Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research and Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Biography
Dr. Mitchell’s research utilizes a range of biological data types such as epigenetics, neuroimaging, and genetics to better understand how social conditions shape population health. In particular his work uses these biomarkers to elucidate pathways by which social inequalities cause health inequalities. This research uses longitudinal population-based studies where biological data are collected at multiple timepoints. His research also includes the development of new methods for integrating the collection and analysis of biological and social data.
Projects
Funded Research
- Biological Aging Across the Life Course: Harmonizing Cohort Biospecimen Archives
- Biological and social mediators of child wellbeing among ethnic groups in Fragile Families
- Computational examination of RDoC threat and reward constructs in a representative, predominantly low-income, longitudinal sample at increased risk for internalizing disorders
- Effects of poverty on affective development: A multi-level, longitudinal study
- Epigenetic mechanisms underlying the direct and moderating effects of social connectedness on complex diseases in aging
- Epigenetic Mediation of Adverse Social Context on Stress Response, Socioemotional Development, and Health in a Population-based Study of Minority and Low SES Children and Adolescents
- Fragile Families: The Third Generation
- Genomics for Social Scientists: 2022-2027
- Improving the Science of Learning by Documenting the Biomarker Hype Curve
- Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
- Monitoring the Future: Drug Use and Lifestyles of American Youth
- Network on Biomarker Collection and Measurement in Population Studies of Aging: 2022-2027
- Racial inequalities in health throughout adulthood: The cumulative impact of neighborhood chemical and non-chemical stressors on epigenomic pathways
- Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
- The longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related multi-level mitigation and contextual factors on health and socioeconomic outcomes of individuals and families from a vulnerable population
- The methylomic consequences of neighborhood disadvantage for youth risk-taking behaviors
- Transitions from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods
Publications
- Arianna M. Gard, Luke Williamson Hyde, Steven G Heeringa, Brady Thomas West, Colter Mitchell. 2023. Why weight? Analytic approaches for large-scale population neuroscience data. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 59:101196.
- Megan E Patrick, Peter N Sparks, Dana Mowls Carroll, Colter Mitchell. 2023. Feasibility of mailed biomarker data collection among U.S. young adults: Saliva-based cotinine and self-reported nicotine use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 244:109791.
- Felicia A. Hardi, Leigh G. Goetschius, Vonnie McLoyd, Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Adriene M. Beltz, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2022. Adolescent functional network connectivity prospectively predicts adult anxiety symptoms related to perceived COVID-19 economic adversity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Laura Murray, Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, Colter Mitchell, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke Williamson Hyde. 2022. Antisocial behavior is associated with reduced frontoparietal activity to loss in a population-based sample of adolescents. Psychological Medicine
- Gard, Arianna M, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, McLanahan, Sara S, Colter Mitchell, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke Williamson Hyde. 2022. Deadly gun violence, neighborhood collective efficacy, and adolescent neurobehavioral outcomes. PNAS Nexus 1(3):pgac061.
- Weiqiang Qian, Chao Zhang, Hannah A. Piersiak, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Colter Mitchell. 2022. Biomarker adoption in developmental science: A data-driven modelling of trends from 90 biomarkers across 20 years. Infant and Child Development
- Andrea G. Roberts, Melissa K. Peckins, Arianna M. Gard, Tyler C. Hein, Felicia A. Hardi, Colter Mitchell, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke Williamson Hyde, Nestor Lopez-Duran. 2022. Amygdala reactivity during socioemotional processing and cortisol reactivity to a psychosocial stressor. Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Julianna R. Calabrese, Leigh G. Goetschius, Laura Murray, Megan R. Kaplan, Nestor Lopez-Duran, Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2022. Mapping Frontostriatal White Matter Tracts and their Association with Reward-Related Ventral Striatum Activation in Adolescence. Brain Research :147803.
- Hardi, Felicia A., Goetschius, Leigh G., Peckins, Melissa K., Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, McLanahan, Sara S., McLoyd, Vonnie, Lopez-Duran, Nestor L., Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2022. Differential Developmental Associations of Material Hardship Exposure and Adolescent Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex White Matter Connectivity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 34(10):1866-1891.
- Juan Del Toro, Adam Fine, Ming-Te Wang, Alvin Thomas, Lisa M. Schneper, Colter Mitchell, Ronald B. Mincy, Sara McLanahan, Daniel A. Notterman. 2022. The Longitudinal Associations Between Paternal Incarceration and Family Well-Being: Implications for Ethnic-Racial Disparities in Health. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 61(3):423-433.
- Lauren Y. M. Middleton, John Dou, Jonah Fisher, Jonathan A. Heiss, Vy K. Nguyen, Allan C. Just, Jessica Danielle Faul, Erin Bakshis Ware, Colter Mitchell, Justin A. Colacino, Kelly M. Bakulski. 2022. Saliva cell type DNA methylation reference panel for epidemiological studies in children. Epigenetics 17(2):161-177.
- Arianna M. Gard, Tyler C. Hein, Colter Mitchell, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sarah S. McLanahan, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke W. Hyde. 2021. Prospective longitudinal associations between harsh parenting and corticolimbic function during adolescence. Development and Psychopathology
- Leigh G. Goetschius, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Tyler C. Hein, Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2021. School connectedness as a protective factor against childhood exposure to violence and social deprivation: A longitudinal study of adaptive and maladaptive outcomes. Development and Psychopathology
- Geronimus,Arline T, Bound,John, Colter Mitchell, Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, Linnea Evans, Landon Hughes, Lisa Schneper, Daniel A. Notterman. 2021. Coming up short: Comparing venous blood, dried blood spots & saliva samples for measuring telomere length in health equity research. PLOS ONE 16(8):e0255237.
- Demange, Perline A., ..., Colter Mitchell, et al.. 2021. Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction. Nature Genetics 53:35-44.
- Arianna M. Gard, Andrea M. Maxwell, Daniel S. Shaw, Colter Mitchell, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sara S. McLanahan, Erika E. Forbes, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke Williamson Hyde. 2021. Beyond family-level adversities: Exploring the developmental timing of neighborhood disadvantage effects on the brain. Developmental Science 24(1):e12985.
- Silvia Herrero-Roldán, María José Rodrigo, Juan A. Hernández-Cabrera, Colter Mitchell, Maykel López, Julia Alcoba-Florez, Jonah Fisher, Fernanda Espinosa, Inmaculada León. 2021. Reduction in Epigenetic Age Acceleration Is Related to Empathy in Mothers with Neglectful Caregiving. Brain Sciences 11(11):1376.
- Bakulski, Kelly M., Fisher, Jonah D., Dou, John F., Gard, Arianna, Schneper, Lisa, Notterman, Daniel A., Erin Bakshis Ware, Colter Mitchell. 2021. Prenatal Particulate Matter Exposure Is Associated with Saliva DNA Methylation at Age 15: Applying Cumulative DNA Methylation Scores as an Exposure Biomarker. Toxics 9(10):262.
- Lauren Gaydosh, Colter Mitchell, Daniel Notterman, Lisa Schneper, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Brandon Wagner, Kalsea Koss, Sara McLanahan. 2021. Demographic and developmental patterns in telomere length across adolescence. Biodemography and Social Biology 66(3-4):208-219.
- Joyce, Brian T, ..., Colter Mitchell, et al.. 2021. Impact of paternal education on epigenetic ageing in adolescence and mid-adulthood: a multi-cohort study in the USA and Mexico. International Journal of Epidemiology
- Jessica Danielle Faul, Kho, Minjung, Zhao, Wei, Rumfelt, Kalee E, Yu, Miao, Colter Mitchell, Jennifer Ann Smith. 2021. Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis of Interactions between Genetics and Early Life Socioeconomic Context on Memory Performance and Decline in Older Americans. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
- Toni M. Walker, Paul J. Frick, Tatiana M. Matlasz, Emily L. Robertson, Amy J. Mikolajewski, Colter Mitchell, Nestor Lopez-Duran, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke Williamson Hyde. 2021. Psychometric Properties of a Semistructured Interview to Assess Limited Prosocial Emotions. Assessment (28):1755-1764.
- Gard, Arianna Morgan, Erin Bakshis Ware, Luke Williamson Hyde, Lauren Lucia Schmitz, Jessica Danielle Faul, Colter Mitchell. 2021. Phenotypic and genetic markers of psychopathology in a population-based sample of older adults. Translational Psychiatry 11:239.
- Kelly M. Bakulski, Vadari,Harita Shree, Jessica Danielle Faul, Steven G Heeringa, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Kenneth M Langa, Jennifer Ann Smith, Jennifer J. Manly, Colter Mitchell, Kelly S. Benke, Erin Bakshis Ware. 2021. Cumulative Genetic Risk and APOE ε4 Are Independently Associated With Dementia Status in a Multiethnic, Population-Based Cohort. Neurology Genetics 7(2):e576.
- Keera Allendorf, Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Linda C Young-Demarco, Colter Mitchell. 2021. A Good Age to Marry? An Intergenerational Model of the Influence of Timing Attitudes on Entrance into Marriage. European Journal of Population 37:179-209.
- Jennifer Ann Smith, Minjung Kho, Wei Zhao, Miao Yu, Colter Mitchell, Jessica Danielle Faul. 2021. Genetic effects and gene-by-education interactions on episodic memory performance and decline in an aging population. Social Science & Medicine 271:112039.
- Hein, Tyler C, Goetschius, Leigh G, McLoyd, Vonnie C, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, McLanahan, Sara S, Colter Mitchell, Lopez-Duran, Nestor L, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2020. Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation are linked to adolescent threat and reward neural function. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 15(11):1252-1259.
- Hailey L. Dotterer, Rebecca Waller, Tyler C. Hein, Alicia Pardon, Colter Mitchell, Nestor Lopez-Duran, Christopher Stephen Monk, Luke Williamson Hyde. 2020. Clarifying the Link Between Amygdala Functioning During Emotion Processing and Antisocial Behaviors Versus Callous-Unemotional Traits Within a Population-Based Community Sample. Clinical Psychological Science 8(5):918-935.
- Colter Mitchell, Rentscher, Kelly E, Carroll, Judith E. 2020. Psychosocial Stressors and Telomere Length: A Current Review of the Science. Annual Review of Public Health 41(1)
- Jenalee R. Doom, Melissa K. Peckins, Tyler C. Hein, Hailey L. Dotterer, Colter Mitchell, Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sara McLanahan, Luke Williamson Hyde, James L. Abelson, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2020. Differential associations of parental harshness and parental disengagement with overall cortisol output at 15 years: Implications for adolescent mental health. Development and Psychopathology
- Leigh G. Goetschius, Tyler C. Hein, Colter Mitchell, Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sara S. McLanahan, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2020. Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation predict adolescent amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex white matter connectivity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 45:100849.
- Leigh G. Goetschius, Tyler C. Hein, Sara S. McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Hailey L. Dotterer, Nestor Lopez-Duran, Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk, Adriene M. Beltz. 2020. Association of Childhood Violence Exposure With Adolescent Neural Network Density. JAMA Network Open 3(9):e2017850-e2017850.
- Luke Williamson Hyde, Gard, Arianna Morgan, Rachel C. Tomlinson, S. Alexandra Burt, Colter Mitchell, Christopher Stephen Monk. 2020. An ecological approach to understanding the developing brain: Examples linking poverty, parenting, neighborhoods, and the brain. American Psychologist 75(9):1245-1259.
- Murray, Laura, Lopez-Duran, Nestor L, Colter Mitchell, Monk, Christopher S, Hyde, Luke W. 2020. Neural mechanisms of reward and loss processing in a low-income sample of at-risk adolescents. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 15(12):1299-1314.
- Erin Bakshis Ware, Jessica Danielle Faul, Colter Mitchell, Kelly M. Bakulski. 2020. Considering the APOE locus in Alzheimerâs disease polygenic scores in the Health and Retirement Study: a longitudinal panel study. BMC Medical Genomics 13(1):164.
- Kalsea J. Koss, Lisa M. Schneper, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Sara McLanahan, Colter Mitchell, Daniel A. Notterman. 2020. Early Puberty and Telomere Length in Preadolescent Girls and Mothers. The Journal of Pediatrics 222:193-199.e5.
- Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Gard, Arianna M, McLoyd, Vonnie C. 2020. Evaluation of a longitudinal family stress model in a population-based cohort. Social Development 29(4):1155-1175.
- Colter Mitchell, Jimenez, Manuel E, Reichman, Nancy E, Schneper, Lisa , McLanahan, Sara , Notterman, Daniel A. 2020. Shared Reading at Age 1 Year and Later Vocabulary: A Gene-Environment Study. The Journal of Pediatrics 216:189-196.e3.
- Luke Williamson Hyde, Colter Mitchell, Christopher Stephen Monk, Peckins, Melissa K, Roberts, Andrea G, Hein, Tyler C, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , McLanahan, Sara S, Lopez-Duran, Nestor L. 2019. Violence exposure and social deprivation is associated with cortisol reactivity in urban adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology 111:104426.
- Jennifer Ann Smith, Colter Mitchell, Jessica Danielle Faul, Kho, Minjung , Yu, Miao . 2019. Genetic effects and gene-by-education interactions on episodic memory performance and decline in an aging population. Social Science & Medicine
- Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk, Goetschius, Leigh G, Hein, Tyler C, Mattson, Whitney I, Lopez-Duran, Nestor , Dotterer, Hailey L, Welsh, Robert C. 2019. Amygdala-prefrontal cortex white matter tracts are widespread, variable and implicated in amygdala modulation in adolescents. NeuroImage 191:278-291.
- Christopher Stephen Monk, Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Waller, Rebecca , Gard, Arianna M, Bazzi, Benjamin , Sypher, Isaiah , Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , McLanahan, Sara . 2019. The System for Coding Interactions and Family Functioning (SCIFF) in low-income and urban adolescents. Psychological Assessment 31(8):974-984.
- Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, Linda C Young-Demarco, Allendorf, Keera . 2019. The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marital Attitudes, Expectations, and Timing. Journal of Family Issues :0192513X19856642.
- Lisa M Lewandowski-Romps, Heather Marie Schroeder, Roderick J Little, Colter Mitchell, Schulz,Paul Chapin, Steven G Heeringa, Berglund, Patricia A., Colpe, Lisa J, Cox, Kenneth , Hauret, Keith , Hay, Jeffrey D, Jones, Bruce , Schoenbaum, Michael , Stein, Murray B, Ursano, Robert J. 2018. Medical-encounter mental health diagnoses, non-fatal injury and polypharmacy indicators of risk for accident death in the US Army enlisted soldiers, 2004ñ2009. Preventive Medicine 111:299-306.
- Brown, Lauren L, Colter Mitchell, Zhang, Yuan S, Ailshire, Jennifer . 2018. Does Telomere Length Indicate Biological, Physical, and Cognitive Health Among Older Adults? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 73(12):1626-1632.
- Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk, Hein, Tyler C, Mattson, Whitney I, Dotterer, Hailey L, Lopez-Duran, Nestor , Thomason, Moriah E, Peltier, Scott J, Welsh, Robert C. 2018. Amygdala habituation and uncinate fasciculus connectivity in adolescence: A multi-modal approach. NeuroImage 183:617-626.
- Lisa M Lewandowski-Romps, Heather Marie Schroeder, Berglund,Patricia, Lisa J. Colpe, Kenneth Cox, Keith Hauret, Jeffrey D. Hay, Bruce Jones, Roderick J Little, Colter Mitchell, Michael Schoenbaum, Schulz,Paul Chapin, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, Steven G Heeringa. 2018. Medical-encounter mental health diagnoses, non-fatal injury and polypharmacy indicators of risk for accident death in the US Army enlisted soldiers, 2004-2009. Preventive medicine 111:299-306.
- Colter Mitchell, Kuckertz, Jennie M, Wiggins, Jillian Lee. 2018. Parenting mediates the impact of maternal depression on child internalizing symptoms. Depression and anxiety 35:89-97.
- Colter Mitchell, Goosby, Bridget J, Cheadle, Jacob E. 2018. Stress-Related Biosocial Mechanisms of Discrimination and African American Health Inequities. Annual Review of Sociology 43:319-340.
- Colter Mitchell, Massey, Douglas S, Wagner, Brandon , Donnelly, Louis , McLanahan, Sara , Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , Garfinkel, Irwin , Notterman, Daniel A. 2018. Neighborhood Disadvantage and Telomere Length: Results from the Fragile Families Study. RSF 4(4):28-42.
- Erin Bakshis Ware, Colter Mitchell, Steven G Heeringa, Kessler,Ronald C, Stein, Murray B, Chen, Chia-Yen , Borja, Susan , Cai, Tianxi , Dempsey, Catherine L, Fullerton, Carol S, Gelernter, Joel , Jain, Sonia , Naifeh, James A, Nock, Matthew K, Ripke, Stephan , Sun, Xiaoying , Beckham, Jean C, Kimbrel, Nathan A, Ursano, Robert J, Smoller, Jordan W. 2017. Genomewide association studies of suicide attempts in US soldiers. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 174(8):786-797.
- Colter Mitchell, James, Sarah , McLanahan, Sara , Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , Schneper, Lisa , Wagner, Brandon , Notterman, Daniel A. 2017. Sleep Duration and Telomere Length in Children. The Journal of pediatrics 187:247-252.e2.
- Arland Thornton, Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, Linda C Young-Demarco, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire. 2017. Early Women, Late Men: Timing Attitudes and Gender Differences in Marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family 79(5):1478-1496. PMCID: PMC5679473.
- Colter Mitchell, Ratanatharathorn, Andrew , Boks, Marco P, Maihofer, Adam X, Aiello, Allison E, Amstadter, Ananda B, Ashley-Koch, Allison , Baker, Dewleen G, Beckham, Jean C, Bromet, Evelyn , Dennis, Michelle , Garrett, Melanie E, Geuze, Elbert , Guffanti, Guia , Hauser, Michael A, Kilaru, Varun , Kimbrel, Nathan A, Koenen, Karestan C, Kuan, Pei-Fen , Logue, Mark W, Luft, Benjamin J, Miller, Mark W, Nugent, Nicole R, Ressler, Kerry J, Rutten, Bart P. F., Stein, Murray B, Vermetten, Eric , Vinkers, Christiaan H, Youssef, Nagy A, VA Mid-Atlantic, MIRECC Workgroup, PGC PTSD, Epigenetics Workgroup, Uddin, Monica , Nievergelt, Caroline M, Smith, Alicia K. 2017. Epigenome-wide association of PTSD from heterogeneous cohorts with a common multi-site analysis pipeline. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 174(6):619–630.
- Arland Thornton, Georgina Binstock, Linda C Young-Demarco, Colter Mitchell, Kathryn M. Yount, Yu Xie. 2017. Evaluating the measurement reliabilities and dimensionality of developmental idealism measures. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):609-635.
- Colter Mitchell, McLanahan, Sara , Schneper, Lisa , Garfinkel, Irv , Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , Notterman, Daniel . 2017. Father Loss and Child Telomere Length. Pediatrics 140(2):e20163245.
- Margaret Takako Hicken, Colter Mitchell, Needham, Belinda L., Govia, Ishtar O, Abdou, Cleopatra M. 2017. Maternal Social Disadvantage and Newborn Telomere Length in Archived Dried Blood Spots from the Michigan Neonatal Biobank. Biodemography and social biology 63(3):221-235.
- Colter Mitchell, Schneper, Lisa M, Notterman, Daniel A. 2016. DNA Methylation, Early Life Environment, and Health Outcomes. Pediatric Research 72(1-2):212-219. PMCID: PMC4798238.
- Christopher Joseph Trentacosta, Pamela Davis-Kean, Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Dolinoy, Dana . 2016. Environmental Contaminants and Child Development. Child Development Perspectives 10(4):228-233.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Colter Mitchell, Xie, Yu, Binstock, Georgina , Yount, Kathryn M. 2016. Evaluating the measurement reliabilities and dimensionality of developmental idealism measures. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):609-635.
- Steven G Heeringa, Colter Mitchell, Stein, Murray B, Chen, Chia-Yen , Ursano, Robert J, Cai, Tianxi , Gelernter, Joel , Jain, Sonia , Jensen, Kevin P, Maihofer, Adam X. 2016. GEnome-wide association studies of posttraumatic stress disorder in 2 cohorts of us army soldiers. JAMA Psychiatry 73(7):695-704.
- Jessica Danielle Faul, Colter Mitchell. 2016. Estimating Telomere Length Heritability in an Unrelated Sample of Adults: Is Heritability of Telomere Length Modified by Life Course Socioeconomic Status?. Biodemography and Social Biology 62(1):73-86.
- Colter Mitchell, Luke Williamson Hyde, Christopher Stephen Monk, Wiggins, Jillian Lee. 2015. Identifying early pathways of risk and resilience: The codevelopment of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and the role of harsh parenting. Development and psychopathology 27(4):1295-1312.
- Colter Mitchell, Notterman, Daniel A. 2015. Epigenetics and Understanding the Impact of Social Determinants of Health. Pediatric Prevention 62(5):1227-1240.
- Colter Mitchell, Brooks-Gunn, J , Garfinkel, I , McLanahar, S , Notterman, D , Hobcraft, J . 2015. Family structure instability, genetic sensitivity, and child well-being. AJS; American Journal of Sociology 120(4):1195-1225.
- Colter Mitchell, Wiggins, J L, Stringaris, A , Leibenluft, E . 2014. Developmental trajectories of irritability and bidirectional associations with maternal depression. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 53(11):1191-1205.
- Colter Mitchell. 2014. Born Together-Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 43(2):262-264.
- Colter Mitchell, Hobcraft, J , McLanahan, S S, Siegel, S R, Berg, A , Brooks-Gunn, J , Garfinkel, I , Notterman, D . 2014. Social disadvantage, genetic sensitivity, and children's telomere length. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(16):5944-5949.
- Lisa M Lewandowski-Romps, Kessler,Ronald C, Colter Mitchell, Steven G Heeringa, Berglund, Patricia A., Peterson, C , Collins, S , Cox, K , Hauret, K , Jones, B , Park, N , Schoenbaum, M , Stein, M B, Ursano, R J. 2014. Risk factors for accident death in the U.S. Army, 2004-2009. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 47(6):745-753.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell. 2013. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies 66(3):329-345. PMCID: PMC3505987.
- Colter Mitchell, McLanahan, S , Brooks-Gunn, J , Garfinkel, I , Hobcraft, J , Notterman, D . 2013. Genetic differential sensitivity to social environments: implications for research.. American Journal of Public Health 103(Suppl 1):S102-10.
- Falk,Emily, Luke Williamson Hyde, Colter Mitchell, Jessica Danielle Faul, Gonzalez,Richard D, Daniel P Keating, Kenneth M Langa, Frederick J Morrison, Megan E Patrick, Fabian T Pfeffer, Patricia A Reuter-Lorenz, Pamela Davis-Kean, Christopher Stephen Monk, John E Schulenberg, Heitzeg, M M, Martz, M E, Maslowsky, J , Noll, D C, Thomason, M E. 2013. What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(44):17615-17622.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell. 2012. The Measurement and Prevalence of Knowledge of Schema about Family and Development. Population Studies :329-345. PMCID: PMC3505987.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell. 2012. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies 66(3):329-345.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Gjonca, Arjan , Melegh, Attila , Colter Mitchell, Moaddell, Mansoor , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yount, Kathryn M. 2012. Knowledge and beliefs about national development and developmental hierarchies: The viewpoints of ordinary people in thirteen countries. Social science research 41(5):1053-1068. PMCID: PMC3462366.
- Colter Mitchell, Heaton, Tim B. 2012. Changing intergroup boundaries in Brazilian marriages: 1991-2008. Journal of Comparative Family Studies 43(4):461-482. PMCID: PMC3768282.
- Colter Mitchell, Notterman, D , Brooks-Gunn, J , Hobcraft, J , Garfinkel, I , Jaeger, K , Kotenko, I , McLanahan, S . 2011. Role of mother's genes and environment in postpartum depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(20):8189-8193.
- Colter Mitchell. 2011. Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes by A. Booth, S. M. McHale, and N. S. Landale. Biodemography and Social Biology 57(2):258-260.
- Arland Thornton, ..., Barber, Jennifer S, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Julie Ann Josefosky de Jong, Colter Mitchell, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Linda C Young-Demarco, et al.. 2010. Process and Method for Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Developmental Idealism, Developmental Thinking, and Family Life. Pp. 59-74 in Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts, edited by M. Braun, B. Edwards, J. Harkness, T. Johnson, L. Lyberg, P. Mohler, B. E. Pennell, and T. W. Smith. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons
- Arland Thornton, ..., Barber, Jennifer S, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell, Norbert Schwarz, Linda C Young-Demarco, et al.. 2010. Creating questions and protocols for an international study of development and family life. Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts
- Arland Thornton, Barber, Jennifer S, Barber, Jennifer S, Julie Ann Josefosky de Jong, Colter Mitchell, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Norbert Schwarz, Linda C Young-Demarco, Jiang, Yang , Julie Ann Josefosky de Jong, King, Katherine E, Lesthaeghe, Ron J., Mehanna, Sohair , Colter Mitchell, Moaddel, Mansoor, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Norbert Schwarz, Wang, Guangzhou , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yount, Kathryn . 2010. Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life. Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Conexts
- Colter Mitchell. 2010. Are Divorce Studies Trustworthy? The Effects of Survey Nonresponse and Response Errors. Journal of Marriage and the Family 72(4):893-905.
- Colter Mitchell, Fu, X , Heaton, Tim B, Jacobson, C K. 2010. Urbanization, education and racial intermarriage in Brazil. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 47(2):273-294.
- William G Axinn, Colter Mitchell, Conley (Emens), Amie . 2008. Ideational influences on family change in the United States. International Family Change: ideational perspectives
- William G Axinn, Colter Mitchell, Emens, Amie . 2007. Ideational influences on family change in the United States. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
- Colter Mitchell, Bahr, H M, Liu, Xian , Walker, A , Sucher, K . 2004. Trends in family space/time, conflict, and solidarity: Middletown 1924-1999. City and Community 3(3):263-291.
- Colter Mitchell, Bahr, Howard M, Li, Xiaomin , Walker, Alison , Sucher, Kristen . 2004. Trends in Family Space/Time, Conflict, and Solidarity: Middletown 1924-1999. City & Community 3(3):263-291.