Claudia Geist

Dr. Claudia Geist (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Division of Gender Studies. She completed her undergraduate education in Germany and received her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her research focuses on gender, family, and inequality. Dr. Geist uses primarily quantitative research in her work and is committed to improving how surveys measure gender and sexuality. She has published on the domestic division of labor, co-authored a book on family definitions, and is currently engaged in research on pregnancy intentions with colleagues from the University of Utah Health Division of Family Planning.

Education

• PhD, Sociology, Indiana University

Selected Works

Geist C, Greenberg KB, Luikenaar RAC & Mihalopoulos NL (2021). Pediatric Research and Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults: Improving (Biopsychosocial) Health Outcomes. Academic pediatrics. Vol. 21, 32-42. Published, 01/01/2021. Tabler, Jennifer and Claudia Geist. “Young Women with Eating Disorders or Disordered Eating Behaviors Delinquency, Risky Sexual Behaviors, and Number of Children in Early Adulthood." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. Published, 05/2016.

Geist, Claudia. “Marriage Formation in Context: Four Decades in Comparative Perspective.” Social Sciences 6: 9. Published, 02/2017.

Cole, Wade M, and Claudia Geist. 2020. “Conceiving of Contraception: World Society, Cultural Resistance, and Contraceptive Use, 1970–2012” Social Forces published online ahead of print

Geist, Claudia and Sarah Brauner-Otto. “Constrained Intentions: Individual Economic Resources, Regional Context, and Fertility Expectations in Germany.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 3. Published, 01/2017.

Geist, Claudia & Cohen, Philip N. (2011). Headed Toward Equality? Housework Change in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol. 73(4), 832-844. Published, 07/2011.

Powell, Brian, Catherine Bolzendahl, Claudia Geist, and Lala Carr Steelman. Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of ‘Family.’ Russell Sage Foundation. Published, 08/2010.