Margaret E. Ensminger, Ph.D., interests include life span development and health; childhood and adolescence; social structure and health; substance use; aggressive and violent behavior. She has been following a cohort of children from an inner city neighborhood, first seen when they were in first grade. They have recently been assessed at age 42. Their mothers were interviewed for a third time as they are about at retirement age. She and her colleagues have been examining the early individual, family and neighborhood antecedents to both healthy and unhealthy outcomes for the cohort of former first graders and their mothers. Ensminger teaches three courses in the school. Health and Society is primarily for the the first year HPM doctoral students. Sociological Perspectives on Public Health considers sociological perspectives and how they are relevant for public health problems. It is taught first quarter every other year. Poverty and Health is taught in alternate years and examines in some detail poverty and its relationship to health.

Health Policy and Management, Behavior and Health, life span development and health; childhood and adolescence; social structure and health; substance use; aggressive and violent behavior

1996 Membership in Public Health Alpha Chapter Delta Omega Honorary Society.

1978 Patricia Lynn Baker Award for 1978, University of Chicago, Year's best social science paper on social science and social policy.

1973 Honors on Ph.D. Special Field Examination Psychiatric Sociology, University of Chicago.

1971-1973 Fellowship, Food Foundation Urban Study Program, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology.

1965 Honors on M.A. Examinations, University of Nebraska.

1964-1965 Fellowship, University of Nebraska.

Juon, H.S., Ensminger, M.E., and Feehan, M. 2003. Childhood Adversity and Later Mortality in an Urban African-American Cohort. American Journal of Public Health, vol.93 (12): 2044-2046.

Roche, K.M., Ensminger, M.E., Chilcoat, H., and Storr, C. 2003. Establishing independence in low-income urban areas: The relationship to adolescent aggressive behavior. Journal of Marriage and Family, vol.65 (August):668-680.

Ensminger, M.E., Hanson, S.G., Riley, A.W., and Juon, H.S. 2003. Maternal Psychological Distress: Adult Sons’ and Daughters’ Mental Health and Educational Attainment. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 42(9):1108-1115.

Roche, K.M., Webster, D.W., Alexander, C.S., and Ensminger, M.E. 2003. Neighborhood Variations in the Salience of Family Support to Boys’ Fighting. Adolescent & Family Health, vol. 3(2):55-63.

McCord, J., and Ensminger, M.E. 2003. Racial Discrimination and Violence: A Longitudinal Perspective. In: Violent Crime: Assessing Race & Ethnic Differences, edited by Darnell F. Hawkins. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Ensminger, M.E. and Fothergill, K. 2003. A Decade of Measuring SES: What It Tells Us and Where to Go From Here? In: Socioeconomic Status, Parenting, and Child Development, edited by M.H. Bornstein, and R.H. Bradley . New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Ensminger, M.E. 2002. The Influence of Cohort on Personal Control Among Aging Persons. In: Personal Control in Social and Life Contexts, edited by S.H. Zarit, L.I. Pearlin, and K.W. Schaie. New York: Springer Publishing.

Astone, N.M., Ensminger, M.E., and Juon, H.S. 2002. Early Adult Characteristics and Mortality Among Inner-city African American Women. American Journal of Public Health, vol. 92(4):640-645.

Ensminger, M.E., Juon, H.S., and Fothergill, K. 2002. Childhood and adolescent antecedents of substance use in early adulthood. Addictions , vol. 97, 2002:833-844.

Juon, H.S., Ensminger, M.E., Dobson Sydnor, K. A Longitudinal Study of Developmental Trajectories to Young Adult Cigarette Smoking. 2002. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 66:303-314.

Ensminger, M.E. and Juon, H.S. 2001. The Influence of Patterns of Welfare Receipt During the Child Rearing Years on Later Physical and Psychological Health. Women and Health, vol. 32(1/2):25-46. Astone, N.M. , Schoen, R., Ensminger, M.E., Rothert, K. 2000. School Re-entry in Early Adulthood: The Case of Inner-City African Americans’. Sociology of Education, Vol 73 (July): 133-154.

Forrest, CB, Tambor, ES, Riley, AW, Ensminger, M.E., Starfield, B. 2000. The Health Profile of Incarcerated Male Youths. Pediatrics, Vol. 105(1):286-291.

Ensminger, M.E., Forrest, C.B., Riley, A.W., Kang, M,, Green, B.F., Starfield, B., Ryan, S.A. 2000. The Validity of Measures of Socioeconomic Status of Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research. Vol. 15(3), pp. 392- 419.

Riley, A.W., Forrest, C.B., Green, B.F., Starfield, B., Kang, M., and Ensminger, M.E.1998. Reliability and Validity of the Adolescent Health Profile-Types. Medical Care, 36(8):1236-48.

Riley, A.W., Ensminger, M.E., Green, B.F., and Kang, M. 1998. Social Role Functioning by Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry., 37(6):620-628.

Crum, R.M., Ensminger, M.E., Ro, M.J., and McCord, J. 1998. The Association of Educational Achievement and School Dropout with Risk of Alcoholism: A 25-Year Prospective Study of Inner City Children. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 59(3):318-326.

Ensminger, M.E. and Juon, H.S. 1998. Transition to Adulthood among High Risk Youth. In: New Perspectives on Adolescent Risk Behavior, edited by Richard Jessor. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press

McCord, J. and Ensminger, M.E. 1997. Multiple Risks and Comorbidity in an African-American Population. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 7(4):339-352.

Ensminger, M.E., Anthony, J.C., and McCord, J. 1997. The Inner City and Drug Use: Initial Findings from an Epidemiologic Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 48:175-184.

Juon, H.S. and Ensminger, M.E. 1997. Childhood Adolescent and Young Adult Predictors of Suicidal Behaviors: A Prospective Study of African Americans. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38(5):553-563.

Hardy, J.B., Shapiro, S., Mellits, E.D., Skinner, E.A., Astone, N.M., Ensminger, M.E., LaVeist, T., Baumgardner, R.A., and Starfield, B.H. 1997. Self-sufficiency at Ages 27-33 Years: Factors Present between Birth and 18 Years That Predict Educational Attainment Among Children Born to Inner-city Families. Pediatrics 99(1):80-87.