Scott M. Lynch

Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 slynch@princeton.edu

Ph.D. Sociology 2001, Duke University
M.S. Statistics 1999, Duke University
M.A. Sociology 1995, University of Arkansas
B.A. Sociology 1993, University of Arkansas

Professional Interests:
I have two primary areas of interest: social epidemiology and quantitative methodology (statistics). My substantive interests center on socioeconomic and racial disparities in health across the life course of individuals (age) and across sociohistorical time (as captured by birth cohort differences). I have published and presented extensively in these areas. Within this broad domain, my research has examined health outcomes ranging from depressive symptoms to self-rated health, to physical limitation, to mortality, and has considered predictors of health ranging from education and income to stress and social support. My current research is investigating change in racial differences in healthy life expectancy since the 1980s.

My quantitative methods interests involve developing and applying Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation methods to answer questions in social epidemiology and demography that typically cannot be easily answered using classical methods. I have published, presented, and lectured extensively on Bayesian statistics and estimation, including publishing a recent book. My current interest is in the development/refinement of a Bayesian MCMC approach to generating multistate life tables from cross-sectional data.

Curriculum Vita (in .pdf) format

Book:
Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists

Classes:

Soc 301 (Sociological Research Methods) Course Site (Fall '09)


Soc 504 (Social Statistics) Course Site (Spring '09)