Jeylan Mortimer Explained

Jeylan T. Mortimer
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Sociologist, academic and author
Education:B.A., Sociology
M.A., Sociology
PHD, Sociology
Alma Mater:Tufts University
University of Michigan
Workplaces:University of Minnesota

Jeylan T. Mortimer is an American sociologist. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota,[1] where she founded the Life Course Center and served as its Director from 1986 to 2006.[2]

Early life and education

Mortimer was born August 12, 1943, in Chicago. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Jackson College, Tufts University (1965) and her Master's (1967) and PhD (1972) degrees in sociology from the University of Michigan.[1]

Career

Mortimer began her academic career at the University of Maryland as Instructor and then assistant professor of sociology from 1971 to 1973. She then moved to the University of Minnesota where she progressed through the ranks from Visiting Assistant Professor to Professor (1973–1982). In 2021, she retired as professor emeritus of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.[1]

Mortimer served as the Founding Director of the Life Course Center from 1986 to 2006, while concurrently holding the position of Associate Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota during the periods 1984 to 1987, 1993 to 1996, and 1999 to 2002. Additionally, she served as the Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology from 2016 to 2020.[2]

Scholarly contributions

Mortimer and her collaborators have authored more than 200 publications spanning the fields of sociology, social psychology, the life course, developmental psychology and family studies.[1] She is Principal Investigator of the longitudinal, three-generation Youth Development Study, which has followed a cohort of youth over three decades from mid-adolescence to mid-life.[3] [4] Among her authored and edited works are publications in leading academic journals as well as research monographs and edited volumes.[5]

Multigenerational attainment processes

Mortimer's early research examined the impacts of parental occupations on the occupational choices of college students, focusing on key dimensions of work (entrepreneurial-bureaucratic, work with people vs. data or things).[6] Subsequently, she found pervasive effects of parental work experiences and hardship on children's achievement orientations,[7] [8] intrinsic and extrinsic work values,[9] and occupational destinations.[10] Her research has also examined educational attainment, including the impacts of grandparents' and parents' educations on parents' expectations for their children,[11] the transmission of educational plans and advantage across three generations,[12] [13] and the determinants of upward educational mobility.[14] Moreover, her research revealed differences in educational attainment processes across contemporary parent and child cohorts.[15] [16]

The developmental impacts of work experience

Mortimer's early research showed that adult work experiences influence psychological development, including occupational values,[17] a sense of personal efficacy,[18] commitment to work,[19] political orientation,[20] and the interrelations of prominent work attitudes (job satisfaction and involvement).[21]

Mortimer's book, Working and Growing Up in America revealed developmental benefits of teenage employment, contrary to the common notion that adolescent work is problematic.[22] Her Youth Development Study followed teens from ninth grade to adulthood, finding that those who worked moderately during high school (20 hours or fewer per week in most months of observation) had higher levels of educational attainment[23] than those who worked more intensively, who moved quickly into jobs they considered "careers".[24] More problematic outcomes were experienced by adolescents who worked sporadically, without a consistent pattern of schooling and working. Early work experiences were found to influence adolescent self-esteem,[25] [26] control orientation,[27] [28] occupational values,[29] and vocational development,[30] [31] as well as adolescent depressed mood,[32] [33] behavioral adjustment,[34] and family relationships.[35] [36] Her research also revealed that teenage employment is reflected in the response to work experiences during the transition to adulthood.[37] Her more recent studies show substantial continuity of work quality from adolescence to mid-life (in work autonomy, opportunities for learning and advancement, wage satisfaction, and work stressors). Moreover, her research also revealed positive developmental consequences of another form of adolescent work, volunteering.[38] [39]

Attitudinal stability through the life course

Mortimer has contributed to the understanding of stability in the self-concept and other attitudes through the life course, including the conceptualization and measurement of stability.[40] Additionally, her research has demonstrated the differential responsiveness of attitudes to work experiences across phases of life.[41] [42]

The transition to adulthood

Much of Mortimer's work has focused on the transition to adulthood, including the timing of leaving home,[43] the school to work transition,[44] [45] the process of developing an identity as an adult,[46] and the attainment of financial independence from parents.[47] Her work has shown how parents provide safety nets for their transitioning children[48] and how youth unemployment and parental assistance threaten young adult self-efficacy.[49] [50] Her longitudinal study documented the relative value of educational attainments (high school diplomas, some college, Associates' and BA degrees) in the labor market.[51] Finally, her research has identified transitional experiences that contribute to the motherhood wage penalty.[52]

Awards and honors

Personal life

Mortimer is married to Jeffrey Broadbent, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota.[56]

Bibliography

Books

Selected articles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeylan Mortimer. College of Liberal Arts.
  2. Web site: Life Course Center. Experts@Minnesota.
  3. Web site: Youth Development Study. College of Liberal Arts.
  4. Web site: Youth Development Study, 1988–2011 [St. Paul, Minnesota]]. www.icpsr.umich.edu.
  5. Web site: Jeylan Mortimer. scholar.google.com.
  6. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Patterns of Intergenerational Occupational Movements: A Smallest-Space Analysis . American Journal of Sociology . 1974 . 79 . 5 . 1278–1299 . 10.1086/225678 . 2776794 . 144697663 .
  7. Parental Economic Hardship and Children's Achievement Orientations. Jeylan T.. Mortimer. Frank Lei. Zhang. Jeanette. Hussemann. Chen-Yu. Wu. September 21, 2014. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal. 5. 2. 105–128. 10.14301/llcs.v5i2.271. 25774223. 4358300.
  8. Reinforcement or Compensation? The Effects of Parents' Work and Financial Conditions on Adolescents' Work Values during the Great Recession. 2015 . 4303901 . Johnson . M. K. . Mortimer . J. T. . Journal of Vocational Behavior . 87 . 89–100 . 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.12.005 . 25624527 .
  9. Johnson . Monica Kirkpatrick . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Heckhausen . Jutta . Work Value Transmission From Parents to Children: Early Socialization and Delayed Activation . Work and Occupations . February 2020 . 47 . 1 . 83–119 . 10.1177/0730888419877445 . 204371174 .
  10. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Kumka . Donald . A Further Examination of the 'Occupational Linkage Hypothesis' . The Sociological Quarterly . January 1982 . 23 . 1 . 3–16 . 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb02216.x .
  11. How do grandparents' and parents' educational attainments influence parents' educational expectations for children?. 2021 . 9334709 . Mortimer . J. T. . Lee . M. . Longitudinal and Life Course Studies . 13 . 4 . 551–574 . 10.1332/175795921X16160914636911 . 35900888 .
  12. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Zhang . Lei . Wu . Chen-Yu . Hussemann . Jeanette . Johnson . Monica Kirkpatrick . Familial Transmission of Educational Plans and the Academic Self-Concept: A Three-Generation Longitudinal Study . Social Psychology Quarterly . March 2017 . 80 . 1 . 85–107 . 10.1177/0190272516670582 . 28396611 . 5384102 .
  13. Self-esteem and self-efficacy in the status attainment process and the multigenerational transmission of advantage. Kaspar. Burger. Jeylan. Mortimer. Monica Kirkpatrick. Johnson. February 21, 2020. Social Science Research. 86. 102374. 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102374. 32056563. 7026146.
  14. Lee . Mark . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Believing and Achieving: Gendered Pathways Toward Upward Educational Mobility in the United States . Journal of Youth and Adolescence . March 2021 . 50 . 3 . 423–436 . 10.1007/s10964-020-01263-5 . 32506352 . 7968472 .
  15. Mortimer . Jeylan T . Mont’Alvao . Arnaldo . Aronson . Pamela . Decline of 'the American Dream'? Outlook toward the Future across Three Generations of Midwest Families . Social Forces . 12 June 2020 . 98 . 4 . 1403–1435 . 10.1093/sf/soz130 . 32595238 . 7299541 .
  16. Burger . Kaspar . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Socioeconomic origin, future expectations, and educational achievement: A longitudinal three-generation study of the persistence of family advantage . Developmental Psychology . September 2021 . 57 . 9 . 1540–1558 . 10.1037/dev0001238 . 34929097 . 8694581 .
  17. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Lorence . Jon . Work Experience and Occupational Value Socialization: A Longitudinal Study . American Journal of Sociology . 1979 . 84 . 6 . 1361–1385 . 10.1086/226938 . 2777896 . 143580550 .
  18. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Lorence . Jon . Occupational Experience and the Self-Concept: A Longitudinal Study . Social Psychology Quarterly . 1979 . 42 . 4 . 307–323 . 10.2307/3033802 . 3033802 .
  19. Lorence . Jon . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Work Experience and Work Involvement . Sociology of Work and Occupations . August 1981 . 8 . 3 . 297–326 . 10.1177/073088848100800302 . 143812519 .
  20. Lorence . Jon . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Work Experience and Political Orientation: A Panel Study . Social Forces . 1979 . 58 . 2 . 651–676 . 10.2307/2577611 . 2577611 .
  21. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Lorence . Jon . Satisfaction and Involvement: Disentangling a Deceptively Simple Relationship . Social Psychology Quarterly . 1989 . 52 . 4 . 249–265 . 10.2307/2786990 . 2786990 .
  22. Book: Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Working and Growing Up in America . 30 June 2009 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-04124-0 . 652223153 .
  23. Staff . J. . Mortimer . J. T. . Educational and Work Strategies from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Consequences for Educational Attainment . Social Forces . March 2007 . 85 . 3 . 1169–1194 . 10.1353/sof.2007.0057 . 17468782 . 1858630 .
  24. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Vuolo . Mike . Staff . Jeremy . Wakefield . Sara . Xie . W . Tracing the Timing of 'Career' Acquisition in a Contemporary Youth Cohort . Work and Occupations . February 2008 . 35 . 1 . 44–84 . 10.1177/0730888407309761 . 18542713 . 2423322 .
  25. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Finch . Michael D. . The Development of Self-Esteem in the Early Work Career . Work and Occupations . May 1986 . 13 . 2 . 217–239 . 10.1177/0730888486013002003 . 144645893 .
  26. Owens . Timothy J. . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Finch . Michael D. . Self-Determination as a Source of Self-Esteem in Adolescence . Social Forces . 1996 . 74 . 4 . 1377–1404 . 10.2307/2580355 . 2580355 .
  27. Finch . Michael D. . Shanahan . Michael J. . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Ryu . Seongryeol . Work Experience and Control Orientation in Adolescence . American Sociological Review . 1991 . 56 . 5 . 597–611 . 10.2307/2096082 . 2096082 .
  28. Call . Kathleen Thiede . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Shanahan . Michael J. . Helpfulness and the Development of Competence in Adolescence . Child Development . February 1995 . 66 . 1 . 129–138 . 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00860.x . 7497820 .
  29. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Pimentel . Ellen Efron . Ryu . Seongryeol . Nash . Katherine . Lee . Chaimun . Part-Time Work and Occupational Value Formation in Adolescence . Social Forces . 1996 . 74 . 4 . 1405–1418 . 10.2307/2580356 . 2580356 .
  30. Stone . James R. . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . The Effect of Adolescent Employment on Vocational Development: Public and Educational Policy Implications . Journal of Vocational Behavior . October 1998 . 53 . 2 . 184–214 . 10.1006/jvbe.1998.1663 .
  31. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Zimmer-Gembeck . Melanie J. . Holmes . Mikki . Shanahan . Michael J. . The Process of Occupational Decision Making: Patterns during the Transition to Adulthood . Journal of Vocational Behavior . December 2002 . 61 . 3 . 439–465 . 10.1006/jvbe.2002.1885 .
  32. Shanahan . Michael J. . Finch . Michael . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Ryu . Seongryeol . Adolescent Work Experience and Depressive Affect . Social Psychology Quarterly . 1991 . 54 . 4 . 299–317 . 10.2307/2786843 . 2786843 .
  33. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Harley . Carolyn . Staff . Jeremy . The Quality of Work and Youth Mental Health . Work and Occupations . May 2002 . 29 . 2 . 166–197 . 10.1177/0730888402029002003 . 145777665 .
  34. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Finch . Michael . Shanahan . Michael . Ryu . Seongryeol . Adolescent Work History and Behavioral Adjustment . Journal of Research on Adolescence . January 1992 . 2 . 1 . 59–80 . 10.1207/s15327795jra0201_3 .
  35. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Shanahan . Michael J. . Adolescent Work Experience and Family Relationships . Work and Occupations . November 1994 . 21 . 4 . 369–384 . 10.1177/0730888494021004002 . 145499993 .
  36. Book: Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Finch . Michael D. . Adolescents, Work, and Family: An Intergenerational Developmental Analysis Understanding Families . 1996 . Sage . 978-0-8039-5125-9 .
  37. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Staff . Jeremy . Early work as a source of developmental discontinuity during the transition to adulthood . Development and Psychopathology . December 2004 . 16 . 4 . 1047–1070 . 10.1017/s0954579404040131 . 2024-08-13 . 15704827 . 9256253 .
  38. Johnson . Monica Kirkpatrick . Beebe . Timothy . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Snyder . Mark . Volunteerism in Adolescence: A Process Perspective . Journal of Research on Adolescence . July 1998 . 8 . 3 . 309–332 . 10.1207/s15327795jra0803_2 .
  39. Oesterle . Sabrina . Johnson . Monica Kirkpatrick . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Volunteerism during the Transition to Adulthood: A Life Course Perspective . Social Forces . 2004 . 82 . 3 . 1123–1149 . 10.1353/sof.2004.0049 . 3598368 . 145442197 .
  40. Mortimer . J. T. . Lorence . J. . 1981 . Self-concept stability and change from late adolescence to early adulthood . Research in Community & Mental Health . 2 . 5–42 .
  41. Lorence . Jon . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Job Involvement Through the Life Course: A Panel Study of Three Age Groups . American Sociological Review . October 1985 . 50 . 5 . 618 . 10.2307/2095378 . 2095378 .
  42. Mortimer . Jeylan T. . The Evolution, Contributions, and Prospects of the Youth Development Study: An Investigation in Life Course Social Psychology . Social Psychology Quarterly . March 2012 . 75 . 1 . 5–27 . 10.1177/0190272511434911 . 22844173 . 3404601 .
  43. Cooney . Teresa M. . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Family Structure Differences in the Timing of Leaving Home: Exploring Mediating Factors . Journal of Research on Adolescence . October 1999 . 9 . 4 . 367–393 . 10.1207/s15327795jra0904_1 .
  44. Vuolo . Mike . Staff . Jeremy . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Weathering the great recession: Psychological and behavioral trajectories in the transition from school to work. . Developmental Psychology . 2012 . 48 . 6 . 1759–1773 . 10.1037/a0026047 . 22059449 . 3298729 .
  45. Adolescent Precursors of Pathways from School to Work. 2013 . 4004182 . Vuolo . M. . Mortimer . J. T. . Staff J . Journal of Research on Adolescence . 24 . 1 . 145–162 . 10.1111/jora.12038 . 24791132 .
  46. The Transition to Adulthood: Life Course Structures and Subjective Perceptions. 2015 . 4591543 . Eliason . S. R. . Mortimer . J. T. . Vuolo . M. . Social Psychology Quarterly . 78 . 3 . 205–227 . 10.1177/0190272515582002 . 26441473 .
  47. Family Socialization, Economic Self-Efficacy, and the Attainment of Financial Independence in Early AdulthoodC. 2009 . 3198812 . Lee . J. C. . Mortimer . J. T. . Longitudinal and Life Course Studies . 1 . 1 . 45–62 . 22025928 .
  48. Safety Nets and Scaffolds: Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood. 2011 . 3109900 . Swartz . T. T. . Kim . M. . Uno . M. . Mortimer . J. . O'Brien . K. B. . Journal of Marriage and the Family . 73 . 2 . 414–429 . 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00815.x . 21660216 .
  49. Unemployment, Parental Help, and Self-Efficacy During the Transition to Adulthood. Jeylan T.. Mortimer. Minzee. Kim. Jeremy. Staff. Mike. Vuolo. November 21, 2016. Work and Occupations. 43. 4. 434–465. 10.1177/0730888416656904. 27840554. 5102391.
  50. Parental Assistance, Negative Life Events, and Attainment During the Transition to Adulthood. 2016 . 5321230 . Swartz . T. T. . McLaughlin . H. . Mortimer . J. T. . The Sociological Quarterly . 58 . 1 . 91–110 . 10.1080/00380253.2016.1246898 . 28239198 .
  51. The value of educational degrees in turbulent economic times: Evidence from the Youth Development Study. Mike. Vuolo. Jeylan T.. Mortimer. Jeremy. Staff. May 1, 2016. Social Science Research. 57. 233–252. 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.12.014. 26973042 . 4792031 .
  52. Staff . Jeremy . Mortimer . Jeylan T. . Explaining the Motherhood Wage Penalty During the Early Occupational Career . Demography . 1 February 2012 . 49 . 1 . 1–21 . 10.1007/s13524-011-0068-6 . 22037996 . 3272159 .
  53. Web site: Social Psychology Award Recipient History | American Sociological Association.
  54. Web site: Children and Youth Award Recipient History | American Sociological Association.
  55. Web site: Professor Jeylan Mortimer Named Recipient of the 2020 John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award. September 25, 2020. College of Liberal Arts.
  56. Web site: Jeffrey Broadbent website. sites.google.com.

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