Faculty and Staff Profiles

• Ph.D. Sociology - University of Texas at Austin - 2013
• M.A. Sociology - University of Texas at Austin - 2009
• B.A. Sociology - University of Georgia - 2007

• Associate Professor, Sociology - University of Memphis - 2021-present
• Assistant Professor, Sociology - University of Memphis - 2015-2021
• Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology - University of Memphis - 2020-present
• NIA Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke Population Research Institute - Duke University - 2013-2015

• Professional Development Assignment - University of Memphis - Fall 2021
• Open Access Grant; Fine Arts, Humanities, & Social Science Pilot Program. $3,270 for Gold Open Access fees - University of Memphis - 2020
• CAS Travel Enrichment Award. $500 to conduct analyses at the Missouri Federal Statistical Research Data Center - University of Memphis College of Arts and Sciences - 2016
• Professional Development Support. $1,950 to conduct analyses at the Triangle Federal Statistical Research Data Center - Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill - 2015-2016
• IPUMS Health Surveys Research Award. "Hispanic Older Adult Mortality in the United States: New Estimates and an Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox," with Robert Hummer and Mark Hayward - Minnesota Population Center - 2015
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Duke Population Research Institute - T32 Training Grant in the Social, Medical, and Economic Demography of Aging, funded by the National Institute on Aging - 2013-2015
• Proposal Development Grant, $500 to assist with data linkage fees - Texas A&M Census Research Data Center - 2013
• Sociology Continuing Fellowship, $23,800 to conduct research for dissertation - University of Texas Graduate School - 2012-2013
• Doug Forbes Research Development Award, $1,000 to conduct analyses at the Texas A&M Census Research Data Center - Population Research Center Training Committee, University of Texas at Austin - 2012
• Everett S. Lee Graduate Student Paper Award. “The Long Plume of Childhood: Cigarette Smoking throughout the Life Course and Adult Mortality Differentials” - Southern Demographic Association - 2011
• Doug Forbes Research Development Award. $1,075 award to attend Cells2Society Biomarkers Institute, Northwestern University - Population Research Center Training Committee, University of Texas at Austin - 2011
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral Traineeship ($22,180) - Awarded by Population Research Center Training Committee, University of Texas at Austin and funded by National Center for Child Health and Human Development - 2010-2011
• David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship - Population Research Center Training Committee, University of Texas at Austin - 2007
• Elected to Phi Beta Kappa - University of Georgia - 2007
• President, Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Honor Society - Department of Sociology, University of Georgia - 2005-2006

• SOCI 7902: Special Topics - Social Demography (Spring 2021, Spring 2018) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 7851/8851: Medical Sociology (Fall 2016) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 7912: Directed Individual Study (Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 6312: Intermediate Social Statistics (Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 4851: Medical Sociology (Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2017) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 4541: Sociology of Aging (Fall 2020) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 3422: Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2018) - University of Memphis
• SOCI 3311: Social Statistics (Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015) - University of Memphis
• UNHP 1100: Census 2020 - How the United States Counts its Diverse Population (Fall 2019) - University of Memphis
• SOC 319: Introduction to Social Demography (Fall 2011) - University of Texas at Austin

• MA in Sociology (chair) - Israt Jahan - 2022
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Melissa Arismendy - 2022
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Clarion Harris - 2022
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Ebenezer Kpuinen - 2021
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Uyvonda Stewart - 2021
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Sarah Collins - 2020
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Aisha Naantaanbuu - 2020
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Michael Topping - 2020
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Dontarius Cowans - 2019
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Kaniz Fatema - 2019
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Anna Church - 2019
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Hannah Pallotta - 2019
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Samia Tasmim - 2019
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Caleb Cooley - 2018
• MA in Sociology (committee member) - Krista Wright Thayer - 2018
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Daisy Angeles - 2017
• MA in Sociology (chair) - Melissa Garcia-Dominguez - 2017

• Participant, Stanford Workshop in Formal Demography (3 days) - 2012 - Stanford University - Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
• Participant, Cells2Society Summer Biomarkers Institute (3 days) - 2011 - Northwestern University - Center on Social Disparities in Health
• Participant, Longitudinal Data Analysis Workshop (4 days) - 2009 - University of Texas at Austin - Summer Statistics Institute
• National Institute on Aging Population Health and Aging Program (8 weeks) - 2007 - Western Washington University - Demographic Research Laboratory
• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (10 weeks) - 2006 - University of Texas at Austin - Population Research Center

• University of Memphis - Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology - 2020-present
• University of Memphis - Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology - 2015-present
• University of Memphis - Reviewer, Student Research Forum - Spring 2021
• University of Memphis - Comprehensive Exam Committee, Department of Sociology - Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016
• University of Memphis - Faculty Search Committee (two positions), Department of Sociology - Fall 2017
• University of Memphis - Session Moderator, National Conference on Undergraduate Research - Spring 2017
• Journal of Health and Social Behavior - Editorial Board - 2021-2023
• Southern Sociological Society - Nomitations Committee - 2021-2024
• Population Association of America - Session Co-Chair, “Biosocial Approaches to Population Health” - 2022
• Population Association of America - Session Co-Chair, “Old Wine in New Bottles: Tools for Applied Demographers” - 2022
• American Sociological Association - Session Presider, “Morbidity and Mortality” - 2021
• American Sociological Association - Session Organizer, “Morbidity and Mortality” - 2021
• Population Association of America - Session Discussant, "Immigration, Health, and Social Context" - 2021
• Population Association of America - Session Chair, "Smoking, Health, and Mortality" - 2021
• Population Association of America - Session Chair, "Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in Europe" - 2021
• American Sociological Association - Session Organizer, "Morbidity and Mortality" - 2021
• Population Association of America - Session Organizer, "Smoking, Health, and Mortality" - 2021
• Population Association of America - Program Committee - 2021
• Population Association of America - Chair, Program Sub-committee on Mortality and Morbidity - 2021
• Population Association of America - Session Discussant, "Maternal Mortality" - 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
• Population Association of America - Session Chair, "Smoking, Health, and Mortality" - 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
• Population Association of America - Session Organizer, "Smoking, Health, and Mortality" - 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
• Population Association of America - Session Discussant, “Migration and Health/Well-being” - 2019
• CenSoc Advisory Panel (PI: Joshua Goldstein, UC-Berkeley) - Member - 2018-present
• Southern Demographic Association - Co-Chair, Student Paper Competition Committee - 2018-present
• Southern Demographic Association - Session Chair, “Causes of Infant and Neonatal Mortality” - 2018
• Population Association of America - Session Discussant, "Race, Ethnicity, and Population Health" - 2018
• Population Association of America - Session Chair, “Disparities in Birth Outcomes in the U.S.” - 2018
• Southern Demographic Association - Session Chair, "Health and Maternal Behaviors" - 2017
• Population Association of America - Poster Session Judge, "Health and Mortality 3" - 2017
• Southern Demographic Association - Board of Directors - 2016-2018
• Southern Demographic Association - Session Chair, "Latino/a Health" - 2016
• Southern Demographic Association - Session Chair, “Race/Ethnic Differences in Mortality” - 2015
• Southern Demographic Association - Session Chair, "Aging Populations in the Uniteed States, Japan, and Korea" - 2013
• REVES Network - Program Committee, 2013 REVES Network meeting - 2013
• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates - Graduate Student Mentor - 2010-2013
• Southern Demographic Association - Program Committee - 2010
• Population Association of America - Local Arrangements Committee, 2010 Population Association of America meeting - 2010
• American Journal of Preventative Medicine - Journal Reviewer - 2019
• American Journal of Sociology - Journal Reviewer - 2013
• Annals of Epidemiology - Journal Reviewer - 2014, 2019
• Biodemography and Social Biology - Journal Reviewer - 2018
• BMC Public Health - Journal Reviewer - 2022
• BMJ Open - Journal Reviewer - 2020, 2021
• Demographic Research - Journal Reviewer - 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022
• Demography - Journal Reviewer - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Epidemiology - Journal Reviewer - 2017
• Ethnicity and Health - Journal Reviewer - 2012
• Innovations in Aging - Journal Reviewer - 2018
• International Migration Review - Journal Reviewer - 2013, 2015
• Journal of Aging and Health - Journal Reviewer - 2013, 2015
• Journal of Gerontology: Series B - Journal Reviewer - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Journal of Health and Social Behavior - Journal Reviewer - 2011, 2016, 2019. 2020, 2021, 2022
• Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - Journal Reviewer - 2018
• Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - Journal Reviewer - 2018, 2020, 2021
• Nicotine and Tobacco Research - Journal Reviewer - 2019
• PLoS One - Journal Reviewer - 2014
• Population Research and Policy Review - Journal Reviewer - 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
• Population Studies - Journal Reviewer - 2022
• Quaesitum - Journal Reviewer - 2018
• Research on Aging - Journal Reviewer - 2020
• Social Forces - Journal Reviewer - 2017, 2019
• Social Science and Medicine - Journal Reviewer - 2014, 2016, 2017
• Social Science and Medicine-Population Health - Journal Reviewer - 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Social Science Research - Journal Reviewer - 2014, 2021
• Sociological Quarterly - Journal Reviewer - 2014
• Sociological Science - Journal Reviewer - 2020
• Sociological Spectrum - Journal Reviewer - 2018
• Sociology of Race and Ethnicity - Journal Reviewer - 2014
• Socius - Journal Reviewer - 2019, 2022

• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Benjamin Walker. (Forthcoming). State-Level Trends in Lifespan Variability in the United States, 1960–2019. Demography.
• Lariscy, Joseph T. (Forthcoming). Demographic Methods. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, Second Edition. William C. Cockerham, Jonathan Gabe, Stella Quah and J. Michael Ryan (eds.). Wiley.
• Vogelsang, Eric and Joseph T. Lariscy. (2020). Let’s Drink to Being Socially Active: Family Characteristics, Social Participation, and Alcohol Abuse across Mid- and Later-Life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 61(4): 453-469.
• Fatema, Kaniz and Joseph T. Lariscy. (2020). Mass Media Exposure and Maternal Healthcare Utilization in South Asia. Social Science & Medicine–Population Health 11: 100614.
• Lariscy, Joseph T, Robert A. Hummer, and Richard G. Rogers. (2020). Lung Cancer Mortality among Never-Smokers in the United States: Estimating Smoking-Attributable Mortality with Nationally-Representative Data. Annals of Epidemiology 45: 5-11.
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Samia Tasmim, and Sarah Collins. (2020). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Danan Gu and Matthew E. Dupre (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Lucie Kalousová. (2019). Comparability of Mortality Estimates from Social Surveys and Vital Statistics Data in the United States. Population Research and Policy Review 38(3): 371–401.
• Lariscy, Joseph T. (2019). Smoking-Attributable Mortality by Cause of Death in the United States: An Indirect Approach. Social Science & Medicine–Population Health 7: 100349.
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Robert A. Hummer, and Richard G. Rogers. (2018). Cigarette Smoking and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Adult Mortality in the United States. Demography 55(5): 1855–1885.
• Lariscy, Joseph T. (2017). Black-White Disparities in Adult Mortality: Implications of Differential Record Linkage for Understanding the Mortality Crossover. Population Research and Policy Review 36(1): 137–156.
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Claudia Nau, Glenn Firebaugh, and Robert A. Hummer. (2016). Hispanic-White Differences in Lifespan Variability in the United States. Demography 53(1): 215–239.
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Robert A. Hummer, and Mark D. Hayward. (2015). Hispanic Older Adult Mortality in the United States: New Estimates and an Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox. Demography 52(1): 1–14.
• Gorman, Bridget K., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Charisma Kaushik. (2014). Gender, Acculturation, and Smoking Behaviors among U.S. Asian and Latino Immigrants. Social Science & Medicine 106: 110–118.
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Robert A. Hummer, Jessica M. Rath, Andrea C. Villanti, Mark D. Hayward, and Donna M. Vallone. (2013). Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Tobacco Use among U.S. Young Adults: Results from a Nationally-Representative Survey. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 15(8): 1417–1426.
• Wade, Becky, Joseph T. Lariscy, and Robert A. Hummer. (2013). Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Patterns of U.S. Adolescent and Young Adult Smoking. Population Research and Policy Review 32(3): 353–371.
• Lariscy, Joseph T. (2011). Differential Record Linkage by Hispanic Ethnicity and Age in Linked Mortality Studies: Implications for the Epidemiologic Paradox. Journal of Aging and Health 23(8): 1263–1284.
• Hummer, Robert A. and Joseph T. Lariscy. (2011). Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality. Chapter 12 (Pp. 241–262) in International Handbook of Adult Mortality. Richard G. Rogers and Eileen M. Crimmins (eds). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

• Joseph T. Lariscy and Eric Vogelsang. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Lifespan Variability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, October 17, 2022
• Joseph T. Lariscy and Eric Vogelsang. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variability in the United States” (poster). Population Association of America meeting, April 7, 2022
• Joseph T. Lariscy and Eric Vogelsang. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Compression and Rectangularization in the United States.” American Sociological Association meeting (virtual), August 9, 2021
• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Benjamin Walker. “State-Level Trends in Lifespan Variability in the United States between 1960 and 2014.” Population Association of America meeting, May 5, 2021 (virtual)
• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Benjamin Walker. “State-Level Trends in Lifespan Variability in the United States between 1960 and 2014.” Southern Sociological Society meeting, April 8, 2021 (virtual)
• “State-Level Trends in Lifespan Variability in the United States, 1960–2014.” New Perspectives on Lifespan Inequality webinar (virtual), Southern Denmark University. January 21, 2021
• Fatema, Kaniz and Joseph T. Lariscy. “Mass Media Exposure and Maternal Healthcare Utilization in South Asia.” Accepted for poster at 2020 Population Association of America meeting, Washington, DC (Cancelled due to COVID-19 virus)
• Vogelsang, Eric and Joseph T. Lariscy. “Let's Drink to Being Socially Active: Family Characteristics, Social Participation, and Alcohol Abuse across Mid- and Later-Life.” Accepted for presentation at 2020 Population Association of America meeting, Washington, DC (Cancelled due to COVID-19 virus)
• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Benjamin Walker. “State-Level Trends in Lifespan Variability in the United States between 1960 and 2014.” Accepted for presentation at 2020 Southern Sociological Society meeting, Jacksonville, FL (Cancelled due to COVID-19 virus)
• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Benjamin Walker. “State-Level Trends in Lifespan Variability in the United States between 1960 and 2014.” Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science meeting, Seattle, WA, October 3, 2019
• “Lung Cancer Mortality among Nonsmokers: Estimating Smoking-Attributable Mortality with Nationally-Representative Data.” Social Science Research Institute, Duke University. April 26, 2019
• Lariscy, Joseph T, Robert A. Hummer, and Richard G. Rogers. “Lung Cancer Mortality among Nonsmokers: Estimating Smoking-Attributable Mortality with Nationally-Representative Data” (poster). Population Association of America meeting, Austin, TX, April 11, 2019
• Lariscy, Joseph T, Robert A. Hummer, and Richard G. Rogers. “Lung Cancer Mortality among Nonsmokers: Estimating Smoking-Attributable Mortality with Nationally-Representative Data.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Durham, NC, October 11, 2018
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “Smoking-Attributable Mortality by Cause of Death: An Indirect Approach” (poster). Population Association of America meeting, Denver, CO, April 26, 2018
• “Cigarette Smoking and Cause-Specific Adult Mortality in the United States.” Department of Sociology and Center for Demography and Population Health, Florida State University. November 30, 2017
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “Identifying Smoking-Attributable Causes of Death: A New Application of the Preston-Glei-Wilmoth Model.” 2017 Southern Demographic Association meeting, Morgantown, WV, October 27, 2017
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “Paradox by Number: Mortality Compression and Rectangularization among U.S. Hispanics.” Population Association of America meeting, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2017
• “Cigarette Smoking and Cause-Specific Adult Mortality in the United States.” Department of Sociology and Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University. February 21, 2017
• “Hispanic-White Disparities in Lifespan Variability in the United States.” Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University. November 28, 2016
• “Cigarette Smoking and Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States.” Population, Health, and Education Center, University of Missouri. November 10, 2016
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “Paradox by Number: Mortality Compression and Rectangularization among U.S. Hispanics.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Athens, GA, October 13, 2016
• “Hispanic-White Differences in Lifespan Variability.” CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, City University of New York, May 6, 2016
• Brown, Dustin C., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Lucie Kalousova. “A Comparison of Mortality Estimates from Multiple Nationally Representative Surveys and Vital Statistics Data in the United States.” Population Association of America meeting, Washington, DC, April 1, 2016
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Robert A. Hummer, Richard G. Rogers, and Charles B. Nam. “Cigarette Smoking and Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States.” Population Association of America meeting, Washington, DC, March 31, 2016
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Robert A. Hummer, Richard G. Rogers, and Charles B. Nam. “Cigarette Smoking and Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 15, 2015
• “Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Adult Survival in the United States.” Department of Sociology, Duke University. September 12, 2014
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “The Long Plume of Childhood: Cigarette Smoking throughout the Life Course and Racial/Ethnic Mortality Differentials” (round table). American Sociological Association meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 19, 2014
• Lariscy, Joseph T. "Implications of Differential Record Linkage for Understanding the Black-White Mortality Gap" (poster). Population Association of America meeting, Boston, MA, May 3, 2014
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “The Significance of Differential Record Linkage for Understanding Black-White Survival Inequality.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Montgomery, AL, October 25, 2013
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “The Significance of Differential Record Linkage for Understanding Black-White Survival Inequality.” American Sociological Association meeting, New York, NY, August 11, 2013
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Claudia Nau, Glenn Firebaugh, and Robert A. Hummer. “Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Adult Survival: Decomposition of Age at Death Variance among U.S. Adults.” Population Association of America meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 11, 2013
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Claudia Nau, Glenn Firebaugh, and Robert A. Hummer. “Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Adult Survival: Decomposition of Age at Death Variance among U.S. Adults.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Williamsburg, VA, October 11, 2012
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “The Long Plume of Childhood: Cigarette Smoking throughout the Life Course and Adult Mortality Differentials.” Population Association of America meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 4, 2012
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “The Long Plume of Childhood: Cigarette Smoking throughout the Life Course and Adult Mortality Differentials.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Tallahassee, FL, October 20, 2011
• Lariscy, Joseph T., Kristine Hopkins, and Rachel Samsel. “Acculturation and Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex among Mexican-Origin Families.” American Sociological Association meeting, Las Vegas, NV, August 20, 2011
• Hummer, Robert A., Joseph T. Lariscy, and Mark D. Hayward. “Hispanic Adult Mortality in the United States: A Review, New Estimates, and Comparisons to Other Population Groups.” MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society, Palo Alto, CA, February 14, 2011
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “Race/Ethnicity and US Adult Mortality: An Examination of Vital Status Ascertainment in the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Galveston, TX, October 23, 2009
• Lariscy, Joseph T. “Latino Healthcare Coverage in an Emerging Gateway Southern State.” Southern Demographic Association meeting, Durham, NC, November 3, 2006
• “Hispanic Adult Mortality in the United States: New Estimates and an Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox.” Department of Demography, University of Texas at San Antonio. November 10, 2014
• “Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Adult Survival in the United States.” Department of Sociology, Duke University. September 12, 2014
• “The Significance of Differential Record Linkage for Understanding Black-White Survival Inequality.” Texas Census Research Data Center, Texas A&M University. April 18, 2013