Dr. J. Scott Brown

Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University

Oxford, Ohio, United States

About

Experience

  • Miami University - Department of Sociology and Gerontology (20 yrs 11 mos)
    • Chair
      Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

    • Professor
      Jul 2017 - Present · 9 yrs

      Dr. Brown is a professor in the department of Sociology and Gerontology, with his primary appointment in Gerontology. He is also a fellow of the Scripps Gerontology Center, a research unit at Miami University. Dr. Brown teaches courses related to aging to undergraduate and graduate students. He is also an instructor for graduate courses in statistics and research methodology at the master's and PhD level. Through the Scripps Center, Dr. Brown also is active in grant and contract work involving numerous issues relevant to aging including research related to disability measurement, state program evaluations, social security, and the development of statistical research methods.

    • Associate Professor
      Aug 2009 - Jun 2017 · 7 yrs 11 mos

  • Research Fellow at Scripps Gerontology Center, Ohio, US
    2005 - Present · 21 yrs 6 mos

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Dec 2002 - Jul 2005 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Dr. Brown held a research fellowship at the Carolina Population Center. There, he conducted research investigating long-term health outcomes with a focus on race and ethnic differences in those outcomes. Research work at this location also looked at long-term post-war health of WWII veterans.

  • Graduate Student at Duke University
    Aug 1996 - Dec 2002 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    Dr. Brown pursued and received his Ph.D.

  • Visiting Instructor at Peace College
    Aug 1999 - May 2002 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Dr. Brown held an instructional position in Sociology where he taught courses in Introduction to Sociology; Race and Ethnic Relations; and Marriage and the Family.