I am a sociologist and social epidemiologist researching the intersections of education, health, and social mobility. My work as a graduate student in the sociology department of New York University focuses on the role of higher education in processes of intergenerational stratification and the impact of health shocks on socioeconomic status.
After earning my doctorate from NYU, I joined the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon. As a Senior Social Epidemiologist in the Public Health Division, I serve multiple roles in leveraging large-scale medical claims data and vaccine uptake surveillance data to inform public health and legislative endeavors addressing the social determinants of health and health inequities.
Publications
Thompson, Jason. 2019. “Mobility in the Middle: Bachelor’s Degree Selectivity and the Intergenerational Association in Status in the United States.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 60: 16-28.
*Ford, Karly and Jason Thompson. 2016. “Inherited Prestige: Intergenerational Access to Selective Colleges.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 46: 86-98.
*Authors’ names appear alphabetically, both authors contributed equally to the study
Thompson, Jason and Dalton Conley. 2016. “Health Shocks and Social Drift: Examining the Relationship between Acute Illness and Family Wealth.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2(6): 153-171.
Thompson, Jason, Richard Arum, Lauren Edelman, Calvin Morrill, and Karolyn Tyson. 2015. “In-services and Empty Threats: The Role of Organizational Practices and Workplace Experiences in Shaping U.S. Educators’ Understandings of Student Rights.” Social Science Research 53: 391-402.
Arum, Richard, Josipa Roksa, and Jason Thompson. 2014. “Academic Pathways and Learning to Get Along.” Chapter 2 in Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Conley, Dalton and Jason Thompson. 2013. “The Effects of Health and Wealth Shocks on Retirement Decisions.” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 95(5): 389-404.