Education:

Ph.D., Sociology, Brown University (2009)
A.M., Sociology, Brown University (2006)

B.A., Sociology and English, Boston College (2004) 

Academic Interests:

Disabilities, Social Demography, Work & Occupations, Families & Households, Gender, Transition to Adulthood

Grants, Honors, Awards & Affiliations: 

Cheryl Allyn Miller Award, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2012

National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, “School-to-Work Program Participation and the Early Labor Market Success of Young Adults in the Current Recession”, 2012-2013

Early Career Work-Family Scholars Program, Work and Family Researchers Network (formerly the Sloan Work and Family Research Network), 2011-2012

American Sociological Association, Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, “A Longitudinal Analysis of Occupational Sex Segregation from Adolescence to Young Adulthood”, 2011-2012

Selected Publications: 

Carrie L. Shandra, Dennis P. Hogan, Roger C. Avery, and Michael Msall. 2012. “Child and Adult Physical Disability in the 2000 Census: Disability is a Household Affair”. Disability and Health Journal 5(4):241-248. 

Carrie L. Shandra and Dennis P. Hogan. 2012. “Delinquency among Adolescents with Disabilities.” Child Indicators Research 5(4):771-788.

Carrie L. Shandra., John M. Shandra, Eric Shircliff and Bruce London. 2012. “The International Monetary Fund, Structural Adjustment, and Infant Mortality: A Cross-National Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal of Poverty 16(2):194-219.

Carrie L. Shandra and Afra R. Chowdhury. 2012. “The First Sexual Experience among Adolescent Girls With and Without Disabilities.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 41(4):515-532.

Carrie L. Shandra. 2011. “Life Course Transitions among Adolescents with and without Disabilities: A Longitudinal Examination of Expectations and Outcomes.” International Journal of Sociology 41: 67-86.

Carrie L. Shandra, John Shandra, and Bruce London. 2011. "World Bank Structural Adjustment, Water, and Sanitation: A Cross-National Analysis of Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa." Organization & Environment 24(2):107-129. 

Carrie L. Shandra, John M. Shandra, Eric Shircliff and Bruce London. 2010. “The International Monetary Fund and Child Mortality: A Cross-National Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa.” International Review of Modern Sociology 36(2): 169-194.

Shandra, John M., Carrie L. Shandra and Bruce London. 2010. “Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis of Maternal Mortality.” Journal of World-Systems Research 16(2): 217-245.

Shandra, John M., Carrie L. Shandra and Bruce London. 2010. “Do Non-Governmental Organizations Impact Health?  A Cross-National Analysis of Infant Mortality.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 51(1-2): 137-164.

Carrie L. Shandra and Dennis P. Hogan. 2009. “The Educational Attainment Process among Adolescents with Disabilities and Children of Parents with Disabilities.” International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education 56(4): 363-379.

Carrie L. Shandra, Dennis P. Hogan and Carrie E. Spearin. 2008. “Parenting a Child with a Disability: An Examination of Resident and Non-Resident Fathers.” Journal of Population Research 25(3): 357-377.

Carrie L. Shandra and Dennis P. Hogan. 2008. “School-to-Work Program Participation and the Post-High School Employment of Young Adults with Disabilities.” Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 29(2): 117-130. 

Shandra, John M., Carrie L. Shandra, and Bruce London. 2008. "Women, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Deforestation: A Cross-National Study."  Population and Environment 30(1-2): 48-72.

Hogan, Dennis P., Carrie L. Shandra and Michael E. Msall. 2007. “Family Developmental Risk Factors among Children with Disabilities and Children of Parents with Disabilities.” Journal of Adolescence 30(6): 1001-1019.