Robin W. Simon

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Indiana University 613 Bellamy Building Phone (850) 644-7105 Fax (850) 644-8818 Email: rsimon@fsu.edu curriculum vitae

Examines gender and other social (e.g., marital and parental) status variations in the experience and expression of emotion and emotional problems among adults in the U.S. and social factors that underlie these variations. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Health and Social Behavior and American Sociological Review.

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Research

Gender and social status variations in the consequences of role involvement, chronic role strains, and role transitions for mental health among adults.

Gender differences in both the experience and expression of emotion and emotional problems among children, adolescents, and adults.

Teaching

Emotion
Mental Health
Social Psychology
Gender and the Family
Introductory Sociology

Education and Recent Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL(2003-present)

Research Associate, Center for the Study of Demography and Population Health (2003-present)

National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2000-2003)

Assistant to Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (1992-2000)

Ph.D. in Sociology with specialization in social psychology, mental health, gender and the family, and medical sociology; 1992

Selected Papers and Publications

Ranae J. Evenson and Robin W. Simon. 2005. "Clarifying the Relationship Between Parenthood and Depression." Forthcoming in Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Simon, Robin W. and Leda E. Nath. 2004. "Gender and Emotion in the U.S.: Do Men and Women Differ in Self-Reports of Feelings and Expressive Behavior?" American Journal of Sociology 109: 1137-1176.

Simon, Robin W. 2002. "Revisiting the Relationships among Gender, Marital Status, and Mental Health." American Journal of Sociology 107: 1065-1096.


Manuscripts in Progress

Simon, Robin W. and Kathryn Lively. "Gender Differences in the Social Antecedents and Targets of Anger and their Implications for Depression."

Simon, Robin W. "Contribution of the Sociology of Mental Health for Understanding the Social Antecedents, Social Regulation, and Social Distribution of Emotion." (For inclusion in Mental Health, Social Mirror, edited by W. Avison,k J. McLeod, and B. Pescosilido.)

Sischo, Lacey and Robin W. Simon "Feeling Overweight, Weight Anxiety, and Depression Among Young Adults."