Patricia M. Morton. 700 W. State Street 1202 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN West Lafayette, IN Education September 2015

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1 Patricia M. Morton Department of Sociology Center on Aging and the Life Course Stone Hall Hanley Hall 700 W. State Street 1202 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN West Lafayette, IN Education September (exp.) Dual-Title Ph.D. in Sociology and Gerontology, West Lafayette, Indiana Dissertation: The Things They Carried: The Biological Residue of Childhood Misfortune Committee: Kenneth F. Ferraro (chair), Elliot M. Friedman, Sarah A. Mustillo, J. Jill Suitor 2012 M.S. in Sociology, West Lafayette, Indiana 2009 B.S. in Applied Sociology, Minor in Forensic Psychology Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, Summa Cum Laude Areas of Specialization Aging and the Life Course, Health Disparities, Medical Sociology, Quantitative Methodology Publications Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Patricia M. Morton. Forthcoming. What Do We mean by Accumulation? Advancing Conceptual Precision for a Core Idea in Gerontology. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences *2014 Best Paper Award, Theoretical Developments in Social Gerontology, Gerontological Society of America Morton, Patricia M., Sarah A. Mustillo, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Does Childhood Misfortune Increase Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk? Social Science & Medicine 104: Schafer, Markus H., Patricia M. Morton, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Child Maltreatment and Adult Health in a National Sample: Heterogeneous Relational Contexts, Divergent Effects? Child Abuse & Neglect 38:

2 Morton 2 Vuolo, Michael, Kenneth F. Ferraro, Patricia M. Morton, and Ting-Ying Yang Why Do Older People Change Their Ratings of Childhood Health? Demography 51: Morton, Patricia M. and Kenneth F. Ferraro Race and Health Disparities. Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, edited by William C. Cockerham, Robert Dingwall, and Stella Quah. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Morton, Patricia M., Markus H. Schafer, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Does Childhood Misfortune Increase Cancer Risk in Adulthood? Journal of Aging and Health 24: *Article featured in national and international news outlets. Manuscripts under Review Morton, Patricia M., Nicholas A. Turiano, Daniel K. Mroczek, and Kenneth F. Ferraro. Childhood Misfortune, Personality, and Heart Attack: Does Personality Mediate Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction? The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences (revise and resubmit) Morton, Patricia M. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. Does Childhood Misfortune Increase the Likelihood of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adulthood? Manuscripts in Progress Antecedents of Life Course Resilience After Major Childhood Maltreatment. with Kenneth F. Ferraro. Manuscript in Preparation. Does Childhood Misfortune Raise the Risk of Cancer Among Black, White, and Hispanic Adults? with Blakelee R. Kemp, Sarah A. Mustillo, and Kenneth F. Ferraro. Manuscript in Preparation. Does Childhood Misfortune Reduce Hand-Grip Strength in Later Life? with Natalie R, Smith, Kenneth F. Ferraro, Blakelee R. Kemp, and Sarah A. Mustillo. Manuscript in Preparation. Does Childhood Increase Arthritis Incidence? with Blakelee R. Kemp and Kenneth F. Ferraro. Manuscript in Preparation. Early Life Misfortune and Personality Development Across the Life Course. With Nicholas A. Turiano, Patrick Hill, Kenneth F. Ferraro, and Daniel K. Mroczek. Manuscript in Preparation. Race, Gender, and Class: Structural Explanations for Differences in Functional Disability Risk. Manuscript in Preparation. Parents Learning to be Decision Makers for Children with Profound Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. with Nhung T. Tran, Kathleen Matula, and Melody B. Hellsten. Working Manuscript.

3 Morton 3 Conference Presentations Kemp, Blakelee R., Patricia M. Morton, Sarah A. Mustillo, and Kenneth F. Ferraro. Does Childhood Misfortune Raise the Risk of Cancer Among Black, White, and Hispanic Adults? To be presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Morton, Patricia M Race, Gender, and Class: Structural Explanations for Differences in Functional Disability Risk. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Patricia M. Morton Antecedents of Life Course Resilience After Major Childhood Maltreatment. Presented at Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C. Morton, Patricia M., and Kenneth F. Ferraro What Do We mean by Accumulation? Advancing Conceptual Precision in Defining Accumulation. Presented at Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C. Awarded Best Paper for Theoretical Developments in Social Gerontology by the Gerontological Society of America Morton, Patricia M., and Kenneth F. Ferraro Does Childhood Misfortune Increase the Likelihood of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adulthood? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, New York. Morton, Patricia M., Nicholas A. Turiano, Daniel K. Mroczek, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Childhood Misfortune, Personality, and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Does Personality Mediate Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction? Presented at the 20 th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Seoul, S. Korea. Morton, Patricia M., and Kenneth F. Ferraro Does Childhood Misfortune Increase Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, Colorado. Schafer, Markus H., Patricia M. Morton, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Child Maltreatment and Adult Health in a National Sample: Heterogeneous Relational Contexts, Divergent Effects? Presented at Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California. Morton, Patricia M., Markus H. Schafer, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Does Childhood Misfortune Increase Cancer Risk in Adulthood? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada. Morton, Patricia M., Markus H. Schafer, and Kenneth F. Ferraro Long-term Effects of Childhood Misfortune on Adult Cancer Risk? Examining Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Life Events, and Adverse Experiences. Invited plenary speaker for International Conference on Successful Aging, Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea.

4 Morton 4 Research Experience 2014-present Research Assistant, "Childhood Misfortune and Adult Health among Black, White, and Hispanic Americans Kenneth F. Ferraro, Principal Investigator,, Funded by the National Institute on Aging, (R01 AG043544). Participated in data analysis and manuscript preparation Research Assistant, "Enduring Effects of Early Adversity on Adult Health?" Kenneth F. Ferraro, Principal Investigator,, Funded by the National Institute on Aging, (R01 AG033541). Participated in data analysis and manuscript preparation Research Project Coordinator, Parents Learning to be Decision Makers for Children with Profound Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Nhung T, Tran, Principal Investigator, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Participated in data collection and management, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. Experience with the following statistical software packages: MPLUS, SAS, SPSS, STATA, R. Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant, Graduate Statistics for the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Graduate statistics courses included Longitudinal Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, and Quantitative Methods Instructor, Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Instructor, Social Problems, Department of Sociology, Laboratory Instructor, Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Laboratory Instructor, Statistics for the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Texas State University-San Marcos Statistics Tutor, Statistics for the Social Sciences, Applied Data Analysis, Department of Sociology, Texas State University-San Marcos Math Tutor, College Mathematics, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, Texas

5 Morton 5 Guest Lectures 2015 Applying Principles of Effective Writing. Writing Seminar, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences,, February Preparing for Preliminary Dissertation Exams. Professional Development Seminar, Department of Sociology,, February Early Origins of Adult Health. Medical Sociology, Department of Sociology,, February Hypothesis Testing. Graduate Statistics for the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology,, April Bootstrapping Basics. Statistics for the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology,, October. Honors and Grants Awarded Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship,, $18, Funding awarded to attend RAND Summer Institute, RAND Corporation Robert L. Eichhorn Fellowship,, $5, Best Paper Award, Theoretical Developments in Social Gerontology, Gerontological Society of America, $1, Center on Aging and the Life Course Summer Research Award, Purdue University, $ Lynn Fellowship,, $15, Clarence Schultz Scholarship, Texas State University-San Marcos, $ Liberal Arts Academic Excellence Award, Texas State University-San Marcos 2003 United Way Military Volunteer Family of the Year Additional Training 2015 Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists and the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging Workshop. 22 nd RAND Summer Institute, RAND Corporation Examining the Health and Retirement Study Workshop. Summer Institute in

6 Morton 6 Survey Research Techniques, University of Michigan Research Integrity Workshop. Robert E. Pruitt. Graduate School, Purdue University Techniques for Giving a Great Seminar. J. Paul Robinson. Center for Instructional Excellence, Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Dealing with Missing Data in Quantitative Analyses. Sarah A. Mustillo. Department of Human Development and Family Studies,. Professional Service Mentor, Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), 2011, Kadari Taylor-Watson Reviewed manuscripts for American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Sociological Review, Journal of Aging and Health, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, and Social Science & Medicine Reviewed abstracts for the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting Secretary, Sociology Graduate Organization,, Professional Affiliations Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society Chapter President, XI Chapter of Texas American Sociological Association Section Membership: Aging and the Life Course Medical Sociology Gerontological Society of America Sociologists for Women in Society Volunteer Experience 2005 Relief aid for Hurricane Rita evacuees, Red Cross, San Antonio, Texas Summer counselor for children with disabilities, Camp C.A.M.P., Center Point, Texas

7 Morton Aid for orphans with disabilities, Hermano Pedro, Antigua, Guatemala References Kenneth F. Ferraro Distinguished Professor and Interim Head of Sociology Director, Center on Aging and the Life Course 700 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN sochead@purdue.edu Sarah A. Mustillo Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame 810 Flanner Hall Notre Dame, IN smustill@nd.edu J. Jill Suitor Professor of Sociology 700 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN jsuitor@purdue.edu