Erin McCauley, PhD, MEd, MA
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing
My research focuses on the causes and consequences of criminal legal involvement for individuals and families. More specifically, my research agenda falls into three core areas. First, I study the intergenerational consequences of incarceration for children's health and education. Second, I study how criminal legal involvement acts as an important socio-structural determinant of health.
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Third, I study the intersection of race and disability in institutional settings, with an eye toward understanding the reciprocal relationship between social marginalization and institutionalization. My research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation, and Policy Research Associates, among others, and has been featured in the American Journal of Public Health, Demography, Social Science and Medicine, and the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. I am currently funded by a K01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2022
- PhD Sociology Cornell University 2021
- MA Sociology Cornell University 2018
- MEd Community Development & Action Vanderbilt University 2016
- BA Family & Human Services; Spanish University of Oregon 2012
Interests
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- Experimental Design
- Education
- Family Demography
- Social Stratification
- Health Equity
- Quantitative Methods
- Child Welfare
- Mixed Methods
- Mass Incarceration
Websites
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- Personal Wesbite (erinjmccauley.com)
Publications (17)
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NaltrexoneMental Health ServicesPolicePublic PolicyCrimeRoleSubstance Abuse, IntravenousDisabled PersonsHealth Risk BehaviorsSocial SecurityPrisonsMental DisordersCriminal LawParentsPrisoners
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How Parental Incarceration Shapes the Timing and Structure of Fertility for Children of Incarcerated Parents.
Demography 2024 McCauley EJ -
A Call to Action to Public Health Institutions and Teaching to Incorporate Mass Incarceration as a Sociostructural Determinant of Health.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2022 McCauley EJ, LeMasters K, Behne MF, Brinkley-Rubinstein L -
How do academic and career services affect employment, education, and disability benefit receipt in the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who have aged out of foster care?
Journal of public child welfare 2022 McCauley EJ -
The COVID-19 pandemic behind bars: Experimental evidence showing higher support for decarceration when framed as risk to correctional staff.
SSM - population health 2022 McCauley EJ -
Differential self-reported COVID-19 impacts among U.S. secondary teachers by race/ethnicity.
Frontiers in education 2022 McCauley EJ, Cooperstock A
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Differential Risks: How Disability Shapes Risk in the Transition to Adulthood for Youth who Age Out of Foster Care.
Children and youth services review 2021 McCauley E -
The role of stress and absence: How household member incarceration is associated with risky sexual health behaviors.
Social science & medicine (1982) 2021 McCauley EJ -
COVID-19 cases and testing in 53 prison systems.
Health & justice 2020 Lemasters K, McCauley E, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L -
Beyond the Classroom: The Intergenerational Effect of Incarceration on Children's Academic and Nonacademic School-Related Outcomes in High School.
Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world 2020 McCauley E -
Casualties of context? Risk of cognitive, behavioral and physical health difficulties among children living in high-incarceration neighborhoods
Journal of Public Health 2019 Anna Haskins Erin McCauley -
The potential of college completion: How disability shapes labor market activity differentially by educational attainment and disability type
Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2019 Erin J. McCauley -
Criminal justice continuum for opioid users at risk of overdose.
Addictive behaviors 2018 Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Zaller N, Martino S, Cloud DH, McCauley E, Heise A, Seal D -
Exploring Healthcare Experiences for Incarcerated Individuals Who Identify as Transgender in a Southern Jail.
Transgender health 2018 McCauley E, Eckstrand K, Desta B, Bouvier B, Brockmann B, Brinkley-Rubinstein L -
The Cumulative Probability of Arrest by Age 28 Years in the United States by Disability Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender.
American journal of public health 2017 McCauley EJ -
Long-term housing subsidies and SSI/SSDI income: Creating health-promoting contexts for families experiencing housing instability with disabilities.
Disability and health journal 2017 Glendening ZS, McCauley E, Shinn M, Brown SR -
Navigating the Disability Determination Process from the Perspective of Incarcerated Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses.
Community mental health journal 2017 McCauley E, Samples L -
In K. Eckstrand & J. Potter (Eds.), Trauma, resilience, and health promotion for LGBT patients: What every healthcare provider should know
Institutionalization and Incarceration. 2017 Erin J. McCauley Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein