Jason Schnittker, Ph.D.
Janice and Julian Bers Associate Professor in the Social Sciences
Associate Professor of Sociology

Office: 220 McNeil Building
University of Pennsylvania, Sociology Department
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: (215) 573-7514
Fax: (215) 573-2081
Email: jschnitt@ssc.upenn.edu
Full CV

Education:

1995  B.A., Summa Cum Laude. Psychology; Minor: Sociology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

1998  M.A., Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2001 Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Research:

  • Medical Sociology
  • Social Psychology
  • Stratification
  • Methods

Selected Publications:

2000. Schnittker, Jason, Jeremy Freese, and Brian Powell. “Nature, Nurture, Neither, Nor?: Black-White Differences in Beliefs about the Causes and Appropriate Treatment of Mental Illness.” Social Forces 78:1101-32.

2000. Schnittker, Jason. “Gender and Reactions to Psychological Problems: An Examination of Social Tolerance and Perceived Dangerousness.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 41:224- 40.

2001. Schnittker, Jason. “When is Faith Enough?: The Effects of Religious Involvement on Depression.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 40:393-411.

2002. Schnittker, Jason. “Acculturation in Context: The Self-Esteem of Chinese Immigrants.” Social Psychology Quarterly 65:56-76.

Croghan, Thomas W., Molly Tomlin, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jason Schnittker, Jack Martin, Keri Lubell, and Ralph Swindle. “American Attitudes Toward and Willingness to Use Psychiatric Medications” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Schnittker, Jason. Forthcoming. “Misgivings of Medicine?: African Americans’ Skepticism of Psychiatric Medication.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior

 

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