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