Colter Mitchell
Address: Wallace Hall, Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ 08544-5804
Email: cmitchel
at princeton dot edu
Phone: (609) 258-2772 fax:
(609) 258-5804
Current
Position:
Postdoctoral
Research Associate, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Office of
Population Research, Princeton University
Education:
2009 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Michigan
2007 M.A. in Statistics, University of Michigan
2003 M.S. in Sociology, Brigham Young University
2001
B.S. in Sociology, Brigham Young University
Research Interests:
Currently
my research focuses on the causes and consequences of family formation
behavior. Concerning causes of family formation, I examine how social context such
as neighborhood resources and values influence family processes. Regarding the
consequences of family formation, I examine how family processes interplay with
an individual’s genetic and epigenetic makeup to influence behavior, wellbeing,
and health.
Publications:
Thornton, Arland, Dirgha J. Ghimire, and Colter
Mitchell.
Forthcoming. The Measurement and Prevalence of
Developmental Thinking about the Family: Evidence from Nepal. Population Studies (Paper)
Heaton, Tim B. and Colter Mitchell. Forthcoming. Changing Intergroup Boundaries in Intermarriage
in Brazil: 1991-2008. Journal
of Comparative Family Studies.
(Paper)
Mitchell, Colter, Daniel Notterman, Jeanne
Brooks-Gunn, Iulia Kotenko, Kate Jaeger, John Hobcraft, Irwin Garfinkel, and Sara McLanahan. 2011. The
Role of Mother’s Genes and Environment on Postpartum Depression. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences
108 (20): 8189-8193. (Abstract) (Access to paper) (In this issue) (Press Release)
Mitchell, Colter. 2011. Biosocial
Foundations of Family Processes Edited by Alan Booth, Susan M. McHale and Nancy
S. Landale. Biodemography and
Social Biology 57:258-260. (Review)
Mitchell, Colter, Xuaning Fu, Tim B.
Heaton, and Cardell K. Jacobson. Urbanization,
Education and Racial Intermarriage in Brazil International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 47 (2): 273-294.
Mitchell, Colter. 2010. Are Divorce
Studies Trustworthy? The Effects of Survey Nonresponse and Response Errors Journal of Marriage and Family 72 (4):
893-904. (Access to paper)
Mitchell, Colter (with A.Thornton
(first author), S. Achen, J. Barber, G. Binstock, W.
Garrison, D. Ghimire, W. Guangzhou, R. Inglehart, R. Jayakody, Y. Jiang, J. de Jong, R. Lesthaeghe,
S. Mehenna, M. Moaddel,
M.B. Ofstedal, N. Schwarz, Y. Xie, L.S. Yang, L. Young-DeMarco,
and K. Yount. 2010 Process and Method for Creating
Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Developmental Idealism,
Developmental Thinking, and Family Life. In Survey Methods in Multinational,
Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts, edited by M. Braun, B. Edwards,
J. Harkness, T. Johnson, L. Lyberg,
P. Mohler, B.E. Pennell, and T.W. Smith.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. (Book)
Axinn, William
G. Amie Emens and Colter
Mitchell. 2008. Ideational
Influences on Family Change in the United States Pp. 119-149 in
International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives, edited by R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, and W. Axinn. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates. (Paper) (Book)
Bahr, Howard
M., Colter Mitchell, Xiaomin
Li, Alison Walker, and Kristen Sucher. 2004. Trends in Family Time/ Space, Conflict and
Solidarity: Middletown: 1924-1999. City and Community 3(3): 263-291. (Paper)
Mitchell,
Colter and John P. Hoffmann. 2004.
Solution Manual to Accompany Generalized Linear Models: An Applied Approach
by John P. Hoffmann. Boston, MA: Allyn &
Bacon. (Book)
Manuscripts under Review:
Mitchell,
Colter The Influence of the Modernization
Paradigm on People’s Beliefs about Family and Social Change (Paper)
Mitchell,
Colter. Whose Will Dominates: Individual, Family and Community Influences on
Participation in Spouse Selection. (Paper)
Mitchell, Colter and Vaughn R.A. Call. Respondent Cooperation and Requests for Contacts in Longitudinal
Research. (Paper)
Mitchell, Colter, Mile Kimball, Arland Thornton, and
Linda Young-DeMarco. The Reciprocal Relationship between College Major
and Values: Family, Careers, and Society. (Paper)
Mitchell, Colter, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne
Brooks-Gunn, Daniel Notterman, John Hobcraft and Irwin Garfinkel. Genes,
Biological Parent Relationship Instability, and Externalizing Behaviors
Thornton, A, G.
Binstock, M. Abbasi-Shavazi-D. Ghimire, A. Gjonca, C.
Mitchell, A. Melegh, M. Moaddel, Y. Xie, L. Yang, L. Young-DeMarco and K. Yount Knowledge and Beliefs of Ordinary People about
Developmental Hierarchies. (Paper)
Manuscripts in Progress:
Binsotck,
G., A. Thornton, C. Mitchell,
Y. Xie, L. Young-DeMarco, and K. Yount. Evaluating the Measurement Reliabilities of Developmental Idealism
Measures.
Boardman, Jason D., Colter Mitchell, and Daniel Notterman. Genetic Effects on Obesity for Mothers and Children in Three Racial
Groups.
Call,
Vaughn R.A., Colter Mitchell and Cassandra Dorius.
The Accuracy of Public Mailing Lists: The Middletown Community Study
Experience. (Paper)
Kimball, Miles, Colter Mitchell, Arland Thornton,
and Linda Young-DeMarco. College Major and Preferences: The Case of
Religion. (NBER Working Paper)
(Press Release)
Mitchell, Colter. Land Quality, Perceptions of
Environmental Change and the Spouse Selection Process
Mitchell, Colter and Daniel
Notterman. Allele frequencies of
common DNA markers in a population based survey.
Mitchell, Colter. Nonresponse, measurement error,
and data quality for Salivary DNA collection and analysis.
Mitchell, Colter. The Effects of Overpopulation Concerns on U.S.
Fertility
Mitchell, Colter. Land Quality, Perceptions of Environmental Change
and the Spouse Selection Process
Mitchell,
Colter and Dirgha Ghimire. Changing Family Formation Ideals: the role of
neighborhood, family and individual experiences
Mitchell, Colter, John Hobcraft, Arthur Berg, Willard Freeman Jeanne
Brooks-Gunn, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, and Daniel Notterman
Genome-wide Epigenetic Signatures of Family Environment in 9 Year Old Children
Mitchell, Colter, Sara
McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Irwin Garfinkel, and Daniel Notterman The Influence and
Interplay of Family Instability and Genes on Children’s Prosocial
Behavior
Mitchell, Colter, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne
Brooks-Gunn, Daniel
Notterman, and Irwin Garfinkel Life Course and Biological Susceptibility:
Implications and Examples for Gene and Social Environment Interplay
Links of
Interest:
Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Princeton - Office of Population Research
Michigan Department of Sociology
UM - Population Studies Center
Population and Ecology Research Lab
Developmental Idealism Studies