CYFC Scholars
Program
Ross MacMillan
I am an associate professor of Sociology and the Director of the Life
Course Center at the University of Minnesota. I am also a fellow of the Minnesota Population Center. As an immigrant to the United States,
I was born in Scotland and raised in Canada. I earned my BA from the University of Winnipeg, my MA from
Queen’s University, and my PhD from the University of Toronto. My research centers on issues of child
and adolescent development including family, education, and health
and I am particularly interested in the application of advanced
statistics to better understand developmental and longitudinal
processes. I am currently studying the changing nature of the transition
to adulthood, the role of obesity in health over the life course,
and the spatial patterning of assimilation in contemporary America. I am the author of dozens of articles
and books and currently serve on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marriage and Family, Advances
in Life Course Research, and Journal
of Quantitative Criminology. My
interest in working with CYFC stems from a belief that the best
social science combines rigorous inquiry, active community trust
and participation, and successful dissemination of both findings
and their implications. My partnership with CYFC should greatly
enhance my ability to achieve these objectives and provide a foundation
for exciting research on education and health in the “new” era
of immigration.
