Susan Short
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Susan Short is a professor of Sociology at Brown University who is known for her work on how gender, family, health and well-being are effected by social and political environments..
Education
She attended Princeton Day School in Princeton New Jersey. Upon graduation, she went on to receive a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University, graduating in 1986.[1], and a PhD in Sociology from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, completed in 1997[2]
Career
Prior to receiving a Ph.D., Short worked in a variety of capacities at several non-profits. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho from 1986 to 1988. After returning to the United States, Short played an instrumental roll in the founding of Teach For America, serving on the Start-up Team. In conjunction with this she taught at the Roosevelt Island School, New York City, NY.
After receiving her PhD in 1997, Short began in her role as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University.[1]. Later, she served as the Associate Director to the Brown University Population Studies and Training Center from both 2001 to 2003 and 2004 to 2006.[1] Short served as a Visiting Scholar at the National University of Lesotho from 2003 to 2004 studying the AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2] Additionally, she was a Visiting Scientist at Harvard School of Public Health from 2008 to 2010. From 2011 to 2014, Short acted in a role as Director of Graduate Studies for the Sociology Department at Brown University[1]. She continues to teach and conduct research as a Full Professor of Sociology at Brown University.[3] Short is also the Director of the Brown University Population Studies and Training Center, a position she has held since 2016[1]
Research
Short’s research highlights changing social and political environments and their implications for family dynamics, gender, health, and well-being. Her research examines a variety of issues, including, economic reform and the one child policy in China, the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Lesotho, and changes in the organization of women’s work and parenting in the U.S.[2] Short's recent work integrates social and biological perspectives to investigate the processes through which social experiences are embodied over the life course, producing variation in health and well-being. Short’s research has been funded by the NIH (R01, R03), the NSF, and the Mellon Foundation.[2] �[1]
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