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Sociologist Dr. Tristen Clifton鈥檚 scholarship broadly focuses on health inequality and gender stratification. More specifically, Dr. Clifton studies how childhood adversity impacts health along the life course, and the link between religious affiliation and social stratification. As a Hope undergraduate, Dr. Clifton participated in research within the Department of Sociology and Social Work.

She began teaching at Hope in 2023. Her courses to date have included Introduction to Sociology, Gender and Society, and Cultural Anthropology.

During her graduate training, Dr. Clifton served for a year as an action research associate with the Heart of Texas Human Trafficking Coalition.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Health inequality
• Gender stratification
• The life course
• Sociology of religion

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., sociology, Baylor University, 2024
• B.A., sociology & Spanish, 换妻社区, 2018

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• 鈥淩eligious Affiliation and Debt Among U.S. Households,鈥� with Mackenzie Brewer and Laura Upenieks, Social Science Research, 2024
• 鈥淩eligious Affiliation and Women鈥檚 Receipt of Person-Centered Contraceptive Care: Evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2017鈥�2019,鈥� with Mackenzie Brewer, Contraception, 2023
• 鈥淚nfluence of Role Models and Unstructured Relationship on Changes in Medical Student Character, Medical-Specific Empathy, and General Empathy,鈥� with Aaron Franzen, Medical Research Archives, 2023
• 鈥淭he Impact of COVID-19 on Emotional Wellbeing: The Role of Socializing Activity Changes and Attitudes in the United States,鈥� presentation with Xi Zhu and Richie Li at Southwestern Social Science Association conference, 2022
• 鈥淭echnology as a Mechanism for the Normalization of Living with Mental Illness,鈥� presentation at Southwestern Social Science Association virtual conference, 2021

OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Dr. Clifton loves all things flowers, a crisp Coca-Cola and anything freshly baked. She can be found chasing after her two young children alongside her husband, Ben. She enjoys attempting to bake with children around, reading nonfiction and spending time with her community.