EVELYN PATTERSON
Ph.D. University of Pennysylvania, 2007
TITLE:   Assistant Professor

OFFICE:   203B Garland Hall
EMAIL:   evelyn.patterson@vanderbilt.edu
PHONE:   615-322-7515
CV: EvelynPattersonCV.pdf

HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS RECEIVED

Miriam Hospital Fellowship, Brown University, 2009-2011

School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2007

American Society of Criminology Minority Fellow, 2006

U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging Trainee, 2002-2006

William Fontaine Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2007

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, Rice University, 2000-2002

W. M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training Fellow, Rice University, 2000

COURSES TAUGHT

UNDERGRADUATE:

Social Statistics

GRADUATE:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Correctional Populations
Mortality
Mathematical Demography
Statistics

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Implications of Zero Prison Population Growth
Mortality in Correctional Populations
The Effect of Policy Shifts in the Structure of Incarcerated Populations
Life Course and Corrections

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Patterson, Evelyn J. Forthcoming. "Measurement Issues in Corrections: Quality and Compatibility of State Correctional Data in the U.S., 1984-2000,” Corrections Compendium.

Patterson, Evelyn J. 2010. "Incarcerating Death: An Analysis of Mortality in United States’ State Correctional Facilities, 1985-1998.” Demography 47: 587-607.

Patterson, Evelyn J. and Samuel H. Preston. 2008. “Estimating Mean Length of Stay in Prison: Methods and Applications.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 24:33-49.

Donato, Katharine M., Wagner, Brandon, and Evelyn Patterson. 2008. “Recent Patterns and Trends in the Cat and Mouse Game at the Mexico-U.S. Border.” International Migration Review 42:330-359.