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RONALD J. ANGEL
CURRICULUM VITAE
Home Address Office Address
5909 Down Valley Court Department of Sociology
Austin, TX 78731 University of Texas at Austin
512/467-9371 Austin, TX 78712-1088
512/232-6315
FAX: 512/471-1748
INTERNET: [email protected]
Place of birth: Las Vegas, NM
Education
B.A. (English), University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1970
University of New Mexico Graduate School (English), Albuquerque, NM, 1973-1974
M.S. (Sociology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1977
Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1981
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rutgers-Princeton Program in Mental Health Research, 1981-1983
Major Honors
United States Public Health Service Traineeship Awards, January, 1975 - June, 1978
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health, July, 1981 - June, 1983
Silver Spurs Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Texas, Austin, 1990.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996
Pearmain Prize for Excellence in Research on Aging, 2012, University of Southern California
School of Social Work.
Military Service
United States Army, September, 1970 - June, 1973
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Academic and Administrative Positions
Professor, Department of Sociology, the University of Texas, Austin, TX, September, 1993 to
Present.
Chair, Department of Sociology, the University of Texas, Austin TX, September, 1996 to
August, 2000.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, the University of Texas, Austin, TX, July,
1990 to August, 1993.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, July,
1988 to June, 1990.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, July,
1983 to June, 1988.
Major Federal and Professional Advisory Positions
Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2007 – 2011.
Member, National Advisory Board, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health
Policy, The University of New Mexico, 2007-Present.
National Advisory Committee Member, Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002-2005.
National Advisory Board, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, 2008 –
2011.
American Sociological Association Representative to Section K (Social, Economic,
And Political Sciences) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2007 - 2008.
Member, Epidemiologic and Services Research Review Committee, National Institute of
Mental Health, 1989 - 1993.
Member, Technical Working Group, National Research Center on Hispanic Children and
Families, sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
Member, Board of Directors, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Foundation.
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Publications
Books
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2015. Latinos in an Aging World. New
York, NY: Routledge.
Angel, Ronald J., Holly Bell, Julie Beausoleil, and Laura Lein. 2012. Community Lost: The
State, Civil Society and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2009. Hispanic Families at Risk: The New
Economy, Work, and the Welfare State. New York, NY: Springer.
Angel, Ronald J., Laura Lein, and Jane Henrici. 2006. Poor Families in America's Health
Care Crisis. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Winner of a Choice Magazine
“Outstanding Academic Book Award, 2007”).
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1997. Who Will Care For Us? Aging and Long-
Term Care in Multicultural America. New York: New York University Press. (Winner
of a Choice Magazine “Outstanding Academic Book Award, 1998”).
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1993. Painful Inheritance: Health and the New
Generation of Fatherless Families. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Refereed Articles
Garcia, Marc A., Jacqueline L. Angel, Ronald J. Angel, and Chi-Tsun Chiu. (forthcoming).
“Acculturation, Gender and Active Life Expectancy in the Mexican-origin Population.”
Journal of Aging and Health.
Angel, R.J., Angel, J.L., & Hill, T.D., (2014). Longer Lives, Sicker Lives? Increased Longevity
and Extended Disability Among Mexican-Origin Elders. Journals of Gerontology, Series
B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, doi:10.1093/geronb/gbu158.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Kate Prickett, and Ronald J. Angel. 2014. “Sources of Retirement
Security for Black, non-Hispanic White, and Mexican-Origin Women: The Changing Roles
of Marriage and Work.” Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 35:222-241.
Angel, Jacqueline, Sunshine Rote, Dustin, Brown, Ronald Angel, and Kyriakos Markides.
2014. “Nativity Status and Sources of Care Assistance among Elderly Mexican-Origin
Adults.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 29:243-58.
Angel, Ronald J. After Babel: Language and the Fundamental Challenges of Comparative
Research. 2013. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 28:223-238.
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Panas, L.J., Siordia, C., Angel, R., Eschbach, K., and Markides, Kyriakos, S. 2013. Physical
Performance and Short-Term Mortality in Very Old Mexican Americans. Experimental
Aging Research, 39:481-492.
Frias, Sonia M. and Ronald J. Angel. 2013. “Ethnic Heterogamy and Partner Violence in
Mexico.” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36:1666-1686.
Frias, Sonia M. and Ronald J. Angel. 2012. “Beyond Borders: Comparative Quantitative
Research on Partner Violence in the United States and Mexico.” Violence Against
Women, 18:5 - 29.
Angel, Ronald J. 2011. “Agency versus Structure: Genetics, Group Membership, and a New
Twist on an Old Debate.” Social Science and Medicine 73:632-635.
Angel, Ronald J. 2011. “A response to the commentaries by Craddock and Fotaki.” Social
Science and Medicine, 73:643-644.
Angel, Jacqueline, Jennifer Karas Montez, and Ronald J. Angel. 2011. “A Window of
Vulnerability : Health Insurance Coverage Among Women 55 to 64 Years of Age.”
Women’s Health Issues, 21:6-11.
Gajewski, Stephanie, Holly Bell, Laura Lein, and Ronald J. Angel. 2011. "Complexity and
Instability: The Response of Nongovernmental Organizations to the Recovery of
Hurricane Katrina Survivors in a Host Community." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector
Quarterly, 40:389-403.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, Carlos Díaz Venegas, and Claude Bonazzo. 2010.
“Shorter Stay, Longer life: Age at Migration and Mortality among the Older Mexican-
Origin Population”. Journal of Aging and Health, 22:914-931.
Salinas, Jennifer J., Soham Al Snih, Kyriakos Markides, Ronald J. Angel, Laura A. Ray.
2010. “The Rural – Urban Divide: Health Services Utilization among Older Mexicans in
Mexico.” The Journal of Rural Health, 26:333-341.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Jennifer Karas Montez. 2009. “The Work/Health
Insurance Nexus: A Weak Link for Mexican-origin Men.” Social Science Quarterly,
90:1112-1133.
Lein, Laura, Ronald Angel, Holly Bell and Julie Beausoleil. 2009. “The State and Civil
Society Response to Disaster: The Challenge of Coordination,” Organization and
Environment, 22:448-457.
Montez, Jennifer Karas, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Ronald J. Angel. 2009. “Employment,
Marriage, and Inequality in Health Insurance for Mexican-Origin Women.” Journal of
Health and Social Behavior, 50:132-148.
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Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Terrence Hill. 2009. Subjective Control and Health
among Mexican-origin Elders in Mexico and the United States: Structural
Considerations in Comparative Research.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences,
64B: 390-401.
Hill, Terrence, Ryan Schroeder, Christopher Bradley, Lauren Kaplan, and Ronald Angel. 2009.
“The Long-term Health Consequences of Relationship Violence in Adulthood: An
Examination of Low-income Women from Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio.” American
Journal of Public Health, 99:1645-1650.
Hill, Terrence, Amie Nielsen, and Ronald Angel. 2009. “Relationship Violence and Frequency
of Intoxication among Low-income Urban Women.” Substance Use & Misuse, 44:684-
701.
Angel, Ronald J. 2009. “Structural and Cultural Factors in Successful Aging among
Older Hispanics.” Family and Community Health, 32(Supplement):S46-S56.
Kulkarni, Shanti, Holly Bell, Julie Beausoleil, Laura Lein, Ron Angel, and Johnnie Hamilton-
Mason. 2008. “When the Floods of Compassion Are not Enough: A Nation’s and a
City’s Response to the Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.” Smith College Studies In Social
Work, 78:399-425.
Hill, Terrence, Amy Burdette, Mark Regnerus, and Ronald Angel. 2008. “Religious
Involvement and Attitudes toward Parenting among Low-income Urban Women.”
Journal of Family Issues, 29:882-900.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Terrence D. Hill. 2008. A Comparison of the
Health of Older Hispanics in U.S. and Mexico: Methodological Challenges. Journal
of Aging and Health, 20:3-31.
Frias, Sonia M. and Ronald J. Angel. 2007. “Stability and Change in the Experience of Partner
Violence among Low-Income Women.” Social Science Quarterly, 88:1281-1306.
Pereira, Javier, Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel. 2007. A Case Study of the Elder Care
Functions of a Chilean Non-Governmental Organization. Social Science &
Medicine, 64: 2096-2106.
Tovar, Jennifer J., Ronald J. Angel, Karl Eschbach1,David V. Espino, and Kyriakos S.
Markides. 2007. “The Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of
the Elderly: Selected Longitudinal Findings.” Aging Health, 3:325-331.
Durden, Emily, Terrence Hill, and Ronald Angel. 2007. “Social Demands, Social
Supports, and Psychological Distress among Low-income Women.” Journal of Social
and Personal Relationships, 24:343-361.
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Hill, Terrence, Krysia Mossakowski, and Ronald Angel. 2007. "Relationship Violence and
Psychological Distress among Low-income Urban Women." Journal of Urban Health:
Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 84:537-551.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Maren Jimenez, and Ronald J. Angel. 2007. “The Economic
Consequences of Widowhood for Older Minority Women.” The Gerontologist, 47:224-
234.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald J. Angel. 2006. “Minority Group Status and Healthful
Aging: Social Structure Still Matters.” American Journal of Public Health, 96:1152-
1159.
Angel, Ronald J. 2006. “Narrative and the Fundamental Limitations of Quantification in
Cross-Cultural Research.” Medical Care, 44 (Supplement 3):S31-33.
Lein, Laura, Holly Bell, and Ronald J. Angel. 2006. “The Importance of Selection
Factors: Evaluating the Impact of Employment on Family Well-Being in Families
Transitioning from Welfare to Work.” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social
Environment, 13:43-61.
Hill, Terrence D., Amy M. Burdette, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Ronald J. Angel. 2006.
“Religious Attendance and Cognitive Functioning among Older Mexican Americans.
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 61:P3-9.
Hill, Terrence, Jacqueline Angel, Christopher Ellison, and Ronald Angel. 2005. “Religious
Attendance and Mortality: An Eight-Year Follow Up of Older Mexican Americans.”
Journal of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences,
60B:S102-109.
Hill, Terrence, Catherine Ross, and Ronald Angel. 2005. “Neighborhood Disorder,
Psychophysiological Distress and Health.” Journal of Health & Social Behavior,
46:170-186.
Angel Ronald J., Sonia M. Frias, and Terrence D. Hill. 2005. “Determinants of Household
Insurance Coverage among Low-Income Families from Boston, Chicago, and San
Antonio: Evidence from the Three City Study.” Social Science Quarterly, 86:
1338-1353.
Hill, Terrence and Ronald Angel. 2005. “Neighborhood Disorder, Psychological Distress, and
Heavy Drinking.” Social Science & Medicine, 61:965-975.
Frias, Sonia M. and Ronald J. Angel. 2005. Identifying Hispanic Subgroup Variation in the
Risk Profile for Domestic Violence. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67:552–564.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald J. Angel, Maria P. Aranda, and Toni P. Miles. 2004. “Can the
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Family Still Cope? Social Support and Health as Determinants of Nursing Home Use in
the Older Mexican-origin Population.” Journal of Aging and Health, 16:338-354
Angel, Ronald J., Michelle Frisco, Jacqueline L. Angel, and David Chiriboga. 2003.
“Financial Strain and Health among Elderly Mexican-origin Individuals.” Journal of
Health and Social Behavior, 44:536-551.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Nora Douglas, and Ronald J. Angel. 2003. “Gender, Widowhood, and
Long-term Care in the Older Mexican American Population.” Journal of Women and
Aging, 15:89-105; discussion 185-7.
Reprinted in Carol L. Jenkins (ed.) Widows and Divorcees in Later Life: On Their Own
Again, Pp. 89-105. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Kyriakos S. Markides. 2002. “Stability and
Change in Health Insurance Among Older Mexican Americans: Longitudinal Evidence
From the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly.”
American Journal of Public Health, 92:1264-1271.
Lee, Geum-Yong and Ronald J. Angel. 2002. “Living Arrangements and Supplemental
Security Income Use Among Elderly Asians and Hispanics in the United States: The
Role of Nativity and Citizenship.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28:553-563.
Markides, Kyriakos, Sandra Black, Glenn Ostir, Ronald Angel, Jack Guralnik, and Michael
Lichtenstein. 2001. “Lower Body Function and Mortality in Mexican American
Elderly.” Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 56:M243-47.
Angel, Ronald J. and Michelle Frisco. 2001. “Self-Assessments of Health and
Functional Capacity among Older Adults.” Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 7:119-
35.
Reprinted in Skinner, John H., Jeanne A. Teresi, Douglas Holmes, Sidney M. Stahl, and
Anita L. Stewart (eds.) 2002. Multicultural Measurement in Older Populations, Pp. 129-
46. New York: Springer.
Angel, Ronald, Glenn V. Ostir, Michelle L. Frisco, and Kyriakos S. Markides. 2000.
"The Comparison of a Self-Reported and a Performance-Based Assessment of Mobility
in the Hispanic EPESE," Research on Aging, 22:715-37.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald J. Angel, and Kyriakos S. Markides. 2000. “Late Life
Immigration, Living Arrangements, and Headship Status Among Older Mexican-Origin
Individuals.” Social Science Quarterly, 81:389-403.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, Geum-Yong Lee, and Kyriakos S. Markides. 1999.
“Age at Migration and Family Dependency Among Older Mexican Immigrants: Recent
Evidence from the Mexican American EPESE.” The Gerontologist, 39:59-65.
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Angel, Jacqueline and Ronald J. Angel. 1998. “Aging Trends–Mexican Americans in the
Southwestern United States.” Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 13:281-290.
Perkowski, Linda C., Christine A. Stroup-Behnam, Kyriakos S. Markides, Michael J.
Lichtenstein, Ronald J. Angel, Jack M. Guralnik, James S. Goodwin. 1998. "Lower
Extremity Functioning in Older Mexican Americans and Its Association with Medical
Problems." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 46:1-8.
Angel Jacqueline L., Ronald Angel, and Kristin Henderson. 1997. "Contextualizing Social
Support and Health in Old Age: Reconsidering Culture and Gender." International
Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 17:83-116.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1996. "The Extent of Private and Public Health
Insurance Coverage among Adult Hispanics." The Gerontologist, 36:332-40.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald Angel, Judi McClellan, Kyriakos Markides. 1996. "Nativity,
Declining Health, and Preferences in Living Arrangements among Elderly Mexican
Americans: Implications for Long-term Care." The Gerontologist, 36:464-73.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1996. "Physical Co-Morbidity and Medical Care
Use In Children with Emotional Problems." Public Health Reports. 3:8-14
Bagley, Shirley P., Ronald Angel, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, William Liu, and Steven
Schinke. 1995. "Adaptive Health Behaviors Among Ethnic Minorities." Health
Psychology, 14:632-40.
Revised version published as Ana Abraído-Lanza et. al. 1997. "Task Group V:
Adaptive Health Behaviors." Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health, 2:143-62.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Christine L. Himes. 1992. "Minority Group Status,
Health Transitions, and Community Living Arrangements among the Elderly." Research
on Aging, 14:496-421.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald J. Angel. 1992. "Age at Migration, Social Connections, and
Well-Being among Elderly Hispanics." Journal of Aging and Health, 4:480-499.
Mechanic, David, Ronald Angel, and Lorraine Davies. 1992. "Correlates of Using Mental
Health Services: Implications of Using Alternative Definitions." American Journal of
Public Health, 82:74-78.
Guarnaccia, Peter J., Jacqueline Lowe Angel, and Ronald Angel. 1992. "The Impacts of Farm
Work on Health: Analyses of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey."
International Migration Review, 26:111-132.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline L. Worobey. 1991. "Intra-Group Differences in the Health of
Hispanic Children." Social Science Quarterly, 72:361-78.
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Guarnaccia, Peter J., Ronald Angel, and Jacqueline L. Worobey. 1991. "The Impacts of
Marital Status and Employment on Depressive Affect for Hispanic Americans." Journal
of Community Psychology, 19:136-149.
Mechanic, David, Ronald Angel, and Lorraine Davies. 1991. "Risk and Selection Processes
Between the General and Specialty Mental Health Sectors." Journal of Health and
Social Behavior, 32:49-64.
Worobey, Jacqueline Lowe and Ronald Angel. 1990. "Poverty and Health: Older Minority
Women and the Rise of the Female-Headed Household." Journal of Health and Social
Behavior, 31:370-83.
Worobey, Jacqueline Lowe and Ronald Angel. 1990. "Functional Capacity and Living
Arrangements of Unmarried Elderly Persons." Journal of Gerontology, 45:95-101.
Idler, Ellen and Ronald Angel. 1990. "Self-Rated Health and Mortality in the NHANES-I
Epidemiologic Follow-Up Study." American Journal of Public Health, 80:446-52.
Angel, Ronald and Peter J. Guarnaccia. 1989. "Mind, Body, and Culture: Somatization
Among Hispanics." Social Science and Medicine, 28:1229-38.
Guarnaccia, Peter J., Ronald Angel, and Jacqueline Lowe Worobey. 1989. "The Factor
Structure of the CES-D: Evidence from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey." Social Science and Medicine, 29:85-94.
Angel, Ronald and William Gronfein. 1988. "The Use of Subjective Information in Statistical
Models." American Sociological Review, 53:464-73.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline Lowe Worobey. 1988. "Single Motherhood and Children's
Health." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 29:38-52.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline Lowe Worobey. 1988. "Acculturation and Maternal Reports of
Children's Health: Evidence from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey." Social Science Quarterly, 69:707-21.
Worobey, Jacqueline Lowe, Ronald Angel, and John Worobey. 1988. "Family Structure and
Young Children's Use of Medical Care." Topics In Early Childhood Special Education,
8:30-40.
Angel, Ronald and Peggy Thoits. 1987. "The Impact of Culture on the Cognitive Structure of
Illness." Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 11:23-52.
Mechanic, David and Ronald Angel. 1987. "Some Factors Associated with the Report and
Evaluation of Back Pain." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 28:131-39.
Angel, Ronald and Paul D. Cleary. 1984. "The Effects of Social Structure and Culture on
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Reported Health." Social Science Quarterly, 65:814-28.
Cleary, Paul D. and Ronald Angel. 1984. "The Analysis of Relationships Involving
Dichotomous Dependent Variables." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 25:334-48.
Angel, Ronald. 1984. "The Costs of Disability for Hispanic Males." Social Science Quarterly,
65:426-43.
Brodkin, Adele M., Diane Shrier, Ronald Angel, Elizabeth Alger, William A. Layman, and
Martin Buxton. 1984. "Retrospective Reports of Mothers' Work Patterns and Subsequent
Psychological Distress in First-Year Medical Students." Journal of the American
Academy of Child Psychiatry, 4:479-85.
Tienda, Marta and Ronald Angel. 1982. "Headship and Household Composition Among
Blacks, Hispanics and Other Whites." Social Forces, 61:508-31.
Angel, Ronald and Marta Tienda. 1982. "Determinants of Extended Household Structure:
Cultural Pattern or Economic Need?" American Journal of Sociology, 87:1360-83.
Chapters and Invited Publications
Angel, Ronald J. (Forthcoming). “Social Class, Poverty and the Unequal Burden of Illness and
Death.” Chapter 31 in Linda Burton and David Brady (eds.) Oxford Handbook of P
overty and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Angel, Ronald J. and Javier Pereira. (Forthcoming). “Pension Reform, Civil Society, and Old
Age Security in Latin America.” In William Vega, Kyriakos Markides, Jacqueline Angel,
and Fernando Torres-Gil (eds.) Challenges for Hispanic Aging: Mexico and the United
States. New York: Springer.
Herrera, Angelica P., Jacqueline L. Angel Carlos Díaz Venegas, and Ronald J. Angel.
(Forthcoming). “Estimating the Demand for Long-term Care among Aging Mexican
Americans: Cultural Preferences versus Economic Realities.” Pp. 259-276 in Health and
Health Care Challenges for Aging Latinos: The Mexican-origin Population, edited by
Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando Torres-Gil and Kyriakos Markides. New York, NY:
Springer.
Angel, Ronald J. 2014. “Public Policy, the Welfare State, and Older Minority
Americans.” Pp. 525-538 in Keith E. Whitfield and Tamara A. Baker (eds.) The
Handbook on Minority Aging. New York: Springer.
Markides, Kyriakos S., Ronald J. Angel, and M. Kristen Peek. 2013. “Aging, Health,
and Families in the Hispanic Population: Evolution of a Paradigm.” Pp. 314-331 in
Merril Silverstein and Roseann Giarrusso (eds.) From Generation to Generation: Kin and
Cohort in an Aging Society. Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Lein, Laura, Ronald Angel, Julie Beausoleil, and Holly Bell. 2012. “The Basement of Extreme
Poverty: Katrina Survivors and Poverty Programs.” Pp. 47-62 in Lynn Weber and Lori
Peek (eds.) Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora. Austin, TX: University of Texas
Press.
Herrera, Angelica, Jacqueline L. Angel, Díaz Venegas, and Ronald J. Angel. 2012. “Estimating
the Demand for Long-Term Care Among Aging Mexican Americans: Cultural Preferences
Versus Economic Realities.” Pp. 259-276 in Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-
Origin Population, edited by Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando Torres-Gil, and Kyriakos
Markides. New York: Springer.
Angel, Ronald J. 2011. “Civil Society and Eldercare in Post-Traditional Society.” Pp. 549-
581 in Handbook of Sociology of Aging, edited by Richard A. Settersten and Jacqueline
L. Angel. New York: Springer.
Pereira Bruno, Javier and Ronald Angel. 2009. “From Adversary to Ally: The Evolution of
Non-Governmental Organizations in the Context of Health Reform in Santiago and
Montevideo.” Pp. 97-111 in Savatore J. Babones (ed.) Social Inequality and Public
Health. Bristol, UK: Polity Press.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Laura Lein. 2008. “The Health Care Safety Net for
Mexican American Families.” Pp. 395-410 in Russell Crane and Tim B. Heaton (eds.)
Handbook of Families and Poverty: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.
Angel, Ronald. 2007. "Illness Behavior." Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer,
George (Ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Blackwell Reference Online.
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Henrici, Jane, Ronald J. Angel, and Laura Lein. 2007. “Women and Children in the Health
Care Gap.” Pp. 71-92 in Barbara A. Arrighi and David J. Maume (eds.) Child Poverty in
America Today, Volume 4: Children and the State. Westport , CN: Praeger.
Angel, Ronald J. and Sonia M. Frias. 2007. “Migration and Health.” Pp. 374-376 in Kyriakos
S. Markides, Dan Blazer, Laurence G. Branch, and Stephanie Studenski (eds.)
Encyclopedia of Health and Aging. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Angel, Ronald J. & Jacqueline L. Angel. 2007. “The Health Care Safety Net for
Hispanics.” Pp. 263-279 in Jacqueline L. Angel and Keith E. Whitfield (eds.). The
Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population. New York: Springer
Publishing.
Angel, Ronald J. and Laura Lein. 2006. “The Myth of Self-Sufficiency in Health.”
Pp. 99-112 in Jane Henrici (ed.) Doing Without: Women and Work after Welfare
Reform. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
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Angel, Ronald J. and Laura Lein. 2006. “Living on a Poverty Income: The Role of
Non-Governmental Agencies in the Scramble for Resources.” Washington University
Journal of Law & Policy, 20:75-99.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline Angel. 2006. “Diversity and Aging in the United States.”
Pp. 94-110 in Robert Binstock and Linda George (eds.) Handbook of Aging and the
Social Sciences (6th
Edition). New York: Academic Press.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2005. "Families, Poverty, and Children's
Health." Pp. 156-77 in Russell Crane and Elaine S. Marshall (eds.) Handbook of
Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2004. "Family, the State, and Health Care:
Changing Roles in the New Century. Pp. 233-252 in Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and
Martin Richards (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to The Sociology of Families. Oxford,
UK: Blackwell Publishing.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Kyriakos S. Markides. 2003. “La Salud Física y
Mental De Los Mexicanos Migrantes Mayores en Los Estados Unidos." Pp. 153-172 in
Calidad de Vida y Vejez en la Pobreza: Una Perspectiva de Género, V. Nelly Salgado
de Snyder and Rebecca Wong (eds.) Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca,
Morelos, México.
Angel, Ronald and Kristi Williams. 2000. “Cultural Models of Health and Illness.” Pp.
25-44 in Israel Cuéllar and Freddy A. Paniagua (eds.) Handbook of Multi-Cultural
Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment of Diverse Populations. New York:
Academic Press.
Revised Version: 2013. Pp. 49-68 in Freddy A. Paniagua and Ann-Marie Yamada (eds.)
Handbook of Multi-Cultural Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment of Diverse
Populations. New York: Academic Press.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1997. "Health Service Use and Long-term Care." Pp.
343-66 in Kyriakos S. Markides and Manuel Miranda (eds.) Minorities, Aging and
Health. New York: Sage.
Markides, Kyriakos S., Laura Rudkin, Ronald J. Angel, and David Espino. 1997. "Health
Status of Hispanic Elderly." Pp. 285-300 in Linda G. Martin and Beth J. Soldo (eds.)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans. Washington, DC:
National Academy Press.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1995. "Mental and Physical Comorbidity Among the
Elderly: The Role of Culture and Social Class." Pp. 47-70 in Deborah Padgett (ed.),
Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
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Angel, Ronald and Ellen Idler. 1992. "Somatization and Hypochondriasis: Sociocultural
Factors in Subjective Experience." Pp. 75-97 in James R. Greenley and Philip J. Leaf,
(eds.), Research in Community and Mental Health, Vol. 7. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Idler, Ellen and Ronald Angel. 1990. "Age, Pain, and Self-Assessments of Health." Pp. 127-
148 in Gary L. Albrecht, (ed.), Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol 1. Greenwich, CT:
JAI Press.
Angel, Ronald. 1985. "The Health of the Mexican Origin Population." Pp. 410-26 in Rodolfo
Alvarez, Frank Bean, Charles M. Bonjean, Rodolfo De La Garza, and Ricardo Romo
(eds.), The Mexican American Experience: An Interdisciplinary Anthology. Austin, TX:
University of Texas Press.
Angel, Ronald and Marta Tienda. 1984. "Household Composition and Income Generation
Strategies among Blacks, Hispanics, and Non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S." Pp. 141-73
in Merlin B. Brinkerhoff (ed.), Family and Work: Comparative Convergences.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Book Reviews and Review Essays
Angel, Ronald J. 2014. Review of Aaron Major, Architects of Austerity: International
Finance and the Politics of Growth. Stanford University Press, 2014. Social Forces.
Angel, Ronald J. 2015. Review of Elizabeth M. Aranda, Sallie Hughes, and Elena Sabogal,
Making a Life in Multiethnic Miami: Immigration and the Rise of a Global City.
Boulder, Colorado, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2014, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38:
450-460.
Angel, Ronald J. 2014 Review of Raúl L. Madrid, The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin
America, Cambridge University Press, 2012. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37:1884-1886.
Angel, Ronald J. 2014. Review of Romke van der Veen, Mara Yerkes, and Peter
Achterberg (Eds.), The Transformation of Solidarity: Changing Risks and the Future of
the Welfare State. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2012. Contemporary
Sociology, 43:276-278.
Angel, Ronald J. 2014. Review of Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez, River of Hope: Forging Identity
and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37:1886-1888.
Angel, Ronald J. 2011. Review of Anthony P. Mora, Border Dilemmas: Racial
and National Uncertainties in New Mexico, 1848-1912, Durham, NC: Duke University
Press. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34:1774-1775.
Angel, Ronald J. 2010. Review of Michael E. Fix (Ed.), Immigrants and Welfare:
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The Impact of Welfare Reform on America’s Newcomers. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation, 2009. Contemporary Sociology, 39:568-569.
Angel, Ronald J. 2009. Review of Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, and Melissa A.
Milkie. Changing Rhythms of American Life. New York: Russell Sage Foundation
(Rose Series in Sociology), 2006. American Journal of Sociology, 114:1572-1574.
Angel, Ronald J. 2008. Review of Dan Zuberi, Differences that Matter: Social Policy and the
Working Poor in the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Cornell University
Press, 2006. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, 32:1043 – 1045.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2009. Review of Verónica Montes de Oca Zavala,
Ahtziri Molina Roldán y Rosaura Avalos Pérez. Migración, redes transnacionales y
envejecimiento, México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de
Investigaciones Sociales.” Revista Mexicana de Sociologia, 71:387-390.
Angel, Ronald. 1999. “Cultural Sensitivity–Who needs It?” Review essay of Caregiving
Across Cultures: Working with Dementing Illness and Ethnically Diverse Populations,
by Ramón Valle, Taylor & Francis, Levittown, PA, 1998; Ethnogerocounseling:
Counseling Ethnic Elders and Their Families, by Virginia S. Burlingame. Springer
Publishing Company, New York, 1999; and Long-Term Care and Ethnicity, by Ada C.
Mui, Namkee G. Choi, and Abraham Monk. Auburn House, Westport, CT, 1998. The
Gerontologist, 39:376-378.
Angel, Ronald. 1999. Book Symposium: Commentary on One Nation, After All by Alan
Wolfe, Sociological Perspectives, 42:123-125.
Angel, Ronald. 1991. Review of Health Policies and Black Americans. David P. Willis (Ed.),
New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1991. Contemporary Psychology, 36:223-
224.
Angel, Ronald. 1989. Review of Culture and Human Nature: Theoretical Papers of Melford
E. Spiro. Benjamin Kilborne and L. L. Langness (Eds.) Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1987. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 177:434-44.
Angel, Ronald. 1988. Review of Prolonged Connections: The Rise of the Extended Family in
Nineteenth-Century England and America by Steven Ruggles. Madison, WI: University
of Wisconsin Press, 1987. American Journal of Sociology, 93:1255-57.
Angel, Ronald. 1987. Review of The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Mental Health--A
Curriculum and Practice Model. Mary Ward Day (Ed.), Vantage, 1985. Contemporary
Sociology, 16:101-102.
Other Publications and Reports
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Angel, Jacqueline and Ronald Angel. 2003. “Hispanic Diversity and Health Care Coverage”.
Public Policy and Aging, Report 13:8-12.
Angel, Ronald and Michelle L. Frisco. 2003. "Social Functioning Among Mexican-
American Elderly Persons". In Black, Sandra A, Laura A. Ray, Ronald J. Angel, David
V. Espino, Manuel Miranda, and Kyriakos S. Markides. 2003. Resource Book of the
Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Ann Arbor,
MI: National Archive for Computerized Data on Aging.
Angel, Ronald, Laura Lein, Jane Henrici, and Emily Leventhal. 2001. “Health Insurance
Coverage for Children and Their Caregiver in Low-Income Neighborhoods.” Welfare,
Children, and Families, Policy Brief 01-2.
Fomby, Paula, Andrew Cherlin, Ronald Angel, Jane Henrici. 2001. “Public Assistance Receipt
Among Native-Born Children of Immigrants.” Welfare, Children, and Families, Policy
Brief 01-3.
Cherlin, Andrew, Pamela Winston, Ronald Angel, Linda Burton, P. Lindsay Chase-
Lansdale, Robert Moffitt, William Julius Wilson, Rebekah Levine Coley, James Quane.
2000. “What Welfare Recipients Know About the New Rules and What They Have to
Say About Them.” Welfare, Children, and Families, Policy Brief 00-1.
Winston, Pamela, Angel, Ronald J., Burton, Linda M., Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Cherlin,
Andrew J., Moffitt, Robert A. and Wilson, William J. 1999. "Welfare, children, and
families: Overview and design." Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University.
Angel, Ronald. 1999. The Hispanic Elderly as Community and Network Anchors. Report
to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore Maryland.
Angel, Ronald. 1994. "The Impact of Culture and Social Class on Health Status and Medical
Care use." Pp. 70-74 in Sue Keir Hoppe and Wayne H. Holtzman (Eds.), Search For a
Common Language in Psychiatric Assessment. Texas-World Health Organization
Collaborating Center, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas,
Austin, Texas 78713-7998.
Angel, Ronald. 1992. "A Brief Reflection on Measurement and Modeling: A Comment on
Age and Depression." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 33:206-9.
Angel, Ronald. 1989. Physical Illness and Depression Among Mexican Americans. Grant
No. MH42917, Ronald J. Angel Principal Investigator. Final Report to The National
Institute of Mental Health.
Angel, Ronald. 1983. "The Study of the Health of Chicanos: Some Recent Findings." La
Red/The Net, Newsletter of the National Chicano Council on Higher education, 74:2-7.
Mechanic, David and Ronald Angel. 1983. "Psychiatric Need and Help-Seeking Processes:
Needed Research with Particular Reference to Disadvantaged Groups." Pp. 1-71 in Vol.
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II Behavioral Sciences in Mental Health: An Assessment of the State of the Science and
Recommendations for Research Directions. Rockville, MD: Report to Director, National
Institute of Mental Health, by the Behavioral Science Research Review Consultant panel.
Angel, Ronald. 1982. "The Economic Cost of Chronic Health Limitations for Hispanic
Males." La Red/The Net, Newsletter of the National Chicano Council on Higher
Education, 61:2 - 3.
Angel, Ronald. 1982. "Problems in Studying the Impact of Social Structure and Culture on
the Health and Medical Care Utilization of Chicanos." La Red/The Net, Monthly
Newsletter of the National Chicano Research Network, 55:2-3.
Angel, Ronald. 1981. "The Impact of Disability: A Comparison of the Costs of Work
Limitations for Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Males." In Marta Tienda (ed.),
Hispanic Origin Workers in the U.S. Labor Market, Final Report to the U.S. Department
of Labor, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia. 22151.
Editorials
Angel, Jacqueline and Ronald Angel. 2013. Challenges of aging reach across borders. Austin American-
Statesman, Friday, September 20, A8.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald J. Angel. 2010. “Saving the Biggest Health Care Losers.” Austin
American- Statesman, Thursday, March 11, A14.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline Angel. 2009. “Hispanics Get Overlooked in Health Care Debate.” Austin
American-Statesman, Tuesday, September 15, A9.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald J. Angel. 2003. “Hispanic Diversity and Health Care Coverage.”
Public Policy and Aging Report 13:8-12.
Ronald J. Angel and Angel, Jacqueline L. 1997. “Brave Old World that Lies Ahead.” Commentary,
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10.
Research Grants
Co-Investigator (Jacqueline Angel, Principal Investigator). NIH- National Center on Minority
Health and Health Disparities. 2010-2012, $681,853
Co-Principal Investigator. The Parallel Strengths and Weaknesses of the Civil Society and the
State: The Example of Katrina Survivors (Laura Lein, Calvin Streeter, Elizabeth
Pomeroy, Loretta Pyles, Co-Principal Investigators) National Science Foundation
$98,712, January 15, 2006 through January 14, 2007.
Co-Principal Investigator. Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children (Linda Burton,
Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Andrew Cherlin, Robert Moffitt, and William Julius Wilson,
Co-Principal Investigators) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
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$12,000,000. Additional funding of $5,500,000 from several private foundations.
Competing renewal funded for the period to 5/31/2007.
Co-Principal Investigator. A Longitudinal Study of Elderly Mexican American Health.
(Kyriakos Markides, David Espino, Co-Principal Investigators) National Institute on
Aging, $3,468,518 September 30, 1992 through July, 1997. Competitive renewal
covering the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2003 funded for $3,714,248. Competitive
renewal covering the period January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2008 funded for
$4,627,531. Competing renewal extending the study until 2012 funded.
Co-Investigator (Christopher G. Ellison, Robert A. Hummer, and Daniel A. Powers). Religion,
Race/Ethnicity, Health and Mortality. National Institute on Aging, $300,000 -- July,
2000 through June 2002.
Co-Principal Investigator. Risk and Risk Factor Modeling Project. (Louise Russell, Co-
Principal Investigator) Agency for Health Care Policy Research, $352,828, February,
1992 through January, 1994.
Principal Investigator. Mental and Physical Comorbidity Among Older Texans. The Hogg
Foundation for Mental Health, $ 17,118 -- February 1, 1991 through August 31, 1992.
Principal Investigator. Physical Illness and Depression Among Mexican Americans: The Role
of Age and Acculturation. National Institute of Mental Health, $82,099 -- August 1, 1987
through December 31, 1988.
Co-Investigator (with David Mechanic and Philip J. Leaf). Relationships Between General
Medical and Mental Health Specialty Care. National Institute of Mental Health,
$227,017 -- January 1, 1989 through December, 1991.
Co-Investigator (with David Mechanic and Peter Guarnaccia). An Analysis of Major Mental
Health Issues in New Jersey. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $50,000 -- August
1, 1988 through January 31, 1990.
Co-Investigator (with members of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging
Research). Center for Research on the Organization and Financing of Care for the
Severely Mentally Ill. National Institute of Mental Health, $643,110 -- June 1, 1988
through May 31, 1990.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Peter Guarnaccia). The Health of Hispanic Farm Workers.
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, $3,950 -
- 1987 - 88.
Co-Investigator (with David Mechanic and Stephen Hansell). Program In Secondary Data
Analysis, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $92,222 -- 1984 - 86.
Pilot Research Projects with a Focus on Latin America
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Co-Investigator (with Verónica Montes de Oca, Rogelio Sáenz, Jacqueline L Angel, and
Telésforo Ramírez The Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA), University of California,
Berkeley, Migration and Health Research Program (PIMSA). “La Migración y Su
Impacto En La Vejez De Hombres Y Mujeres: Un Estudio Comparativo De La Salud De
Los Migrantes Mayores en Texas, California, Illinois y México, 2009-10.
(Part of a larger project entitled “Aging in a Foreign Land” with sponsorship of the New
York Academy of Medicine.)
Training and Institutional Grants
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas, Austin. $20,000
Grant to develop a graduate course entitled “Nongovernmental Organizations in the
Developed and Developing Worlds.” Offered on an annual basis and cross-listed with
several departments.
Co-Director, Underserved and Diverse Populations Core, Center for Health Promotion
Research, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin (Dr. Sharon A. Brown,
Director and PI).
Faculty Member, Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowship Program in Latin American
Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (Dr.
Teresa Sullivan, PI).
Faculty Member, Pre- and Post-doctoral Fellowship Program, Sealy Center on Aging,
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas (Dr. Kyriakos S.
Markides, PI).
Faculty Member, Health-Promoting Nursing Intervention: Under Served Women, School of
Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin (Dr. Lorraine Walker, PI).
Conference entitled "Demography of Aging along the U.S. Mexico Border," held at the Lyndon
B. Johnson Library and Museum, The University of Texas at Austin April, 1995.
Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, April, 1995.
Presentations
Pereira Javier, Ronald J. Angel, and Verónica Montes De Oca. 2014. “Strained Solidarity:
Population Aging, Civil Society, and Eldercare in Latin America.” Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Garcia, Marc, Ronald Angel, Chi-Tsun Chiu. 2014. Acculturation, Gender and Active Life
Expectancy in the Mexican-origin Population. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
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Phillip Cantu, Ronald Angel. 2014. “Subjective Disability and Mortality Risk among Elderly
Mexican Americans with Severe Physical Limitations. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Angel, Ronald J, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Terrence Hill. 2014. “Longer Lives, Sicker
Lives? Increased Longevity and Extended Disability Among Mexican-Origin Elders.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Cantu, Phillip A. and Ronald Angel. 2014. “Limited but Not Disabled: The Objective
Functional Limitations, Subjective Disability and Mortality among Elderly Mexican
Americans.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association
of America, San Francisco, CA.
Garcia, Marc Anthony, Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Chi-Suun Chiu. 2014.
“Active Life Expectancy among Older Mexican-American Men and Women.” Poster
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Angel, Ronald J. and Javier Pereira, 2013. “Pension Reform, Civil Society and Old Age
Security in Latin America.” Paper presented at the 2013 International Conference on
Aging in the Americas, LBJ School, University of Texas, Austin.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Terrence Hill. 2013. “The Compression of
Morbidity among Mexican-Origin Elders in the United States: Social and Political
Implications.” Presentation at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Congress, June 23. Seoul, Korea.
Angel, Ronald, J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Terrence Hill. 2013. The Character and Pace of
Functional Decline among Mexican American Elders in the United States. Presentation
at the Population Association of America Meeting, May 11, New Orleans, LA.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, Carlos Diaz Venegas, and Claude Bonazzo. 2010. Age
at Migration and Mortality in the Older Mexican-Origin. Population Association of
America Meeting, Dallas, TX.
Frias, Sonia M. and Ronald J. Angel. 2011. “Ethnic Heterogamy and Partner
Violence in Mexico.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Angel, Ronald. 2010. “In the Shadow of T.H. Marshall: Social Rights and Health Care for
Minority Americans.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association,
Atlanta, GA.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Jennifer Karas Montez, and Ronald J. Angel. 2010. “Sources of
Retirement Security for Black, Non-Hispanic White, and Mexican-Origin Women: The
Changing Roles of Marriage and Employment and Work.” Paper presented at the
American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.
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Angel, Ronald. 2009. Agency versus Structure: A New Twist on an Old Debate.” Keynote
Speech at the Third Annual International Conference on Aging in the Americas, LBJ
School, University of Texas, Austin.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald J. Angel, and Jennifer Karas Montez. 2009. “Health Insurance
and the Failure of the Male Breadwinner Model for Pre-Retirement Age Women.” Paper
presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Montez, Jennifer Karas, Ronald J. Angel, and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2008. "Work and Family
Sources of Inequality in Health Care Coverage for Mexican-Origin Women." American
Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
Pereira Bruno, Javier, Ronald Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2007. “Efficiency with a Human
Face: Post-Neoliberal Reforms and the Right to Health Care in the Southern Cone.”
Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, Canada.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel and Jennifer Karas Montez. 2007. “The Work/Health
Insurance Nexus: A Weak Link for Hispanics.” American Sociological Association,
New York, NY.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald J. Angel, and Terrence Hill. 2007. “Immigration Influences on
Healthful Aging in the U.S. and Mexico.” Gerontological Society of America Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Angel, Ronald. 2007. “The Institutional Context of Immigrant Incorporation.” First Global
Conference on Multiculturalism, Conflict & Belonging, Mansfield College, Oxford.
Pereira Bruno, Javier and Ronald Angel. 2006. “From Adversary to Ally: The Evolution of
Non-Governmental Organizations in the Context of Health Reform in Santiago and
Montevideo.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, 56th
Annual Meetings, Montréal,
Canada.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald Angel. 2005. “Race and Ethnic Differences in Healthful
Aging.” American Sociological Association, Philadelphia.
Frias, Sonia M. and Ronald J. Angel. 2005. “Stability and Change in the Experience of Partner
Violence Among Low-Income Women.” American Sociological Association,
Philadelphia.
Deibert, Gini, Terrence Hill, and Ronald Angel. 2004. "Financial Strain, Psychological
Distress, and Heavy Drinking: A Partial Test of General Strain Theory." North Central
Sociological Association, Cleveland.
Hill, Terrence and Ronald Angel. 2004. “Neighborhood Disorder, Psychological Distress, and
Heavy Drinking.” American Sociological Association, San Francisco.
Durden, Emily, Terrence Hill, and Ronald J. Angel. 2004. “Demands, Supports, and the
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Mental Health of Low-Income Women with Children.” American Sociological
Association, San Francisco.
Hill, Terrence D., Amy M. Burdette, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Ronald J. Angel. 2004.
“Religious Attendance and Cognitive Functioning Among Older Mexican Americans.”
Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Washington, DC.
Jiménez, Maren A., Ronald Angel, Jacqueline Angel, 2004. “Influences of Marriage and
Immigration on Women’s Retirement Security.” American Sociological Association
Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Angel, Ronald, Sonia Frias, Terrence Hill. 2003. “Determinants of Household Insurance
Coverage: An Examination of Low-income Children from Boston, Chicago, and San
Antonio.” Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Cynthia J. Buckley, Ronald J. Angel, and Maren A. Jiménez. 2003.
“The Economic Consequences of Marital Disruption for Pre-retirement Age African
American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White Women.” Population Association of
America, Minneapolis, MN.
Angel, Jacqueline, Ronald J. Angel, Maria Aranda, and Toni P. Miles. 2003. “Risk of Nursing
Home Use in the Older Mexican American Population.” Symposium: Longitudinal
Perspectives on Living Arrangements, Gerontological Society of America Meeting,
San Diego, CA.
Douglas, Nora, Jacqueline L. Angel, Ronald J. Angel, and Christopher Ellison. 2002.
“Functional Status, Religious Attendance, and Mortality: An Eight-year Follow up of
Older Mexican Americans.” Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Boston, MA.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Nora Douglas, and Ronald J. Angel. 2002. “Widowhood, Ethnicity, and
Health Care Coverage.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Fomby, Paula, Andrew Cherlin, Ronald Angel, and Jane Henrici. 2002. “Public Assistance
Use Among Native-Born Children of Immigrants after Welfare Reform.” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald Angel, and Toni P. Miles. 2001. “Practice Patterns in Geriatric
Primary Care: Consequences for Medical Effectiveness.” Primary Care Research
Methods and Statistics Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Angel, Jacqueline, Ronald Angel, and Kyriakos Markides. 2001. “Health Insurance Coverage
Among Older Mexican Americans: The Consequences of Inadequate Coverage.” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL.
Angel, Ronald, Michelle Frisco, Jacqueline Angel, and David Chiriboga. 2000. “Financial
Strain and Health: Evidence from the Hispanic EPESE.” Paper presented at the annual
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meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Angel, Ronald, Michelle Frisco, Kyriakos S. Markides, Glenn V. Ostir, and Sandra Black.
2000. “Self-Assessed Health and Functional Capacity: Evidence from the Hispanic
EPESE.” Paper presented at the Health Aging in the Next Century Conference, South
Padre, Island, Texas, October 20-22.
Angel, Ronald and Laura Lein. 1999. “Child Outcomes and Welfare Reform: Mexican
American Households in Texas.” Paper presented at the 1999 biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Angel, Ronald, Markides, Kyriakos S., Ostir, Glenn V. and Frisco, Michelle. 1999. "A
Comparison of Self-Reported and Performance-Based Assessments of Functional
Capacity in the Hispanic EPESE." Paper presented at the 1999 Pan-American Congress
on Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Antonio, Texas.
Angel, Ronald. 1996. "Aging, Health, and Social Policy." Presentation at the Annual
Meetings of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
Angel, Ronald and Jacqueline Angel. 1995. "Income and Health Security among Elderly
Mexican Americans: The Role of Public Policy." Paper presented at the 1995
Gerontological Society of America Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald J. Angel. 1994. “Living Arrangement Choices of Older
Mexican Americans." Presentation to the Annual Scientific Meetings of the
Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
Angel, Ronald J., Jacqueline L. Angel, and Tracy Citeroni. 1994. “Racial and Ethnic
Differences In Economic and Social Resources Among Infirm Older Men and Women.”
Presentation to the Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America,
Atlanta, GA.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1994. "The Acute and Long-term Care of Minority
Elderly: Implications of Health Care Financing Reform." Paper presented at the
American Sociological Association Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Presented as the fourteenth annual Leon and Josephine Winkelman Lecture, The
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February, 1994.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald J. Angel, and Kristin J. Henderson. 1992. "Racial Differences in
Mortality Among Older Women: The Significance of Social Support and Living
Arrangements." Presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of
America, Washington, DC.
Angel, Jacqueline L., Ronald J. Angel, and Kristin J. Henderson. 1992. "Gender and Social
Support Differences in Mortality." Presented at the annual meetings of the American
Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Angel, Ronald, Jacqueline Worobey, and Christine L. Himes. 1991. "Transitions in Health
and Living Arrangements in Later Life: Issues of Race, Class, and Gender." Population
Association of America, Washington, DC.
Worobey, Jacqueline Lowe and Ronald J. Angel. 1990. "Poverty and Health: Older Minority
Women and the Rise of the Female-Headed Household." Presented at the annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
Angel, Ronald, Jacqueline Lowe Worobey, and Lorraine Davies. 1990. "Mental Health and
Medical Care Use of Minority Children in Two-Parent and Female-headed Families."
Presented at the annual meetings of the American Public Health Association, New York
City, New York.
Selected Invited Presentations
Angel, Ronald. J. 2012. “After Babel: Language and the Fundamental Limitations of
Comparative Research.” Keynote Lecture at the 2009 International Conference on Aging
in the Americas. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, Edward R.
Roybal Institute on Aging.
Angel, Ronald. J. 2009. “Agency Versus Structure: A New Twist on an Old Debate.” Keynote
Lecture at the 2009 International Conference on Aging in the Americas. Austin, TX,
University of Texas.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 2009. “Hispanic Families at Risk.” Paper presented
at the Robert Wood Johnson Series on Health Policy. University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM.
Angel, Ronald. 2009. "Segmented Labor Markets, Segmented Lives: Late-Life Consequences
of Lifelong Marginality for the Mexican-Origin Population" Institute for Poverty
Research, Northwestern University, 40th Anniversary Conference: Dynamics of
Inequality in America from 1968 to Today, April 16-17, 2009.
Angel, Jacqueline L. and Ronald J. Angel. 2008. “Caring for the Elderly of Mexican Origin
in Texas: Where Does the Burden Fall?” Conference on Latinos and Public Policy in
Texas, LBJ School of Public Health, University of Texas at Austin, April 11.
Angel, Ronald. 2008. “Los Servicios Sociales y el Estado de Bienestar Incompleto en los
Estados Unidos: Implicaciones para la Población de Origen Mexicano.” Conference
sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin and El Colegio de México entitled
Norteamérica y el Dilema de la Integración. México City, México, February 28.
Angel, Ronald, 2008. “Structural and Cultural Factors in Successful Aging among Older
Hispanics.” Center for Health Promotion& Disease Prevention Research In Underserved
Populations, conference on Promoting Health in Underserved Population: Advancing
Healthy Aging. University of Texas, Austin, February 6.
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Angel, Ronald. 2004. “Growing Up Poor: The Health Care Safety Net for Vulnerable
Children.” The Child Policy Speaker Series, Georgia Health Policy Center, Andrew
Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, GA, February 23.
Angel, Ronald and Laura Lein. 2003. “Welfare, Children & Families: A Three City
Study.” Pre-biennial legislative poster presentation to the Texas State Legislature,
Austin, TX.
Angel, Ronald. 2002. “Health Care Coverage Among Poor Families.” A Congressional
Briefing, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C., May 17.
Angel, Ronald. 2000. “Mixed Citizenship Status Families and Welfare Reform.” Presented at
the Casey Journalism Center’s Conference on 2020 Vision: Covering Immigrant Families
with an Eye on the Future. College of Communication, the University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, TX, April 28.
Angel, Ronald. 1998. Comments on Alan Wolfe’s One Nation After All. Author Meets
Critics session of the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San
Francisco, April 17.
Angel Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1994. "Health Perspectives in Culture." Cultural
Awareness Week. Texas Department of Health, Austin, TX.
Angel, Ronald J. and Jacqueline L. Angel. 1993. "Family and Cultural Factors in Mental and
Physical Co-morbidity in Children." Paper presented at the Public Health Conference on
Records and Statistics (PHCRS). National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD.
Angel, Ronald. 1992. "Culture and Adaptive Health Behaviors Among Hispanic Americans."
Conference on Behavioral and Sociocultural Perspectives on Ethnicity and Health."
National Institute of Health, American Psychological Association, and the Upjohn
Corporation. Rockville, MD, September 17 - 21.
Angel, Ronald. 1992. "The Use of Subjective Information in Quantitative Social Science: A
Research Agenda." Meeting of the Committee on Culture, Health, and Society of the
Social Science Research Council. Cuernavaca, Mexico, February 13 - 15.
Angel, Ronald. 1991. Discussant of "The Demography of Minority Aging Populations."
Gerontological Society of America Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology, Airlie,
VA, April 25 - 26.
Angel, Ronald. 1991. "A Health Research Agenda for Hispanic Children." Stanford Center
for Chicano Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, October 25 - 27.
Angel, Ronald. 1991. Discussant of "The Relationship Between Child Support Payments,
Parent Child Contact, and Child Well-Being" by Nazli Baydar, Jean Brooks Gunn and
Pedro Hernandez. Conference on Child Support and Child Well-Being, Airlie, VA,
December 5 - 7.
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Angel, Ronald. 1990. "The Importance of Advocacy at the Federal Level." Presentation at
Diabetes Among Mexican Americans: Challenge to Action. Conference sponsored by
the Texas Diabetes Association, The Centers for Disease Control, The American
Diabetes Association, and the Texas Department of Health. San Antonio, TX,
September.
Angel, Ronald. 1990. "Physical Illness and Depression Among Mexican Americans.
"Presentation at the Eastern U.S. Minority Mental Health Services Research Workshop,
Division of Applied and Services Research, National Institute of Mental Health,
Washington, DC. July.
Editorial Experience
Co-founding Editor (with William Avison), Series on Social Disparities in Health and Health
Care, Springer Publishing.
Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1994 to 1997
Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2011-2013
Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 1997 to 2002
Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly, 1988 to 1993
Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1987 to 1989; 1992 to 1993; 2002-
2005; 2007-2011.
Editorial Board, Journal of Aging and Health, 1992 to present
Reviewer (Selected Journals)
American Journal of Community Psychology
American Journal of Public Heath
American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Crime & Delinquency
Demography
Human Organization
International Journal of Aging and Human Development
Journal of Aging and Health
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Journal of Gerontology
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Medical Care
Social Forces
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Social Problems
Social Science and Medicine
Social Science Quarterly
Work and Occupations
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association
American Public Health Association
American Statistical Association
Gerontological Society of America
Population Association of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Research and Teaching Interests
Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations
Latin America
The Welfare State
Health Care Policy
Aging and the Life Course
Social Welfare, Poverty, and Minorities
Demography and Epidemiology
Research Methods and Statistics
Language Proficiencies
Spanish
French