CURRICULUM VITAE
Sampson Lee Blair
September 2012
Office Address:Department of SociologyE-mail:
430 Park HallVoice: (716) 645-8472
State University of New York Fax: (716) 645-3934
Buffalo, NY 14260-4140
Place of Birth: Ivanhoe, Virginia
Family Status: Married; Dr. Marilou Catherine Legazpi Blair; two children
Education:B.S.1985Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA
Major: Sociology
Minor: Family and Child Development
M.S.1987Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA
Major: Sociology
Ph.D.1991The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, PA
Major: Sociology (Family)
Minor: Demography
Current Professional Positions:
August 2002 to presentAssociate Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo
June 2010 to presentResearch Affiliate, Research Institute for Mindanao Culture, Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan), Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
September 2011 to presentEditor, Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research
Professional Experience:
August 2008 to August 2011Chair (chair-elect, current, past), Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association
June 2010 toNov. 2010Fulbright Scholar (Visiting Professor), Department of
Sociology/Anthropology, Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan),
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
August 2009 to July 2010Senior Editor (interim), Sociological Inquiry
Jan. 2003 to Jan. 2009Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo
Sept. 2002 toJune 2006Associate Editor, Social Justice Research
Oct. 1998 to March 2005Associate Editor, Journal of Family Issues
Nov. 1998 to Dec. 2002Associate Editor, Marriage and Family Review
Jan. 1997 to Jan. 2001Senior Editor, Sociological Inquiry
April 1998 to July 2002Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Arizona State
University
August 1995 to April 1998Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University
August 1991 to July 1995Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Oklahoma
June 1991 to August 1991Research Associate, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
June 1989 to May 1991Instructor, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
August 1988 to May 1989Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
June 1988 to August 1988Graduate Lecturer, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
August 1987 to May 1988Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
May 1987 to August 1987Instructor, Department of Social Sciences, Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia
May 1987 to August 1987Adjunct Faculty (Instructor), College of Health Sciences,
Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, Virginia
Sept. 1986 to Dec. 1986Graduate Instructor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Sept. 1985 to June 1986 &
Jan. 1987 to May 1987Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
Publications:
Blair, Sampson Lee and Daniel T. Lichter
“Measuring the Division of Household Labor: Gender Segregation of Housework Among American Couples.” 1991. Journal of Family Issues, 12(1), 91-113.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Children’s Participation in Household Labor: Child Socialization versus the Need for Household Labor.” 1992. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 21(2), 241-258.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Michael P. Johnson
“Wives’ Perceptions of the Fairness of the Division of Household Labor: The Intersection of Housework and Ideology.” 1992. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54(3), 570-581.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Sex-Typing of Children’s Household Labor: Parental Influence on Daughters’ and Sons’ Housework.” 1992. Youth and Society, 24(2), 178-203.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Employment, Family, and Husbands’ and Wives’ Perceptions of Marital Quality.”
1993. Journal of Family Issues, 14(2), 189-212.
Blair, Sampson Lee;DeeAnnWenk; and Constance Hardesty
“Marital Quality and Paternal Involvement: Interconnections of Men’s Spousal and Parental Roles.” 1994. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 2(3), 221-238.
Wenk, DeeAnn; Constance Hardesty; Carolyn S. Morgan; and Sampson Lee Blair
“The Influence of Parental Involvement on the Well-Being of Sons and Daughters.”
1994. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56(1), 229-234.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Constance Hardesty
“Paternal Involvement and the Well-Being of Mothers and Fathers of Young Children.” 1994. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 3(1), 49-68.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Marriage and Cohabitation: Distinctions and Similarities Across the Division of
Household Labor.” 1994. Family Perspective, 28(1), 31-52.
Blair, Marilou C. Legazpi and Sampson Lee Blair
“Choice of Child Care and Mother-Child Interaction: Racial/Ethnic Distinctions in the
Maternal Experience.” 1995. InCardell Jacobson (ed.), American Families: Issues in
Race and Ethnicity, pp. 261-282. Garland Publishing: New York.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Household Composition and Men’s and Women’s Well-Being.” 1995. Family
Perspective, 29(3), 315-333.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Gender Segregation of Housework.” 1996. In Kathryn Borman and Paula Dubeck
(eds.), Women and Work: A Handbook, pp. 391-395. Garland Publishing: New York.
* reprinted in Women and Work: A Reader. 1997. Rutgers University Press: Princeton, NJ.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Division of Household Labor.” 1996. In Kathryn Borman and Paula Dubeck (eds.), Women and Work: A Handbook, pp. 440-443. Garland Publishing.
* reprinted in Women and Work: A Reader. 1997. Rutgers University Press: Princeton, NJ.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Division of Household Labor in the Rural Context.” 1997. In Gary A. Goreham
(ed.), Encyclopedia of Rural America. ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA.
Blair, Sampson Lee and ZhenchaoQian
“Family and Asian Students’ Educational Performance: A Consideration of Diversity.” 1998. Journal of Family Issues, 19(4), 227-246.
Blair, Sampson Lee
Work Roles, Domestic Roles, and Marital Quality: Perceptions of Fairness among Dual-Earner Couples. 1998. Social Justice Research, 11(3), 313-335.
Blair, Sampson Lee and ZhenchaoQian
“Parents, Peers, and Adolescents’ Marital Aspirations: Ethnicity-Based Distinctions.”
1999. In Sandra Lee Browning and R. Robin Miller (eds.), Till Death Do Us Part: A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage (pp. 237-252). JAI Press: Greenwich, Connecticut.
Qian, Zhenchao and Sampson Lee Blair
“Racial Differences in Educational Aspirations of High School Seniors.” 1999. Sociological Perspectives, 42(4), 605-625.
Blair, Sampson Lee; Marilou C. Legazpi Blair; and Anna B. Madamba
“Racial/Ethnic Differences in High School Students’ Academic Performance:
Understanding the Interweave of Social Class and Ethnicity in the Family Context.” 1999. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 30(3), 539-555.
Qian, Zhenchao; Sampson Lee Blair; and Stacey Ruf
“Asian American Interracial and Interethnic Marriages: Differences in Education and Nativity.” 2001. International Migration Review, 35(2), 557-586.
Blair, Sampson Lee; Marilou C. Legazpi Blair; and Anna B. Madamba
“Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Adolescents’ Occupational Aspirations: An Examination of Family Context.” 2003. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 9, 67-86.
Blair, Sampson Lee and José A. Cobas
“Gender Differences in Young Latino Adults’ Status Attainment: Understanding Bilingualism in the Familial Context.” 2006. Family Relations, 55, 3, 292-305.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Division of Labor in Households.” 2009. In Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher (eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Influence of Risk-Taking Behaviors on the Transition into Marriage: An Examination of the Long-Term Consequences of Adolescent Behavior.” 2010. Marriage and Family Review, 46, 126-146.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Occupational Aspirations of Adolescents: Understanding the Developmental Context of Teenagers' Desires for Future Work Roles.” 2011. In Robin Price, Paula McDonald, Janis Bailey, and Barbara Pini (eds.), Young People at Work in the Developed World (pp. 143-162). Ashgate Publishing, London.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Division of Household Labor.” 2012. In Gary W. Peterson and Kevin R. Bush (eds.), Handbook of Marriage and the Family (3rd edition). Springer Publishing Company: New York, NY. (forthcoming)
Papers presented at professional meetings:
Blair, Sampson Lee and Daniel T. Lichter
“On Measuring the Division of Household Labor: Gender Segregation or Sharing of
Housework?” Paper presented at the 1990 American Sociological Association meetings
in Washington, D.C.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Children’s Participation in Household Labor: Child Socialization versus the Need for
Household Labor.” Paper presented at the 1991 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in Providence, Rhode Island.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Michael P. Johnson
“Wives’ Reactions to the Division of Household Labor: The Intersection of Housework
and Ideology.” Paper presented at the 1991 American Sociological Association meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“The Sex-Typing of Children’s Household Labor.” Paper presented at the 1991
American Sociological Association meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Constance Hardesty
“Parenthood and Its Implications for the Well-Being of Mothers and Fathers.” Paper
presented at the 1992 American Sociological Association meetings in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Parental Employment and Its Effects on Parent-Child Interaction.” Paper presented at the 1992 World Congress on the Family meetings in Columbus, Ohio.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Katy Lenahan
“Marital Quality and Parent-Child Relationships: The Effect of Adult Resident Children
on Marital Relations.” Paper presented at the 1993 conference of the Oklahoma Council on Family Relations in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Marjorie E. Starrels
“The Division of Household Labor in Long-Duration Marriages.” Paper presented at the 1993 American Sociological Association meetings in Miami, Florida.
Blair, Marilou C. Legazpi and Sampson Lee Blair
“Choice of Child Care and Mother-Child Interaction: Racial/Ethnic Distinctions in the
Maternal Experience.” Paper presented at the 20th Annual (1993) Center for Studies of
the Family Conference in Provo, Utah.
Wenk, DeeAnn; Constance Hardesty; Carolyn S. Morgan; and Sampson Lee Blair
“Paternal Involvement and the Mental Health of Sons and Daughters.” Paper presented atthe 1993 National Council on Family Relations meetings in Baltimore, Maryland.
Starrels, Marjorie E. and Sampson Lee Blair
“Marriage and the Transition to Retirement.” Paper presented at the 1993 Gerontological Society of America meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Monroe, Mia and Sampson Lee Blair
“Parents, Peers, and Substance Use by Adolescents: The Interface of Family and
Friends.” Paper presented at the 1994 conference of the Oklahoma Council on Family Relations in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Marriage and Cohabitation: Distinctions and Similarities across the Division of
Household Labor.” Paper presented at the 1994 American Sociological Association
meetings in Los Angeles, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee; Carolyn S. Morgan; Constance Hardesty; and DeeAnnWenk
“Household Composition and Men’s and Women’s Physical Well-Being.” Paper
presented at the 1994 American Sociological Association meetings in Los Angeles, California.
Nelson, Lisa Wyatt and Sampson Lee Blair
“The Influence of Family and Ethnicity on Students’ Educational Attainment and
Performance.” Paper presented at the 1995 conference of the Oklahoma Council on Family Relations in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Michael P. Johnson
“Parent-Child Social Support Systems and Parental Well-Being: Implications for Single Mothers’ Well-Being.” Paper presented at the 1995 American Sociological Association meetings in Washington, D.C.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Marilou C. Legazpi Blair
“Single Mothers and Social Support Networks: Pragmatic versus Affectional
Associations.” Paper presented at the 1995 American Sociological Association meetings in Washington, D.C.
Harnden, Angela D.; Sampson Lee Blair; and DeeAnnWenk
“The Interconnections between Religion, Religiosity, and Attitudes toward Marital Violence.” Paper presented at the 1995 National Council on Family Relations meetings in Portland, Oregon.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Mary H. Benin
“Retirement and the Division of Household Labor: The Influence of Partial Retirement
and Ideology.” Paper presented at the 1996 American Sociological Association meetings in New York, New York.
Blair, Sampson Lee;Marilou C. Legazpi Blair; and Anna V. B. Madamba
“Minority Students’ Academic Performance: The Interweave of Social Class and
Ethnicity.” Paper presented at the 1996 American Sociological Association meetings in New York, New York.
Blair, Sampson Lee and ZhenchaoQian
“Parents, Peers, and Adolescents’ Marital Aspirations: Ethnicity-Based Distinctions.”
Paper presented at the 1997 Pacific Sociological Association meetings in San Diego,
California.
Qian, Zhenchao and Sampson Lee Blair
“Racial Differences in Educational Aspirations of High School Seniors.” Paper presented at the 1997 Population Association of America meetings in Washington, D.C.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Household Labor and Marital Quality: The Interweave of Employment and Gender
Ideology.” Paper presented at the 1997 meetings of the International Society for Justice Research in Potsdam, Germany.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Jeffery W. Amling
“Marital Quality and Religion among American Couples: Reconceptualizing Religious
Homogamy.” Paper presented at the 1997 American Sociological Association meetings in Toronto, Canada.
Blair, Sampson Lee and ZhenchaoQian
“Family and Asian Students’ Educational Performance: A Consideration of Diversity.” Paper presented at the 1997 American Sociological Association meetings in Toronto,
Canada.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Verna Keith
“Parent-Adult Child Relationships, Retirement, and the Well-Being of Aging Mothers
and Fathers.” Paper presented at the 1997 National Council on Family Relations meetings in Crystal City, Virginia.
Blair, Sampson Lee and ZhenchaoQian
“Assortative Mating and Marital Quality.” Paper presented at the 1998 Pacific
Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, California.
Qian, Zhenchao and Sampson Lee Blair
“Racial Differences in Educational Aspirations of High School Seniors: The Impact of
Social Capital, Human Capital, and Financial Capital.” Paper presented at the 1998 American Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee and ZhenchaoQian
“Adolescents' Marital Aspirations: The Interweave of Gender and Ethnicity.” Paper
presented at the 1998 American Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Marital Quality and Parenting: The Influence of Family Structure.” Paper presented at the 1999 Pacific Sociological Association meetings in Portland, Oregon.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Frank D. Beck
“Religion, Religiosity, and Marital Quality among American Couples.” Paper presented
at the 1999 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois.
Qian, Zhenchao; Sampson Lee Blair; and Stacey Ruff
“Asian Americans’ Marriage with Whites: Ethnic Differences in Educational and Nativity Assortative Mating.” Paper presented at the 1999 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Curt G. Sobolewski
“Family Composition, Parental Employment, and Children’s Household Labor.” Paper presented at the 1999 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois.
McGene, Juliana Kim and Sampson Lee Blair
“Marital Quality and Relationship History: Effects of Prior Cohabitation and Previous Marriage.” Paper presented at the 2000 Pacific Sociological Association meetings in San Diego, California.
Sobolewski, Curt G. and Sampson Lee Blair
“Predicting Relationship Quality: Cohabitation vs. Marriage.” Paper presented at the 2000 Pacific Sociological Association meetings in San Diego, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Michael P. Johnson
“Parents and Family Structure: An Examination of Ethnic-Based Variations in Children’s Household Labor.” Paper presented at the 2000 American Sociological Association meetings in Washington, D.C.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Relationship Quality among Married and Cohabiting Couples: Gender Differences in the Effects of Children and Work.” Paper presented at the 2000 American Sociological Association meetings in Washington, D.C.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Labor, Ideology, and Perceptions of Fairness: A Comparison of Married and Cohabiting Couples.” Paper presented at the 2000 International Society for Justice Research conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Gender and Adolescents’ Aspirations: Disentangling Family, Marriage, and Occupational Goals.” Paper presented at the 2001 Pacific Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Frank D. Beck
“Gender and Perceptions of Fairness within Marriage and Cohabitation.” Paper presented at the 2001 American Sociological Association meetings in Anaheim, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee; Marilou C. Legazpi Blair; and Anna B. Madamba
“Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Adolescents’ Occupational Aspirations: An Examination of Family Context.” Paper presented at the 2001 American Sociological Association meetings in Anaheim, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Perceived Fairness and Labor within Marriage: A Reconsideration of Ideologies and Labor.” Paper presented at the 2002 Pacific Sociological Association meetings in Vancouver, Canada.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Workload and Perceptions of Fairness among Dual-Earner Couples: The Mediating Effects of Gender Ideology.” Paper presented at the 2002 meetings of the International Society for Justice Research, Skovde, Sweden.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Marilou C. Legazpi Blair
“Understanding Parents’ Rationale for Assigning Chores to Children: Child Labor and Childrearing.” Paper presented at the 2002 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Adolescents’ Marital Expectations: A Comparison of Peer and Familial Influences.” Paper presented at the 2002 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Familial Environment and Young Adults’ Educational/Occupational Attainment: The Relative Influence of Family and Peers.” Paper presented at the 2003 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Family Context and the Status Attainment of Young Adults: An Examination of Ethnicity and Gender-Based Differences.” Paper presented at the 2003 American Sociological Association meetings in Atlanta, Georgia.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Marilou C. Legazpi Blair
“Gender Differences in the Status Attainment of Young Adults: Comparing Family and Peer Influence.” Paper presented at the 2003 American Sociological Association meetings in Atlanta, Georgia.
Blair, Sampson Lee
“Gender-Based Differences in Occupational Attainment: Family Context as a Predictor of Young Adults’ Status Attainment.” Paper presented at the 2004 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in New York, New York.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Laura A. Wirth
“Work Roles, Domestic Roles, and the Transition to Retirement: Perceptions of Fairness among Aging Couples.” Paper presented at the 2004 meetings of the International Society for Justice Research, Regina, Canada.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Frank D. Beck
“Ethnicity-Based Differences in the Timing of First Marriage: A Consideration of Family Effects.” Paper presented at the 2004 American Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, California.
Blair, Sampson Lee and Marilou C. Legazpi Blair
“Gender, Family, and the Occupational Attainment of Young Adults.” Paper presented at the 2004 American Sociological Association meetings in San Francisco, California.
Cobas, José A. and Sampson Lee Blair
“Bilingualism, Family, and Gender Differences in Hispanic Status Attainment.” Paper presented at the 2004 meetings of the National Council on Family Relations in Orlando, Florida.