Mitchell, Colter | Survey Research Center

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

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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

Center for Inequality Dynamics

Center for Inequality Dynamics

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

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

Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA)

Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA)

Funded Research

Publications

Juan Del Toro, Adam Fine, Ming-Te Wang, Alvin Thomas, Lisa M. Schneper, Mitchell, Colter, Ronald B. Mincy, Sara McLanahan, Daniel A. Notterman. 2021. 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
Lauren Y. M. Middleton, John Dou, Jonah Fisher, Jonathan A. Heiss, Vy K. Nguyen, Allan C. Just, Faul, Jessica Danielle, Ware, Erin Bakshis, Mitchell, Colter, Justin A. Colacino, Kelly M. Bakulski. 2021. Saliva cell type DNA methylation reference panel for epidemiological studies in children. Epigenetics
Gard, Arianna Morgan, Ware, Erin Bakshis, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Schmitz, Lauren Lucia, Faul, Jessica Danielle, Mitchell, Colter. 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, Faul, Jessica Danielle, Heeringa, Steven G, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Langa, Kenneth M, Smith, Jennifer Ann, Jennifer J. Manly, Mitchell, Colter, Kelly S. Benke, Ware, Erin Bakshis. 2021. Cumulative Genetic Risk and APOE ε4 Are Independently Associated With Dementia Status in a Multiethnic, Population-Based Cohort. Neurology Genetics 7(2):e576.
Smith, Jennifer Ann, Minjung Kho, Wei Zhao, Miao Yu, Mitchell, Colter, Faul, Jessica Danielle. 2021. Genetic effects and gene-by-education interactions on episodic memory performance and decline in an aging population. Social Science & Medicine 271:112039.
Keera Allendorf, Thornton, Arland D, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Mitchell, Colter. 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.
Hyde, Luke Williamson, Gard, Arianna Morgan, Rachel C. Tomlinson, S. Alexandra Burt, Mitchell, Colter, Monk, Christopher Stephen. 2020. An ecological approach to understanding the developing brain: Examples linking poverty, parenting, neighborhoods, and the brain. American Psychologist 75(9):1245-1259.
Toni M. Walker, Paul J. Frick, Tatiana M. Matlasz, Emily L. Robertson, Amy J. Mikolajewski, Mitchell, Colter, Nestor Lopez-Duran, Monk, Christopher Stephen, Luke W. Hyde. 2020. Psychometric Properties of a Semistructured Interview to Assess Limited Prosocial Emotions. Assessment
Ware, Erin Bakshis, Faul, Jessica Danielle, Mitchell, Colter, Kelly M. Bakulski. 2020. Considering the APOE locus in Alzheimer’s disease polygenic scores in the Health and Retirement Study: a longitudinal panel study. BMC Medical Genomics 13(1):164.
Mitchell, Colter, 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)
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Gard, Arianna M, McLoyd, Vonnie C. 2019. Evaluation of a longitudinal family stress model in a population-based cohort. Social Development
Hyde, Luke Williamson, Mitchell, Colter, Monk, Christopher Stephen, 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.
Thornton, Arland D, Mitchell, Colter, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Allendorf, Keera . 2019. The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marital Attitudes, Expectations, and Timing. Journal of Family Issues :0192513X19856642.
Monk, Christopher Stephen, Mitchell, Colter, Hyde, Luke Williamson, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Monk, Christopher Stephen, 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.
Smith, Jennifer Ann, Mitchell, Colter, Faul, Jessica Danielle, 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
Lewandowski-Romps, Lisa M, Schroeder, Heather Marie, Little, Roderick J, Mitchell, Colter, Schulz, Paul Chapin, Heeringa, Steven G, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Monk, Christopher Stephen, 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.
Lewandowski-Romps, Lisa M, Schroeder, Heather Marie, Berglund,Patricia, Lisa J. Colpe, Kenneth Cox, Keith Hauret, Jeffrey D. Hay, Bruce Jones, Little, Roderick J, Mitchell, Colter, Michael Schoenbaum, Schulz, Paul Chapin, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, Heeringa, Steven G. 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.
Brown, Lauren L, Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, Kuckertz, Jennie M, Wiggins, Jillian Lee. 2018. Parenting mediates the impact of maternal depression on child internalizing symptoms. Depression and anxiety 35:89-97.
Hicken, Margaret Takako, Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Thornton, Arland D, Georgina Binstock, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Mitchell, Colter, Kathryn M. Yount, Yu Xie. 2017. Evaluating the measurement reliabilities and dimensionality of developmental idealism measures. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):609-635.
Thornton, Arland D, Thornton, Arland D, Mitchell, Colter, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi. 2017. Early Women, Late Men: Timing Attitudes and Gender Differences in Marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family 79(5):1478-1496. PMCID: PMC5679473.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Ware, Erin Bakshis, Mitchell, Colter, Heeringa, Steven G, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, McLanahan, Sara , Schneper, Lisa , Garfinkel, Irv , Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , Notterman, Daniel . 2017. Father Loss and Child Telomere Length. Pediatrics 140(2):e20163245.
Mitchell, Colter, Schneper, Lisa M, Notterman, Daniel A. 2016. DNA Methylation, Early Life Environment, and Health Outcomes. Pediatric Research 72(1-2):212-219. PMCID: PMC4798238.
Trentacosta, Christopher Joseph, Davis-Kean, Pamela, Mitchell, Colter, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Dolinoy, Dana . 2016. Environmental Contaminants and Child Development. Child Development Perspectives 10(4):228-233.
Thornton, Arland D, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Heeringa, Steven G, Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Faul, Jessica Danielle, Mitchell, Colter. 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.
Mitchell, Colter, Notterman, Daniel A. 2015. Epigenetics and Understanding the Impact of Social Determinants of Health. Pediatric Prevention 62(5):1227-1240.
Mitchell, Colter, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Monk, Christopher Stephen, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter. 2014. Born Together-Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 43(2):262-264.
Lewandowski-Romps, Lisa M, Kessler, Ronald C, Mitchell, Colter, Heeringa, Steven G, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Thornton, Arland D, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Mitchell, Colter. 2013. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies 66(3):329-345. PMCID: PMC3505987.
Falk, Emily, Hyde, Luke Williamson, Mitchell, Colter, Faul, Jessica Danielle, Gonzalez, Richard D, Keating, Daniel P, Langa, Kenneth M, Morrison, Frederick J, Patrick, Megan E, Fabian T. Pfeffer, Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia A, Davis-Kean, Pamela, Monk, Christopher Stephen, Schulenberg, John E, 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.
Thornton, Arland D, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Mitchell, Colter. 2012. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies 66(3):329-345.
Thornton, Arland D, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Mitchell, Colter, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Gjonca, Arjan , Melegh, Attila , Mitchell, Colter, Moaddell, Mansoor , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Young-Demarco, Linda C, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, Heaton, Tim B. 2012. Changing intergroup boundaries in Brazilian marriages: 1991-2008. Journal of Comparative Family Studies 43(4):461-482. PMCID: PMC3768282.
Thornton, Arland D, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Mitchell, Colter. 2012. The Measurement and Prevalence of Knowledge of Schema about Family and Development. Population Studies :329-345. PMCID: PMC3505987.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter. 2011. Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes by A. Booth, S. M. McHale, and N. S. Landale. Biodemography and Social Biology 57(2):258-260.
Thornton, Arland D, Alexandra Achen, Barber, Jennifer S, Georgina Binstock, Wade M. Garrison, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Ronald Inglehart, Rukmalie Jayakody, Yang Jiang, de Jong, Julie Ann Josefosky, Katherine King, Ron J. Lesthaeghe, Sohair Mehenna, Mitchell, Colter, Mansoor Moaddel, Ofstedal, Mary Beth, Nobert Schwarz, Guangzhou Wang, Y. Xie, Li-Shou Yang, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Katharine Yount. 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
Thornton, Arland D, S. Aachen, Barber, Jennifer S, Georgina Binstock, W. Garrison, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, W. Guangzhou, R. Inglehart, Rukmalie Jayakody, Y. Jiang, Julie De Jong, K. King, Ron Lesthaeghe, W. Mehenna, Mitchell, Colter, Mansoor Moaddell, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Schwarz, Norbert, Yu Xie, Li-Shou Yang, Young-Demarco, Linda C, K. Yount. 2010. Creating questions and protocols for an international study of development and family life. Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Thornton, Arland D, Barber, Jennifer S, Barber, Jennifer S, de Jong, Julie Ann Josefosky, Mitchell, Colter, Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi, Schwarz, Norbert, Young-Demarco, Linda C, Jiang, Yang , de Jong, Julie Ann Josefosky, King, Katherine E, Lesthaeghe, Ron J., Mehanna, Sohair , Mitchell, Colter, Moaddel, Mansoor, Ofstedal, Mary Beth, Schwarz, Norbert, Wang, Guangzhou , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Young-Demarco, Linda C, 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
Mitchell, Colter. 2010. Are Divorce Studies Trustworthy? The Effects of Survey Nonresponse and Response Errors. Journal of Marriage and the Family 72(4):893-905.
Axinn, William G, Mitchell, Colter, Conley (Emens), Amie . 2008. Ideational influences on family change in the United States. International Family Change: ideational perspectives
Axinn, William G, Mitchell, Colter, Emens, Amie . 2007. Ideational influences on family change in the United States. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
Mitchell, Colter, 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.
Mitchell, Colter, 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.