Center on Population Health and Aging
Biosketch - Leif I. Jensen
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POSITION TITLE: Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immigration; poverty; social welfare policy; labor force.
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1977-1980 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Vermont 1980-1982 Research Assistant, Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1982-1985 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985-1987 NICHD Trainee in Demography, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987-1988 Sociologist, Income and Well-Being Section, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 1988-1989 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 1989-1995 Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology; Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University 1995-2000 Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; Senior Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University 2003-2006 Director, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University 2000-present Professor of Rural Sociology, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; Senior Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University |
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2001 Award for Excellence in Instruction, Rural Sociological Society 2003 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, The Pennsylvania State University 2005 Award for Excellence in Research, Rural Sociological Society Associate Editor, Rural Sociology |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Jensen, L.I. (1991). "The Doubly Jeopardized: Policy Perspectives on Nonmetropolitan Blacks and Mexicans." In Christenson, J.A. and C.B. Flora (Eds.) , Rural Policies for the 1990s. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (pp. 181-193) Jensen, L.I. (1991). "Natural Increase: The Beat Goes On." Population Today 19(10):8-8. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. (1991). "Secondary Earner Strategies and Family Poverty: Immigrant-Native Differentials, 1960-1980." International Migration Review 25(1):113-140. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Portes, A. and L.I. Jensen (1992). "Disproving the Enclave Hypothesis: Reply to Sanders and Nee." American Sociological Review 57(3):418-420. |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. (1993). "Poverty in the United States: Social and Demographic Dimensions." In Summers, G.F. , A.D. Hammonds and M.J. Miron (Eds.) , Rural Poverty: A Teaching Guide and Sourcebook. Lexington KY: The Rural Sociological Society. (pp. 41-50) Jensen, L.I. and D.K. McLaughlin (1993). "The Family Support Act and Aid to Families with Dependent Children: Implications for Nonmetropolitan Areas." In Hoppe, R.A. (Ed.) , The Family Support Act: Will It Work in Rural Areas? Rural Development Research Report No. 83. Washington, DC: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (pp. 79-105) Jensen, L.I. , D.J. Eggebeen and D.T. Lichter (1993). "Child Poverty and the Ameliorative Effects of Public Assistance." Social Science Quarterly 74(3):542-559. |Journal Home Page| McLaughlin, D.K. and L.I. Jensen (1993). "Poverty among Older Americans: The Plight of Nonmetropolitan Elders." Journals of Gerontology 48(2):S44-S54. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. (1994). "Employment Hardship and Rural Minorities: Theory, Research, and Policy." The Review of Black Political Economy 22(4):125-144. |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. and D.J. Eggebeen (1994). "Nonmetropolitan Poor Children and Reliance on Public Assistance." Rural Sociology 59:45-65. |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. and Y. Chitose (1994). "Today's Second Generation, Evidence from the 1990 US Census." International Migration Review 28(4):714-735. |Journal Home Page| LeClere, F.B. , L.I. Jensen and A.E. Biddlecom (1994). "Health Care Utilization, Family Context and Adaptation Among Immigrants to the United States." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 35(4):370-384. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. (1995). "Employment Hardship and Rural Minorities: Theory, Research, and Policy." In Stewart, J.B. and J.E. Allen-Smith (Eds.) , Blacks in Rural America. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Jensen, L.I. (1995). "Recent Population Changes in Rural Pennsylvania." Farm Economics 95:38-41. Jensen, L.I. and D.K. McLaughlin (1995). "Human Capital and Nonmetropolitan Poverty." In Beaulieu, L.J. and D. Mulkey (Eds.) , Investing in People: The Human Capital Needs of Rural America. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (pp. 111-138) Jensen, L.I. , G.T. Cornwell and J.L. Findeis (1995). "Informal Work in Nonmetropolitan Pennsylvania." Rural Sociology 60(1):91-107. |Journal Home Page| McLaughlin, D.K. and L.I. Jensen (1995). "Becoming Poor: The Experiences of Elders." Rural Sociology 60(2):202-223. |Journal Home Page| Nord, M. , A.E. Luloff and L.I. Jensen (1995). "Migration and the Spatial Concentration of Poverty." Rural Sociology 60(3):399-415. |Journal Home Page| Findeis, J.L. , L.I. Jensen and W.L. Hsu (1996). "Education and Employment: Getting Better Jobs." Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resources Issues Fourth Quarter:22-23. Jacob, S. , F.K. Willits and L.I. Jensen (1996). "Residualism and Rural America: A Decade Later." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 23(3):151-162. |Journal Home Page| Findeis, J.L. , L.I. Jensen and G.T. Cornwell (1997). "Rural Employment Alternatives: Wage Work versus Self-Employment among Rural Households." In Bollman, R.D. and J.M. Bryden (Eds.) , Rural Employment: An International Perspective. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. (pp. 277-290) Jensen, L.I. (1997). "Poverty in Rural America." In Goreham, G.A. (Ed.) , Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. Jensen, L.I. and D.K. McLaughlin (1997). "The Escape from Poverty among Rural and Urban Elders." Gerontologist 37(4):462-468. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. and Y. Chitose (1997). "Immigrant Generations." In Booth, A. , A.C. Crouter and N.S. Landale (Eds.) , Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on US Immigrants. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (pp. 47-62) Jensen, L.I. and Y. Chitose (1997). "Will Workfare Work? Job Availability for Welfare Recipients in Rural and Urban America." Population Research and Policy Review 16(4):383-395. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Findeis, J.L. and L.I. Jensen (1998). "Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas: Implications for Poverty in a Changing Policy Environment." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80(5):1000-1007. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| McLaughlin, D.K. and L.I. Jensen (1998). "The Rural Ederly: A Demographic Portrait." In Coward, R.T. and J.A. Krout (Eds.) , Aging in Rural Settings: Life Circumstances and Distinctive Features. New York, NY: Springer. Schachter, J.P. , L.I. Jensen and G.T. Cornwell (1998). "Migration, Residential Mobility, and Poverty in Rural Pennsylvania." Rural Development Perspectives 13(2):40-45. |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. , J.L. Findeis , W.L. Hsu and J.P. Schachter (1999). "Slipping Into and Out of Underemployment: Another Disadvantage for Nonmetropolitan Workers?." Rural Sociology 64(3):417-438. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Findeis, J.L. , L.I. Jensen and Q. Wang (2000). "Underemployment Prevalence and Transitions in the U.S. South." Southern Rural Sociology 16(1):125-147. |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. and T. Slack (2000). "Marginal Employment." In Borgatta, E.F. and R.J. Montgomery (Eds.) , The Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York, NY: MacMillan Reference. Jensen, L.I. , J.L. Findeis and Q. Wang (2000). "Labor Supply and Underemployment in the Southern United States." Southern Rural Sociology 16(1):96-124. |Full Text| |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| McLaughlin, D.K. and L.I. Jensen (2000). "Work History and U.S. Elders' Transitions Into Poverty." The Gerontologist 40(4):469-479. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. (2001). "The Demographic Diversity of Immigrants and Their Children." In Rumbaut, R.G. and A. Portes (Eds.) , Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. New York, NY and Berkeley, CA: The Russell Sage Foundation and the University of California Press. Jensen, L.I. , D.G. Abler , H. Robles-Vásquez , P. Muñoz-Salazar and D. Post (2001). "A Multivariate Model of Child Labor and School Attendance." In Post, D. (Ed.) , Children's Work, Schooling, and Welfare in Latin America. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Lichter, D.T. and L.I. Jensen (2001). "Rural Poverty and Welfare Before and After PRWORA." Rural America 16(3):28-35. |Journal Home Page| Slack, T. and L.I. Jensen (2002). "Race, Ethnicity, and Underemployment in Nonmetropolitan America: A 30-Year Profile." Rural Sociology 67(2):208-233. |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. and P.M. Karunaratne (2003). "The World Bank and Its Renewed Attention to Poverty Alleviation." In Van Genugten, W. , P. Hunt and S. Matthews (Eds.) , World Bank, IMF and Human Rights. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers. Jensen, L.I. and T. Slack (2003). "Underemployment in America: Measurement and Evidence." American Journal of Community Psychology 32(1/2):21-31. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. , D.K. McLaughlin and T. Slack (2003). "Rural Poverty: The Persisting Challenge." In Brown, D.L. and L. Swanson (Eds.) , Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. University Park, PA: Penn State Press. Jensen, L.I. and T. Slack (2004). "Beyond Low Wages: Underemployment in America." In Crouter, A.C. and A. Booth (Eds.) , Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (pp. 45-53) Slack, T. and L.I. Jensen (2004). "Employment Adequacy in Extractive Industries: An Analysis of Underemployment, 1974-1998." Society and Natural Resources 17(2):129-146. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Weber, B. , L.I. Jensen , K. Miller , J.M. Mosley and M. Fisher (2005). "A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature: Is There Truly a Rural Effect?." International Regional Science Review 28(4):381-414. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. , J.H. Cohen , A.J. Toribio , G.F. De Jong and L. Rodriguez (2006). "Ethnic Identities, Language, and Economic Outcomes Among Dominicans in a New Destination." Social Science Quarterly 87(5):1088-1099. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. , S.J. Goetz and H. Swaminathan (2006). "Changing Fortunes: Poverty in Rural America." In Brown, D.L. and W. Kandel (Eds.) , Population Change and Rural Society. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Slack, T. and L.I. Jensen (2007). "Underemployment across Immigrant Generations." Social Science Research 36(4):1415-1430. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Slack, T. and L.I. Jensen (2008). "Employment Hardship among Older Workers: Does Residential and Gender Inequality Extend into Older Age?." The Journals of Gerontology 63B(1):S15-S24. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Slack, T. and L.I. Jensen (2008). "Birth and Fortune Revisited: A Cohort Analysis of Underemployment, 1974-2004." Population Research and Policy Review 27(6):729-749. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page| Jensen, L.I. and T.C. Yang (2009). "Taken by Surprise: New Immigrants in the Rural United States." In Jentsch, B. and M. Simard (Eds.) , International Migration and Rural Areas - Global Perspectives. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (pp. 17-41) Jensen, L.I. , T.C. Yang and P. Muñoz (Forthcoming). "Natural Resource Dependence: Implications for Children's Schooling and Work in Chile." Society and Natural Resources. |Journal Home Page| Oropesa, R.S. and L.I. Jensen (Forthcoming). "Dominican Immigrants and Discrimination in a New Destination: The Case of Reading, Pennsylvania." City & Community. |Journal Home Page| |
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