Deborah Carr

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Deborah Carr
Education
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Thesis The fulfillment of career goals over the life course and midlife mental health
Doctoral advisor Robert M. Hauser

Deborah Carr is a U.S. sociologist, academic, and author. She is the Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Sociology and the inaugural director of the Center of Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. [1] [2] In 2024, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [3] [4] [5]

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Education

Carr earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997, [6] where her dissertation focused on whether the fulfillment of occupational goals influences mental health at midlife. [7]

Career

Academic positions

Carr has held faculty positions at University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, and Rutgers University, where she was acting director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research. [8] In September 2021, she was appointed as the inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. [2] In May 2024, she was awarded the title of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor by the Dean of the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences. [1]

Editorial positions

In January 2023, she was appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. [9] Prior to this, she held the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences from 2015 to 2020. [10] Additionally, she has served as Deputy Editor for both Social Psychology Quarterly and the Journal of Marriage and Family, as well as Trends Editor for Contexts. [6]

Leadership in major surveys

She has led several surveys, including her current role as the Principal Investigator of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) [11] and co-investigator of the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS). [8] Additionally, she served as the Principal Investigator of the New Jersey End of Life Study and Wisconsin Study of Families and Loss (WISTFL), a follow up to Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. [6] She has also chaired the Board of Overseers of the General Social Survey. [8]

Research

Carr is a life course sociologist who specializes in utilizing survey data and quantitative methods to investigate social factors affecting health and well-being in later life. [12] Her research focuses on four key areas: the effects of family-related stressors, such as divorce and widowhood, on health and well-being in older adulthood, [13] [14] the social, psychological, and interpersonal consequences of the stigma associated with obesity, [15] the impact of global warming on the health and well-being of the elderly, [16] and issues related to death, dying, and bereavement. [17] Her work has been funded by National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and RRF Foundation on Aging, among other organizations. [12]

Recognition

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  7. ↑ Carr, Deborah Suzanne. 1997. The Fulfillment of Career Goals Over the Life Course and Midlife Mental Health . PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Prof. Deborah Carr. GSA Connect. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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  10. ↑ Deborah Carr. The Conversation. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  11. ↑ NLSY User-Initiated Questions. National Longitudinal Surveys (A Program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Deborah Suzanne Carr. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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  14. ↑ Goodman, Brenda. 2023. "After a Lifetime Together, Surviving Spouses Can Be Vulnerable in Grief." CNN Health, November 27. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
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  18. ↑ Previous Award Winners: SALC Mentoring Award. ASA Section on Aging & the Life Course. American Sociological Association. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
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