Amy Burdette, PhD

Biography

Amy Burdette, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. Dr. Burdette is the Director of the Public Health Program and a Professor in the Department of Sociology. Her research has examined social variations in health and health behaviors at virtually every stage of the life course from birth (e.g., low-birth weight), to adolescence (e.g., HPV vaccination, substance use), to young adulthood (e.g., BMI, sexual activity), to adulthood (e.g., breastfeeding, obesity, psychological distress, prescription drug misuse), and old age (e.g., cognitive functioning, mobility). Much of her research has paid special attention to disadvantaged populations, including low-income urban mothers. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 – 2008

PhD, Sociology
University of Texas at Austin, 2007
Dissertation: Religion, Race, Family Structure and Adolescent Sexual Behavior 

Master of Arts, Sociology
University of South Carolina, 2001
Thesis: An Interorganizational Approach to Examining Services for Victims of Relationship Violence on a University Campus

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Winthrop University, 1999

Courses Taught

SYA 6933: Special Topics

• Social Epidemiology
• Medical Sociology
• Sexual and Reproductive Health

Awards & Honors

2020   College of Social Sciences and Public Policy Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award

2019    University Graduate Teaching Award Nominee, Florida State University

2018    University Graduate Teaching Award Nominee, Florida State University

2017    University Graduate Teaching Award Nominee, Florida State University

2017     J. Michael Armer Faculty Teaching Award, Dept. of Sociology, Florida State University

Selected Publications

2024

Saunders, R. Kyle, Dawn Carr. In Press Amy M. Burdette. “Healthcare Stereotype Threat and Sexual and Gender Minority Well-Being.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Burdette, Amy M., Elizabeth Lawrence, Terrence D. Hill, Miles G. Taylor, and Benjamin Dowd-Arrow. In Press. “Do Men and Women Integrate Guns into Risky Health Lifestyles in    Young Adulthood?” Sociological Inquiry

2023

Dowd-Arrow, Benjamin, Amy M. Burdette, and Alyssa Smith. “Political Variations in Pandemic Lifestyles and COVID-19 Vaccination by Age Cohort” Preventive Medicine 107525

Saunders, R. Kyle, Amy M. Burdette, Dawn Carr, Terrence D. Hill “Religious Transitions, Sexual Minority Status, and Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Early Adulthood” Society and Mental Health 13:79-96.

Bartkowski, John P., Katherine Klee, Terrence D. Hill, Ginny Garcia-Alexander, Christopher G. Ellison, Amy M. Burdette. Fear God, Not COVID: Is Conservative Protestantism Associated with Risky Pandemic Lifestyles? Healthcare 11, no. 4: 582.

2022

Hill, Terrence D., John P. Bartkowski, Jessica Pfaffendorf, Lacey J. Ritter, Amy M. Burdette, and Christopher G. Ellison. “Conservative Protestantism, Masculine Discrepancy, and Sexual Dysfunction in America” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 61: 544-552.

Hill, Terrence, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Christopher Ellison, Lauren Hale, Michael McFarland, and Amy Burdette “Gun Ownership, Community Stress, and Sleep Disturbance in America.” Sleep Health 8: 161-166.

Hill, Terrence, Georgiana Bostean, Laura Upenieks, John Bartkowski, Christopher Ellison, and  Amy M. Burdette. “(Un)holy smokes? Religion and Traditional and E-cigarette use.” Journal of Religion and Health

2021   

Homan, Patricia and Amy M. Burdette. “When Religion Hurts: Structural Sexism and Health in Religious Congregations” American Sociological Review 86: 234-255

Ellison, Christopher G., Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Amy M. Burdette, Pablo E. Gonzalez, Margaret S. Kelley, and Paul Froese. “Peace through Superior Firepower: Belief in Supernatural Evil and Attitudes toward Gun Policy in the United States” Social Science Research 99:102595

Hill, Terrence, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Christopher Ellison, Lauren Hale, Michael McFarland, and Amy Burdette. In Press. “Gun Ownership, Community Stress, and Sleep Disturbance in America.” Sleep Health.

Hill, Terrence D., Benjamin Dowd-Arrow. Christopher Ellison, Ginny Garcia-Alexander, John P. Bartkowski, and Amy M. Burdette. “Erectile Dysfunction and Gun Ownership in America: When Hard Data Meet a Limp Theory” American Journal of Men’s Health September-October: 1-11.

Ricciardelli, Rosemary, Stacy H. Haynes, Amy M. Burdette, Linda Keena, Donald R. McCreary, R. Nicholas Carleton, Eric G. Lambert, and Dianne Groll. “Mental Health, Stigma, Gender, and Seeking Treatment: Interpretations and Experiences of Prison Employees” Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice 16: 107-127.

Page, Robin, Maria Perez-Patron, Gang Han, Amy M Burdette, and Megan Adebisi. “Religiosity, Acculturation, and Preterm Birth in Mexican-Origin Women:  A Pilot Study” Hispanic Health Care International 19: 155-162.

2020   

Hill, Terrence, Kelsey Gonzalez, and Amy M. Burdette. “The Blood of Christ Compels Them: State Religiosity and State Population Mobility during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.” Journal of Religion & Health. 59: 2229-2242.

Hill, Terrence, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Amy M. Burdette, and Tara Warner “Gun Ownership and Life Satisfaction in the United States” Social Science Quarterly 101: 2121-2136.

Hill, Terrence D. Dawn Carr, Amy M. Burdette, and Benjamin Dowd-Arrow “Life Course Religious Attendance and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life.” Research on Aging: 42: 217-225.

Hill, Terrence D., Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Amy M. Burdette, and Lauren Hale. “Gun Ownership and Sleep Disturbance.” Preventive Medicine 132: 105996

Hill, Terrence, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Andrew Davis, and Amy M. Burdette. “Happiness is a Warm Gun? Guns and Happiness in the United States (1973-2018).” Social Science and Medicine: Population Health 10: 100536

Stokes, Ethan C., Stacy H. Haynes, Amy M. Burdette and David C. May. “Punishing the Wrongdoers: The Impact of Religiosity and Punitive Attitudes toward Adults and Juveniles” Sociological Focus 53: 411-427.

Page, Robin L., Jill N. Peltzer, Amy M. Burdette, Terrence D. Hill. “Religiosity and Health: A Holistic Biopsychosocial Perspective” Journal of Holistic Nursing 38: 89-101

Bradley, Christopher, Terrence Hill, Amy M. Burdette, Krysia Mossakowski, and Robert Johnson. “Religious Attendance and Social Support: Integration or Selection?” Review of Religious Research. 62: 83-99.

2019   

Dowd-Arrow, Benjamin, Terrence D. Hill, and Amy M. Burdette. “Gun Ownership and Fear” Social Science and Medicine: Population Health 8: 1000463. 

Hill, Terrence, Christopher Bradley, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, and Amy M. Burdette. “Religious Attendance and the Social Support Trajectories of Older Mexican Americans.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 34: 403-416.

2018   

Burdette, Amy M., Noah S. Webb, Terrence D. Hill, Stacy H. Haynes, and Jason Ford.  “Religious Involvement and Marijuana Use for Medical and Recreational Purposes” Journal of  Drug Issues 48: 421-434.

Burdette, Amy M., Terrence D. Hill,Noah S. Webb, Jason Ford, and Stacy H. Haynes. “Religious Involvement and Substance Use among Urban Mothers” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57: 156-172.

Brailsford, Jennifer, Terrence D. Hill, Amy M. Burdette, and Andrew K. Jorgenson. “Are Socioeconomic Inequalities in Physical Health Mediated by Embodied Environmental Toxins?” Socius 4:1-9

Godbolt, Dawn, Preeti Vaghela, Amy M. Burdette and Terrence D. Hill. “Religious Attendance and Body Mass: An Examination of Variations by Race and Gender” Journal of Religion and Health 57: 2140-2152.

Webb, Noah S., Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Miles G. Taylor. Amy M. Burdette “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents in the United States” Public Health Reports 133: 667-676.