Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2004
Department of Sociology
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106-7124
david.warner@case.edu
Mather Memorial 223C
Phone: (216) 368-2697
Fax: (216) 368-2676
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00-11:15AM |
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Research
My research focuses on both work and health from a life course perspective, emphasizing the role of marriage and family relationships in generating and maintaining gender and racial/ethnic inequalities.
More specifically, I am engaged in two broad lines of research. The first line examines the end of the work career—particularly retirement—and the factors that differentiate the timing and permanency of labor force withdrawal. The second line of research explores the life course origins of health and mortality disparities in later-life. In order to understand the implications of marriage and family for stratifying work and health experiences at older ages, I examine how micro-level timing and exposure processes shape not only individual life course transitions but also population-level trends and social group differences.
Teaching
My philosophy is that effective teaching in sociology helps students to identify their preconceived ideas about the world, pushes students to consider alternate perspectives and gives students the means to be independent and critical thinkers. I challenge students to recognize the assumptions under which they are operating through the use of diverse examples and readings. I employ the Socratic Method in classroom discussions to incrementally push the boundaries of students’preconceptions about social issues. I provide students with the opportunity to be self-directed learners by offering flexible assignments and encouraging application of classroom concepts to topics about which they are passionate.
I teach courses on aging and the life course, marriage and family, social problems, population dynamics, and quantitative research methods.
Publications
Warner, David. F. 2009 (Forthcoming) “Social Causation-Social Selection Debate.” Entry in the Encyclopedia of the Sociology of the Life Course, Volume III: Later Life (Deborah Carr, Editor-in-Chief).
Brown, Tyson H. and David F. Warner. 2008.“Divergent Pathways? Racial/Ethnic Differences in Women’s Labor Force Withdrawal.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Science, 63B(3):S122-S134 [Authors listed alphabetically]
Hayward, Mark D., David F. Warner and Eileen M. Crimmins. 2007. “Does Longer Life Mean Better Health? Not for Native-Born Mexican Americans in the Health and Retirement Study.” Pp. 85-95 in The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population. Angel, Jacqueline L. and Keith E. Whitfield (Eds.). Springer: New York.
Warner, David F. and Mark D. Hayward. 2006. “Early Life Origins of the Race Gap in Men’s Mortality.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 47(3): 209-226.
Warner, David and Heather Hofmeister. 2006. “Late Career Transitions among Men and Women in the United States. Pp. 141-181 in Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society, H.P. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz and D. Hofäcker (Editors). Routledge Advances in Sociology Series. Routledge: London.
Hayward, Mark D. and David F. Warner. 2005 “Demography of Population Health” Chapter 27 (Pp. 809- 825) in The Handbook of Demography, Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Michael Micklin (Editors). Springer: New York. |
