Connor Sheehan
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Mail code: 3701Campus: Tempe
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Connor Sheehan is an Assistant Professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics. He received his Doctorate in Sociology from The University of Texas at Austin in 2017 and then was a National Institute of Aging (NIA) Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School of Gerontology at The University of Southern California. He is a health sociologist and social demographer, who is interested in quantitative methods and the social determinants of health across the life course. Dr. Sheehan is particularly concerned with sleep and how sleep can produce and reproduce social and health inequality.
Dr. Sheehan has published more than forty peer-reviewed articles in journals, including Sleep, Addiction, Social Science and Medicine, and the Journal of Gerontology: Series B. His work has been cited or featured in outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, Science News, The Smithsonian Magazine, and has appeared on Horizon PBS and Arizona NPR. His work has also been supported by sources such as The Global Sport Institute and the Southwestern Interdisciplinary Research Center. Dr. Sheehan can also provide pro bono statistical consulting for non-profit local organizations, please contact him if interested.
- Ph.D. Sociology, The University of Texas-Austin
- M.A. Geography, The University of Colorado at Boulder
- B.A. Geography, The University of Colorado at Boulder
Quantitative Methods, The Life Course, Sleep, Demography, Medical Sociology, Social Inequality in Health, and Gerontology
Refereed Publications
Sheehan, C. Domingue, B., Crimmins, E. (Forthcoming). How Increasing Gender Egalitarianism in Household Labor Complicates Estimates of Disability. Journal of Aging and Health.
Sheehan, C., Montez, J., & Sasson, I. (2018). Does the Functional Form of the Association Between Education and Mortality Differ by US Region?. Biodemography and Social Biology, 64(1), 63-81.
Sheehan, C., Powers, D., Margerison-Zilko, C., McDevitt, T., & Cubbin, C. (2018). Historical neighborhood poverty trajectories and child sleep. Sleep Health, 4(2), 127-134.
Sheehan, C., Cantu, P., Powers, D., Margerison-Zilko, C., & Cubbin, C. (2017). “Long Term Neighborhood Trajectories and Obesity. Health and Place. 46(1), 49-57.
Yahirun, J., Sheehan, C., & Hayward, M. (2017). “Children’s Education, Migration and Parents Mortality in Mexico.” Social Science and Medicine. 181(1), 93-101.
Sheehan, C., & Tucker-Drob, E. (2017). “Gendered Expectations Distort Male-Female Differences in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Later Adulthood.” Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences. 1-9, forthcoming in print.
Yahirun, J., Sheehan, C., & Hayward, M. (2016). Adult Children’s Education and Parents’ Functional Limitations in Mexico. Research on Aging, 38(3), 322-345.
Sheehan, C., Rogers, R., & Boardman, J. (2015). Postmortem presence of drugs and method of violent suicide. Journal of Drug Issues,45(3), 249-262.
Sheehan, C., Hummer, R., Moore, B., Huyser, K., & Butler, J. (2015). Duty, honor, country, disparity: race/ethnic differences in health and disability among male veterans. Population Research and Policy Review, 34(6), 785-804. Lead article.
Friedman, E.*, Montez, J.*, Sheehan, C.*, Guenewald, T. L., & Seeman, T. E. (2015). Childhood Adversities and Adult Cardiometabolic Health Does the Quantity, Timing, and Type of Adversity Matter?. Journal of Aging and Health, 27(8), 1311-1338. Lead article.
*Co-First Authors indicating equal contribution.
Sheehan, C., Rogers, R., Williams, G., & Boardman, J. (2013). Gender differences in the presence of drugs in violent deaths. Addiction, 108(3), 547-555.
Sheehan, C.,* & Riosmena, F.* (2013). Migration, business formation, and the informal economy in urban Mexico. Social Science Research, 42(4), 1092-1108.
*Co-First Authors indicating equal contribution.
Book Chapters
Hayward, M., & Sheehan, C. (2016). Does the Body Forget? Adult Health, Life Course Dynamics, and Social Change. In Handbook of the Life Course Volume II, edited by M. Mortimer, J. Kirpatrick, and M. Johnson, (pp. 355-368). Springer International Publishing.
Hummer, R., Melvin, J., Sheehan, C., and Wang, Y. (2014). “Race/Ethnicity, Mortality and Longevity.” Chapter 9 (pp. 131-151) in the Handbook of Minority Aging, edited by K.E. Whitfield and T.A. Baker. NY: Springer Publishers.
Other Publications
Sheehan, C. “Duty, Honor, Country, Disparity: Race/Ethnic Differences in Health Among Veterans.” University of Texas at Austin Sociology blog. http://sites.la.utexas.edu/utaustinsoc/2016/04/11/duty-honor-country-di…
Courses
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOC 592 | Research |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
SOC 390 | Social Statistics I |
CDE 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
GIS 598 | Special Topics |
SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
SOC 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOC 448 | Epidemics and Society |
CDE 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
GIS 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CDE 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
FAS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
GIS 598 | Special Topics |
SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
GIS 598 | Special Topics |
GIS 494 | Special Topics |
CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GIS 494 | Special Topics |
CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |
SOC 390 | Social Statistics I |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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FAS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
GIS 494 | Special Topics |
CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |
GIS 494 | Special Topics |
SOC 390 | Social Statistics I |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GIS 494 | Special Topics |
CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |