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:

• Adolescents and Young Adults
• Family Structure and Dynamics
• Immigrant Adaptation
• Social Demography

Teaching:

• Family
• Race and Ethnicity
• Social Demography

Education and Recent Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2009-Present.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2003-2009.
• 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:

• Boyd, Emily M., John R. Reynolds, Kathryn Harker Tillman, and Patricia Yancey Martin. 2011. “Adolescent Girls’ Race/Ethnic Status, Identities, and Drive for Thinness.” Social Science Research 40(2):667-684.
• Randolph, Karen, David Russell, Kathryn Harker Tillman, and Frank Fincham. 2010. “Protective Influences on the Negative Consequences of Drinking among Youth.” Youth & Society. 41(4):546-568.
• Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Ursula Keller Weiss. 2009. “Nativity Status and Depressive Symptoms among Hispanic Young Adults: The Role of Stress Exposure.” Social Science Quarterly. 90(5):1228-1250.
• Weiss, Ursula Keller and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2009. “Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Hispanic Young Adults in South Florida: Nativity, Age at Immigration and Gender Differences.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 41(4): 202-209.
• Guo, Guang and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2009. “Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms, Dopamine D2 and D4 Receptors, Family Socioeconomic Status and Social Support in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.” Psychiatric Genetics 19(1):14-26.
• Tillman, Kathryn Harker. 2008. “Co-Resident Sibling Composition and the Academic Ability, Expectations, and Performance of Youth.” Sociological Perspectives 51(4):679-712.
• Keller, Ursula and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2008. “Post-Secondary Educational Attainment of Immigrant and Native Youth.” Social Forces 87(1): 121-152.
• Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Charles B. Nam. 2008. “Family Structure Outcomes of Alternative Family Definitions.” Forthcoming, Population Research and Policy Review 27(3): 367-384. 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.

Manuscripts in Progress:

• Brewster, Karin L. and Kathryn Harker Tillman. Forthcoming. “Sexual Orientation and Substance Use among American Youth: Evidence from a National Sample.” American Journal of Public Health.
• McCabe, Janice, Karin L. Brewster, and Kathryn Harker Tillman. Forthcoming, Sept. 2011. “Sexual Orientation, Sexual Attraction, and Patterns and of Same-Sex Sex Behavior during Young Adulthood.” Journal of Sexual and Reproductive Health.
• Valle, Giuseppina and Kathryn Harker Tillman. “Childhood Family Structure and Romantic Relationships during the Transition to Adulthood.”
• Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Ursula Keller Weiss. “Academic Outcomes of Immigrant Youth in “Non-Traditional” Two-Parent Families.”
• Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Byron Miller. “Who Goes to College?: Immigrant Youth and the Importance of Community Contexts.”

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