A Population, Family, and Health Research Initiative

Friday, 10/03/2008
3:30pm - 5:00pm
The Blackwell Inn, 140 Pfahl Hall, 2110 Tuttle Park Place
Dr. Jane Menken, Professor of Sociology and Director of Institute of Behavioral Science - University of Colorado, Boulder 2nd Annual Joan Huber Lecture in Population
Photo of Mother and Baby Son
IPR Administration Dr. Randall J.Olsen, Director Dr. Elizabeth Cooksey, Associate Director Susan Pennington, Office Manager Jeanne Huba, Grant Coordinator

Kristi Williams

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Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology

The Ohio State University
342 Bricker Hall
190 North Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
phone: 614-688-3207

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2000


  • Research Interests: Dr. Williams' research examines the influence of support and strain in family and other personal relationships on mental and physical health, with a particular focus on gender and life course variations in these patterns. Her recent projects include an examination of the influence of marital and cohabitation transitions on the health and well-being of single mothers and an NIA funded study of life course variations in the stress-buffering role of personal relationships.


  • Current Research: effects of marital transitions and marital quality on mental and physical health, effects of work/family strain on spouse’s health, and the impact of late-life widowhood on health-related behavior