Phone: (215) 356-3524 Email: laryssa.mykyta@utrgv.edu laryssa.mykyta@gmail.com EMPLOYMENT: 2016 Present University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Department of Sociology Assistant Professor Co-Director, Center for Survey Research and Policy Analysis www.utrgv.edu/center-for-survey-research 2010 2016 U.S. Census Bureau, Poverty Statistics Branch Statistician/Demographer 2003 2004 Alice Paul Center for Research on Women & Gender, University of Pennsylvania Research Associate 1998 2003 Solutions for Progress, Inc. Research and Policy Analyst EDUCATION: 2010 Ph.D., Sociology and Demography UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Economic Instability, Social Context and Outcomes in Early Adulthood 2010 Dean s Scholar, Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences October 2007: Sociology of the Family Comprehensive Exam With Distinction May 2007: Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in Demography With Distinction 2006 M.A. Demography M.A. Sociology UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA 1987 B.A., Economics, magna cum laude TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2016 Present University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Sociology, Assistant Professor Research Methods, Families and Policy (Service Learning), Sociology of the Family, Introduction to Sociology 1
2009 University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, Instructor Work and Gender, Sociology of Gender 2008-2010 University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, Teaching Assistant Sociology of the Family, Social Statistics 1993-2001 Temple University Department of Economics, Adjunct Part-Time Instructor (some semesters) Introductory Macroeconomics, Women in the Economy PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: 2018 ADVANCE Leadership Institute University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2011 Citation in Project Management U.S. Census Bureau 2005 GIS and Population Science Workshop Pennsylvania State University 2005 University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, Research Assistant (Professor Kathryn Edin) Moving to Opportunity 2004 2010 University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, Research Assistant (Professor Irma Elo) Neighborhood Effects on Birth Outcomes, Long Life Family Study CONSULTING: 2008, 2004, 2003 WOMENS WAY, Philadelphia, PA Data analysis and report preparation for 2003, 2004 update and 2008 release of A Change of Pace report Fall 2005 MDRC, New York, NY Descriptive analysis of Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey data for MDRC Supporting Healthy Marriage demonstration project 2003 2010 GREATER PHILADELPHIA COALITION AGAINST HUNGER, Philadelphia, PA Analysis of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Food Stamp Applications Data and evaluation of GPCAH food stamp outreach program GRANTS AWARDED: 2018 RGV Our Voice/Nuestra Voz Survey ($10,160.00) Transforming Our World Grant Office of the Provost, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ` 2
2017-2018 ADVANCE Graduate Research Assistant Grant ($5,000) Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley PUBLISHED PAPERS: Laryssa Mykyta, 2018. The Dynamics of Disconnection: Differences in Disconnection Among Working Age Adults by Sex, 2001-2011 Journal of Poverty 22(3): 248-268. Irma T. Elo, Laryssa Mykyta, Paola Sebastiani, Kari Christensen, Nancy W. Glynn and Thomas Perls. 2013. Age validation in the long life family study through a linkage to early life census records. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences 68: 580-585. Joan Maya Mazelis and Laryssa Mykyta, 2011. Relationship status and activated kin support: The role of needs and norms. Journal of Marriage and Family 73(2): 430-445. Irma T. Elo, Laryssa Mykyta, Rachel Margolis and Jennifer F. Culhane 2009. Perceptions of Neighborhood Disorder: The Role of Individual and Neighborhood-level Characteristics Social Science Quarterly 90(5): 1298-1320 PUBLISHED REPORTS: Poverty and Shared Households by State: 2011 U.S. Census Bureau, ACSBR 11-05 Sharing a Household: Household Composition and Economic Well-being: 2007-2010. U.S. Census Bureau, P60-242 A Change of Pace: Accelerating Women s Progress, for WOMENS WAY (2008) A Change of Pace: Accelerating Women s Progress, for WOMENS WAY, with the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women & Gender and Solutions for Progress, Inc. (January 2004 Update) A Change of Pace: Accelerating Women s Progress, for WOMENS WAY, with the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women & Gender and Solutions for Progress, Inc. (January 2003) Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All, with Susan Wefald and Holly Sklar for The Ms. Foundation for Women (2001) WORKING PAPERS: Laryssa Mykyta and Trudi Renwick, All our kin? Measuring poverty using alternative family definitions SEHSD Working Paper #2017-15. Laryssa Mykyta and Natasha Pilkauskas, Household composition and hardship: Exploring the relationship between doubling up and family well-being SEHSD Working Paper #2016-10. Laryssa Mykyta, Housing Crisis and Family Well-being: Examining the Effects of Foreclosure on Families SEHSD Working Paper #2015-07 3
Laryssa Mykyta, Transitions in Household Sharing: Effects on Adult Well-being SEHSD Working Paper #2014-15 Laryssa Mykyta, Dynamics of Disconnection: Difference in Spells of Being Disconnected and Wellbeing by Gender SEHSD Working Paper #2013-10 Trudi J. Renwick and Laryssa Mykyta, Changes in Poverty Measurement: An Examination of the Research SPM and Its Effects by Gender, SEHSD Working Paper #2013-05 Laryssa Mykyta, Economic Downturns and the Failure to Launch: Trends in the Living Arrangements of Young Adults in the U.S. 1995-2011 SEHSD Working Paper #2012-24 Misty L. Heggeness and Laryssa Mykyta Changing the Fact of Poor Lone Mothers: Understanding How Alternative Poverty Definitions Change the Composition of Lone Mother Families Living in Poverty SEHSD Working Paper #2012-15 Laryssa Mykyta and Suzanne Macartney, The Effects of Recession on Household Composition: Doubling Up and Economic Well-Being, SEHSD Working Paper #2011-4 MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW: Laryssa Mykyta, Housing crisis and family well-being: Examining the effects of foreclosure on families Revise and Resubmit at Housing Studies Jennifer Tabler, Laryssa Mykyta, Rachel M. Schmitz, Akiko Kamimura, Dora A. Martinez, Ruben D. Martinez, Paloma Flores, Karina Gonzales, Alvaro Marquez, Gladys Marroquin and Andy Torres, Social determinants of sexual behavior and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among lowincome HIV+ or STI at-risk Hispanic residents receiving care on at the U.S.-Mexico border. Under review at Journal of Community Health. Jennifer Tabler, Laryssa Mykyta, Rachel M. Schmitz, Akiko Kamimura, Dora A. Martinez, Ruben D. Martinez, Paloma Flores, Karina Gonzales, Alvaro Marquez, Gladys Marroquin and Andy Torres, Getting by with a little help from our friends: social support, perceived discrimination, and depressive symptoms of low-income, Hispanic, sexual minority adults seeking HIV-related health services at the Texas-Mexico border Under review at Journal of Homosexuality. INVITED SEMINARS Laryssa Mykyta, More than counting: how to use data to measure needs, evaluate your impact and support your organization presentation at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Nonprofit Resource Center s Fall Workshop series (October 2017) Laryssa Mykyta, Economic Downturns and the Failure to Launch: Trends in the Living Arrangements of Young Adults in the U.S. 1995-2011 presented at the University of Wisconsin Center for Demography and Ecology Seminar Series (2013). Laryssa Mykyta, Economic Downturns and the Failure to Launch: Trends in the Living Arrangements of Young Adults in the U.S. 1995-2011 presented at the Ohio State University Institute for Population Research Seminar Series (2013) 4
Laryssa Mykyta, Economic Downturns and Transitions in Household Sharing presented at the University of Pennsylvania Family and Gender Workshop (2013). CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS: Laryssa Mykyta and Jennifer Tabler, Growing up in a mixed status family: The association between family immigration status and child wellbeing to be presented at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA and at the 2017 International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of the Family (RC06) Seminar on Inequality and Families, Mexico City, Mexico. Laryssa Mykyta and Salvatore Restifo, Growing up faster? examining differences in the transition to adulthood at the intersection of race, sex and citizenship status to be presented at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelpha, PA. Laryssa Mykyta and Salvatore Restifo, Growing up faster? examining differences in the transition to adulthood at the intersection of race, sex and immigration status to be presented at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Denver, CO. Laryssa Mykyta, Suad Ghaddar, Sulema Perales, Sheila Mordan and Leonel Vela. Exploring dual-frame survey design to assess mental health needs among a hard-to-reach Hispanic population presented at the 2018 BRFSS Training Workshop, Atlanta, GA. Laryssa Mykyta and Trudi Renwick, All our kin? Measuring poverty using alternative family definitions presented at the 2017 Joint Statistical Meetings, Baltimore MD and the 2017 Institute for Demographic, Social and Economic Research Applied Demography Conference, San Antonio, TX. Laryssa Mykyta and Natasha Pilkauskas, Household Composition and Family Well-being: Examining the Association between Doubling Up and Hardship presented at the 2016 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC. Laryssa Mykyta, Housing Crisis and Family Well-being: Examining the Effects of Foreclosure on Families presented at the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, San Diego, CA. Jonathan Vespa and Laryssa Mykyta, Was the Great Recession Unique? Young Adults Living with Parents During Economic Downturns, 1967-2013 presented at the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, San Diego, CA. Laryssa Mykyta, The Shrinking Middle: Changes in the Composition of the Middle Class 1974-2013 presented at the 2014 APPAM International Conference on the Decline of the Middle Classes Around the World, Segovia, Spain. Laryssa Mykyta, Housing Crisis and Child Well-Being: The Effect of Foreclosure on Children and Youth presented at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. Laryssa Mykyta and Jonathan Vespa, Historical Changes in Young Adult Living Arrangements, 1967-2013 presented at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. 5
Laryssa Mykyta, Are Young Adults Failing to Launch? Age, Period and Cohort Influences on Young Adults Living Arrangements in the U.S. presented at the 2014 European Population Conference, Budapest, Hungary. Laryssa Mykyta, Moving In, Moving Out: Household Sharing, the Public Safety Net and Economic Well-Being presented at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA. Laryssa Mykyta, Dynamics of Disconnection: The Intersection of Low-Wage Labor Markets and Spells of Disconnection presented at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association (Labor and Employment Relations Association), Philadelphia, PA. Laryssa Mykyta, Housing Crisis and Household Sharing: The Foreclosure Process and Doubling Up for Families at Risk presented at the 2013 Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC. Laryssa Mykyta, Transitions in Household Sharing: Effects on Adult Well-Being presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA. Laryssa Mykyta, The Dynamics of Disconnection: Differences in Spells of Disconnection by Gender. presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA. Trudi J. Renwick and Laryssa Mykyta Changes in Poverty Measurement: An Examination of the Research SPM and its Effects By Gender presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association (International Association for Feminist Economists), San Diego, CA. Laryssa Mykyta and Suzanne Macartney, Sharing a Household: Economic Downturns and Transitions in Living Arrangements 2004-2011 presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association (American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association), San Diego, CA. Laryssa Mykyta, Transitions in Living Arrangements: Shared Households, the Public Safety Net And Economic Wellbeing presented at the 2012 Fall Research Conference of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Baltimore, MD. Laryssa Mykyta, Economic Downturns and the Failure to Launch: Trends in the Living Arrangements of Young Adults in the U.S. 1995-2011 presented at the Macarthur Foundation Research Network on the Transition to Adulthood Conference on The Transition to Adulthood After the Great Recession, Milan, Italy. Misty L. Heggeness and Laryssa Mykyta, Changing the Face of Poor Single Mothers: Understanding How Alternative Poverty Definitions Change the Composition of Single Mother Families Living in Poverty, presented at the 2012 European Population Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. Laryssa Mykyta and Suzanne Macartney, Economic Downturns and Shared Households, 2001-2011 presented at the 2012 meetings of the American Economic Association (Society of Government Economists), Chicago, IL. Irma Elo and Laryssa Mykyta, Early Life Predictors of Survival to Extreme Old Age in the Long Life Family Study presented at the 2011 Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Association of America, Boston, MA. 6
Laryssa Mykyta, Economic Strain and Trajectories of Relationship Quality in Fragile Families, presented at the 2011 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV. Laryssa Mykyta and Suzanne Macartney, The Effects of Recession on Household Composition: Doubling Up and Economic Well-Being presented at the 2011 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC Irma Elo and Laryssa Mykyta, Age Validation in the Long Life Family Study presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA. Laryssa Mykyta, The Timing of Childhood Poverty, Contextual Risk, and Educational Attainment In Early Adulthood presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA Laryssa Mykyta and Joan Maya Mazelis, Relationship Status and Kin Support in Fragile Families presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA Laryssa Mykyta, Socioeconomic (Dis)advantage, Contextual Risk and Educational Outcomes in Early Adulthood presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Detroit, MI Laryssa Mykyta and Joan Mazelis, Support for Mothers and Fathers: Status of Romantic Relationship and Financial Assistance from Kin presented at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Boston MA. Rachel Margolis and Laryssa Mykyta, Multipartnered Fertility and Relationship Stability, presented at 2008 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association Boston, MA. Laryssa Mykyta. And So She Needs to Create that Environment: Gender, Professional Identity and Control in a Childcare Setting presented at the 5th Carework Conference (2007), New York, NY. Laryssa Mykyta, Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Lung Cancer Mortality in the United States, 2000 2002 presented at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, NY. Laryssa Mykyta, Irma T. Elo and Rachel Margolis, Neighborhood Characteristics: Objective versus Subjective Measurement presented at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, NY. Laryssa Mykyta, Influences on Relationship Stability Among Economically Disadvantaged New Parents presented at the Fall 2006 Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Madison, WI. Laryssa Mykyta, Behind the White Picket Fence: Economic Stability and Marital Dissolution among Fragile Families presented at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec Laryssa Mykyta, Residential Integration and Racial Isolation in Northwest Philadelphia: An Examination of Community-Level Segregation presented at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA. 7
Irma T. Elo, Laryssa Mykyta and Jennifer F. Culhane, Paternal Support and Father-Child Contact: Evidence from a Low-Income, Inner-City Population, presented at the 2005 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Laryssa Mykyta and Trudi Renwick, All our kin?: Measuring poverty using alternative family definitions presented at the 2017 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL. Laryssa Mykyta and Suzanne Macartney, Sharing a Household: Economic Conditions and Transitions in Living Arrangements, presented at the 2012 Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA. Laryssa Mykyta, Behind the White Picket Fence: Meeting the Marriage Bar and Marital Stability, presented at the 2006 Population Association of America Annual Meetings, Los Angeles, CA. REVIEWER Journal of Gerontology, Demography, American Sociological Review, Economic Development Quarterly, European Sociological Review PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Population Association of America, American Sociological Association, International Association for Feminist Economics, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management SOFTWARE SKILLS: Stata; SAS; ArcGIS 8