:296-314.
Sweeney, Megan M. and Maria Cancian. 2004. "Placing Patterns of Economic Assortative Mating in Context: A Reply to Press and England." Journal of Marriage and Family 66:1038-1041.
Sweeney, Megan M. and Maria Cancian. 2004. "The Changing Importance of Economic Prospects for Assortative Mating among White Women in the United States." Journal of Marriage and Family 66:1015-1028.
Sweeney, Megan M. and Julie A. Phillips. 2004. "Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations." Journal of Marriage and Family 66:239-250.
Sweeney, Megan M. 2002. "Two Decades of Family Change: The Shifting Economic Foundations of Marriage." American Sociological Review 67:132-147.
Sweeney, Megan M. 2002."Remarriage and the Nature of Divorce: Does It Matter Which Spouse Chose to Leave?" Journal of Family Issues 23:410-440.
Sweeney, Megan M. and Allan V. Horwitz. 2001. "Infidelity, Initiation, and the Emotional Climate of Divorce: Are There Implications for Mental Health?" Journal of Health and Social Behavior 42:295-309.
Awards
Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford CA, 2005-06.
National Science Foundation, Sociology Program, 2002 - 2004. "The Impact of Stepfamilies on the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents." Principal Investigator.
William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Award, 2001 - 2006. "The Impact of Stepfamilies on the Well-Being of Children." Principal Investigator.
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