Michael Garcia

Michael Alexis Garcia, Ph.D., is a Researcher at the Population Research Center (PRC) within the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as Project Manager for the Health and Relationships Project, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and Assistant Director of the Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) under Dr. Jennifer Glass. His research focuses on social relationships, gender, marital dynamics, and health inequities, including projects on stress in same-sex marriages, racial disparities in family loss outcomes, and work-family policies' impact on child well-being.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Texas at Austin (2023)
• B.A. in Sociology, Baylor University (2016)

Research Interests:

• Racial inequities in health outcomes linked to family loss
• Gender dynamics in marital stress and well-being
• Policy impacts of work-family reconciliation on child development

Grants & Projects:

• Principal role in the Health and Relationships Project (NIA Grant 1R01AG076057-01)
• Contributions to cross-national studies on OECD countries' child well-being disparities

Labs/Teams: Population Research Center (UT Austin), Council on Contemporary Families.