Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Chair, Dept of Sociology, College of LSA, Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Ctr
Biography
Dr. Morenoff’s research interests focus on neighborhood environments, crime and criminal justice, the social determinants of health, and racial/ethnic/immigrant inequality. He is currently conducting research on prisoner reentry, the social context and spatial dynamics of health and crime, and neighborhood social processes.
Projects
Publications
- Harding, David J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Nguyen, Anh P.; Bushway, Shawn D. (2018). Imprisonment and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. American Journal of Sociology, 124(1), 49-110.
- Harding, David J.; Nguyen, Anh P.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Bushway, Shawn D. (2018). Effects of Incarceration on Labor Market Outcomes Among Young Adults. 160-184. In Chancer, Lynn S.; Sánchez-Jankowski, Martin; Trost, Christine (Ed.), Youth, Jobs, and the Future: Problems and Prospects.
- Ertefaie, Ashkan; Nguyen, Anh; Harding, David J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Yang, Wei (2018). Instrumental variable analysis with censored data in the presence of many weak instruments: Application to the effect of being sentenced to prison on time to employment. The Annals of Applied Statistics, 12(4), 2647-2673.
- Harding, David J.; Dobson, Cheyney C.; Wyse, Jessica J. B.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2017). Narrative change, narrative stability, and structural constraint: The case of prisoner reentry narratives. American Journal of Cultural Sociology, 5(1), 261-304.
- Harding, David J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Nguyen, Anh P.; Bushway, Shawn D. (2017). Short- and long-term effects of imprisonment on future felony convictions and prison admissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(42), 11103-11108.
- Harding, David J.; Siegel, Jonah A.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2017). Custodial Parole Sanctions and Earnings after Release from Prison. Social Forces, 96(2), 909-934.
- Binswanger, I. A.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Chilcote, C. A.; Harding, David J. (2017). Ascertainment of vital status among people with criminal justice involvement using department of corrections records, the us national death index, and social security master death files. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185(10), 982-985.
- Herbert, Claire W.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Harding, David J. (2016). Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Among Former Prisoners. RSF, 1(2), 44-79.
- Harding, David J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Dobson, Cheyney C.; Lane, Erin R.; Opatovsky, Kendra; Williams, Ed-Dee G.; Wyse, Jessica (2016). Families, Prisoner Reentry, and Reintegration. 105-160. In M. Burton, Linda; Burton, Dorian; M. McHale, Susan; King, Valarie; Van Hook, Jennifer (Ed.), Boys and Men in African American Families. Springer International Publishing:Cham, Switzerland.
- Lee, Keunbok; Harding, David J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2016). Trajectories of neighborhood attainment after prison. Social science research.
- Winkelman, Tyler N. A.; Kieffer, Edith C.; Goold, Susan D.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Cross, Kristen; Ayanian, John Z. (2016). Health Insurance Trends and Access to Behavioral Healthcare Among Justice-Involved Individuals–United States, 2008-2014. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 31(12), 1523-1529.
- Herbert, Claire W.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and Harding, David J. (2015). Homelessness and Housing Insecurity among Former Prisoners. Rsf, 1(2), 44-79.
- Knittel, Andrea K.; Snow, Rachel C.; Riolo, Rick L.; Griffith, Derek M. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2015). Modeling the Community-Level Effects of Male Incarceration on the Sexual Partnerships of Men and Women. Social Science & Medicine, 147, 270-279.
- Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and Harding, D. J. (2014). Incarceration, Prisoner Reentry, and Communities. Annual Review of Sociology, 40, 411-429.
- McMillon, D.; Simon, C. P. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2014). Modeling the Underlying Dynamics of the Spread of Crime. PloS One, 9(4), e88923.
- Wyse, J. J.; Harding, D. J. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2014). Romantic Relationships and Criminal Desistance: Pathways and Processes. Sociological Forum (Randolph, N.J.), 29(2), 365-385.
- Harding, David J.; Wyse, Jessica J. B.; Dobson, Cheyney and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2014). Making Ends Meet After Prison. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(2), 440-470.
- Hicken, Margaret T.; Lee, H.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; House, James S. and Williams, D. R. (2014). Racial/ethnic Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence: Reconsidering the Role of Chronic Stress. American Journal of Public Health, 104(1), 117-123.
- Viruell-Fuentes, E. A.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Williams, D. R. and House, James S. (2013). Contextualizing Nativity Status, Latino Social Ties, and Ethnic Enclaves: An Examination of the ‘Immigrant Social Ties Hypothesis’. Ethnicity & Health, 18(6), 586-609.
- Harding, David J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and Herbert, C. W. (2013). Home is Hard to Find: Neighborhoods, Institutions, and the Residential Trajectories of Returning Prisoners. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 647(1), 214-236.
- Clarke, Philippa J.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Debbink, Michelle; Golberstein, Ezra; Elliott, Michael R. and Lantz, Paula M. (2013). Cumulative Exposure to Neighborhood Context: Consequences for Health Transitions Over the Adult Life Course. Research on Aging, 36(1), 115-142.
- Knittel, A. K.; Snow, R. C.; Griffith, D. M. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2013). Incarceration and Sexual Risk: Examining the Relationship between Men’s Involvement in the Criminal Justice System and Risky Sexual Behavior. AIDS and Behavior, 17(8), 2703-2714.
- Hicken, Margaret T.; Gee, G. C.; Connell, C.; Snow, R. C.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and Hu, H. (2013). Black-White Blood Pressure Disparities: Depressive Symptoms and Differential Vulnerability to Blood Lead. Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(2), 205-209.
- Karb, R. A.; Elliott, Michael R.; Dowd, J. B. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2012). Neighborhood-Level Stressors, Social Support, and Diurnal Patterns of Cortisol: The Chicago Community Adult Health Study. Social Science & Medicine, 75(6), 1038-1047.
- Hunte, H. E.; Mentz, G.; House, James S.; Schulz, A. J.; Williams, D. R.; Elliott, Michael R.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and White-Perkins, D. M. (2012). Variations in Hypertension-Related Outcomes among Blacks, Whites and Hispanics in Two Large Urban Areas and in the United States. Ethnicity & Disease, 22(4), 391-397.
- Clarke, Philippa J.; Ailshire, Jennifer A.; House, James S.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; King, Katherine; Melendez, Robert and Langa, Kenneth M. (2012). Cognitive Function in the Community Setting: The Neighbourhood as a Source of ‘cognitive Reserve’?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 66(8), 730-736.
- Cerdá, Magdalena; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Hansen, Ben B.; Tessari Hicks, Kimberly J.; Duque, Luis F.; Restrepo, Alexandra and Diez Roux, Ana V. (2012). Reducing Violence by Transforming Neighborhoods: A Natural Experiment in Medellín, Colombia. American Journal of Epidemiology, 175(10), 1045-1053.
- Hicken, Margaret T.; Gee, G. C.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Connell, C. M.; Snow, R. C. and Hu, H. (2012). A Novel Look at Racial Health Disparities: The Interaction between Social Disadvantage and Environmental Health. American Journal of Public Health, 102(12), 2344-2351.
- Viruell-Fuentes, E.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Williams, David R. and House, James S. (2011). Language of Interview, Self-Rated Health, and the Other Latino Health Puzzle. American Journal of Public Health, 101(7), 1306-1313.
- King, K. E.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and House, James S. (2011). Neighborhood Context and Social Disparities in Cumulative Biological Risk Factors. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73(7), 572-579.
- Mair, Christina; Diez Roux, Ana V. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2010). Neighborhood Stressors and Social Support as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in the Chicago Community Adult Health Study. Health & Place, 16(5), 811-819.
- Clarke, Philippa J.; Ailshire, Jennifer A.; Melendez, Robert; Bader, Michael and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2010). Using Google Earth to Conduct a Neighborhood Audit: Reliability of a Virtual Audit Instrument. Health & Place, 16(6), 1224-1229.
- Bader, Michael D. M.; Ailshire, Jennifer A.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and House, James S. (2010). Measurement of the Local Food Environment: A Comparison of Existing Data Sources. American Journal of Epidemiology, 171(5), 609-617.
- Lantz, Paula M.; Golberstein, Ezra; House, James S. and Morenoff, Jeffrey D. (2010). Socioeconomic and Behavioral Risk Factors for Mortality in a National 19-Year Prospective Study of U.S. Adults. Social Science & Medicine, 70(10), 1558-1566.
- Mohai, Paul; Lantz, Paula M.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; House, James S. and Mero, Richard P. (2009). Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Residential Proximity to Polluting Industrial Facilities: Evidence from the Americans’ Changing Lives Study. American Journal of Public Health, 99(S3), S649-656.
- Mujahid, Mahasin S.; Diez Roux, Ana V.; Morenoff, Jeffrey D.; Raghunathan, Trivellore E.; Cooper, Richard S.; Ni, Hanyu and Shea, Steven (2008). Neighborhood Characteristics and Hypertension. Epidemiology, 19(4), 590-598.
- Clarke, Philippa J.; Ailshire, Jennifer A.; Bader, Michael; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. and House, James S. (2008). Mobility Disability and the Urban Built Environment. American Journal of Epidemiology, 168(5), 506-513.