MAJOR FIELDS

Demography, Social Stratification, Race and Ethnic Studies, Urban Sociology, Social Research Methods.
 

DEGREES

Ph.D.     Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
                     Dissertation: Studies in African American Social Demography

M.A.     Demography, University of Pennsylvania, 1996.

B.A.      English, Summa cum laude, Temple University, 1992.
 

PUBLICATIONS

Hill, Mark E. Forthcoming. "Color Differences in the Socioeconomic Status of African American Men: Results of a Longitudinal Study." Social Forces.

Hill, Mark E., Samuel H. Preston, and Ira Rosenwaike. 2000. "Age Reporting and Mortality among White Americans Aged 85+: Results of a Record Linkage Study." Demography 37(2).

Hill, Mark E. 1999. "Multivariate Survivorship Analysis Using Two Cross-Sectional Samples." Demography 36(4):497-503.

Preston, Samuel H., Mark E. Hill, and Greg L. Drevenstedt. 1998. "Childhood Conditions that Predict Survival to Advanced Ages among African Americans." Social Science and Medicine 47(9):1231-1246.

Rosenwaike, Ira,  Mark E. Hill, Samuel H. Preston, and Irma T. Elo. 1998. "Linking Death Certificates to Early Census Records: The African American Matched Records Sample." Historical Methods 31(2):65-74.

Hill, Mark E., Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, and Ira Rosenwaike. 1997. "Age-Linked Institutions and Age Reporting among Older African Americans." Social Forces 75(3):1007-1030.

Elo, Irma T., Samuel H. Preston, Ira Rosenwaike, Mark E. Hill, and Timothy Cheney. 1996. "Consistency of Age Reporting on Death Certificates and Social Security Administration Records among Elderly African-American Decedents." Social Science Research 25(3):292-307.

Rosenwaike, Ira and Mark E. Hill. 1996. "Accuracy of Age Reporting among Elderly African Americans: Evidence of a Birth Registration Effect." Research on Aging 18(3):310-324.

Preston, Samuel H., Irma T. Elo, Ira Rosenwaike, and Mark E. Hill. 1996. "African-American Mortality at Older Ages: Results of a Matching Study." Demography 33(2):193-209.
 

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

Hill, Mark E. "Skin Color and Perceptions of Attractiveness among African Americans." Submitted to American Journal of Sociology.

Hill, Mark E. and Ira Rosenwaike. "The Social Security Administration's Death Master File: A Note on the Completeness of Death Reporting." Submitted to The Gerontologist.
 

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Childhood Conditions that Predict Survival to Advanced Ages among White Americans" with S. Preston, I. Rosenwaike, and J. Dunagan. Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 2000.

"Skin Color and Perceptions of Attractiveness among African Americans." Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, March 2000.

"Does the US Really have Exceptionally Low Mortality after Age 85?"  Third European-American Research Colloquium on Social and Biological Determinants of Longevity. Rostock, Germany, August 1999.

"Age Reporting and Mortality among White Americans Aged 85+:  Results of a Record Linkage Study."  Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 1999.

"Color Differences in the Socioeconomic Status of African American Men." Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, March 1999.

"Age Reporting among Older White Americans."  Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 1998.

"Multivariate Survivorship Analysis with Non-longitudinal Data." New Methods for the Analysis of Change Conference, State College, PA, October 1998.

"Color Differences in the Socioeconomic Status of African American Men: Results of a Longitudinal Study." Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, October 1998.

"Multivariate Survivorship Analysis Using Two Cross-Sectional Samples." Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, April 1998.

"Childhood Conditions that Predict Survival to Advanced Ages among African Americans" with S. Preston and G. Drevenstedt. Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, April 1998.

"Color Differentiation and Occupational Attainment among African American Men." Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, March 1998.

"African-American Mortality at Older Ages: Results of a Matching Study" with S. Preston, I. Elo, I. Rosenwaike. Annual
Meetings of the Population Association of America, 1995.

"Consistency of Age Reporting on Death Certificates and Social Security Administration Records among Elderly African American Decedents" with I. Elo, I. Rosenwaike, and T. Cheney.  Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, 1994.
 

RESEARCH POSITIONS

1999 - Present:    Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

1998 - Present:    Project Manager, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

1994 - 1997:       Research Assistant, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

1992 - 1994:       Research Technician, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

1990 - 1991:       Editorial Assistant, Journal of Modern Literature, Temple University
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 1999:  Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 101), Community College of Pennsylvania

Fall 1996:  Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 1), University of Pennsylvania
 

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS AND COMPETITIVE TRAINING AWARDS

Invited Speaker, Third European-American Research Colloquium on Social and Biological Determinants of Longevity.  Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Rostock, Germany, August 1999

RAND Mini-Medical School and Summer Institute, 1998 and 1999

Nonrandom Selection in Aging and Retirement Studies: Instructor, Lee Lillard. University of Michigan, June 1999

New Methods for the Analysis of Change Conference, Penn State University, October 1998

Using Census Data to Study Aging: Instructor, Reynolds Farley.  University of Michigan, June 1996

National Institutes of Health (NIA) Pre-Doctoral Training Fellowship, 1994 - 1997

Dean's Scholar, Temple University, 1990 - 1991
 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Referee    Demography
                Historical Methods
                Social Science and Medicine
 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Gerontological Society of America
Population Association of America
 

MILITARY SERVICE

1984 - 1988 Hospital Corpsman, United States Navy.  Duty stations: Philadelphia Naval Hospital; First Marine Corps Division, Camp Pendleton, CA;  First Fleet Marine Force, USSBelleau Wood.  Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
 

REFERENCES

Paul D. Allison, Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
Phone: (215) 898-6717
FAX:   (215) 573-2081
E-mail: allison@ssc.upenn.edu

Douglas S. Massey, Chair
Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
Phone: (215) 898-4688
FAX:   (215) 898-2124
E-mail: dmassey@pop.upenn.edu

Samuel H. Preston, Dean
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
116 College Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6377
Phone: (215) 898-7320
E-mail: spreston@falcon.sas.upenn.edu