SANDRA HOFFERTHMarch 2016
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Curriculum Vita
SANDRA L. HOFFERTH, PH.D.
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- PERSONAL INFORMATION
Professor Address: School of Public Health Department of Family Science University of Maryland
School of Public Health College Park MD 20742 University of Maryland Phone: (301) 405-8501 (Office)
College Park, MD Fax: (301) 314-9161
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a. Educational Background
1976Ph.D., Sociology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, August, Sociology Dissertation: "Modeling the Contraceptive Behavior of Couples: An Exchange Approach" (Chairman: J. Richard Udry)
1971M.A., Sociology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, August, Sociology Thesis: "Cooperation and Competition in Peasant Communities" (Chairman: Henry A. Landsberger)
1967B.A., Sociology and Psychology, Swarthmore College, June
Fellowships: NIMH Traineeship in Social Psychology, 1967-1968 and 1970-1972
b. Fields of Specialization
Family Demography, Time Use, Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing, Research Methods
c. Career Brief
Dr. Hofferth is Professor, Department of Family Science, University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Hofferth received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina in 1976. From 1983 to 1988 Hofferth served as Health Scientist Administrator in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. From 1977 to 1983 and from 1988 to 1994 she was Research Associate and then Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, where she directed the National Child Care Survey 1990 and collaborated on A Profile of Child Care Settings. From 1994 to 2001 she was Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan where she co-directed the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics and directed its Child Development Supplement. Hofferth has researched family issues in the context of public policy for more than 30 years. In 2012 she was awarded the Distinguished Career Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association Family Section, for outstanding contributions to the Sociology of Family. She has served on the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, as Vice President of the Population Association of America, and as Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Children Section. She has published 3 books and more than 100 articles and book chapters. She is currently Principal Investigator on a project funded by NICHD to provide web-based access to data from the American Time Use Survey and international time use studies. She is principal investigator on an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network to explore the establishment of Social Observatories in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.
d. Professional Experience
2013-Present Director, Maternal and Child Health Program;
2013-2014Advance Professor, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2001-Present Professor, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland,College Park, MD
2008-2012 Director, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1994 - 2001Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology; Research Associate, Population Studies Center
1992 - 1994Senior Research Associate, Population Studies Center,
The Urban Institute
1988 - 1992Senior Research Associate, Human Resources Policy Center, The Urban Institute
1987 - 1988Health Scientist Administrator, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
1983-1987Expert, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
1981 - 1983Senior Research Associate, Program for Policy Research on Women and Families, The Urban Institute
1977 - 1981Research Associate I, Program for Policy Research on Women and Families, The Urban Institute
- RESEARCH, SCHOLARLY, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
a. Books
i.Books authored
Brayfield, A., Deich, S., & Hofferth S.Caring for Children in Low-Income Families: National Child Care Survey 1990. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1993.
Hofferth, S., Brayfield, A., Deich, S., & Holcomb, P. The National Child Care Survey, 1990. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1991.
ii.Books edited
Hofferth, S., Fisher, K., and Glorieux, I. (Eds.). Men’s Family Involvement across Industrial Nations. Special section of Family Science, vol 6, no. 1, 2015.
Hofferth, S. and Zeno, T. (Eds.). How do Children affect the Health and Well-being of Fathers? Special Issue of Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research and Practice about Men as Fathers, 12(2), 117-177, 2014.
Hofferth, S., & Casper, L. (Eds.). Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
Hofferth, S., & Owens, T. (Eds.). Children at the Millennium: Where Have We Come From, Where are we Going? , Advances in Life Course Research Vol. 6, New York: Elsevier Science, 2001.
Hofferth, S., & Hayes, C. (Eds.). Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Childbearing Vol. II , Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, l987.
iii.Chapters in books
Hofferth, Sandra & Goldscheider, Frances. Family Heterogeneity over the Life Course.Handbook of Life Course Sociology, Volume II. Michael Shanahan, Jeylan Mortimer, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson (Eds.). Springer Press, 2015.
Hofferth, Sandra L., Pleck, Joseph H., Goldscheider, Frances, Curtin, Sally, and Hrapczynski, Katie. Family structure and men’s motivation for parenthood in the United States. Cabrera, N.J. & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Second Edition. New York: Routledge, 2013.
Hofferth, S., Kinney, D., & Dunn, J. The Hurried Child: Myth vs. Reality. Matuska, K. and Christiansen, C. (Eds), Life Balance: Multidisciplinary Theories and Research(Pp. 183-206). Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press, 2009.
Hofferth, S. American children’s outdoor and indoor leisure time, Pp. 31-33 in Goodenough, E. (Ed.), A Place for Play. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 2008.
Hofferth, S. Linking social class to concerted cultivation, natural growth and school readiness. Pp. 199-205 in Booth, A., & Crouter, A.C. (Eds.), Disparities in School Readiness: How Families Contribute to Transitions into School.Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2008.
Hofferth, S., Cabrera, N., Carlson, M., Coley, R.L., Day, R., & Schindler, H. Resident father involvement and social fathering. Pp. 335-374 in Hofferth, S., & Casper, L. (Eds.), Handbook of measurement issues in family research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
Hofferth, S. Men’s involvement in the family. Pp. 1601-1605 in Ritzer, G. (Ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Blackwell, 2007.
Hofferth, S. “Kristin A. Moore.” Pp. 733-735 in C. Fisher, C., & Lerner, R. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005.
Hofferth, S.L., & Curtin, S.A. “Leisure Time Activities in Middle Childhood.” Pp. 95-110 in Lippman, L., & Moore, K. (Eds).What Do Children Need to Flourish? Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development. New York: Springer Science& Business Publishers, 2005.
Duncan, G.J., Hofferth, S.L.,Stafford, F.P. Evolution and Change in Family Income, Wealth, and Health: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1968-2000 and Beyond. Pp. 156-193 in House, J.S., Juster, F.T., Kahn, R.L., Schuman, H., & Singer, E. (Eds.), A Telescope on Society: Survey Research & Social Science at the University of Michigan & Beyond. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Hofferth, S.L. The American Family: Changes and Challenges for the 21st Century. Pp. 71-79 in Wallace, H., Green, G., & Jaros, K.(Eds.), Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2003.
Hofferth, S.L. Did Welfare Reform Work? Implications for 2002 and Beyond. Reprinted Pp. 138-148 in Wallace, H., Green, G., & Jaros, K. (Eds.), Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2003.
Hofferth, S.L., Pleck, J., Stueve, J., Bianchi, S.,Sayer, L.The Demography of Fathers: What Fathers Do. Pp. 63-90 in Handbook of Father Involvement, Catherine Tamis-LeMonda and Natasha Cabrera (Eds.), Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Hofferth, S., & Sandberg, J.F. Changes in American Children’s Time, 1981-1997. Pp. 193-229 in Hofferth, S., Owens, T. (Eds.), Children at the Millennium: Where Have We Come From, Where are we Going? Advances in Life Course Research Series. New York: Elsevier Science, 2001.
Hofferth, S. Women’s Employment and Care of Children in the United States. Pp. 151-174inLiset van Dijk, L., & van der Lippe, T. (Eds)Women’s Employment in Comparative Perspective. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2001.
Hofferth, S., Phillips, D., & Cabrera, N. Public Policy and Family and Child Well-Being.Pp. 384-415 in Thornton, A. (Ed.). The Well-Being of Children and Families: Research and Data Needs. Ann Arbor, MI: U of Michigan, 2001.
Hofferth, S.Public Assistance Receipt of Mexican- and Cuban-American Children in Native and Immigrant Families. Pp. 546-583 in Hernandez, D. (Ed.), Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.
Hofferth, S.L. The American Family: Changes and Challenges for the 21st Century. Pp. 3-12 in Wallace, H., Green, G., Jaros, K., Story, M., & Paine, L. (Eds.), Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1998.
Hofferth, S. Out of School Time: Risk and Opportunity. Pp. 123-153 in Swartz, T., Weigert, K. (Eds.), America's Working Poor.Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1995.
Hofferth, S. Children’s Transition to School. Pp. 98-121 in National Research Council Institute of Medicine, Integrating Federal Statistics on Children. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1995.
Hofferth, S. The 101st Congress: An Emerging Agenda for Children in Poverty. Pp. 203-243 in Chafel, J. (Ed), Child Poverty and Public Policy.Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1993.
Hofferth, S., & Kisker, E. The Changing Demographics of Family Day Care in the United States. Pp. 28-57 in Peters, D., & Pence, A. (Eds)Family Day Care: Current Research for Informed Public Policy. New York: Teachers College Press, 1992.
Hofferth, S. The Demand for and Supply of Child Care in the 1990s. Pp. 3-25 in Booth, A. (Ed), Child Care in the 1990s: Trends and Consequences. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992.
Hofferth, S. Trends in Adolescent Sexual Activity, Contraception and Pregnancy in the United States. Pp. 217-233 in Bancroft, J., & Reinisch, J. (Eds.), Adolescence and Puberty. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Hofferth, S., & Miller, B.C. An Overview of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs and their Evaluations. Pp. 25-40 in Card, J.J. (Ed), Evaluating Programs Aimed at Preventing Teenage Pregnancies. Palo Alto, CA: Sociometrics, 1989.
Hofferth, S.Recent Trends in the Living Arrangements of Children: A Cohort Life Table Analysis. Pp 168-88 in Bongaards, J., Burch, T., & Wachter, K (Eds), Family Demography: Methods and Their Applications. New York: Oxford University Press, l987.
Hofferth, S. Trends in the Family Structure and Living Arrangements of Children: A Cohort Approach. Pp. 75-112 in Elder, G.Jr. (Ed.), Life Course Dynamics: Trajectories and Transitions, 1968-1980. Ithaca, NY:Cornell University Press, 1985.
Moore, K., Hofferth, S., Wertheimer, R., Waite, L, & Caldwell, S. Teenage Childbearing: Consequences for Women, Families and Government Welfare Expenditure. Pp. 35-54 in Scott, K.G., Field, T. & Robertson, E.G. (Eds), Teenage Parents and Their Offspring. NY: Grune and Stratton, 1981.
Hofferth, S. Some Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Vocational Education on Young Women. Pp. 115-36 in Brenner, P. (Ed) Education, Sex Equity, and Occupational Stereotyping: Conference Report. NCEP, October 1980. Washington, D.C.: National Comission for Employment Policy, 1980.
Hofferth, S., & Moore, K.A. Women's Employment and Marriage. Pp. 99-124 in Smith, R.E. (Ed) The Subtle Revolution: Women at Work. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, 1979.
Moore, K.A., & Hofferth, S. Women and Their Children. Pp. 125-57 in Smith, R.E. (Ed) The Subtle Revolution: Women at Work. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, 1979.
Hofferth, S.The Implications for Child Care. Ch. 7 in Smith, R.E. (Ed) Women in the Labor Force in l990. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, March 1979.
b. Articles in Refereed Journals:
Moon, U.J., & Hofferth, S.L. (2016). Parental involvement, child effort, and the development of immigrant boys' and girls' reading and mathematics skills: A latent difference score growth model. Learning and Individual Differences, 47, 136-144.
Hofferth, S.L., Moon, U.J., (2016). How do they do it? The immigrant paradox in the transition to adulthood.Social Science Research,
Moon, U.J., & Hofferth, S.L. (2015). Generational differences in children's externalizing behavior problems. International Journal of Human Ecology, 16(2), 45-61,
Munger, A., S. Hofferth, and S. Grutzmacher. forthcoming. The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the Relationship between Food Insecurity and Probability of Maternal Depression. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
Hofferth, Sandra, Kimberly Fisher, and Ignace Glorieux. 2015. Men’s Family Involvement across Industrial Nations: Introduction to Special Section,Family Science, 2015
Vol. 6, No. 1, 240–242,
Hofferth, Sandra & Yoonjoo Lee. 2015. Family Structure and Trends in U.S. Fathers’ Time with Children, 2003-2013.Family Science,Vol. 6, No. 1, 318–329,
Lee, Y., Hofferth, S., Flood, S., Fisher, K. Reliability, validity, and variability of the subjective well-being questions in the 2010 well-being module of the American Time Use Survey. Social Indicators Research, forthcoming.DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-0923-8.NIHMS688799.
Conley, D., Aber, L, Brady, H., Cutter, S., Eckel, C., Entwisle, B., Hamilton, D., Hofferth, S., Hubacek,K., Moran, E., & Scholz, J. Big data, big obstacles. The Chronicle of Higher Education. February 5, 2015.
Moran, E., Hofferth, S., Eckel, C., Hamilton, D., Entwisle, B. ,Aber, J. L., Brady, H.E., Conley, D., Cutter, S., Hubacek, K. & Scholz, J. Opinion: Building a 21st-century infrastructure for the social sciences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(45):15855-15856, November 11, 2014.
Goldscheider, F., Hofferth, S., and Curtin, S. Parenthood and leaving home in young adulthood. Population Research and Policy Review 2014. DOI 10.1007/s11113-014-9334-9
Dagher, R., Hofferth, S., Lee, Y. Maternal depression, pregnancy intention, and return to paid work after childbirth. Women's Health Issues, 24(3), e297-e303, 2014.DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.03.002
Cabrera, N. J, Hofferth, S. L., Hancock, G. Family structure, maternal employment and change in children's externalizing behavior: Differences by age and self-regulation. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 11, 136-158, 2014.
Davis, R., Hofferth, S., and Shenassa, E. Gestational weight gain and risk of infant death in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, December 9, 2013: e1-e6, 2013.doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301425.
Hofferth, S., Pleck, J. H., and Vesely, C.The Transmission of Parenting from Fathers to Sons. Parenting: Science and Practice 12 (4), 282-305, 2012.DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2012.709153
Hofferth, S. and Moon, U.J. Cell phone use and child and adolescent reading proficiency. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1(2), 108-122, 2012.DOI: 10.1037/a0027880.
Davis, R. R. and S.L. Hofferth. The Association between Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain and Infant Mortality among U.S. Infants Born in 2002. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 16, 119-124, 2012. DOI 10.1007/s10995-010-0713-5.
Hofferth, S. and Moon, U.J. Electronic Play, Study, Communication, and Adolescent Achievement, 2003-2008. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22 (2), 215-224, 2012.DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00770.x.
Cabrera, N., Hofferth, S., & Chae, S. Patterns and predictors of father-infant engagement across race/ethnic groups. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26, 365-375, 2011.
Hofferth, S., and Pinzon, A. Do nonresidential fathers’ financial support and contact improve children’s health? Journal of Family and Economic Issues32 (2), 280-295, 2011.PMCID: PMC3196373.
Forry, Nicole, Hofferth, Sandra L. Maintaining work: The influence of child care subsidies on child care-related work disruptions. Journal of Family Issues 32(3), 346-368, 2011.DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10384467.
Hofferth, S., Goldscheider, F. 2010. Does change in young men’s employment influence fathering? Family Relations 59, 479-493, 2010. NIHMSID: 299230.
Hofferth, S. Home media and children’s achievement and behavior. Child Development 81, 1598-1619, 2010.PMCID:PMC2941215.
LaTaillade, J.J., Hofferth, S., and Wight, V. Consequences of Fatherhood for Young Men’s Relationships with Partners and Parents. Research in Human Development 7(2), 103-122, 2010.PMCID: PMC2903899.
Hofferth, S., Goldscheider, F. Family structure and the transition to early parenthood. Demography 47, 415-437, 2010.PMCID:PMC3000024.
HofferthS, ForryN, and PetersE. Child support, father-child contact, and preteens' involvement with nonresidential fathers: Racial / Ethnic Differences.Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 31:14-32, 2010.PMCID:PMC2847273.
Pinzon-Rondon, A.M., Koblinsky, S.A. Hofferth, S.L. et al. Work-related injuries among child street-laborers in Latin America: prevalence and predictors. Revista Panamerican de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health 26(3):235-243, 2009.
Hofferth, S.L. Media use vs. work and play in middle childhood. Social Indicators Research 93(12):127-129, 2009.
Hofferth, S. Changes in American children’s time, 1997-2003. International Journal of Time Use Research 6(1):26-47, 2009.PMCID:PMC2939468.
Goldscheider, F., Hofferth, S., Spearin, C., & Curtin, S. Fatherhood across two cohorts: Factors affecting early family roles.Journal of Family Issues 30:586-604, 2009.
Pleck, J & Hofferth, S. Mother involvement as an influence on father involvement with early adolescents. Fathering 6:267-286, 2008.
Hofferth, S., Welk, G., Treuth, M., Randolph, S., Curtin, S.,Valliant, R. Validation of a Diary Measure of Children’s Physical Activities. Sociological Methodology 38:133-154, 2008.
Pinzon-Rondon, A.M., Hofferth, S., & Briceno, L. Children Working in the Streets of Colombian Cities: Different Pathways to the Street Lead to Different Populations.Children and Youth Services Review 30(12): 1417-1424, 2008.
Brandon, P.D., Hofferth, S.L., & Hogan, D.P. Do disabilities in former TANF families hasten their returns to cash assistance? Social Science Research 37: 530-543, 2008.
Hofferth, S.L. Improving data collection on fathers: Comments on methods and measurement papers, National Fatherhood Forum. Applied Developmental Science 11(4): 247-248, 2007.
Hofferth, S.L. Response bias in a popular indicator of reading to children. Sociological Methodology 36(1):301-315, 2006.
Ryan, S., Manlove, J., & Hofferth, S. State-Level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing. Population Research and Policy Review 25(1): 103-126, 2006.
Hofferth, S.L. Residential father family type and child well-being: Investment versus selection. Demography 43: 53-77, 2006.
Hofferth, S., & Curtin, S. Parental leave statutes and maternal return to work after childbirth in the United States. Work and Occupations 33: 73-105, 2006.
Hofferth, S.L. Secondary data analysis in family research. Journal of Marriage and Family 67: 891-907, 2005.
Sandberg, J.F., & Hofferth, S. Changes in children’s time with parents: A correction.Demography 42: 391-395, 2005.
Hofferth, S., & Curtin, S.Poverty, food programs and childhood obesity. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24: 703-726, 2005.
Hofferth, S., Stanhope, S., & Harris, K.M. Remaining off welfare in the 1990s: The influence of public policy and economic conditions. Social Science Research 34(2): 426-453, 2005.
Dunn, J.S., Kinney, D.A., &.Hofferth, S.L.Parental ideologies and children’s after-school activities. American Behavioral Scientist 46(10):1359-1386, 2003.
Roth, J., Brooks-Gunn, J., Linver, M., & Hofferth, S. What happens during the school day?: Time diaries from a national sample of elementary school teachers.Teachers College Record 105(3): 317-343, 2003.
Brandon, P., & Hofferth, S. Determinants of out-of-school child care arrangements among children in single-mother and two-parent families.Social Science Research 32: 129-147, 2003.
Hofferth, S., & Anderson, K.G. Are all dads equal? Biology versus marriage as basis for paternal investment.Journal of Marriage and Family65:213-232, 2003.
Hofferth, S.L. Race/ethnic differences in father involvement in two-parent families: Culture, context, or economy. Journal of Family Issues 24(2):185-216, 2003.
Hofferth, S., Stanhope, S., &Mullan Harris, K.Exiting welfare in the 1990s: Did public policy influence recipients’ behavior? Population Research and Policy Review, 21(5): 433-472, 2002.
Hofferth, S. Did Welfare Reform Work? Implications for 2002 and Beyond.Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, 1(1):45-51, 2002.
Hofferth, S., & Reid, L. Early Childbearing and Children’s Achievement and Behavior over Time.Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (formerly Family Planning Perspectives) 34(1): 41-49, 2002.
Hofferth, S., Reid, L., & Mott, F.The Effects of early Childbearing on Schooling over Time. Family Planning Perspectives 33(6): 259-267, 2001.
Keller, M.C., Nesse, R.M., & Hofferth, S. The Trivers-Willard Hypothesis of Parental Investment; No Effect in the Contemporary United States. Evolution and Human Behavior 22(5): 343-360, 2001.
Sandberg, J.F., & Hofferth, S. Changes in Children’s Time with Parents, United States, 1981-1997. Demography 38(August): 423-436, 2001.
Hofferth, S., & Sandberg, J.F.How American Children Spend their Time. Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(May): 295-308, 2001.
Hofferth, S., & Jankuniene, Z. Life After School. Educational Leadership 58(7):19-23, 2001.
Yeung, W. J., Sandburg, J.F., Davis-Kean, P.S., & Hofferth, S.L. Children’s Time with Fathers in Intact Families.Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(1):136-154, 2001.