Robert A Hummer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
rhummer@email.unc.edu
Robert A. Hummer is the Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He served as the 2021 President of the Population Association of America and was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023. His research focuses on the accurate documentation and more complete understanding of health and mortality disparities in the United States. He is currently Director and Principal Investigator of the long-running National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Now in its sixth wave, Add Health is one of the most innovative and well-utilized nationally representative cohort studies of Americans ever undertaken and provides data for thousands of researchers to more fully understand the multi-level (biological, survey, contextual) life course factors that contribute to health and health disparities in US adolescents and adults.
Hummer, R.A. 2023. Race and Ethnicity, Racism, and Population Health in the United States: The Straightforward, The Complex, Innovations, and the Future. Demography 60(3): 633-657.
Gutin, I., and R.A. Hummer. 2021. Social Inequality and the Future of US Life Expectancy. Annual Review of Sociology. 47:501-520.
Hummer, R.A., and E.R. Hamilton. 2019. Population Health in America. Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press.
Hummer, R.A., and M.D. Hayward. 2015. Hispanic Older Adult Health & Longevity in the United States: Current Patterns & Concerns for the Future. Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 144 (2):20-30.
Hummer, R.A., D.A. Powers, S.G. Pullum, G.L. Gossman, and W.P. Frisbie. 2007. Paradox Found (Again): Infant Mortality among the Mexican-Origin Population in the United States. Demography. 44 (3):441-57.
2023 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2021 President, Population Association of America
2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Florida State University
2020 Mentoring Award, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science
2010 Clifford C. Clogg Award for Early Career Achievement, Population Association of America