K. Jill Kiecolt
Associate Professor
Joined Virginia Tech: 1993
| Bachelor's | University of Oklahoma |
| Master's | UC Los Angeles |
| Doctorate | UC Los Angeles |
CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:
Social Psychology/Social Structure and Personality
Sociology of Marriage and Family
Introductory Sociology
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Social Structure, Social Relationships, and Mental Health over the Life Course
Self-Concept Change and Physical and Mental Health over the Life Course
RECENT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
E. Gordon Erikson Award for graduate teaching, Department of Sociology, 2006.
Member, Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly, 2003-2006.
Council Member, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 1998-2000.
Fellow, Summer Institute on "Individual Development and Social Change," Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1984.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
K. Jill Kiecolt, Michael Hughes, and Verna M. Keith. 2009 “Can a High Sense of Control and John Henryism Be Bad for Mental Health?” Forthcoming in The Sociological Quarterly.
K. Jill Kiecolt. “Couples in Later Life.” In Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, edited by H. Reis and S. Sprecher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2009, 337-340
K. Jill Kiecolt, Michael Hughes, and Verna M. Keith. 2008. "Race, Social Relationships, and Mental Health." Personal Relationships 15:229-245.
Toni Calasanti and K. Jill Kiecolt. 2007. "Diversity among Late-life Couples." Generations 31:10-17.
J. Beth Mabry and K. Jill Kiecolt. "Anger in Black and White: Race, Alienation, and Anger." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46, 2005, 85-101.
Hoffman, Kristi, K. Jill Kiecolt, and John N. Edwards. "Physical Violence among Siblings: A Theoretial and Empirical Analysis." Journal of Family Issues, 26, 2005, 1103-1130.
K. Jill Kiecolt. "Satisfaction with Work and Family Life: No Evidence of a Cultural Reversal." Journal of Marriage and Family 65, 2003, 23-35.
K. Jill Kiecolt. "Self-Concept Change in Social Movements." In Self, Identity and Social Movements, edited by Timothy J. Owens and Sheldon Styker. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2000, 110-131.
K. Jill Kiecolt and J. Beth Mabry. "Agency in Young Adulthood: Intentional-Self Change among College Students." In Advances in Life Course Research, Vol. 5, edited by Timothy J. Owens. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 2000, 181-205.