Department of Sociology

Corinne E Reczek

Assistant Professor
1002 Crosley Tower
513-556-4702
corinne.reczek@uc.edu

Education

PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2011 (Sociology).

Professional Summary

Corinne Reczek, Assistant Professor, completed her doctoral work at the University of Texas at Austin in May, 2011 and joined the Sociology Department in September, 2011.

Positions & Work Experience

2010-2011, Managing Editor, University of Texas at Austin, Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Research Interests

Corinne Reczek's research focuses on how family relationships shape health, specifically examining how gender, sexuality, and aging dynamics in family ties intersect to promote or deter health. Her current project utilizes both qualitative and population-level data to explore how health is shaped in same-sex and opposite-sex married and cohabiting relationships. Her work has been published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family, Annual Review of Sociology.

Research Support

University Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin. 25,000. Date: 2009 to 2010. Status: Completed.

Dissertation Fellowship, American Association of University Women. 2000. Date: 2009 to 2010. Status: Completed.

College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. 1000. Date: 2010 to 2011. Status: Completed.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Liu, H., Reczek, C., Brown, D. (2013). Same-Sex Couples and Self-Rated Health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Reczek, C. and Umberson, D. (2012). Gender, Health Behavior, and Intimate Relationships: Lesbian, Gay, and Straight Contexts. Social Science and Medicine, 74, 1783.

Liu, H. and Reczek, C (2012). Cohabitation and U.S. Adult Mortality: An Examination by Gender and Race. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(4), 794–811.

Reczek, C. (2012). The Promotion of Unhealthy Habits in Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Intimate Partnerships. Social Science and Medicine, 75, 1114-1121.

Umberson, D., Lui, H., Mirowsky, J., and Reczek, C. (2011). “How Parental Status Affects Weight Gain and Loss over the Life Course". Social Science and Medicine, 73, 1331-1323.

Reid, M. and Reczek, C. (2011). “Stress and Support in Family Relationships after Hurricane Katrina". Journal of Family Issues, 32, 1397-1418.

Reczek, C., Lui, H., and Umberson, D. (2010). “Just the Two of Us? How Parents Influence Adult Children's Marital Quality". Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 1205-1219.

Umberson, D., Pudrovska, T. and Reczek, C. (2010). “Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well- Being: A Life Course Perspective". Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 621-629.

Umberson, D. Crosnoe, R. and Reczek, C. (2010). “Social Relationships and Health Behavior over the Life Course". Annual Review of Sociology, 36, 139-157.

Reczek, C., Elliot, S., Umberson, D. (2009). “Commitment Without Marriage: Union Formation Among Long-Term Same-Sex Couples". Journal of Family Issues, 30, 738-756.

Book Chapters

Reczek, C. and Rothblum, E. (2012). “A Little Bit Pregnant? The Ethics of Same-Sex Marriage". Handbook of LGBT Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy.

Umberson, D., Lui, H., Reczek, C. (2008). “Stress and Health Behavior over the Life Course". T.J. Owens (Eds.), Advances in Life Course Research. (pp. 19-44).

Umberson, D. and Reczek, C. (2007). “Interactive Stress and Coping Around Parenting: Explaining Trajectories of Change in Intimate Relationships Over the Life Course.". T.J. Owens and J.J. Suitor (Eds.), Advances in Life Course Research: Interpersonal Relations across the Life Course. (pp. 91-126).

Encyclopedia Articles

Reczek, C (2009). Commitment Ceremonies. In The Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. New York: Sage.

Reviews

Review. Reczek, C. (2006). [Review of the Book Maureen Sullivan, Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender] Intersections: Women's and Gender Studies Across Disciplines.

Publicity

Glow Magazine Health FilesMagazine 11-2011 Article citing recent study on how partners pick up one another's unhealthy habits.

MSNBC Marriage's 'dark side': Spouses catch each other's bad behaviorNewspaper 08/23/2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44234629/ns/health-behavior/.T4hwr6uXSHc.

Invited Presentations

Reczek, C. and Brown, D. (2012). Same-Sex Cohabitation and Alcohol Use: Qualitative and Quantitative Contexts. For Special Invited Section on LGBT Health. Population Association of America, San Francisco.

Reczek, C. (2012). Dialogue on ethics, sampling methods, and recruitment in same-sex couples research. Fenway Summer Institute on LGBT Health, Center for Population Research on LGBT Health, Boston, MA.

Paper Presentations

Brown, D., Reczek, C., Liu, H. Same-Sex Cohabitation and Non-Specific Psychological Distress. Population Association of America, San Francisco, California. 2012.

Reczek, C., Pudrovska, T., Carr, D., Umberson, D. . Alcohol, Marital Status, and Marital Transitions: Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence. American Sociological Association, Denver, Colorado. 2012.

Reczek, C. The Promotion of Unhealthy Habits in Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Intimate Partnerships. American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada. 2011.

Liu, H. Reczek, C., Brown, D. Same-Sex Cohabitation and Self-Rated Health. American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada. 2011.

Reczek, C. Gender and Health Work Among Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Couples. American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. 2010.

Reid, M. & Reczek, C. Stress and Support in Family Relationships after Hurricane Katrina. American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. 2010.

Reid, M., Reczek, C., and Hill, T. Low-Income Women and Psychological Well-Being: Does Marriage Matter?. American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. 2010.

Reczek, C.. Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Couples and the Social Control of Health. Gerontology Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia. 2009.

Reczek, C. Bottle and Chain: Gender, Drinking, and Social Control in Long-Term Ties. American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California. 2009.

Reczek, C. Another Round? Marriage and Drinking Habits in Same and Opposite-Sex Couples. Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, California. 2009.

Umberson, D. Pudrovska, T., Reczek, C. Parenthood and Well-Being. American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California. 2009.

Reczek, C., Liu, H., Umberson, D. Just the Two of Us?: Parents Influence on Adult Children's Marital Quality. American Sociological Association, Boston, MA. 2008.

Umberson, D., Liu, H. and Reczek, C. Stress and Trajectories of Change in Body Mass.”. Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA. 2008.

Reczek, C., Elliott, S., and Umberson, D. Commitment Without Marriage: Union Formation Among Long-Term Gay and Lesbian Couples. American Sociological Association, New York, NY. 2007.

Umberson, D., Reczek, C. and Liu, H. How Parental Status Affects Weight Gain and Loss Over the Life Course. American Sociological Association, New York, NY. 2007.

Honors & Awards

Center for Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Dissertation Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2011.

American Sociological Association Medical Sociology Section Louise Johnson Scholar Award, 2011.

Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), 2010.

Service

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Lesbian Studies 2012 to 2014.

Reviewer, American Sociological Review, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Marriage and Family, Gender and Society, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Lesbian Studies, Qualitative Sociology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Social Science Research, Society and Mental Health, Intersections .

Courses Taught

15-SOC-141 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY.

15-SOC-275 SOCIOLOGY FAMILY.

15-SOC-839 GENDER/SEX/FAMILIES .

15-SOC-8010, SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER.