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Susan Brown
brownsl@bgnet.bgsu.edu
(419)372-9521
Curriculum vita
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1998
Dr. Brown's research focuses on the familial events and transitions made throughout the life course with an emphasis on the
implications of the rapid transformation of American family life for the health and well-being of both adults and children.
Her research to date largely has been on cohabitation, emphasizing the relationship quality of cohabitors and its effects
on cohabitors' union outcomes as well as their psychological well-being. Her work encompasses multiple projects designed to
help researchers decipher the meaning(s) of cohabitation as well as its implications for the adults and children involved.
Recent Publications:
Brown, Susan L. and Wendy D. Manning. 2008 forthcoming. “Family Boundary Ambiguity and the Measurement of Family Structure:
The Significance of Cohabitation.” Demography.
Brown, Susan L., Jennifer Van Hook, and Jennifer E. Glick. 2008 forthcoming. “Generational Differences in Cohabitation and
Marriage in the U.S.” Population Research and Policy Review.
Brown, Susan L. and Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda. 2008. “Relationship Violence in Early Adulthood: A Comparison of Daters, Cohabitors,
and Marrieds.” Social Science Research 37:73-87.
Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck and Susan L. Brown. 2007. “Race-Ethnic Differences in Marital Quality and Divorce.” Social Science Research 36:945-967.
Brown, Susan L., Gary R. Lee, & Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda. 2006. “Cohabitation among Older Adults: A National Portrait.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 61:S71-S79.
Manning, Wendy D., & Susan L. Brown. 2006. “Children’s Economic Well-being in Married and Cohabiting Parent Families.” Journal of Marriage and Family 68:345-362.
Brown, Susan L. 2006. “Family Structure Transitions and Adolescent Well-being.” Demography 439: 447-461.
Brown, Susan L., Laura Ann Sanchez, Steven L. Nock, & James D. Wright. 2006. “Links between Premarital Cohabitation and Subsequent
Marital Quality, Stability, and Divorce: A Comparison of Covenant versus Standard Marriages.” Social Science Research 35:454-470.
Brown, Susan L., & Anastasia R. Snyder. 2006. “Residential Differences in Cohabitors’ Union Transitions.” Rural Sociology 71: 311-334 .
Brown, Susan L. 2005. “How Cohabitation is Reshaping American Families.” Contexts 4:33-37.
Brown, Susan L., Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, and Gary R. Lee. 2005. "The Significance of Cohabitation: Marital Status and Mental
Health Benefits among Middle-Aged and Older Adults." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60:S21-S29.
Brown, Susan L. 2004. "Family Structure and Child Well-being: The Significance of Parental Cohabitation." Journal of Marriage and Family 66:351-367.
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