Sociology Faculty Directory
Natalia Sarkisian
Associate Professor
Natalia Sarkisian
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall 417
Telephone: 617-552-0495
Email: natalia.sarkisian@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0002-3842-0778
Education
- Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Courses
SOCY1008 - Marriage and the Family
SOCY3361 - Family and Work
SOCY7704 - Regression Models for Categorical Data
SOCY7705 - Advanced Statistics
SOCY7706 - Longitudinal Data Analysis
SOCY7708 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling
SOCY7709 - Quantitative Data Management
Research Interests
Family sociology. Aging and the life course. Quantitative methods. Sex and gender. Race/ethnicity. Race, gender, and class.
Department
Professional Honors and Awards
Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Russell Sage Foundation. 2011-2012.
Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association. “Street Men, Family Men: Race and Men’s Extended Family Involvement.” (Social Forces, December 2007). 2008.
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award. Race, Gender, and Class Section, American Sociological Association. “Extended Family Integration Among Euro and Mexican Americans: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class.” (Journal of Marriage and Family, February 2007, with Mariana Gerena and Naomi Gerstel.) 2008.
Faculty Fellowship, Boston College. Project title: “Nuclear and Extended Family Ties: Cooperation or Competition?” 2007-2008.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter International Award for Research Excellence in Families and Work. Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family. “Explaining the Gender Gap in Help to Parents: The Importance of Employment.” (Journal of Marriage and Family, May 2004, with Naomi Gerstel.) 2005.
Junior Faculty Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston College. 2005-2007.
Publications
Calvo, Esteban, Natalia Sarkisian, and Christopher R. Tamborini. 2013. “Causal Effects of Retirement Timing on Subjective Well-being: The Role of Cultural Norms and Institutional Policies.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 68, 1 (January), 73-84.
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2012. Nuclear Family Values, Extended Family Lives: The Importance of Gender, Race, and Class. New York: Routledge.
Garroutte, Eva Marie, Natalia Sarkisian, and Sergey Karamnov. 2012. “Affective Interactions in Medical Visits: Ethnic Differences among American Indian Older Adults.” Journal of Aging and Health, 24, 7 (October), 1223-1251.
Oh, Seil, and Natalia Sarkisian. 2012. “Spiritual Individualism or Engaged Spirituality? Social Implications of Holistic Spirituality among Mind-Body-Spirit Practitioners.” Sociology of Religion, 73, 3(Autumn), 299-322.
Collins, Amy L., Natalia Sarkisian, and Ellen Winner. 2009. "Flow and Happiness in Later Life: An Investigation into the Role of Daily and Weekly Flow Experiences." Journal of Happiness Studies, 10, 6 (December), 703-709.
Garroutte, Eva, Natalia Sarkisian, Dedra Buchwald, Jack Goldberg, and Jan Beals. 2008. "Perceptions of Medical Interaction between Providers and American Indian Older Adults." Social Science and Medicine, 67, 4 (August), 546-556.
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2008. "Till Marriage Do Us Part: Adult Children's Relationships with Parents." Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 2 (May), 360-376.
Sarkisian, Natalia. 2008. "Neural Networks as an Emergent Method in Quantitative Research: An Example of Self-Organizing Maps." Pp. 625-654 in Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy (Eds.), The Handbook of Emergent Methods. New York: Guilford Press.
Sarkisian, Natalia. 2007. "Street Men, Family Men: Race and Men's Extended Family Involvement." Social Forces, 86, 2 (December), 763-794.
Sarkisian, Natalia, Mariana Gerena, and Naomi Gerstel. 2007. "Extended Family Integration among Euro and Mexican Americans: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class." Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 1 (February), 40-54.
Gerstel, Naomi, and Natalia Sarkisian. 2006. "Marriage: The Good, the Bad, and the Greedy." Contexts, 5, 4 (November), 16-21.
Sarkisian, Natalia, Mariana Gerena, and Naomi Gerstel. 2006. "Extended Family Ties among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Whites: Superintegration or Disintegration?" Family Relations, 55, 3 (July), 331-344.
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2004. "Kin Support Among Blacks and Whites: Race and Family Organization." American Sociological Review, 69, 4 (December), 812-837.
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2004. "Explaining the Gender Gap in Help to Parents: The Importance of Employment." Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 2 (May), 431-451.
Sarkisian, Natalia, Mariana Gerena, and Naomi Gerstel. 2006. "Extended Family Ties among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Whites: Superintegration or Disintegration?" Family Relations, 55, 3 (July), 331-344.
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2004. "Kin Support Among Blacks and Whites: Race and Family Organization." American Sociological Review, 69, 4 (December), 812-837.
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2004. "Explaining the Gender Gap in Help to Parents: The Importance of Employment." Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 2 (May), 431-451.