Kathleen Cagney

Kathleen Cagney is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR), effective September 1, 2021. She holds research professorships at ISR's Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center. Her work focuses on social inequality, health disparities, and neighborhood dynamics.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins University, 1998

Research Interests: Professor Cagney examines how neighborhood environments, race, aging, and the life course shape health outcomes. Key areas include neighborhood social capital’s impact on self-rated health, asthma prevalence, physical activity, and mortality (e.g., 1995 Chicago heatwave). She also develops valid measures and metrics for older residents’ perceptions of their communities, advancing methodologies in demography and stratification research.

Advising/Grants: No specific advising records or grants are listed in the provided texts.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Institute for Social Research and its sub-centers, contributing to large-scale sociological and demographic studies.