Professor Peter Brandon

ARC Professorial Fellow

T: +61 2 6125 4607
E: peter.brandon@anu.edu.au
Room3222 Coombs Building

Background

Peter Brandon received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1992. He also has a Masters degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors degree (Summa Cum Laude) from Michigan State University. After completing his doctoral studies, he went to the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin as an Assistant Scientist. In 1996 he left the IRP for an Assistant Professor position in Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In 2002, Brandon was awarded tenure and was an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts until 2005 when he left to assume his current position as Professor of Demography and Sociology and ARC Professorial Fellow at The Australian National University.

Research

Peter Brandon's research interests include: inequality and poverty; child and family well-being; social program evaluation; exchange theory and kin-provided assistance over the life course; work and family; the demography of lone parent households; immigration and child outcomes; and the demography of children with disabilities. His most recent work focuses on family change and diversity, child disability, statistical methods, and immigration. In collaboration with American colleagues, he is examining the dynamics of family formation and dissolution and the impact of children with disabilities and chronic health problems on family decision making and organization.

Selected publications

Brandon, Peter D., Sandra Hofferth, and Dennis P. Hogan.  2007.  “Do Disabilities Hasten Ex-TANF Recipients Returns to Welfare?” In press Social Science Research.
 
Brandon, Peter D. and Jeromey Temple. 2007.  "Family Provisions at the Workplace and Their Relationship to Absenteeism, Retention, and Productivity of Workers." In press Australian Journal of Social Issues
 
Brandon, Peter D. 2007.  “The Health Risk Behaviors and Social Connectedness of Adolescents in Immigrant Families.” Forthcoming, International Migration.

Brandon, Peter D. 2005. "Welfare Receipt among Children Living with Grandparents." Vol. 24, No. 5: 411-429. Population Research and Policy Review.

Brandon, Peter D. 2005. Forthcoming "Bargaining Theory" In J. Beckert and M. Zafirovski. Eds. Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. London: Routledge Publishers.

Brandon, Peter D., and Dennis P. Hogan. 2004. "Impediments to Mothers Leaving Welfare: The Role of Maternal and Child Disability." Vol. 23, No, 4: 419-436, August Population Research and Policy Review.

Brandon, Peter D. 2004. "The Child Care Arrangements of Children in Immigrant Families in the United States." Vol. 42, No. 1, 1-18. March, International Migration.