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UF Graduate School

Contact Information:
Dr. Regina Bures
3362 Turlington Hall
(352) 392-0265 ext. 250
rbures@ufl.edu

Updated: 8/23/09
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Regina Bures

Regina M. Bures

Assistant Professor of Sociology

& Graduate Coordinator

Ph.D., Brown University

About Me

My research interests include aging and the life course, sociology of the family, social demography, urban sociology and residential segregation.  Ongoing research projects include:

- examining 20th century urban change in Charleston, South Carolina;
- examining the relationship between family transitions and life course change in later midlife using data from the Health and Retirement Study;
- and conducting a pilot study of Community and Well-Being based in Central Florida.

I have received research funding from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute on Aging, the Center for Retirement Research (Boston College) and the School of Natural Resources and the Environment (UF). 

I currently teach Urban Sociology, Social Inequality and Methods of Social Research at the undergraduate level and Sociology of Aging and the Life Course at the graduate level.

Recent Publications:

Bures, R.M., T. Koropeckyj-Cox & M. Loree.  2009. “Childlessness, Parenthood, and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults.” Journal of Family Issues.

Bures, R.M. 2009. “Moving the Nest: The Impact of Coresidential Children on Mobility in Later Midlife.” Journal of Family Issues.

Clark, R., J. Glick & R. Bures. 2009. “Immigrant Families over the Life Course: Research Directions and Needs.” Journal of Family Issues.

Bures, R. 2008. “Segregation.” In Sage Encyclopedia of Social Problems. 

Bures, R. 2007. “City Planning / Urban Design.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. 

Goldscheider, F.K. and R.M. Bures. 2003. “The Racial Crossover in Family
Complexity in the US.” Demography 40(3). 

Bures, R.M. 2003. “Childhood Family Stability and Health at Midlife.”
American Journal of Public Health 93(7):1144-1148.

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