Koji Ueno

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Education and Recent Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2010-present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 2004-2010.
Ph.D. in Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2004.
M.A. in Sociology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1998.
B.A. in Sociology, Furman University, Greenville, SC, 1994.
B.A. in English, Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan, 1995.

Selected Papers and Publications:

Forthcoming. Ueno, K., Eric R. Wright, Mathew D. Gayman, and Janice M. McCabe. “Segregation in Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth’s Personal Networks: Testing Structural Constraint, Choice Homophily, and Compartmentalization Hypotheses.” Social Forces.
2010. Ueno, K. “Mental Health Differences Between Young Adults With and Without Same-Sex Contact: A Simultaneous Examination of Underlying Mechanisms.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51:391–407. READ
2010. Ueno, K. and Summer McWilliams. “Gender-Typed Behaviors and School Adjustment.” Sex Roles 63:580–591. READ
2010. Ueno, K. “Patterns of Cross-Orientation Friendships in High Schools.” Social Science Research 39:444-458. READ
2010. Ueno, K. “Same-Sex Experience and Mental Health During the Transition Between Adolescence and Young Adulthood.” Sociological Quarterly 51:484–510. READ
2009. Ueno, K. “Same-Race Friendships and School Attachment: Demonstrating the Interaction Between Personal Network and School Composition.” Sociological Forum 24:515-534. READ
2005. Ueno, K. “Sexual Orientation and Psychological Distress in Adolescence: An Examination of Interpersonal Stressors and Social Support Processes.” Social Psychology Quarterly 68:258-277. READ
2005. Ueno, K. “The Effects of Friendship Networks on Adolescent Depressive Symptoms.” Social Science Research 34:484-510. READ

Papers in Progress:

Ueno, K. “The Dynamic Association between Sexual Orientation and Educational Attainment.” Revise and resubmit.

Grants:

2011-2012. “Social Inequality and the Status Attainment Process.” National Science Foundation, Sociology Program.
2006. Committee on Faculty Research Support Award (COFRS), Florida State University. “Social Antecedents of Sexual Orientation Trajectories: Explaining the Diversity in the Homosexual and Bisexual Population.”
2005. First Year Assistant Professor Award (FYAP), Florida State University. “Sexual Minorities’ Transitions to Adulthood and the Mental Health Consequences.”

Awards:

2007, 2005. FSU Sociology Graduate Student Union Award for Contributions to Graduate Program.

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