Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
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Books
- Brady, D. & Burton, L.M. (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of the social science of poverty. Oxford University Press, in press.
Journal Articles
- W. Welsh & Burton, L.M.. "Home, heart, and being Latina: Housing and intimate relationship power among low-income Mexican mothers." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (in press).
- R. Garrett-Peters & L.M. Burton. "Reframing marriage and marital delay among low-income mothers: An interactionist perspective." Journal of Family Theory and Review (2015): 242-264.
- Burton, L.M. & Hardaway, C.R.. "Low-income mothers as "othermothers" to their romantic partners' children: Women's coparenting in multiple partner fertility family structures." Family Process 51 (2013): 343-359. [abs]
Articles and Chapters
- Zvara, BJ; Macfie, J; Cox, M; Mills-Koonce, R; Family Life Project Key Investigators,. "Mother-child role confusion, child adjustment problems, and the moderating roles of child temperament and sex.." Developmental Psychology 54.10
(October, 2018): 1891-1903.
[doi] [abs]
- Berry, D; Vernon-Feagans, L; Mills-Koonce, WR; Blair, C; Family Life Project Key Investigators,. "Otitis media and respiratory sinus arrhythmia across infancy and early childhood: Polyvagal processes?." Developmental Psychology 54.9
(September, 2018): 1709-1722.
[doi] [abs]
- Willoughby, MT; Magnus, B; Vernon-Feagans, L; Blair, CB; Family Life Project Investigators,. "Developmental Delays in Executive Function from 3 to 5 Years of Age Predict Kindergarten Academic Readiness.." Journal of Learning Disabilities 50.4
(July, 2017): 359-372.
[doi] [abs]
- Wang, F; Algina, J; Snyder, P; Cox, M; Vernon-Feagans, L; Blair, C; Burchinal, M; Burton, L; Crnic, K; Crouter, A; Garrett-Peters, P; Greenberg, M; Lanza, S; Mills-Koonce, R; Werner, E; Willoughby, M. "Children’s task engagement during challenging puzzle tasks." Merrill Palmer Quarterly 63.4Wayne State University Press,
(January, 2017): 425-457.
[doi] [abs]
- Kuhn, LJ; Willoughby, MT; Vernon-Feagans, L; Blair, CB; Family Life Project Key Investigators,. "The contribution of children's time-specific and longitudinal expressive language skills on developmental trajectories of executive function.." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 148
(August, 2016): 20-34.
[doi] [abs]
- Berry, D; Blair, C; Granger, DA; Vernon-Feagans, L; Cox, M; Burchinal, P; Mills-Koonce, R; Willoughby, M; Garrett-Peters, P; Crouter, A; Greenberg, M; Lanza, S; Werner, E; Burton, L; Crnic, K. "Child Care and Cortisol Across Infancy and Toddlerhood: Poverty, Peers, and Developmental Timing." Family Relations Ed. Middlemiss, W. 65.1WILEY,
(February, 2016): 51-72.
[doi] [abs]
- Garrett-Peters, R; Burton, L. "Tenuous ties: The nature and costs of kin support among low-income rural African American mothers." Women, Gender, and Families of Color
(In Press)
- Welsh, W; Burton, L. "Home, heart, and being Latina:Housing and intimate relationship power among low-income Mexican mothers." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
(December, 2015)
- Bair-Merritt, MH; Voegtline, K; Ghazarian, SR; Granger, DA; Blair, C; Family Life Project Investigators, ; Johnson, SB. "Maternal intimate partner violence exposure, child cortisol reactivity and child asthma.." Child Abuse & Neglect 48
(October, 2015): 50-57.
[doi] [abs]
- Garrett-Peters, R; Burton, LM. "Reframing Marriage and Marital Delay Among Low-Income Mothers: An Interactionist Perspective." Journal of Family Theory and Review Ed. Goodsell, TL; Zvonkovic, A. 7.3WILEY,
(September, 2015): 242-264.
[doi]
- Blair, C; Ursache, A; Mills-Koonce, R; Stifter, C; Voegtline, K; Granger, DA; Family Life Project Investigators,. "Emotional reactivity and parenting sensitivity interact to predict cortisol output in toddlers.." Developmental Psychology 51.9
(September, 2015): 1271-1277.
[doi] [abs]
- Zvara, BJ; Mills-Koonce, WR; Heilbron, N; Clincy, A; Cox, MJ; Vernon-Feagans, L; Cox, M; Blair, C; Burchinal, P; Burton, L; Crnic, K; Crouter, A; Garrett-Peters, P; Greenberg, M; Lanza, S; Mills-Koonce, R; Werner, E; Willoughby, M. "The Interdependence of Adult Relationship Quality and Parenting Behaviours among African American and European Couples in Rural, Low-Income Communities." Infant and Child Development Ed. Lunkenheimer, ES; Leerkes, EM. 24.3WILEY,
(May, 2015): 343-363.
[doi] [abs]
- Willoughby, MT; Stifter, CA; Gottfredson, NC; Family Life Project Investigators,. "The epidemiology of observed temperament: Factor structure and demographic group differences.." Infant Behavior & Development 39
(May, 2015): 21-34.
[doi] [abs]
- Ritchie, L; Burton, L. "WEATHERING OF LOW-INCOME WOMEN IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA: IMPACT OF SEXUAL ABUSE & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE." Gerontologist 54OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC,
(November, 2014): 113-113.
[Gateway.cgi]
- Berry, D; Blair, C; Ursache, A; Willoughby, MT; Granger, DA; Family Life Project Key Investigators,. "Early childcare, executive functioning, and the moderating role of early stress physiology.." Developmental Psychology 50.4
(April, 2014): 1250-1261.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM. "Seeking Romance in the Crosshairs of Multiple-Partner Fertility: Ethnographic Insights on Low-Income Urban and Rural Mothers." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Ed. Carlson, MJ; Meyer, DR. 654.1SAGE Publications,
(January, 2014): 185-212.
[doi] [abs]
- George, LK; Gold, DT. "Life course perspectives on intergenerational and generational connections." 16.3/4
[doi] [abs]
- Odom, EC; Garrett-Peters, P; Vernon-Feagans, L; Cox, M; Blair, C; Burchinal, P; Burton, L; Crnic, K; Crouter, A; Greenberg, M; Lanza, S; Mills-Koonce, R; Skinner, D; Werner, E; Willoughby, M. "Racial Discrimination as a Correlate of African American Mothers’ Emotion Talk to Young Children." Journal of Family Issues 37.7SAGE Publications,
(January, 2014): 970-996.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Lichter, DT; Baker, RS; Eason, JM. "Inequality, Family Processes, and Health in the "New" Rural America." American Behavioral Scientist 57.8SAGE Publications,
(August, 2013): 1128-1151.
[doi] [abs]
- Barnett, MA; Mills-Koonce, WR; Gustafsson, H; Cox, M; Vernon-Feagans, L; Blair, C; Burchinal, P; Burton, L; Crnic, K; Crouter, A; Garrett-Peters, P; Greenberg, M; Lanza, S; Roger Mills-Koonce, W; Skinner, D; Stifter, C; Werner, E; Willoughby, M. "Mother-Grandmother Conflict, Negative Parenting, and Young Children's Social Development in Multigenerational Families." Family Relations 61.5WILEY,
(December, 2012): 864-877.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Hardaway, CR. "Low-income mothers as "othermothers" to their romantic partners' children: women's coparenting in multiple partner fertility relationships.." Family Process 51.3
(September, 2012): 343-359.
[doi] [abs]
- Vernon-Feagans, L; Garrett-Peters, P; Willoughby, M; Mills-Koonce, R; Cox, M; Blair, C; Burchinal, P; Burton, L; Crnic, K; Crouter, N; Granger, D; Greenberg, M; Lanza, S; Miccio, A; Skinner, D; Stifter, C; Werner, E. "Chaos, poverty, and parenting: Predictors of early language development." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 27.3Elsevier BV,
(July, 2012): 339-351.
[doi] [abs]
- Garrett-Peters, R; Burton, LM. "Talk, action, and chronic uncertainty: Rethinking marriage and marital delay among low-income women."
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Seamster, L. "A culmulative disadvantage model of intimate unions among low-income women."
- Burton, LM; Welsh, W; Flippen, C. "Race, housing, and intimate union power in the lives of low-income mothers."
- Burton, LM; Welsh, WC; R L, L; T, ; Kull, M. "Public housing use trajectories in the adult lives of low-income mothers: A mixed methods analysis."
- Welsh, W; Burton, LM. "Weapons of the weak and housing in the lives of low-income mothers."
- Welsh, W; Burton, LM. "Home and heart: Housing and relationship power among low-income mothers."
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Garrett-Peters, R; Mora, R; Welsh, W. "El que diran and the romantic unions of low-income Latina mothers: An ethnographic perspective."
- Cross-Barnet, C; Cherlin, A; Burton, L. "Bound by Children: Intermittent Cohabitation and Living Together Apart.." Family Relations 60.5
(December, 2011): 633-647.
[Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
- Lawson Clark, S; Burton, LM; Flippen, CA. "Housing Dependence and Intimate Relationships in the Lives of Low-Income Puerto Rican Mothers." Journal of Family Issues 32.3SAGE Publications,
(March, 2011): 369-393.
[doi] [abs]
- Tubbs, CY; Burton, LM. "Family theories and families of color." Invited Chapter for the Handbook of Family Theories: a Content Based Approach, Mark Fine and Frank Fincham (Eds.)
(2011)
- Burton, LM; Ray, V; Seamster, L. "Back to the future: considering contemporary approaches on race, ethnicity, and colorism in family therapy and research." Invited Article for the Journal Family Process
(2011)
- Arditti, J; Burton, L; Neeves-Botelho, S. "Maternal distress and parenting in the context of cumulative disadvantage.." Family Process 49.2
(June, 2010): 142-164.
[Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Bonilla-Silva, E; Ray, V; Buckelew, R; Hordge Freeman, E. "Critical race theories, colorism, and the decade's research on families of color." Journal of Marriage and the Family 72.3WILEY,
(June, 2010): 440-459.
[Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Bromell, L. "Childhood illness, family comorbidity, and cumulative disadvantage: An ethnographic treatise on low-income mothers' health in later life." Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics 30.1Springer Publishing Company,
(January, 2010): 233-265.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Stack, CB. "Ethnography: A method that "rocks" our soul." Ncfr Reports 55.F5-F8
(2010)
- Burton, LM; Bromell, L. "Childhood illness, family comorbidity, and cumulative disadvantage: An ethnographic treatise on low-income mothers' health in later life." Annual Review of Gertontology and Geriatrics
(2010): 231-263.
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Cherlin, A; Winn, D-M; Estacion, A; Holder-Taylor, C. "The Role of Trust in Low-Income Mothers' Intimate Unions*." Journal of Marriage and the Family 71.5
(December, 2009): 1107-1124.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Tucker, MB. "Romantic unions in an era of uncertainty: A post-Moynihan perspective on African American women and marriage." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 621.1SAGE Publications,
(January, 2009): 132-148.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Cherlin, A. "'Trust is like Jell-O': Forms of trust in low-income mothers' romantic unions." Ncfr Reports 44
(2009): F2-F5.
- Cherlin, A; Cross-Barnet, C; Burton, LM; Garrett-Peters, R. "PROMISES THEY CAN KEEP: LOW-INCOME WOMEN'S ATTITUDES TOWARD MOTHERHOOD, MARRIAGE, AND DIVORCE.." Journal of Marriage and the Family 70.4
(November, 2008): 919-933.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, L. "Childhood adultification in economically disadvantaged families: A conceptual model." Family Relations 56.4WILEY,
(October, 2007): 329-345.
[Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
- Roy, K; Burton, L. "Mothering through recruitment: Kinscription of nonresidential fathers and father figures in low-income families." Family Relations 56.1WILEY,
(January, 2007): 24-39.
[Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
- McHale, SM; Crouter, AC; Kim, J-Y; Burton, LM; Davis, KD; Dotterer, AM; Swanson, DP. "Mothers' and fathers' racial socialization in African American families: implications for youth.." Child Development 77.5
(September, 2006): 1387-1402.
[doi] [abs]
- Whitfield, KE; Angel, J; Burton, LM; Hayward, M. "Diverstiy, disparities, and inequalities in aging." Public Policy and Aging Report 16.3
(2006): 16-22.
- Mathews, SA; Detwiler, JE; Burton, LM. "Geo-ethnography: Coupling geographic information analysis techniques with ethnographic methods in urban research." Cartographica: the International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 40.4University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress),
(December, 2005): 75-90.
[doi] [abs]
- Tubbs, CY; Roy, KM; Burton, LM. "Family ties: constructing family time in low-income families.." Family Process 44.1
(March, 2005): 77-91.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM. "The scholar and the oak tree: A profile of Vern L. Bengtson." Contemporary Gerontology 11.3
(2005): 91-94.
- Burton, LM; Winn, D-M; Stevenson, H; Clark, SL. "Working with African American clients: considering the "homeplace" in marriage and family therapy practices.." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 30.4
(October, 2004): 397-410.
[doi] [abs]
- Roy, KM; Tubbs, CY; Burton, LM. "Don't Have No Time: Daily Rhythms and the Organization of Time for Low-Income Families." Family Relations 53.2WILEY,
(March, 2004): 168-178.
[doi] [abs]
- Cherlin, AJ; Hurt, TR; Burton, LM; Purvin, DM. "The influence of physical and sexual abuse on marriage and cohabitation." American Sociological Review 69.6SAGE Publications,
(January, 2004): 768-789.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, L.M., Winn, D.M., Stevenson, H., & Lawson Clark, S.. "Working with African American clients: Considering the homeplace in counseling and therapy practices." Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy 30.4
(2004): 397-410.
- Dallas, CM; Burton, LM. "Health disparities among men from racial and ethnic minority populations." Annual Review of Nursing 22
(2004): 77-100.
- Roy, K; Burton, LM. "Kinscription: Mothers keeping fathers connected to children." Journal of Zero to Three 23.3
(2003): 27-32.
- Burton, LM; Whitfield, KE. "Weathering toward poorer health in later life: Co-morbidity in low-income families urban families." Public Policy and Aging Report 13.3
(2003): 13-18.
- Cherlin, A; Bogen, K; Quane, J; Burton, LM. "Operating within the rules: Welfare recipients’ experiences with sanctions and case closings for noncompliance." Social Service Review 76.3
(2002): 387-405.
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Robin, RL. "In the mix, yet on the margins: The place of families in urban neighborhood and child development research." Journal of Marriage and the Family 62.4WILEY,
(January, 2000): 1114-1135.
[doi] [abs]
- Allison, KW; Burton, L; Marshall, S; Perez-Febles, A; Yarrington, J; Kirsh, LB; Merriwether-DeVries, C. "Life experiences among urban adolescents: examining the role of context.." Child Development 70.4
(July, 1999): 1017-1029.
[doi] [abs]
- Allison, KW; Crawford, I; Leone, PE; Trickett, E; Perez-Febles, A; Burton, LM; Le Blanc, R. "Adolescent substance use: preliminary examinations of school and neighborhood context.." American Journal of Community Psychology 27.2
(April, 1999): 111-141.
[doi] [abs]
- Jarrett, RL; Burton, LM. "Dynamic dimensions of family structure in low-income African American families: Emergent themes in qualitative research." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 30.2
(March, 1999): 177-187.
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Graham, JE. "Neighborhood rhythms and the social activities of adolescent mothers.." New Directions for Child Development 82
(January, 1998): 7-22.
- Burton, LM. "Ethnography and the meaning of adolescence in high-risk neighborhoods." Ethos 25.2WILEY,
(January, 1997): 208-217.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM. "Age norms, the timing of family role transitions, and intergenerational caregiving among aging African American women.." Gerontologist 36.2
(April, 1996): 199-208.
[doi] [abs]
- Dilworth Anderson, P; Burton, LM. "Rethinking Family Development: Critical Conceptual Issues in the Study of Diverse Groups." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 13.3SAGE Publications,
(January, 1996): 325-334.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM. "Context and surrogate parenting among contemporary grandparents." Marriage & Family Review 20.3-4Informa UK Limited,
(October, 1994): 349-366.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM. "Intergenerational legacies and intimate relationships: Perspectives on adolescent mothers and fathers." Isspr Bulletin 10.2
(1994): 2-5.
- Stack, CB; Burton, LM. "Kinscripts." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 24.2
(January, 1993): 157-170.
- Dilworth-Anderson, P; Burton, LM; Turner, W. "The importance of values in the study of culturally diverse families." Family Relations 42
(1993): 238-242.
- Burton, LM. "Black grandparents rearing children of drug-addicted parents: stressors, outcomes, and social service needs.." Gerontologist 32.6
(December, 1992): 744-751.
[doi] [abs]
- Burton, LM; Merriwether-deVries, C. "The challenges and rewards of rearing grandchildren for African-American grandparents." Generations 25.3
(1992): 51-54.
- Burton, LM; Dilworth-Anderson, P; Bengtson, VL. "Creating new ways of thinking about diversity and aging: Theoretical challenges for the twenty-first century." Generations 15.4
(1992): 67-72.
- Burton, LM. "Families and aging: Complexity and diversity." Generations 25.3
(1992): 5-6.
- Burton, LM. "Caring for children: Drug shifts and their impact on families." American Enterprise 2.3
(1991): 34-37.
- Burton, LM. "Teenage childbearing as an alternative life-course strategy in multigeneration black families." Human Nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) 1.2Springer Nature,
(June, 1990): 123-143.
[doi] [abs]
- Butler, J; Burton, L. "Rethinking teenage pregnancy: Is sexual abuse a missing link?." Family Relations 39.1
(1990): 73-80.
- Burton, L; Martin, P. "[Thematics of the multi-generation family: an example of a 6- and 7-generation family]." Zeitschrift Fur Gerontologie 20.5
(September, 1987): 275-282.
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Martin, P. "Thematikin der mehrgenerationenfamilie: Ein beispiel (Themes in multigeneration families: An example)." German Journal of Gerontology 21(June)
(1987): 275-282.
- Hagestad, GO; Burton, LM. "Grandparenthood, life context, and family development." American Behavioral Scientist 29
(1986): 471-484.
- Bengtson, VL; Burton, L. "Mental health and the black elderly: Competence, susceptibility, and quality of life." Journal of Minority Aging 7.3 & 4
(1981): 25-31.
Papers In Progress
- Garrett-Peters, R., & Burton, L.M.. "Poverty and the production of household chaos: findings from an ethnographic study of low-income rural mothers." 2012 [abs]
Book Reviews
- Burton, L. Review of Family and individual development by J.A. Meacham. Contemporary Sociology 16.1
(January, 1987).
- Burton, L. Grandparents/grandchildren: The vital connection. International Journal of Gerontology
(January, 1986).
Book Chapters
- Baker, RS; Burton, LM. "Between a rock and a hard place: Socioeconomic (im)mobility among low-income mothers of children with disabilities." Advances in Gender Research 25January, 2018. 57-72.
[doi] [abs]
- Medwinter, SD; Burton, LM. "Negotiating gender and power: How some poor mothers employ economic survival strategies after welfare reform." Advances in Gender Research 25January, 2018. 107-124.
[doi] [abs]
- Streib, J; Verma, SJ; Welsh, W; Burton, L. "Life, death, and resurrection: The culture of poverty." The Oxford handbook of the social science of poverty Oxford University Press, December, 2015.
- Brady, D; Burton, L. "Social science and poverty from a global perspective." The Oxford handbook of the social science of poverty Oxford University Press, December, 2015.
- Burton, L; Winn, DM; Stevenson, H; McKinney, M. "Childhood adultification and the paradox of parenting: Perspectives on African American boys in economically disadvantaged families." Family problems: Stress, risk, and resilience.
Ed. Arditti, J. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2015.
- Burton, LM; Stack, CB. "“Breakfast at Elmo’s”: Adolescent boys and disruptive politics in the kinscripts narrative." Open to Disruption: Time and Craft in the Practice of Slow Sociology.
Ed. A.Garey, R. Hertz, & M. Nelson. Vanderbilt University Press, January, 2014. 174-191.
- Bryant, CM; Bolland, JM; Burton, LM; Hurt, T; Bryant, BM. "The changing social context of relationships." Close Relationships: Functions, Forms, and Processes.
Ed. Feeney, J; Noller, P. Routledge, January, 2013. 25-47.
[doi]
- Burton, LM; Welsh, W; Destro, L. "Grandmothers’ differential involvment with grandchildren in rural multi-partnered fertility family structures." From generation to generation: Continuity and discontinuity in aging families..
Ed. Silverstein, M; Giarrusso, R. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. 79-103.
- Burton, LM; Garrett-Peters, R; Eason, J. "Morality, identity, and mental health in rural ghettos." Communities,neighborhoods, and health: Expanding the boundaries of place.
Ed. Burton, LM; Kemp, S; M, L; Matthews, S; Takeuchi, D. SPRINGER, 2011.
- Burton,L.M, Purvin, D., & Garrett-Peters, R.. "Longitudinal ethnography: Uncovering domestic abuse in low-income women's lives." The craft of life course studies.
Ed. G.Elder Jr. & J.Z. Giele. Guilford Press, 2009
- Roy, D. & Burton, L.M.. ""Show me you can be a father:" Maternal monitoring and recruitment of fathers for invovlvement in low-income families." Monitoring families.
Ed. M. Nelson & A.I. Garey. Vanderbilt Press, 2009
- Roy, D; Burton, LM. "'Show me you can be a father': Maternal monitoring and recruitment of fathers for invovvement in low-income families." Monitoring families.
Ed. Nelson, M; Garey, AI. Vanderbilt University Press, 2009. 192-216.
[abs]
- Burton, LM; Purvin, D; Garrett-Peters, R. "Longitudinal ethnography: Uncovering domestic abuse in low-income women’s lives." The craft of life course studies.
Ed. Elder, G; Giele, JZ. Guilford Press, 2009. 29-80.
[doi]
- Burton, LM. "Uncovering hidden facts that matter in interpreting individuals’ behaviors: An ethnographic lens." Families as they really are.
Ed. Risman, BJ. Norton Publishers, 2009.
- Burton, LMG-P; Garrett-Peters, R; Eaton, SC. "More than good quotations: How ethnography informs knowledge on adolescent development and context." Handbook of adolescent psychology: Vol. 1.
Ed. Lerner, RM; Steinberg, L. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
- Burton, L. "Mothering through recruitment: Kinscription of non-residential fathers and father figures in low-income families." American families: A multicultural reader.
Ed. Coontz, S. Routledge, 2008.
- Skinner, D; Lachicotte, W; Burton, LM. "Childhood disability and poverty: How families navigate health care and coverage." Health and medical care.
Ed. Arrighi, BA; Maume, DJ. Praeger Press, 2007.
- Burton, L.M. & Whitfield, K.E.. "Health, aging, and America's poor: Ethnographic insights on family co-morbidity and cumulative disadvantage." Aging, globalization and inequality: The new critical gerontology.
Ed. J. Baars, D. Dannefer, C. Phillipson, & A. Walker. NY: Baywood, 2006.
- Burton, L.M. & Whitfield, K.E.. "Health, aging, and America’s poor: Ethnographic insights on family co-morbidity and cumulative disadvantage." Aging, globalization and inequality: The new critical gerontology.
Ed. J. Baars, D. Dannefer, C. Phillipson, & A. Walker. Baywood, 2006.
- Tubbs, CY; Burton, LM. "Bridging research using ethnography to inform clinical practice." Research methods in family therapy.
Ed. Sprenkle, DH; Piercy, FP. 2nd editionGuilford Press, 2006.
- McLoyd, V; Aikens, NL; Burton, LM. "Poverty and childrens well being: Linking research, policy, and practice." Handbook of child psychology.
Ed. Siegal, I; Renninger, A. WILEY, 2006.
- Skinner, D; Lachicotte, W; Burton, LM. "The difference disability makes: Managing childhood disability, poverty, and work." Doing without: Women and work after welfare reform.
Ed. Henrici, J. University of Arizona Press, 2006.
- Burton, LM; Lein, L. "Welfare and low-wage work: A troubled and troubling environment." Doing without: Women and work after welfare reform.
Ed. Henrici, J. University of Arizona Press, 2006.
- Burton, LM; Whitfield, KE. "Health, aging, and America’s poor: Ethnographic insights on family co-morbidity and cumulative disadvantage." Aging, globalization and inequality: The new critical gerontology.
Ed. Baars, J; Dannefer, D; Phillipson, C; Walker, A. Baywood, 2006.
- Burton, LM; Lein, L; Kolak, A. "Health and mothers' employment in low-income families." Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being.
Ed. Bianchi, S; Casper, L; King, R. Routledge, June, 2005. 489-505.
[doi]
- Skinner, D; Matthews, S; Burton, LM. "Combining ethnography and GIS to examine constructions of developmental opportunities in contexts of poverty and disability." Discovering successful pathways in children’s development: New methods in the study of childhood and family life.
Ed. Weisner, T. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Burton, LM; Lawson-Clark, S. "Homeplace and housing in the lives of low-income urban African American families." Emerging issues in African American family life.
Ed. McLoyd, VC; Dodge, K; Hill, N. Guilford Press, 2005.
- Dilworth-Anderson, P; Burton, LM; Klein, D. "Contemporary and emerging theories studying families." Sourcebook of family theory and research.
Ed. Bengtson, V; Allen, K; Dilworth-Anderson, P; Klein, D. SAGE Publications, 2004.
- Jarrett, RL; Roy, K; Burton, LM. "Fathers in the hood: Insights from qualitative research on low income African American men." Handbook on fatherhood involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives.
Ed. Monda, CTL; Cabrera, N. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
- Burton, LM. "Sociological and anthropological perspectives on fatherhood: Traversing lenses, methods, and invisible men." Handbook on fatherhood involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives.
Ed. Monda, CTL; Cabrera, N. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
- Burton, LM. "One step forward and two steps back: Neighborhoods and adolescent development." Does it take a village? Community effects on children, adolescents, and families.
Ed. Booth, A; Crouter, AC. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.
- Burton, LM; Jayakody, R. "Rethinking family structure and single parenthood. Implications for future studies of African-American families and children." Family and child well-being: Research and data needs.
Ed. Thornton, A. University of Michigan Press, 2001.
- Obeidallah, DO; Burton, LM. "Affective ties between mothers and daughters in adolescent childbearing families." Conflict and closeness: The formation, functioning, and stability of families.
Ed. Brooks-Gunn, J; Cox, M. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999.
- Burton, LM; Price-Spratlen, T. "Through the eyes of children: An ethnographic perspective on neighborhoods and child development." Cultural processes in child development: Minnesota symposium on child psychology.
Ed. Masten, A. 29Erlbaum, 1999.
- Dilworth-Anderson, P; Burton, LM. "Critical issues in understanding family support and older minorities." Minority elders: Five goals toward building a public policy base.
Ed. Miles, TP. 3rd editionThe Gerontological Society of America, 1999.
- Burton, LM; Graham, JE. "Neighborhood rhythms and the social activities of adolescent mothers.." Temporal rhythms in adolescence: Clocks, calendars, and the coordination of daily life.
Ed. Larson, R; Crouter, AC. Jossey-Bass, January, 1998. 7-22.
- Burton, LM; Snyder, AR. "The invisible man revisited: Comments on the life course, history, and men's roles in American families." Men in families.
Ed. Booth, A; Crouter, AC. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998.
- Spencer, MB; McDermott, P; Burton, LM; Cole, S. "An alternative approach for assessing neighborhood effects on early adolescent achievement and problem behavior." Neighborhood poverty: Context and consequences for children.
Ed. Duncan, G; Brooks-Gunn, J; Aber, L. Russell Sage, 1997.
- Burton, LM; Price-Spratlen, T; Spencer, M. "On ways of thinking about and measuring neighborhoods: Implications for studying context and developmental outcomes for children." Neighborhood poverty: Context and consequences for children.
Ed. Duncan, G; Brooks-Gunn, J; Aber, L. Russell Sage, 1997.
- Burton, LM. "The timing of childbearing, family structure, and the role responsibilities of aging black women." Stress and coping in children and families.
Ed. Hetherington, EM; Blechman, E. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1996. 155-172.
- Burton, LM; Obeidallah, DO; Allison, K. "Ethnographic perspectives on social context and adolescent development among inner-city African American teens." Essays on ethnography and human development.
Ed. Jessor, R; Colby, A; Shweder, R. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- Burton, LM; Allison, K; Obeidallah, D. "Social context and adolescence: Perspectives on development among inner-city African-American teens." Pathways through adolescence: Individual development in relation to social context.
Ed. Crockett, L; Crouter, A. Erlbaum, 1995. 119-138.
- Burton, LM. "Intergenerational patterns of providing care in African-American families with teenage childbearers: Emergent patterns in an ethnographic study." Intergenerational issues in aging.
Ed. Schaie, KW; Bengtson, VL; Burton, LM. SPRINGER, 1995. 79-96.
- Burton, LM. "Thay doi ve dan so va quan he trong gia dinh nhieu the he: Trien vong o Viet Nam trong truong lai (Demographic change and intergenerational family structure: Implications for family relationships in Vietnam)." Gia Dinh va dia vi nguoi phu nu trong xa hoi.
Ed. Quy, BTK. Nha Xuat Ban Khoa Hoc Xa Hoi, 1995. 197-206.
- Bengtson, VL; Rosenthal, C; Burton, L. "Paradoxes of families and aging at the turn of the century." Handbook of aging and the social sciences.
Ed. Binstock, R; George, L. Academic Press, 1995.
- Stack, CB; Burton, LM. "Kinscripts: Reflections on family, generation, and culture." Mothering: Ideology, experience, and agency.
Ed. Glenn, EN; Chang, G; Forcey, LR. Routledge, 1994. 33-44.
- Dilworth-Anderson, P; Burton, LM; Boulin-Johnson, L. "Reframing theories for understanding race, ethnicity, and family.." Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach.
Ed. Boss, WD; Doherty, W; Larossa, R; Schumm, W; Steinmetz, S. Plenum Press, 1993. 627-646.
- Burton, LM; Stack, CB. "Kinscripts and adolescent childbearing." The politics of pregnancy.
Ed. Rhode, DL; Lawson, A. Yale University Press, 1993. 174-185.
- Burton, LM; Sorensen, S. "Temporal dimensions of intergenerational caregiving in African-American multigeneration families." Caregiving systems: Informal and formal helpers.
Ed. Zarit, SH; Pearlin, LI; Schaie, KW. Erlbaum Associates, 1993. 47-66.
- Burton, LM; Stack, CB. "Conscripting kin: Reflections on family, generation, and culture." Family, self, and society.
Ed. Cowan, P; Field, D; Hanson, D; Skolnick, A; Swanson, G. Erlbaum Associates, 1992. 103-113.
- Bengtson, VL; Rosenthal, C; Burton, LM. "Families and aging." Handbook of aging and the social sciences.
Ed. Binstock, R; George, L. Academic Press, 1990. 263-287.
- Elder, GH; Caspi, A; Burton, LM. "Adolescent transitions in developmental perspective: Sociological and historical insights." Minnesota symposium on child psychology.
Ed. Gunnar, M. 21Erlbaum, 1987. 151-179.
- Burton, LM; Bengtson, VL. "Black grandmothers: Issues of timing and meaning in roles." Grandparenthood: Research and policy.
Ed. Bengtson, VL; Robertson, J. Sage, 1985. 61-77.
- Burton, LM; Bengtson, VL. "Research in minority communities: Problems and potentials." Minority aging: Sociological and social psychological issues.
Ed. Manuel, R. Greenwood Press, 1982. 215-222.
- Bengtson, VL; Manuel, RC; Burton, LM. "Sociology of age." Aging prospects and issues.
Ed. Davis, R. University of Southern California Press, 1981. 22-39.
- Burton, L. M., Allison, K., & Obeidallah, D.. "Social context and adolescence: Perspectives on development among inner-city African-American teens." Pathways through adolescence: Individual development in relation to social context.
Ed. L. Crockett & A. Crouter. Erlbaum, 1995
Edited Books
- D Brady and LM Burton. "Oxford handbook of the social science of poverty."
Ed. Brady, D; Burton, LM Oxford University Press, November, 2013
- Burton, L.M., Kemp, S., Leung, M., Matthews, S., & Takeuchi, D. (eds.). "Communities, neighborhood, and health: Expanding the boundaries of place."
Ed. Burton, LM; Kemp, S; Leung, M; Matthews, S; Takeuchi, D SPRINGER, 2011
- Burton, LM; Hernandez, D; Hofferth, S. "Families, youth, and childrens well being." American Sociological Association, 1998
- Schaie, W. K., Bengtson, V. L., & Burton, L. M.. "Intergenerational issues in aging."
Ed. Schaie, WK; Bengston, VL; Burton, LM SPRINGER, 1995
- "A new look at families and aging."
Ed. Burton, LM Baywood Publishing, 1993
Papers Accepted
- Burton, L.M., Welsh, W. & Destro, L.. "Grandmothers' differential involvment with grandchildren in rural multi-partnered fertility family structures." From generation to generation: continuity and discontinuity in again families (2012).
- Burton, LM; Lichter, D; Baker, RS; Eason, JM. "Inequality, poverty, and health in the new rural America: Towards an emergent research agenda." American Behavioral Scientist (2012).
Work In Progress
- Burton, L.M.. "“Hiding in Plain Sight: Racialization, Colorism, and the Intimate Union and Childbearing Behaviors of Adolescent and Young-Adult Rural Mothers.." 2012
- Brady, D., & Burton, L.M.. "Handbook of poverty research and society, Oxford University Press." 2012
Presented Papers
- Burton, L.M.. "“Hiding in plain sight:” Racialization, colorism, and the intimate union and childbearing behaviors of adolescent and young-adult rural mothers." October 17, 2012
- Garrett-Peters, R., & Burton, L.M. "Poverty and the production of household chaos: Findings from an ethnographic study of low-income rural mothers." July 14, 2012
Papers for Meetings
- Burton, L; Tubbs, C; Odoms, AM; Oh, HJ; Mello, ZR; Cherlin, A. "Welfare reform, poverty, and health: Ethnographic perspectives on health status and health insurance coverage in low-income families." 2003
- Burton, L; Benjamin, A; Hurt, T; Woodruff, SL; Kolak, A. "An ethnographic study of low-income non-entrants to TANF: Welfare experiences, diversions, and making ends meet." 2003
- Slattery, E; Skinner, D; Lahicotte, W; Cherlin, A; Burton, LM. "Disability, health coverage, and welfare reform." 2002
- Moffitt, R; Cherlin, AJ; Burton, L; King, M; Roff, J. "The characteristics of families of families remaining on welfare." 2001
- Cherlin, AJ; Winston, P; Angel, RJ; Burton, L; Chase-Lansdale, PL; Moffitt, RA; Wilson, WJ; Quane, J; Levine-Coley, R. "What welfare recipients know about the new rules and what they have to say about them." 2000
- Cherlin, AJ; Burton, L; Francis, J; Henrici, J; Lein, L; Quane, J; Bogen, K. "Sanctions and case closings for noncompliance: Who is affected and why." 2000
- Winston, P; Angel, RJ; Burton, L; Chase-Lansdale, PL; Cherlin, AJ; Moffitt, RA; Wilson, WJ. "Welfare, children, and families: Overview and design." 1999
- Burton, L; Cherlin, AJ; Francis, J; Jarrett, RL; Quane, J; Williams, C; Stem Cook, MN. "What welfare recipients and the fathers of their children are saying about welfare reform." 1998
- Burton, LM. "Family structure and nonmarital fertility: Perspectives from ethnographic research." Report to congress on out-of-wedlock childbearing. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995: 147-165. Pub. No. (PHS) 95-1257