Sarah Halpern-Meekin

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office:  Northwest Quadrant–Building B, Room 7414
Phone: 414/229-6941
E-mail:  halpernm@uwm.edu

Degree:

Ph.D., Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University

Areas of Specialization:

Family, Childhood and Adolescence; Social Policy/Welfare State; Class and Inequality; Qualitative Methods

Teaching Schedule

Spring 2013
Sociol 404-001: Sociology and Social Policy (pdf)
Sociol 440-001: Sociology of the Family (pdf)
Fall 2012
Sociol 440-201: Sociology of the Family (pdf)
Sociol 927-001: Seminar: Contemporary Institutions (pdf)

Selected Publications:

Sarah Halpern-Meekin. forthcoming. “Unlikely Optimists, Skeptics, and Believers: Understanding Adolescents’ Prospective Relationship Views.” Journal of Adolescent Research.

Sarah Halpern-Meekin. forthcoming. “School Variation in Students’ Experiences in High School Relationship and Marriage Education Courses.” Journal of Family Issues.
 
Sarah Halpern-Meekin. 2011. “High School Relationship and Marriage Education: A Comparison of Mandated and Self-Selected Treatment.” Journal of Family Issues 32 (3): 394-419.

Laura Tach and Sarah Halpern-Meekin. 2009 “How Does Premarital Cohabitation Affect Trajectories of Marital Quality?” The Journal of Marriage and Family 71 (2): 298-317.
* Profiled in “Discoveries,” Fall 2009, Contexts.

Sarah Halpern-Meekin and Laura Tach. 2008. “Heterogeneity in Two-Parent Families and Adolescent Well-Being.” The Journal of Marriage and Family 70 (2): 435-451.

* ASA Family Sociology Section Outstanding Graduate Student Paper