Bio:

Julien Teitler is associate professor of Social Work and Sociology and Director of the Columbia University Social Indicators Survey Center. Teitler has extensive experience directing phone and in-person surveys in New York City and nationally and is an expert in research methodology, including surveying hard to reach populations. Teitler teaches graduate level classes in research methodology.


Research Interests:

• Adolescent transitions
• Effects of parent behaviors on children
• Social inequality
• Family policy
• Welfare reform
• Research methods

Recent Publications:

Books and Chapters
Weiss, C., Teitler, J. 2006. “Parenting Practices as Modifiers and Moderators of Adolescents’ Educational Outcomes,” in Y. Sugita (ed.) Fluctuation in American Values. Tokyo: Sanwa Shoseki.

Garfinkel, I., Kaushal, N., Teitler, J., Garcia, S. 2005. "Vulnerability and Resilience: New Yorkers Respond to 9/11," in Foner, N. (ed.) Wounded City: The Social Effects of the World Trade Center Attack on New York City. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

McLanahan, S., Garfinkel, I., Reichman, N., Teitler, J. 2001. "Unwed Parents or Fragile Families? Implications for Welfare and Child Support Policy," in Wu, L. and Wolfe, B. (eds). Out of Wedlock: Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility. New York: Russell Sage.

Journal Articles
Teitler, J. Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L., Martinson, M. A Cross-National Comparison of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Low Birthweight in the United States and England. Forthcoming in Pediatrics.

Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L. Individual, City, and State Level Determinants of TANF Participation: A Multilevel Analysis. Forthcoming in Social Service Review.

Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Koball, H. 2006. Contemporaneous versus retrospective reports of cohabitation in the Fragile Families survey. Journal of Marriage and Family 68:469-477.

Reichman, N., Teitler, J. 2006. Paternal age as a risk factor for low birth weight. American Journal of Public Health 96(5): 862-866.

Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Curtis, M. 2005. TANF sanctioning and hardship. Social Service Review 79(2): 215-36.

Reichman, N., Teitler, J. 2005. Timing of enhanced prenatal care and birth outcomes in New Jersey's HealthStart program. Maternal and Child Health Journal 9(2): 151-158.

Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L. 2004. Sources of support, child care, and hardship among unwed mothers, 1999-2001. Social Service Review 78(1): 125-148.

Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Garfinkel, I., Garcia, S. 2004. Variations in maternal and child wellbeing among financially eligible mothers by TANF participation status. Eastern Economic Journal 30(1): 101-118.

Reichman, N., Teitler, J. 2003. Effects of psychosocial risk factors and prenatal interventions on birth weight: evidence from New Jersey's Healthstart program. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35(3): 130-137.

Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Sprachman, S. 2003. Costs and benefits of improving response rates for a hard-to-reach population. Public Opinion Quarterly 67(1): 126-138.

Teitler, J. 2002. Trends in youth sexual initiation and fertility in developed countries: 1960-1995. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (580): 134-152.

Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Garfinkel, I., McLanahan, S. 2001. Fragile Families: sample and design. Children and Youth Services Review 23(4/5): 303-326.

Teitler, J. 2001. Father involvement, child health and maternal health behavior. Children and Youth Services Review 23(4/5): 403-425.

Teitler, J., Weiss, C. 2000. Effects of neighborhood and school environments on transitions to first sexual intercourse. Sociology of Education 73: 112-132.

Last updated June 1,2007.