EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2006. Dissertation Title: Neighborhood
• Attachment in the Multiethnic Metropolis (Barrett A. Lee, Chair).
• M.A., Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003. Thesis Title: Racial Consciousness, Policy Preferences, and PoliticalParticipation (Marylee C. Taylor, Chair).
• B.S., Rural Sociology, Cornell University, 2000 (cum laude with distinction in research).

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

• Urban sociology (neighborhood attachment, racial segregation, residential mobility, spatial analysis, homelessness)
• Race and Ethnicity (immigration and assimilation, racial and ethnic diversity, prejudice and discrimination, racial identity)
• Social Stratification
• Social Psychology

PUBLICATION  

Greif, Meredith J. and Marylee C. Taylor. 2005. “Racial and Ethnic Inequality” in Sherrod, Lonnie, Constance Flanagan, Ron Kassimir, and Amy Bertelsen, eds., Encyclopedia of Youth Activism . Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Oropesa, RS, Nancy Landale, and Meredith Greif. 2007 (forthcoming). "From Puerto Rican to Panethnic in New York City." Ethnic and Racial Studies .

Lee, Barrett and Meredith Greif. 2008 (forthcoming). "Homelessness and Hunger." Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Greif, Meredith. "Neighborhood Attachment in the Multiethnic Metropolis." Forthcoming in 2008 at City & Community.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OR IN PROGRESS

Greif, Meredith J., Anuja Jayaraman, and Francis Dodoo. “Sexual Behavior in Kenyan Slums: A Contextual Approach.” Under Review .  

Greif, Meredith J. “The Intersection of Race, Context, and Neighborhood Attachment.” In progress.  

Greif, Meredith J. “Obstacles to Desirable Neighborhood Context among Asian and Hispanic Immigrants.” In progress.  

Greif, Meredith J. “A Spatial Approach to the Measurement of Ethnic Enclaves.” In progress.    

RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS  

Greif, Meredith J. “Neighborhood Attachment in the Multiethnic Metropolis.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, California, 2006.  

Greif, Meredith J. (with Nancy Landale and R.S. Oropesa). “From Puerto Rican to Panethnic in New York City.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, California. 2006.    

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2005 Research Assistant to Barrett A. Lee

2001 – 2003 Research Assistant to Marylee C. Taylor

TEACHINGEXPERIENCE

2005 Racial and Ethnic Relations, Instructor

2004 Introduction to Sociology, Instructor

2003 Racial and Ethnic Relations, Instructor

2002 Racial and Ethnic Relations, Instructor

2003/2004 Senior Research Seminar, Teaching Assistant

2001 Sociology of the Family, Teaching Assistant

2001 Social Psychology, Teaching Assistant

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

2004 – 2005 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, graduate representative

2001 – 2004 Minority Opportunity through School Transformation Committee(co-chair of Colloquium Sub-Committee)

2003 – 2004 Social Committee, member