MA, Applied Demography, Bowling Green State University
BA, Sociology, Bowling Green State University
Kelly Stamper Balistreri received her PhD in Sociology with a concentration in demography from Bowling Green State University in 2006.
Her research agenda examines how social and economic inequalities shape health and well-being across the life course. Her work centers on food insecurity, family structure, immigration, and structural inequality, with particular attention to how institutional contexts and policy environments influence disparities among children, families, and older adults. Drawing on large-scale population data and a range of statistical and demographic methods, she investigates how socioeconomic status, racial and ethnic stratification, and family dynamics intersect to produce unequal health outcomes. Across her work, food insecurity serves as both a material hardship and a window into broader systems of inequality, linking household resources, public policy, and population health.
She currently serves as a member of the editorial board of Population Research and Policy Review and was a member of the Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey Executive Committee (2018- 2022). She also served as a council member American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Children & Youth (2016-2018)..
