People of CHS

Education

Post Doctoral Training (Sociology) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 2002
Ph.D. (Health Policy and Management) The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 1998.
B.A. (Neuroscience) Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. 1993.

Research Interests

My research examines how racism and other forms of structural disadvantage contributes to health and health disparities. In addition, my work examines stress, neighborhoods, and environmental justice using a multi-level and life course perspective.

Courses

I will be teaching a class in neighborhoods and health disparities and also
CHS 211A Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences

Selected Publications

Discrimination and Health Disparities

Asakura T, Gee GC, Nakayama K, Niwa S. (in press). Returning Home: Work-Related Ethnic Discrimination and the Health of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan. American Journal of Public Health.

Yip T, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. (in press). Racial Discrimination and Psychological Distress: The Impact of Ethnic Identity and Age among Immigrant and United States-born Asian Adults. Developmental Psychology.

Ryan A,* Gee GC, and Griffith DM. 2008. The Effects of Perceived Racial, Gender, and Economic Discrimination on Diabetes Management. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 19:149-163.

Gee GC, Ro A,* Gavin A, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Disentangling the Effects of Racial and Weight Discrimination on BMI and Obesity. American Journal of Public Health. 98:493-500.

Walsemann, KM,* Geronimus AT, and Gee GC. 2008. Accumulating Disadvantage over the Life Course: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study Investigating the Relationship between Educational Advantages in Youth and Health in Middle-Age. Research on Aging. 30(2): 169-199.

de Castro AB, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Workplace Discrimination and Health among Filipinos in the U.S. American Journal of Public Health. 98: 520-526.

Gee GC, Lively K, Larsen L, Keith J,* Stone J,* and MacLeod KE.* 2007. Hungry for Respect: Discrimination among Adults Using Emergency Food Services. Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice. 2(1): 1-20.

Gee GC, Pavalko E, and Long S. 2007. Age, Cohort, and Age Discrimination: Using the Life Course to Assess Self-reported Age Discrimination. Social Forces. 86(1): 265-290.

Gee GC, Spencer M, Chen J,* and Takeuchi DT. 2007. A Nationwide Study of Discrimination and Chronic Health Conditions among Asian Americans. American Journal of Public Health. 97(7):1275-1282.

Takeuchi DT, Zane N, Hong S, Chae D, Gong F, Gee GC, Uhm S, Sue S, and Alegria M. 2007. Immigration and Mental Disorders among Asian Americans. American Journal of Public Health. 97(1):84-90.

Gee GC, Spencer M, Chen J,* Yip T, and Takeuchi DT. 2007. The Association between Self-Reported Discrimination and 12-month DSM-IV Mental Disorders among Asian Americans Nationwide. Social Science & Medicine. 64(10):1984-1996.

Gee GC, Delva J, and Takeuchi DT. 2007. Perceived Unfair Treatment and the Use of Prescription Medications, Illicit Drugs, and Alcohol Dependence among Filipino Americans. American Journal of Public Health. 97(5): 933-940.

Gee GC, Ryan A,* Laflamme DJ, and Holt, J. 2006. The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health among African Descendents, Mexican Americans and Other Latinos in the New Hampshire REACH Study: The Added Dimension of Immigration Status. American Journal of Public Health. 96(10): 1821-1828.

Ryan A,* Gee GC, and Laflamme DJ. 2006. The Association between Self-Reported Discrimination, Physical Health and Blood Pressure: Findings from African Americans, Black Immigrants, and Latino Immigrants in New Hampshire. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 17:116-132.

Gee GC, Chen J,* Spencer M, See S, Kuester O, Tran D,* and Takeuchi DT. 2006. Social Support as a Buffer for Perceived Unfair Treatment among Filipino Americans: Differences between San Francisco and Honolulu. American Journal of Public Health. 96(4):677-684.

Gee GC. 2002. A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship between Institutional and Individual Racial Discrimination and Health Status. American Journal of Public Health. 92(4): 615-623.

Goto SG, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2002. Strangers Still? The Experience of Discrimination among Chinese Americans. Journal of Community Psychology. 30(2):211-224.

Neighborhoods and Environmental Justice

MacLeod KE,* Gee GC, Crawford P, and Wang MC. 2008. Neighborhood Environment as a Predictor of Television Watching among Girls. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 62: 228-292.

Kruger DJ, Reischl TM, and Gee GC. 2007. Community Social Perceptions Mediate the Effects of Neighborhood Physical Conditions on Mental Health. American Journal of Community Psychology. 40(3-4):261-271.

Song Y, Gee GC, Fan Y, Takeuchi DT. 2007. Do Physical Neighborhood Characteristics Matter in Predicting Traffic Stress and Health Outcomes? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 10F(2): 164-176.

Payne-Sturges D and Gee GC. 2006. National Environmental Health Measures for Minority and Low Income Populations: An Approach for Tracking Environmental Health Disparities. Environmental Research. 102(2): 154-171.

Soobader M, Cubbin C, Gee GC, Rosenbaum A, and Laurenson J. 2006. Levels of Analysis for the Study of Environmental Health Disparities: The Role of Place and Social Theory. Environmental Research. 102(2): 172-180.

Payne-Sturges D, Gee GC, Crowder K, Hurley BJ, Lee C, Morello-Frosh R, Rosenbaum A, Schulz AJ, Wells C, Woodruff T, and Zenick H. 2006. Workshop Summary: Connecting Social and Environmental Factors to Measure and Track Environmental Health Disparities. Environmental Research. 102(2): 146-153.

Gee GC and Payne-Sturges D. 2004. Environmental Health Disparities: A Framework Integrating Psychosocial and Environmental Concepts. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(17):1645-1653.

Gee GC and Takeuchi DT. 2004. Traffic Stress, Vehicular Burden and Well-Being: A Multilevel Analysis. Social Science and Medicine. 59(2):405-414.

Links

Does Racism Make Us Sick?
http://minority.unc.edu/institute/2007/

California Center for Population Research
http://www.ccpr.ucla.edu