DGHI Faculty
Faculty in Global Health
Journal Articles
- Gorman, Bridget K., Jen'nan G. Read, Patrick Krueger, Gender, Acculturation and Health among Mexican American Immigrants, Journal of Health & Social Behavior, vol. 51 no. 4 (2010), pp. 440-457 [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan G. and David Eagle, Intersecting Identities as a Source of Religious Incongruence, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Forthcoming 2011) [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan G. and Bridget K. Gorman, Gender and U.S. Health Inequality, Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 36 (2010), pp. 371-386 [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan Ghazal and Sharon Oselin, Gender and the Education-Employment Paradox in Ethnic and Religious Contexts: The Case of Arab Americans, American Sociological Review, vol. 73 no. 2 (2008), pp. 296-313, ISSN 0003-1224 [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan Ghazal, Faith, Fact, and Fiction: What Muslim Americans Really Mean for U.S. Democracy, Contexts, vol. 7 no. 4 (2008), pp. 39-43, ISSN 1536-5042 [abs]
- Gorman, Bridget K. and Jen'nan G. Read, Why Men Die Younger than Women, Geriatrics & Aging, vol. 10 no. 3 (March, 2007), pp. 179-182, ISSN 1488-8408 [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan Ghazal and Philip N. Cohen, One Size Fits All? Explaining U.S.-born and Immigrant Women's Employment across 12 Ethnic Groups, Social Forces, vol. 85 no. 4 (2007), pp. 1713-1734, University of North Carolina Press, ISSN 00377732 [4495005] [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan Ghazal, More of a Bridge than a Gap: Gender Differences in Arab-American Political Engagement., Social Science Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing Limited), vol. 88 no. 5 (2007), pp. p1072 - 1091, ISSN 00384941 [login.aspx] [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan Ghazal, Introduction: The Politics of Veiling in Comparative Perspective., Sociology of Religion, vol. 68 no. 3 (2007), pp. p231 - 236, ISSN 10694404 [login.aspx] [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan G. and Bridget K. Gorman, Racial/Ethnic Differences in Hypertension and Depression among US Adult Women, Ethnicity & Disease, vol. 17 no. 2 (2007), pp. 383-390, ISSN 1049-510X [abs]
- Gorman, Bridget K. and Jen'nan G. Read, Gender Disparities in Adult Health: An Examination of Three Measures of Morbidity, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 47 (July, 2006), pp. 95-110, ISSN 0022-1465 [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan G. and Bridget K. Gorman, Gender Inequalities in US Adult Health: The Interplay of Race and Ethnicity, Social Science & Medicine, vol. 62 no. 5 (2006), pp. 1045 - 1065, ISSN 0277-9536 [a55d9de63e87a6a508879d4efc6748bd] [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan G., Michael O. Emerson, and Alvin Tarlov, Implications of Black Immigrant Health for U.S. Racial Disparities in Health, Journal of Immigrant Health, vol. 7 no. 3 (2005), pp. 205-212, ISSN 1096-4045 [abs]
- Read, Jen'nan G., Benjamin Amick, and Katharine M. Donato, Arab Immigrants: A New Case for Ethnicity and Health?, Social Science & Medicine, vol. 61 no. 1 (2005), pp. 77 - 82, ISSN 0277-9536 [681b83524c7ea7e056ca15726216c781] [abs]
- Read, Jen’nan Ghazal and Michael O. Emerson, Racial Context of Origin, Black Immigration, and the U.S. Black/White Health Disparity, Social Forces, vol. 84 (2005), pp. 183-201
- Read, Jen'nan G. and Michael O. Emerson, Racial Context, Black Immigration and the U.S. Black/White Health Disparity., Social Forces, vol. 84 no. 1 (2005), pp. p181 - 199, ISSN 00377732 [login.aspx] [abs]
- Read, Jen’nan Ghazal, Cultural Influences on Immigrant Women’s Labor Force Participation: The Case of Arab Americans, International Migration Review, vol. 38 (2004), pp. 52-77
- Read, Jen'nan G., Family, Religion, and Work Among Arab-American Women, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 66 no. 4 (2004), pp. 1042-1050 [abs]
- Marshall, Susan E. and Jen’nan Ghazal Read, “Identity Politics among Arab-American Women, Social Science Quarterly, vol. 84 (2003), pp. 875-891
- Read, Jen’nan Ghazal, The Sources of Gender Role Attitudes among Christian and Muslim Arab-American Women, Sociology of Religion, vol. 64 (2003), pp. 207-222
- Bartkowski, John P. and Jen’nan Ghazal Read, Veiled Submission: Gender, Power, and Identity among Evangelical and Muslim Women in the U.S., Qualitative Sociology, vol. 26 (2003), pp. 71-92
- Read, Jen’nan Ghazal, Challenging Myths of Muslim Women: The Influence of Islam on Arab-American Women’s Labor Force Participation, Muslim World, vol. 96 (2002), pp. 18-39
- Read, Jen’nan Ghazal and John P. Bartkowski, To Veil or Not to Veil? A Case Study of Identity Negotiation among Muslim Women Living in Austin, Texas, Gender & Society, vol. 4 (2000), pp. 395-417
Book Reviews
- Read, Jen'nan G., Being Arab: Ethnic and Religious Identity Among Second Generation Youth in Montreal by Paul Eid, American Journal of Sociology, vol. 114 no. 3 (2008)
Other
- Read, Jen'nan G., North American Islam, in Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, edited by Robert Wuthnow (2008), CQ Press, Washington, DC, ISBN 0872893235
- Read, Jen'nan G., The Gender Gap in Arab-American Political Engagement, in American Arabs and Political Participation, edited by Philippa Strum (2008), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, ISBN 1933549106
Book Chapters
- Read, Jen'nan G. and Bridget K. Gorman, Gender and Health Revisited, in The Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, & Healing: Blueprint for the 21st Century (2010 Forthcoming)
- Read, Jen'nan G., The Diversity of the New Immigrant Religious Populations, in Faith, Politics & Press in Our Perilous Times, edited by Steven Burgard (2010), pp. 101-117, Kendall/Hunt
- The Effects of Post-9/11 Discrimination on Arab-American Racial Identity, in From Invisibility to Visibility: The Racialization of Arab Americans Before and After September 11th, edited by N. Naber and A. Jamal (2008), Syracuse University Press, New York, NY
- Religion and Women's Employment Over Life Course: A Comparison of Christian and Muslim Arab Americans, in Religion, Families, and Health in the United States: New Directions for Population-Based Research, edited by R. Hummer and C.G. Ellison (2008), Rutgers University Press, Rutgers, NJ
- Multiple Identities among Arabs in America: A Tale of Two Congregations, in At Home and Abroad: Being and Belonging among U.S. Immigrants from Muslim Countries After September 11, edited by Stephanie Platz (2008), Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY
Editorials
- Muslims seen as outsiders, Philadelphia Inquirer (Sept 2009)
- Movement in the Right Direction, Social Science Research Council Immanent Frame (June 2009)
- Reason to Remain Hopeful, Social Science Research Council Immanent Frame (Feb 2009)
- Are U.S. Muslims Un-American, Raleigh News & Obsever, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Detroit Free Press, Des Moines (November, 2008)
- U.S. Muslims could Swing the Vote, Philadelphia Inquirer, Raleigh News & Obsever, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October, 2008)
Reprints
- To Veil or Not to Veil: A Case Study of Identity Negotiation among Muslim Women Living in Austin, Texas, in Gender Through the Prism of Difference, edited by Maxine Baca Zinn, Pierette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Micahel Messner (2008), Oxford University Press, New York, NY, ISBN 0195167643
Presented Papers
- Intersecting Identities as a Source of Religious Incongruence, American Sociological Association (2010)
- Healthy Migrants or Just Healthy Men?, Population Association of America (2010)
- Gender and Middle Eastern Health: A New Immigrant Case (2009) (Population Association of America.)
- Religion and Identity Politics among Blacks and Whites (2009) (Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.)
- The Changing Face of Americans: Gender and the Health Policy Implications of, American Sociological Association (2008)
- Presider and chair, Theoretical and Empirical Linkages between Physical and Mental Health (2006) (annual meeting of the American Sociological Society, Montreal.)
- Presider and chair, Gender Differentials in Schooling and Occupations (2006) (annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles.)
- Reproducing Inequality? Female Education in Arab-American Families (2005) (annual meeting of the American Sociological Society, Philadelphia.)
- Bridge or Barrier? Religious Identity and the Civic Incorporation of Muslim and Christian Arab Americans (2005) (annual meetings of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Philadelphia.)







