Works in progress

  1. “Parenting and Punishment: How Sibling Troubles and Surveilling Institutions Shape Family Processes”. Under review.

  2. “Buying, Driving, and Housing: Support for Children in the Aftermath of Family Member Incarceration” (with Alexandra Gibbons and Christopher Wildeman). Under review.

  3. “Midlife Health of Adults Exposed to Maltreatment and Foster Care During Childhood” (with Martin Eiermann, Hedwig Lee, and Christopher Wildeman). Working paper. 

  4. “The Third Hand: How Should Parents Intervene When the Transition to Adulthood Goes Awry? Evidence from a National Survey”. Working paper.

  5. “Social Inequality, Racial Disparities, and the Rise of Mass Incarceration: A Decomposition Analysis” (with Kristian Bernt Karlson). In progress.

  6. “Parental Criminal Legal System Involvement and Child Safety: Evidence from Wisconsin” (with Sarah Font and Christopher Wildeman). In progress.

  7. “Crime or Contact? Disentangling the Consequences of Parental Criminal Activity from Criminal Justice Involvement for Children’s Attendance at School” (with Lars Andersen, Anne Sofie Tegner Anker, Noa Hendel, and Christopher Wildeman). In progress.

  8. “Families, Crime, and Punishment: Do Children Follow in their Sibling's Footsteps?” (with Robert Apel, Sara Wakefield, and Christopher Wildeman). In progress.

  9. “The Effects of Court-Ordered Treatment on Parent and Child Wellbeing” (with Sarah Font). In progress.

Publications

  1. The Direct Financial Costs of Having a Family Member Incarcerated (with Sarah Jobe, Sarah Sernaker, and Christopher Wildeman). Science Advances, forthcoming.

  2. Fallout from Coming in Contact with the Criminal Justice System (with Alexandra Gibbons, Hedwig Lee, and Christopher Wildeman). RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, forthcoming.

  3. The Great Leveler? Juvenile Arrest, College Attainment, and the Future of American Inequality (with David Kirk and Robert Sampson). Sociology of Education, 2025.

  4. Discordant Patterns and Adulthood Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care Placement (with Martin Eiermann and Christopher Wildeman). Social Forces, 2025. 

  5. Birds of a Feather Born Together? On Siblings, Crime, and Criminal Legal System Contact (with Sara Wakefield). Annual Review of Criminology, 2024.

  6. The Consequences of Sibling Criminal Legal System Contact for Child Wellbeing and Family Life (with Sara Wakefield and Christopher Wildeman). Journal of Marriage and Family, 2024.

  7. Adult Children of the Prison Boom: Family Troubles and the Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Justice Contact (with Robert Sampson and Christopher Wildeman). Demography, 2024.

  8. Shattered Dreams: Paternal Incarceration, Youth Expectations, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage. Sociological Science, 2023.

  9. The Role of Public and Private Food Assistance in Decreasing Low-income Families’ Food Insecurity and Supporting Meal Routines (with Rebecca M. Ryan, Anna Gassman-Pines, Samantha Steimle, Caitlin Hines, and Anna D. Johnson). Children and Youth Services Review, 2023.

  10. School practices to promote social distancing in K-12 schools: review of influenza pandemic policies and practices (with Lori Uscher-Pines, Heather L. Schwartz, Faruque Ahmed, Yenlik Zheteyeva, Erika Meza, and Amra Uzicanin). BMC Public Health, 2018.