Kathryn Harker Tillman

Contact Information:

Office:	Bellamy 612
Phone:	644-1669
Fax:	644-8818
Email:	ktillman@fsu.edu
Website:	Center for Demography and Population Health profile

Areas of Specialization:

Research:

Adolescent Wellbeing
Family Structure and Dynamics
Immigrant Adaptation
Social Demography

Teaching:

Family
Race and Ethnicity
Social Demography

Education and Recent Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2003-Present.
Research Associate, Center for Demography & Population Health, Florida State University, 2003-Present.
Ph.D. 2003. Sociology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Selected Papers and Publications:

Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Ursula Keller. “Nativity Status and Depressive Symptoms among Hispanic Young Adults: The Role of Stress Exposure.” Forthcoming, Social Science Quarterly. Accepted March 2008.
Tillman, Kathryn Harker. “Co-Resident Sibling Composition and the Academic Ability, Expectations, and Performance of Youth.” Forthcoming, Sociological Perspectives. Accepted January 2008. Expected to appear in print Fall or Winter 2008, vol. 51(3) or vol. 51(4).
Keller, Ursula and Kathryn Harker Tillman. “Post-Secondary Educational Attainment of Immigrant and Native Youth.” Forthcoming, Social Forces. Accepted October 2007. Expected to appear in print December 2008.
Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Charles B. Nam. “Family Structure Outcomes of Alternative Family Definitions.” Forthcoming, Population Research and Policy Review. Accepted January 2007. Expected to appear in print June 2008, vol. 27(3). Available online: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m0l3283l62114j5u/fulltext.pdf (under “Online First”)
Tillman, Kathryn Harker. 2008. “Non-Traditional Siblings and the Academic Outcomes of Adolescents.” Social Science Research 37(1): 88-108.
Brewster, Karin L. and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2008. “Who's Doing It? Patterns and Predictors of Youths' Oral Sexual Experiences.” Journal of Adolescent Health 42(1): 73-80.
Tillman, Kathryn Harker. 2007. “Family Structure Pathways and Academic Disadvantage among Adolescents in Stepfamilies.” Sociological Inquiry 77(3): 383–424.
Tillman, Kathryn Harker, Guang Guo, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2006. “Grade Retention among Immigrant Children.” Social Science Research. 35(1): 129-156.

Manuscripts in Progress:

Guo, Guang and Kathryn Harker Tillman. “Trajectories of Depression, Dopamine D2 and D4 Receptors, Family SES and Social Support in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.”
Randolph, Karen, David Russell, Kathryn Harker Tillman, and Frank Fincham. “Protective Influences on the Negative Consequences of Drinking among Youth.”
Keller, Ursula and Kathryn Harker Tillman. “Nativity Status and Risky Sexual Behaviors among Hispanic Young Adults.”
Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Ursula Keller. “Academic Outcomes of Immigrant Youth in “Non-Traditional” Two-Parent Families.”

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