Mackenzie Brewer
Department of Sociology, MS-28
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892
Email: Mbb4@rice.edu
EDUCATION
RICE UNIVERSITY Houston, Texas
Department of Sociology and Kinder Institute Urban Health Program
Ph.D. Candidate and Research Affiliate (2012-present)
Comprehensive Exams: Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Population Health
M.A. in Sociology, January 2015
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY Waco, Texas
Department of Sociology
B.A. conferred cum laude, 2011
AREAS OF INTEREST
Health Disparities, Neighborhoods and Health, Family, Race and Ethnicity, Poverty
PUBLICATIONS
Laura Freeman and Mackenzie Brewer. “Family Matters: Links Between Family Structure and
Early Child Health.” Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at
Risk 4(1):6.
Mackenzie Brewer and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. 2014. “Neighborhood Context and Immigrant
Children’s Physical Activity.” Social Science and Medicine, 116:1-9.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Mackenzie Brewer. “Returning to Work, Breastfeeding, and Family Structure: A Portrait of
Working Mothers in the U.S.” Under review.
PAPERS IN PROGRESS
Justin T. Denney, Kristin M. Osiecki, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Mackenzie Brewer, Robert J.
Griffin and Barry L. Lefer. In Progress. “Into the Great Unknown: Using Medical Records to
Understand the Social and Economic Distribution of Air Quality Health Risks.”
Mackenzie Brewer, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Kristin M. Osiecki. In Progress. “Can
Neighborhood Social and Environmental Context Account for Race/Ethnic Disparities in
Childhood Asthma? Using Geocoded Health Records to Explore an Ecological Model of
Asthma.”
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Justin T. Denney and Mackenzie Brewer. In Progress. “Neighborhood
Socioeconomic Change Over Time and Young Children’s Obesity.”
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PRESENTATIONS
“Neighborhood Context and Physical Activity among Immigrant Children.” Southern
Demographic Association 2013 Annual Meeting, Montgomery, AL
“Returning to Work, Breastfeeding, and Family Structure: A Portrait of Working Mothers in the
U.S.” Southern Demographic Association 2013 Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN
“Can Neighborhood Social and Environmental Context Account for Race/Ethnic Disparities in
Childhood Asthma? Using Geocoded Health Records to Explore an Ecological Model of
Asthma.” Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meting, San Diego, CA
“Neighborhood Socioeconomic Change Over Time and Young Children’s Obesity.” Population
Association of America 2015 Annual Meting, San Diego, CA
HONORS
2013 Walter and Helen Hall Graduate Paper Competition, Honorable Mention for “Family
Matters: Links Between Family and Early Child Health.”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant, Rice University, Summer 2012-Present
Working with Dr. Rachel Kimbro, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Rice University
Research Affiliate, Children @ Risk, Summer 2013
In-depth Interviewer for Texas Children’s Hospital Community Health Needs
Assessment
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND MENTORSHIP
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 101), Rice University, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Medical Sociology (SOCI 345), Rice University, Spring 2014
Program Manager, Houston Action Research Team. Center for Civic Research and Design, Rice
University, Summer 2015
Teaching Assistant, Medical Sociology (SOCI 345), Rice University, Fall 2015
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA Spring 2013
Disparities in Health Workshop, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Summer
2013
Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, Montgomery, AL Fall 2013
Course in Models for Categorical Outcomes Using Stata: Specification, Estimation and
Interpretation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer 2014 (Scott Long, instructor)
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA Fall 2014
Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN Fall 2014
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Population Association of American Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA Spring 2015
Hierarchical Linear Modeling workshop, University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2015 (Keenan
Pituch, instructor)
Global Lens, Local Focus: Applying the Lessons of Global Health to Health Disparities in the
U.S workshop. Biosciences Research Collaborative at Rice University, Summer 2015
PROFESSINAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE
American Sociological Association
Population Association of America
Southern Demographic Association
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer
 Women & Health
UNIVSERSITY SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT
Rice University Club Soccer, Fall 2012
Undergraduate Paper Competition Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University, 2013
Guest Judge for Poster Presentations, Medical Sociology (SOCI 345), Rice University, Spring
2014
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