Box 1916

Maxcy Hall

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Providence, RI 02912

Telephone: (401) 863-2367

Sociology@brown.edu

 

M.A. in Sociology, Brown University

Contact Information:
Brown University
Department of Sociology
Box 1916
Providence, RI 02912

Maxcy Hall, Room 005
Tel: (401) 863-3459
Fax: (401) 863-3213
Julia_Drew@brown.edu

Year of Entry: 2004

Previous Degrees:
M.A. in Sociology, Brown University 2006
B.A. in Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison 2002

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Interest:
Sociology of Disability, Gender and Racial Disparities in Health and Access to Health Care, Population Health, Households and Family, Quantitative and Mixed Methods, Medical Sociology, Social Demography

My work is largely motivated by viewing disability through a stratification perspective; I view disability as a socially-meaningful identity, much like race or gender, which affects the allocation of scarce resources such as health care, employment and income. The implication is that disability has a substantial material component, both in terms of the fact that disability has to do with phenomena that occur in the body and also in terms of the entrenched relationship disablement has with capitalism, poverty, the welfare state and other important socioeconomic, legal, political, historical and environmental factors. However, disability is also, in large part, socially constructed; thus, I also view disability as an identity that is activated and shaped in the course of everyday interactions with others and through encounters with important institutions like the family, health care systems, the labor market, schools, and the state.

Research:
My M.A. thesis focused on how race and ethnicity not only act as predictors of which children develop chronic health conditions but also of which children experience worse access to health care, and how scholars and researchers ignoring these disparities can in turn develop measures that produce biased estimates of the population of children with special health care needs in the U.S.

I have also written and co-authored papers on several topics, including the mechanisms underlying disparities in access to Pap smears for women with disabilities, gender and access to colorectal and breast cancer screenings, disability and family, and the health status of and access to health care for children with disabilities.

Papers:
Hogan, Dennis P., Michael E. Msall, and Julia A. Rivera Drew. 2007. “The Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities” in Richard C. Urbano and Robert M. Hodapp (eds.) Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Volume 33, Pp. 213-245. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Hogan, Dennis P. and Julia A. Rivera Drew. “Using Population Surveys to Measure the Impact of Disability on Health Care Access, Health Care Utilization, and Health Outcomes among School-Age Children.” Under Review.

Drew, Julia A. Rivera. “Ideological Barriers to Health Care Change.” Under Review.

Drew, Julia A. Rivera and Susan E. Short. “Is It Ramps, Referrals or Something Else? Disability and Access to Pap Smears among U.S. Women.” Under Review.