Jarron M.

Saint Onge
University of Kansas University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Sociology Dept. of Health Policy and Management
716 Fraser Hall 5007 Student Center
Lawrence, KS 66045-7556 Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: (785) 864-9427 Phone: (913) 945-8267
Fax: (785) 864-5280 [email protected]

EDUCATION

2007 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology

Certificate in Demography, Institute of Behavioral Science, Population Program,

1999 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

B.A. Department of Psychology

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2016- Present Associate Professor
University of Kansas, Department of Sociology
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Health Policy and Management
Faculty Affiliate, KU Institute for Policy and Social Research

2012- 2016 Assistant Professor

University of Kansas, Department of Sociology
University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Health Policy and Management

2007-2012 Assistant Professor

University of Houston, Department of Sociology
Senior Research Scientist
University of Houston, Center for Drug and Social Policy Research

AREAS OF INTEREST

Population Health, Social Demography, Health Behaviors, Mortality, Health Disparities, Neighborhood Effects

PUBLICATIONS

PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS (*indicates equal authorship)

2018 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Natalie A. Jansen and Erin Ice. 2018. “Locales of Trust: How Two Forms of
Community trust are Associated with Mothers’ Self-Rated Health in Indonesia. Maternal and Child
Health Journal 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2507-0

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2018 Denney, Justin T., Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Jeff A. Dennis. 2018. “Neighborhood Concentrated
Disadvantage and Adult Mortality: Insights for Racial and Ethnic Differences.” Population Research
and Policy Review 37(2): 301-321. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-018-9461-9.

2017 Bratter, Jenifer, Mary Campbell, and Jarron M. Saint Onge. “Living race together: the role of partner’s
race in racial/ethnic differences in smoking” Ethnicity and Health 1-19.
doi:10.1080/13557858.2017.1398316

2017 Mackay, Christine B., Kaitlyn Antonelli, Susanna S. Bruinooge, Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Shellie D.
Ellis. “Insurance Denials for Cancer Clinical Trial Participation after the Affordable Care Act Mandate.”
Cancer doi:10.1002/cncr.30689.

2017 Saint Onge, Jarron M. and Patrick M. Krueger. 2017. “Health Lifestyle Behaviors in the U.S.”
Population Health 3:89-98. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.12.009

2017 Lumpkins, Crystal Y. and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2017. “Reducing Low Birth Weight among African
Americans in the Midwest: A Look at How Faith-Based Organizations are Poised to Inform and
Influence Health Communication on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHad).
Healthcare 5(1):1-9. doi: 10.3390/healthcare5010006

2016 Everett, Bethany G., Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Stefani Mollborn. 2016. “Effects of Minority Status and
Perceived Discrimination on Mental Health”. Population Research and Policy Review 35(4):445-469.
doi:10.1007/s11113-016-9391-3

2015 Jansen, Natalie Anne and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2015. “An Internet Forum Analysis of Stigma Power
Perceptions among Women Seeking Fertility Treatment in the U.S.” Social Science & Medicine
147:184-189.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.002

2015 Cepeda, Alice, Saint Onge, Jarron M., Nowotny, Kathryn M., & Valdez, Avelardo. 2015. “Associations
between Long-Term Gang Membership and Informal Social control Processes, Drug Use, and
Delinquent Behavior among Mexican American Youth.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and
Comparative Criminology 1-17. doi: 10.1177/0306624X15584985

2014 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Tami Gurley-Calvez, Teresa A. Orth, and Felix A. Okah. “The Association
between Social Stressors Home Smoking Rules among Women with Infants.” American Journal of
Public Health 104(12)e116-23. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302158

2014 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Patrick M. Krueger, and Richard G. Rogers. 2014. “The Relationship between
Depression and Non-Suicide Mortality: The Importance of Health Behaviors.” The Journals of
Gerontology: Series B Social Sciences 69(4):622-632. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu009

2013 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Alice Cepeda, Patricia A. Lee King, and Avelardo Valdez. 2013. “The
Relationship between Trajectories of Family/Cultural Stressors and Depression and Suicidal Ideation
among Substance Using Mexican American Adults.” American Journal of Community Psychology
52:263-272. doi:10.1007/s10464-013-9592-4.

2011 Krueger, Patrick M., Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Virginia Chang. “Race/Ethnic Differences in Adult
Mortality: The Role of Perceived Stress and Health Behaviors.” 2011. Social Science & Medicine
73(9):1312-22. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.007

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2011 Saint Onge, Jarron M. and Patrick M. Krueger. 2011. “Education and Racial-Ethnic Differences in
Types of Exercise in the United States.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 52(2):197-211. doi:
10.1177/0022146510394862

2010 Rogers, Richard G., Bethany G. Everett, Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Patrick M. Krueger. 2010. “Social,
Behavioral, and Biological Factors, and Sex Differences in Mortality.” Demography. 47(3):555-78. doi:
10.1353/dem.0.0119

2010 Cepeda, Alice, Jarron M. Saint Onge, Charles Kaplan, and Avelardo Valdez. 2010. “The Association
between Disaster-Related Factors and Mental Health Outcomes among a Vulnerable Sample of
Hurricane Katrina Evacuees.” Community Mental Health Journal 46(6):612-20. doi: 10.1007/s10597-
009-9286-4

2009 *Boardman, Jason D., Liam Downey, James S. Jackson, J. Bryce Merrill, Jarron M. Saint Onge, and
David R. Williams. 2009. “Proximate Industrial Activity and Psychological Distress.” Population &
Environment. 30(1-2):3-25. doi: 10.1007/s11111-008-0075-8

2008 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Patrick M. Krueger, and Richard G. Rogers. 2008. “Historical Trends in Height,
Weight, and Body Mass: Data from U.S. Major League Baseball Players, 1869-1983.” Economics and
Human Biology 6(3):482-88. doi: /10.1016/j.ehb.2008.06.008

2008 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Richard G. Rogers, and Patrick M. Krueger. 2008. “Major League Baseball
Players’ Life Expectancies.” Social Science Quarterly 89(3):817-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-
6237.2008.00562.x

2008 Boardman, Jason D., Jarron M. Saint Onge, Brett C. Haberstick, David S. Timberlake, Michael
Stallings, and John K. Hewitt. 2008. “Do Schools Moderate the Genetic Determinants of Smoking?”
Behavior Genetics 38(3):234-46. doi: 10.1007/s10519-008-9197-0

2007 Saint Onge, Jarron M., Lori M. Hunter, and Jason D. Boardman. 2007. “Population Growth in High
Amenity Regions: Does it Bring New Opportunities for Long-Term Residents?” Social Science
Quarterly 88(2):366-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00462.x

Reprinted in Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development. Edited by T.

Cherry and D. Rickman . 2011. NY: Routledge.

2007 Witnauer, William D., Richard G. Rogers, and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2007. “Baseball Career Length in
the Twentieth-Century: The Effects of Age, Performance, and Era” Population Research and Policy
Review 26(4):371-86. doi: 10.1007/s11113-007-9038-5

2005 Boardman, Jason D., Jarron M. Saint Onge, Richard G. Rogers, and Justin T. Denney. 2005. “Race
Differentials in Obesity: The Impact of Place.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46(3):229-43.
doi: 10.1177/002214650504600302

2005 Rogers, Richard G., and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2005. “Race/Ethnic and Sex Differentials in Pulse
Pressure Among U.S. Adults.” Ethnicity & Disease 15(4):601-7.

2005 *Boardman, Jason D., and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2005. “Neighborhoods and Adolescent
Development.” Children, Youth, and Environment 15(1):138-64.

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2005 Hunter, Lori M., Jason D. Boardman, and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2005 “The Association between
Amenity-Related Population Growth and Long-Term Residents’ Economic Well-Being.” Rural
Sociology 70(4):452-69. doi: 10.1526/003601105775012714

BOOK CHAPTERS

2016 Valdez, Avelardo, Jarron M. Saint Onge, Alice Cepeda, and Charles Kaplan. 2016. “The Influence of
Informal Social Control Processes on Drug Trajectories and Delinquent Behavior among Mexican
American Gang Members. Pp. 291-304 in Drug Use Trajectories among Minority Youth. Edited by Y.
Thomas and L. Price. NY: Springer Publishers.

2009 Hummer, Robert A., Richard G. Rogers, Ryan K. Masters, and Jarron M. Saint Onge. Mortality
Patterns in Late Life. Pp. 521-542 in International Handbook of the Demography of Aging, edited by
Peter Uhlenberg. 2009. NY: Springer Publishers.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

2015 Rogers, Richard G., Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Elizabeth Lawrence. “Socioeconomic Status, Health,
and Mortality.” Pp. in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd edition edited by G. Ritzer Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing.

2014 Saint Onge, Jarron M. Socioeconomic Status and Health (Possible Mechanisms)” Pp. 2214-2223 in
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior and Society, edited by W. Cockerham and R.
Dingwall. Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell

2014 Saint Onge, Jarron M. Socioeconomic Status and Mortality” Pp. 2239-2243 in Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior and Society, edited by W. Cockerham and R. Dingwall.
Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell

2008 Saint Onge, Jarron M. 2008 “Mortality” Pp.263-267 in The Encyclopedia of the Life Course and
Human Development, edited by D. Carr Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.

2007 Rogers, Richard G., and Jarron M. Saint Onge. 2007. “Socioeconomic Status, Health, and Mortality.”
Pp. 4590-3 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by G. Ritzer Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing.

GRANTS AND CONTRACT ACTIVITY

2016 (Co-PI). Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. “Community Health Care Worker Program
Evaluation in KC Metro Region.” $36,000 (PI: Gurley-Calvez)

2015 (PI) Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. “High Impact Health Initiative: Health Disparities
in KC Metro Region.” $65,000

2015 (Co-Investigator) National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Understanding Disparities in Quitting in African
American and White Smokers.” (PI: N. Nollen) R01 DA31815.

2014 (Co-PI) Texas Research Data Center, Texas A&M University. “Interracial Contact and Health
Disparities.” Proposal Development Grant. (PI: Jennifer Bratter; Co-PI: Mary E. Campbell). $6,500
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2014 (PI) KU New Faculty General Research Fund. “Contextual Effects on Type-2 Diabetes-related
Mortality.” $8,000

2013 (PI) Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. “Minority Boy’s and Men’s Health in Kansas City
Area.” $2,500

2012 (Co-PI) Texas Research Data Center, Texas A&M University. “Investigating
Contextual Components of United States Mortality.” Proposal Development Grant. (PI: Justin T.
Denney; Co-PI: Jeff A. Dennis). $3,200

2011 (PI) NIH, National Institute on Aging. R03. “Race/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Health Behavior
Patterns in the United States” R03AG033331 $136,263

2009 (Co-PI: Internal) University of Houston Quality Enhancement Plan, Discovery-Based Learning
Curriculum Grant. “Advanced Research Practicum in Community Health.” $8,500

2008 (PI; Internal) University of Houston Faculty Research Grant. “Health and Physical Activity Patterns in
the U.S.” $6,000

AWARDS/HONORS
2017 CLAS Alexander/Wright Graduate Mentor Award Nominee

2016 JHawk Faculty Appreciation Award. Jayhawk Healthcare Administrators Working for Kansas student
association. University of Kansas Medical Center

2008 Joseph S. Werlin Scholar Award for Research in American/Hispanic Studies in

Sociology. University of Houston.

COURSES TAUGHT

2014 SOC 780: Social Disparities in Health

2014- HPM 819: Research for Future Health Care Leaders
2013- SOC 624/424: Sociology of Health and Medicine
2012/13 HPM 858: Health and Social Behavior
2012- SOC 160: Social Problems and American Values
2010/11 SOC 6380: Seminar in Population Health
2009-12 SOC 3380: Sociology of Health and Healthcare
2008-10 SOC 3352: Population Analysis
2008 SOC 1300: Introduction to Sociology
2007-2012 SOC 3400: Social Statistics

OFFICE HELD IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2014- Member, Government and Public Affairs Committee (GPAC), Population Association of
America

2013-2014 Vice President, Southern Demographic Association.

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2011-2014 Board of Directors, Southern Demographic Association

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2015-18 Associate editor; Ethnicity and Health

2017 Poster Judge. Family Demography. Population Association of America. Chicago, IL.

2017 Discussant, Improving Health and Mortality Measures. Population Association of America.
Chicago, IL

2016 Judge. University of Kansas Regional Case Competition. University of Kansas Medical Center.
November 4, 2016.
2016 Population Association of America. Capitol Hill Advocacy Day. March 30. Washington DC.

2014 Moderator, Impacts of ACA on Employers, Employees, and Consumers. IPSR Kansas Economic
Policy Conference: The Affordable Care Act in Kansas. October, 23. Lawrence, KS.

2014 Discussant, Health Behaviors, Health, and Mortality. Population Association of America.
Boston, MA

2014 Session Chair, Smoking, Obesity, and Exercise. Population Association of America. Boston, MA.

2014 Population Association of America/Association of Population Centers Capitol Hill Advocacy

Days participant. March 10-11, Washington DC.
2013 Vice President, Southern Demographic Association.

2013 Session Chair, Demography of the South. Southern Demographic Association. Montgomery, AL.

2013 Session Chair, Health and Neighborhoods. Southern Demographic Association. Montgomery,
AL

2013 Discussant, Social Determinants of Adult Obesity in the U.S. Population Association of America.
New Orleans, LA.

2013 Population Association of America/Association of Population Centers Capitol Hill Advocacy

Days participant. March 7-8, Washington DC.

2012 Session Chair, Methods for Sub-State Level Research. Southern Demographic Association.
Williamsburg, VA.

2011-14 Board of Directors, Southern Demographic Association

2011 National Institute of Health R01 Review Panel: Effects of the Social Environment on Health:
Measurement, Methods and Mechanisms. June. Silver Spring, MD.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

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2018 KU Social Sciences General Research Fund selection committee

2016 KU Social Sciences General Research Fund selection committee

2015-17 KU Office of International Programs Faculty Advisory Board

2015-17 KU Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis Advisory Board

2015 KU Social Sciences General Research Fund selection committee

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Population Association of America
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science
Southern Demographic Association
American Sociological Association