publications & Research agendaMy research makes broad theoretical and methodological contributions, appearing in top sociological, family, and gender journals, and applying a critical, innovative perspective to the nexus of family and work. Consistently, my publications question taken-for-granted assumptions and theoretical orthodoxies, problematizing accepted “knowledge,” and reversing previous theoretical and empirical understandings (McClintock 2014, 2017a, 2017b, 2018, ongoing). Thus, my research has broad sociological significance, extending beyond any specific case. My methodological contributions are equally broad, addressing favored hypothesis bias (McClintock 2014, 2017a, 2017b, ongoing), robust results (McClintock 2014, 2017a, 2017b), model specifications (McClintock 2014, 2017a, 2017b, 2018), model fit (McClintock 2017a), and statistical modeling (McClintock 2018; Andrew, McClintock, & Ford ongoing).
My publications include a leading, sole-authored article and comment in the top sociological journal, American Sociological Review, and two sole-authored articles in the top family journal, Journal of Marriage and Family. One of my recent articles is a competitively selected Nominee for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, a prestigious annual award granted by the National Council on Family Relations. Other articles appear in highly-ranked gender (Sex Roles) and demography journals (Population and Development Review). My highly-placed, sole-authored articles are paradigm-changers—novel, high quality contributions, requiring more work to carry to completion (e.g., replication in multiple datasets), compared to publications that only build incrementally on extant knowledge. Substantively, my research bridges the personal and professional, examining how gender stereotypes and romantic outcomes reinforce or undermine existing patterns of gender, racial, and socioeconomic inequality. For example, in one of my published articles I reconsider the "trophy wife" stereotype that pretty women marry rich men. I demonstrate that trophy wives are largely mythical--products of stereotypes and biased observation. This has important implications for socioeconomic mobility and theoretical understandings of partner selection. Much of my recent research considers the romantic and relational consequences of occupational sex composition (the proportion of women/men in a job). Other publications examine interracial relationships among elite college students, the gendered double standard of aging, body image stability, contraception use, and the importance of physical attractiveness in romantic outcomes. Ongoing projects bring novel data, methods, and perspectives to educational assortative mating, the daddy bonus, the transition to parenthood, and romantic union formation. |
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Academic Articles
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2018. “Changing Jobs and Changing Chores? The Longitudinal Association of Women’s and Men’s Occupational Gender-Atypicality and Couples’ Housework Performance.” Sex Roles 78(3-4):165-181.*
*Lead article.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2017a. “Support for Beauty-Status Exchange Remains Illusory.” American Sociological Review 82(5):1100-1110.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2017b. “Occupational Sex Composition and Gendered
Housework Performance: Compensation or Conventionality?” Journal of Marriage and Family 79(2):475-510. *
*Competitively selected Nominee for Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, National Council on Family Relations.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2014. “Beauty and Status: The Illusion of Exchange in Partner Selection.” American Sociological Review 79(4):575 (August).*
*Lead article.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2011a. “Handsome Wants as Handsome Does: Physical Attractiveness and Gender Differences in Revealed Sexual Preferences.” Biodemography and Social Biology 57 (2): 221–257.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2011b. “Weight Self-Concept: Formation, Stability, and Consequences.” Rutgers Journal of Sociology 1: 110-132.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2010a. “When Does Race Matter? Race, Sex, and Dating at an Elite University.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72 (1): 45-72.
England, Paulaa and Elizabeth Aura McClintock. 2010b. “The Gendered Double Standard of Aging in Marriage Markets.” Population and Development Review 35 (4): 797-816. [As co-author, I prepared the data and conducted all of the analyses, in consultation with Dr. England.]
Book Chapters (Peer-reviewed)
England, Paulaa, Elizabeth Aura McClintock, and Emily Fitzgibbons Shaferb. 2011c. “Class Differences in Birth Control Use and Unintended Pregnancies.” Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America edited by Marcia Carlson and Paula England. [As co-author, I prepared the data and conducted all of the analyses that use data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, in consultation with Dr. England.]
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2016. “The Psychology of Mansplaining.” America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals, 12th edition. Robert Atwan, editor. Bedford, St. Martin’s/Macmillan Learning.*
*Reprinted in 2018. Connections. Mary Lamb, editor. Morrow, GA: Clayton State University.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2015. “The Future of Marriage.” Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (eds.) Robert Scott and Stephen Kosslyn, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
Reviews
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2018. Review of Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. By Kate Manne. Oxford University Press: New York. American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming).
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2013. Review of Extravagant Expectations: New Ways to Find Romantic Love in America. By Paul Hollander. Ivan R. Dee: Lanham, Maryland. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 42(6):847-848.
Academic Articles
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2018. “Changing Jobs and Changing Chores? The Longitudinal Association of Women’s and Men’s Occupational Gender-Atypicality and Couples’ Housework Performance.” Sex Roles 78(3-4):165-181.*
*Lead article.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2017a. “Support for Beauty-Status Exchange Remains Illusory.” American Sociological Review 82(5):1100-1110.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2017b. “Occupational Sex Composition and Gendered
Housework Performance: Compensation or Conventionality?” Journal of Marriage and Family 79(2):475-510. *
*Competitively selected Nominee for Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, National Council on Family Relations.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2014. “Beauty and Status: The Illusion of Exchange in Partner Selection.” American Sociological Review 79(4):575 (August).*
*Lead article.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2011a. “Handsome Wants as Handsome Does: Physical Attractiveness and Gender Differences in Revealed Sexual Preferences.” Biodemography and Social Biology 57 (2): 221–257.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2011b. “Weight Self-Concept: Formation, Stability, and Consequences.” Rutgers Journal of Sociology 1: 110-132.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2010a. “When Does Race Matter? Race, Sex, and Dating at an Elite University.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72 (1): 45-72.
England, Paulaa and Elizabeth Aura McClintock. 2010b. “The Gendered Double Standard of Aging in Marriage Markets.” Population and Development Review 35 (4): 797-816. [As co-author, I prepared the data and conducted all of the analyses, in consultation with Dr. England.]
Book Chapters (Peer-reviewed)
England, Paulaa, Elizabeth Aura McClintock, and Emily Fitzgibbons Shaferb. 2011c. “Class Differences in Birth Control Use and Unintended Pregnancies.” Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America edited by Marcia Carlson and Paula England. [As co-author, I prepared the data and conducted all of the analyses that use data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, in consultation with Dr. England.]
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2016. “The Psychology of Mansplaining.” America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals, 12th edition. Robert Atwan, editor. Bedford, St. Martin’s/Macmillan Learning.*
*Reprinted in 2018. Connections. Mary Lamb, editor. Morrow, GA: Clayton State University.
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2015. “The Future of Marriage.” Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (eds.) Robert Scott and Stephen Kosslyn, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
Reviews
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2018. Review of Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. By Kate Manne. Oxford University Press: New York. American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming).
McClintock, Elizabeth Aura. 2013. Review of Extravagant Expectations: New Ways to Find Romantic Love in America. By Paul Hollander. Ivan R. Dee: Lanham, Maryland. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 42(6):847-848.