RACHEL A. GORDON 11/2000

ADDRESS

Department of Sociology (m/c 312)

University of Illinois at Chicago

1007 West Harrison Street

Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: 312-413-3857

FAX: 312-996-5104

Institute of Government and Public Affairs (m/c 191)

University of Illinois at Chicago

815 W. Van Buren, Suite 525

Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: 312-413-0295

FAX: 312-996-1404

Email: ragordon@uic.edu

EDUCATION

Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1997 Ph.D., Public Policy

Dissertation: The Residential Decisions of Young Mothers and Young Childless Women: Timing and Covariates of Leaving and Returning Home, United States 1950-1988. Committee: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (Chair), Linda J. Waite, Kazuo Yamaguchi, & Robert T. Michael.

Examination Fields:

Child and Family Policy Robert T. Michael and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

Statistics and Econometrics Peter E. Rossi

Psychometrics Benjamin D. Wright

1993 Master of Public Policy

Population Research Center, NORC and the University of Chicago

1992- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Pre-doctoral Trainee in Demography

1995

Pennsylvania State University

1990 B.S., psychology (child clinical concentration with an emphasis in statistics)

Senior Thesis: Parental Influences on Children's Aggressive Behaviors and Anger Regulation. Advisor: Karen Bierman. Reader: Kevin Allison.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Principal Investigator. Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation for study of AYoung mothers= transitions on and off TANF: How do child care assistance, job training, and social supports influence these decisions?@ ($136,524; 6/1/2000-5/31/2001)

Principal Investigator. Grant from the Office of Social Science Research, University of Illinois at Chicago to study AChanging living arrangements: Reliability, validity, and response burden of data collection approaches@ ($2,509; 9/21/1999-6/30/2000)

Principal Investigator. Grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education Program for study of ASimultaneity in the timing of young women=s non-marital homeleaving, non-marital fertility, and marriage@ with tutelage from Lee Lillard ($50,000; 9/1/1998-8/31/1999)

Co-principal Investigator. Contract with Jobs for Youth/Chicago to evaluate their Full Family Partnership Program in collaboration with James Heckman and Carolyn Heinrich ($184,718; 2/1/1998-6/30/2001)

OTHER GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Principal Investigator. President=s Discretionary Award from the Foundation for Child Development to upgrade and promote the Careers in Child and Family Policy web site guide to internships, fellowships, and academic training programs ($10,000; 2/1/2000-1/31/2001).

Principal Investigator. Award from U I Online to upgrade and promote the Careers in Child and Family Policy web site guide to internships, fellowships, and academic training programs ($11,625; 5/1/2000-4/30/2001).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999-present Assistant Professor (full time, tenure track), Department of Sociology and Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago

1997-1999 Reaserch Scientist (full time), Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children & Work, NORC and the University of Chicago (Co-Directors: Barbara Schneider & Linda Waite)

1995-1999 Statistician/Research Scientist (full time) AUse, Needs, Outcomes, and Cost in Child and Adolescent Populations@ (PI: Benjamin B. Lahey), Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago

1993-1995 Research Assistant "Neighborhood and Family Influences on the Development of Poor Children," a collaborative research program under the aegis of the Social Science Research Council, (PI: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale), Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

1990-1995 Research Assistant "Baltimore Multigenerational Family Study" (PI: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale), Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

1991 Research Assistant "Study of Maternal Employment" (PIs: Robert T. Michael and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale), NORC

1990 Research Assistant "Children of the National Child Development Study in the United Kingdom" (PIs: Robert T. Michael and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale), NORC

1989-1990 Research Assistant AAdolescent Mental Health Study@ (PI: Anne C. Petersen)

1989-1990 Research Assistant AStudy of Children=s Anger and Aggression@ (PI: Karen L. Bierman)

1993 Coordinator, Midwest Regional Policy Consultation Project, Child Support Enforcement, Harris School, University of Chicago

1988-1990 Tutor, The Academic Support Center for Student Athletes, Penn State University

1989 Administrative Assistant, JTPA summer program, The Computer Learning Works, Dardanelle, AR

1987-1988 Child Care Assistant, The Learning Station, State College, PA

1987 Summer Counselor for developmentally delayed and autistic children, Ramsbottom Center, Bradford PA

PUBLICATIONS

Wakschlag, L.S., Gordon, R.A., Lahey, B.B., Loeber, R., Green, S.M., & Leventhal, B.L. (in press). Maternal age at first birth and boys= risk for conduct disorder. Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Van Widenfelt, B. & Gordon, R.A. (in press). The Multigenerational Family Q-Sort. In J. Touliatos, B.F. Perlmutter, & G.W. Holden (Eds.), Handbook of family measurement techniques, Second Edition. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Multigenerational coresidence and welfare policy. Journal of Community Psychology, 27(5), 525-549.

Lahey, B.B., Gordon, R.A., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Farrington, D.P. (1999). Boys who join gangs: A prospective study of predictors of first gang entry. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 27(4), 261-276.

Lahey, B.B., Miller, T.L., Gordon, R.A., & Riley, A. (1999). Developmental epidemiology of the disruptive behavior disorders. Chapter 2, pages 23-48 in H.C. Quay & A.E. Hogan (Eds.), Handbook of the disruptive behavior disorders. New York: Plenum.

Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Gordon, R.A., Coley, R.L., Wakschlag, L.S., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1999). Young African-American multigenerational families in poverty: The contexts, exchanges, and processes of their lives. Pages 165-191 in E.M. Hetherington (Ed). Coping with divorce, single parenting, and remarriage: A risk and resiliency perspective. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Gordon, R.A., Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Matjasko, J.L. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1997). Young mothers living with grandmothers and living apart: How neighborhood and household contexts relate to multigenerational coresidence in African American families. Applied Developmental Science, 1, 89-106.

Wakschlag, L.S., Lahey, B.B., Loeber, R., Green, S.M., Gordon, R.A., & Leventhal, B.L. (1997). Maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of conduct disorder in boys. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54, 670‑676.

Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Gordon, R.A., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Klebanov, P.K. (1997). Neighborhood and family influences on the intellectual and behavioral competence of preschool and early school-age children. Pages 79-118 in J. Brooks‑Gunn, G.J. Duncan, & J.L. Aber (Eds.). Neighborhood poverty: Context and consequences for children (Volume 1). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Klebanov, P.K., Brooks-Gunn, J., Chase-Lansdale, P.L. & Gordon, R.A. (1997). Are neighborhood effects on young children mediated by features of the home environment? Pages 119-145 in J. Brooks‑Gunn, G.J. Duncan, & J.L. Aber (Eds.). Neighborhood poverty: Context and consequences for children (Volume 1). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Chase-Lansdale, P.L. & Gordon, R.A. (1996). Economic hardship and the development of 5- and 6-year-olds: Neighborhood and regional perspectives. Child Development, 67, 3338-3367.

WORKS SUBMITTED AND IN PROGRESS

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (resubmitted to Demography). Availability of child care in the United States: A description and analysis of data sources.

Gordon, R.A. & Walberg, H.J. (Editors). (In preparation). Changing welfare. Edited book accepted for publication by the Child Welfare League of America.

Gordon, R.A., Savage, C., Lahey, B.B., Goodman, S.H., Jensen, P.J., Rubio-Stipec., M., & Hoven, C. (in preparation). Economic resources in the family and neighborhood: Additive and multiplicative associations with children=s well-being.

Gordon, R.A. (in preparation). Young mothers living arrangements between the 1950s and the 1980s: A dynamic, simultaneous analysis.

Gordon, R.A., Chase-Lansdale, P.L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (in preparation). Living arrangements and the life course of young mothers: Understanding the associations.

Gordon, R.A., Leibowitz, A., Spencer, C., Cottler, L., Narrow, W., & Rourke, K. (in preparation). Changing living arrangements: Reliability, validity, and response burden of data collection approaches.

Gordon, R.A., Lahey, B.B., Kawai, E., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Farrington, D.P. (in preparation) Antisocial behavior and gang membership: Selection and socialization.

Gordon, R.A., Lahey, B.B., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Farrington, D.P. (in preparation) The process of leaving home among urban boys: The importance of social networks.

Heinrich, C.J. & Gordon, R.A. (In preparation). Nonexperimental evaluations of small-scale demonstrations: Pitfalls and possibilities.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Gordon, R.A., Lahey, B.B., Kawai, E., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Farrington, D.P. (2000) Antisocial behavior and gang membership: Selection and socialization. Paper presented in the symposium on Recent findings from the program of research on the causes and correlates of delinquency chaired by Katharine Browning at the meetings of the American Society of Criminology (San Francisco, CA, November 16, 2000).

Gordon, R.A. (2000). The leaving home process for adolescent mothers. Paper presented in the symposium on Transitions to adulthood for adolescent mothers chaired by Bonnie Leadbetter at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (Chicago, IL, March 31, 2000).

Gordon, R.A. & Heinrich, C.J. (2000). Evaluating a job preparation and placement program for young couples. Paper presented in the symposium on Evaluations of youth development programs chaired by Patricia East at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (Chicago, IL, March 31, 2000).

Gordon, R.A. (2000). Work/life policies. Discussant at this session chaired by Phyllis Moen and held at the Population Association of America meetings (Los Angeles, CA, March 25, 2000).

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2000). Women=s participation in market work and the availability of child care in the United States. Paper presented in the symposium on Social class, community, and child care chaired by Jim Stockinger at the National Conference on Work and Family: Expanding the Horizons sponsored by the Business and Professional Women=s Foundation, The Center for Working Families at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (San Francisco, CA, March 4, 2000).

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Young mothers= living arrangements between the 1950s and 1980s: What substituted for marriage? Paper presented in the Demography Workshop at the Population Research Center, NORC and the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL, December, 2, 1999).

Hughes, M.E. & Gordon, R.A. (1999). Internal migration in the life course of young adults. Discussion in the Roundtable of the ASA Research Committee of the Life Course at annual meetings of the American Sociological Association (Chicago, IL, August 10, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. & Heinrich, C.J. (1999). Two parent families under welfare reform: Preliminary findings from an evaluation of Jobs for Youth/Chicago's Full Family Partnership Program. Paper presented in the Regional Spotlight Session on The Chicago face of poverty and welfare reform chaired by Kristen Shook at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association (Chicago, IL, August 7, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Children in working families. Discussant of this session held at the Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents Child and Work Conference, Chicago, IL (Gleacher Center, May 7, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Economic resources in the family and neighborhood: Additive and multiplicative associations with youths' academic performance and socioemotional well-being. Paper presented in the symposium The effects of socio-economic status and social class on students' academic achievement chaired by Wanda Williams at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Canada, April 20, 1999).

Lahey, B.B., Gordon, R.A. , & Farrington, D. P. (1999). Gangs as a special case of peer influence on the delinquent behavior of boys. Paper presented in the symposium A closer look at deviant peer influences on delinquent activity chaired by John D. Coie at the April, 1999 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development (Albuquerque, NM, April 18, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1999). Women's participation in market work and the availability of child care in the United States. Paper presented in the symposium The demographics and economics of child care chaired by Alison P. Hagy at the biennial meeting of the Population Association of America (New York, NY, March 25, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. (1998). Multigenerational coresidence and welfare policy. Paper presented at the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine=s 1998 Frontiers of research on children youth and families Symposium (May 7, 1998).

Gordon, R.A. (1998). Welfare, work, and the homeleaving process. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL (April 2, 1998).

Gordon, R.A. (1998). Welfare, work, and the homeleaving process. Paper presented as a seminar in the Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children & Work seminar series (January 8, 1998).

Trapani, C., Gordon, R.A. & Lahey, B.B. (1996). Clinical and criterion validity of teacher informants for kindergarten and elementary school children's disruptive behavior disorders. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Gordon, R.A. (1996). Where do young mothers live? Ripple effects of teenage parenting in multigenerational families. In J. Coleman (Chair), The role of grandmothers in the lives of teenage mothers: international perspectives on research, policy, and practice. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Boston, MA (March 8, 1996).

Gordon, R.A. (1995). Challenges to measuring child and family behaviors. Discussant in this paper session chaired by P.L. Chase-Lansdale at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA (April 8, 1995).

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1995). Young African BAmerican family functioning: The dimensions and psychometric properties of the Multigenerational Family Q-Sort. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development (April 1, 1995).

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1995). Understanding observational measures of diverse family forms: Some new approaches with specific applications to young, multigenerational African-American families. (Discussion Paper No. 95-12). Chicago: Population Research Center, NORC and the University of Chicago.

Chase-Lansdale, P.L. & Gordon, R.A. (1995). Families and poverty: Does economic hardship in the neighborhood hinder the development of 5- and 6-year olds? Paper presented in Barbara J. Tinsley & Jessica N. Gomel (Co-Chairs). The effect of economic downturn and joblessness on children and families. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN (March 31, 1995).

Camarena, P., Petersen, A.C. & Seidensticker, R.A. (1990). Gender, academic achievement, and emotional well-being as predictors of adolescent career paths. In J. Eccles (Chair), The development of career and family values and aspirations: Longitudinal perspectives on the influence of gender/gender roles. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Atlanta, GA (March 22, 1990).

PUBLIC SERVICE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Gordon, R.A. (2000). Evaluation of the Full Family Partnership Demonstration at Jobs for Youth Chicago. Presentation in the session on Current Research on the Effects of Welfare Reform at the Annual Summit of the Chicago-based Work, Welfare and Families organization. (November 17, 2000).

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Family policy studies: Academic developments. Panel member in this session at the annual meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Irvine, CA [Shirley L. Zimmerman, Chair; W. Keith Bryant, Morey MacDonald, Steven K. Wisensale, panel members; Leslie A. Koepke, Respondent]. (November 15, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Member of panel on Academic Jobs in Different Academic Setttings which was part of a one-day program on the Academic Job Search jointly sponsored by the University of Chicago=s Center for Teaching and Learning and the University of Chicago=s Career and Placement Services (October, 20, 1999).

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Confidential data files linked to the national longitudinal survey of youth, 1979 cohort: A case study. Presented in the Workshop on confidentiality of and access to research data files chaired by Norman Bradburn at the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC, October 14-15, 1999).

Barclay-McLaughlin, G., Gordon, R.A. & Heinrich, C.J. (1999, April 26). Jobs for Youth Full Family Partnership Program Process Evaluation Report. Report written for Jobs for Youth and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Policy Research and Evaluation. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Barclay-McLaughlin, G., Gordon, R.A., Heinrich, C.J., Julion, W. & Seith, D. (1999, May 4). Paternal Involvement Project: Process Evaluation Report. Report written for Jobs for Youth and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Policy Research and Evaluation. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Gordon, R.A. (1999). Growing into research and policy practice: Comments from professionals and professionals-in-training. Panel member in this invited conversation hour conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Ann Marie White and Joshua L. Brown Co-Chairs, (April 16, 1999).

Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Gordon, R.A. & McLain, K.G. (1998). The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies: An overview and personal reflections. Zero to Three, 18(5) (A Special Issue Honoring Irving B. Harris), 36-43.

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1997). Public policy schools as opportunities for developmental scientists: An overview and illustration. SRCD Social Policy Report, 11(3), 1-9

Gordon, R.A. (1996). Social policy resources in cyberspace. Society for Research on Adolescence Newsletter, Fall, 2, 4, 6.

Susman-Stillman, A.R., Brown, J.L., Adam, E.K., Blair, C., Gaines, R., Gordon, R.A., White, A.M., & Wynn, S.R. (1996). Building research and policy connections: Training and career options for developmental scientists. SRCD Social Policy Report, 10(4), 1-19.

Gordon, R.A. (1995). What is the future role of developmental psychology in shaping social policy? Comments from developmentalists in training. Panel member in this invited conversation hour chaired by Amy R. Susman and Joshua L. Brown at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN (March 30, 1995).

Gordon, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1995, June). A resource guide to careers in child and family policy: Revised and expanded edition. Chicago, IL: Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and the Chapin Hall Center for Children. (June, 1995).

Seidensticker, R.A. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1993, March). Careers in child and family policy: A resource guide to policy settings and research programs. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall Center for Children and the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies.

Seidensticker, R.A. (1993). Training and experiences in child and family policy: A multitude of opportunities Chair of this conversation hour conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. (Discussants: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale & Alan Kraut. Participants: James Connell, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, & Richard Lerner), New Orleans, LA (March 26, 1993).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2000 Instructor, Marriage and the Family, Soc 245, University of Illinois at Chicago

2000 Guest Lecturer, Biological & Sociological Perspectives on Gender, Soc 104 , University of Illinois at Chicago

1998 Instructor, Welfare Reform Module on Job Training in the Public Policy Workshop, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1998 Guest Lecturer, Psychological Perspectives on Child and Family Policy, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1997 Instructor, Welfare Reform Module on Immigration in the Public Policy Workshop, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1996 Guest Lecturer, Psychological Perspectives on Child and Family Policy, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1994 Instructor, Statistics for Policy Analysis I, PubPol 310, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1993 Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Policy Analysis I and II, PubPol 310 and PubPol 311 (Instructors: V. Joseph Hotz and Robert Meyer), Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1993 Task Project Officer, Statistics for Policy Analysis II, PubPol 311 (Instructors: V. Joseph Hotz and Robert Meyer), Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1992 Teaching Assistant, Applied Regression Analysis, Bus 322 (Instructor: Peter E. Rossi), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

SERVICE AS REVIEWER

American Journal of Sociology (occasional)

Family Relations (occasional)

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (one of eleven Biostatistical and Methodology Consultants who provide regular biostatistical review of manuscripts for the journal)

Social Service Review (occasional)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Sociological Association

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Population Association of America

Rasch Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association

Society for Research on Adolescence

Society for Research in Child Development

OFFICES HELD

Post-graduate

2000 - Committee on Adolescence, Public Policy, and Public Information, Society for Research on Adolescence

2001 Co-chair (with Brian Wilcox)

1994- Social Policy Committee, Society for Research on Adolescence

1998 Committee member

Graduate

1997 Board of Review, University Disciplinary System, University of Chicago

Student representative

1990- Social Policy Committee, Society for Research on Adolescence

1994 Student representative

1991- Public Policy Student Association

1992 Doctoral student representative

Undergraduate

1989 - Psi Chi - The National Honor Society in Psychology

1990 Vice President, Penn State Chapter

1988 Penn State University Undergraduate Student Government Academic Assembly

Assistant Vice-President (and Chairperson, PSU Faculty Senate Student Members= Caucus)

1987 - The Committee Regarding Excellence in Education at Penn State

1988 Chairperson

AWARDS

Post-Doctoral

Frontiers of Research on Children, Youth, and Families Young Scholar Award (Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Spring, 1998)

Graduate

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Student Travel Award (Spring 1995)

Summer Fellowship in Child and Family Policy. Chapin Hall Center for Children and the Harris School. Placement: Illinois Governor=s Task Force on Human Services Reform (Summer 1993)

Irving B. Harris Fellowship (all years of study)

Scholl Fellowship in Child Policy (first year of study)

Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Award (first year of study)

Undergraduate

College of the Liberal Arts Student Marshal and Valedictorian

University Scholars Program Honors Graduate with Highest Distinction

Phi Beta Kappa Senior Thesis Research Prize

Mona Shibley Bird Memorial Scholarship in Psychology (Senior)

Golden Key/ Peat Marwick Scholarship Award (Senior)

Evan Pugh Scholar Senior Award

Jay Richard Ellenberger Memorial Scholarship (Junior)

Evan Pugh Scholar Junior Award

Gerald L. Bayles Almuni Memorial Scholarship (Sophomore, Junior, Senior)

Mary Montecalvo Scholarship (Freshman)

Freshman Excellence Scholarship

President's Freshman Award