Jennifer Reid Keene

Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Tulane University,
M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University
Areas of interest: Sociology of Aging & the Life Course, Work and Family, Gender, Stratification, and Organizations.

Jennifer Keene teaches graduate and undergraduate social statistics, Sociology of Aging & the Life Course, Introduction to Sociology, Quantitative Research Methods, and Sociology of Marriage and the Family. Jennifer's research interests include gender and age stratification, as well as paid work and family issues. She has conducted research on work-family balance and tradeoffs, as well as the effects of spousal caregiving on survivors' well-being in widowhood. She is currently working with Dr. Anastasia Prokos on a project examining disparities in the provision and use of employer provided health insurance and other research on children's economic well-being in two parent families and those being raised by grandparents. Jennifer is also working with Dr. Andrea Fontana on a textbook on death and dying, which is under contract with Polity Press. In 2002, Drs. Keene and Prokos founded a local chapter of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS). In 2005, Keene won the College of Liberal Arts William Morris Teaching Award and the UNLV Alumni Association Award for Student-Centeredness.

Recent publications include:

· Keene, Jennifer Reid and Anastasia Prokos. Accepted, 2007. “The Sandwiched Generation: Multiple Caregiving Responsibilities and the Mismatch between Actual and Preferred Work Hours” Sociological Spectrum.

· Keene, Jennifer Reid and Anastasia Prokos. Accepted, 2006. “Comparing Offers and Take-ups of Employee Health Insurance Across, Race, Gender, and Decade.” Sociological Inquiry.

· Preston, Frederick W., Paul D. Shapiro, and Jennifer Reid Keene. Accepted, 2006. “Successful Aging and Gambling: Predictors of Gambling Risk Among Las Vegas Seniors.” American Behavioral Scientist.

· Prokos, Anastasia and Jennifer Reid Keene. 2005. “The Long-Term Effects of Spousal Caregiving on Survivors’ Well-Being in Widowhood.” Social Science Quarterly 86, 3:664-682.

· Keene, Jennifer Reid and John R. Reynolds. 2005. “The Job Costs of Family Demands: Gender Differences in Negative Family-to-Work Spillover.” Journal of Family Issues 26, 3:275-299.

· Keene, Jennifer Reid and Jill Quadagno. 2004. “Predictors of Perceived Work-Family Balance: Gender Difference or Gender Similarity” Sociological Perspectives 47, 1: 1-24.

Joined faculty in 2001.