Publications

  • Coleman, Max E. Forthcoming. “5 Ways College Instructors Can Help Students Take Care of Their Mental Health.” In The Conversation on Higher Education, edited by Martin LaMonica. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Accepted, 03/2024.
  • Smith, Nicholas C., and Max E. Coleman. 2024. “Beyond Empathy: Familial Incarceration, Stress Proliferation, and Depressive Symptoms Among African Americans.” Social Forces (2024): soad151. doi.org/10.1093/sf/soad151. Published, 01/2024.
  • Perry, Brea L., Nicholas C. Smith, Max E. Coleman, and Bernice A. Pescosolido. 2023. “Social Networks, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Mental Health: Resiliency Through Social Bonding and Cohesion.” American Journal of Public Health 2023:e1-e10. doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307426. Published, 11/2023.
  • Coleman, Max E., and Matthew A. Andersson. 2023. “Hurt on Both Sides: Political Differences in Health and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2023:1–16. doi.org/10.1177/00221465231200500. Published, 10/2023.
  • Hamilton, Lucas J., Max E. Coleman, and Anne C. Krendl. 2023. “Contact Reduces Substance Use Stigma through Bad Character Attributions, Especially for US Healthcare Professionals.” Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 37(6):734–45. Published, 09/2023.
  • Coleman, Max E., Meghann E. H. Roessler, Siyun Peng, Adam R. Roth, Shannon L. Risacher, Andrew J. Saykin, Liana G. Apostolova, and Brea L. Perry. 2023. “Social Enrichment on the Job: How Complex Work with People Preserves Cognitive Function, Promotes Brain Reserve, and Reduces the Risk of Dementia.” Alzheimer’s & Dementia 19(6):2655–65. Published, 06/2023.
  • Coleman, Max E., Mohit K. Manchella, Adam R. Roth, Siyun Peng, and Brea L. Perry. 2022. “What Kinds of Social Networks Protect Older Adults’ Health During a Pandemic? The Tradeoff Between Preventing Infection and Promoting Mental Health.” Social Networks 70(2022): 393–402. Published, 05/2022.
  • Coleman, Max E. 2022. “Mental Health in the College Classroom: Best Practices for Instructors.” Teaching Sociology 50(2):168–82. Published, 03/2022.
  • Roth, Adam R., Siyun Peng, Max E. Coleman, Liana G. Apostolova, and Brea L. Perry. 2022. “Do Subjective or Objective Cognitive Measures Better Predict Social Network Type Among Older Adults?” Biodemography and Social Biology, 67(1):84–97. Published, 03/2022.
  • McLeod, Jane D. and Max E. Coleman. 2021. “Mental Health Inequalities.” Pp. 113–23 in The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course, edited by Magda Nico and Gary Pollock. New York: Routledge. Published, 12/2021.
  • Perry, Brea L., Will R. McConnell, Max Coleman, Adam R. Roth, Siyun Peng, and Liana G. Apostolova. 2021. “Why the Cognitive ‘Fountain of Youth’ May Be Upstream: Pathways to Dementia Risk and Resilience Through Social Connectedness.” Alzheimer’s & Dementia 18(5):934–41. Published, 09/2021.
  • Perry, Brea L, William R McConnell, Siyun Peng, Adam R. Roth, Max E. Coleman, Mohit K. Manchella, Meghann E. H. Roessler, Heather Francis, Hope Sheean, and Liana G. Apostolova. 2021. “Social Networks and Cognitive Function: An Evaluation of Social Bridging and Bonding Mechanisms.” The Gerontologist, 62(6):865–75. Published, 08/2021.
  • Roth, Adam R., Siyun Peng, Max E. Coleman, Evan Finley, and Brea L. Perry. 2020. “Network Recall among Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments.” Social Networks 64(2021):99-108. Published, 01/2021.

Research Keywords

  • Mental Health
  • Health Inequalities/Disparities
  • Medical Sociology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Stratification or Mobility
  • Culture
  • Sociological Theory
  • Political Sociology
  • Sociology of Modernity

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Place, Physical Environment, and Mental Health: A Study of Suicide Behaviors in Salt Lake City, Utah. PI: Yehua Dennis Wei. 1U4U Seed Grant Program (2024): The Future of Sustainability, 09/04/2024 - present. Total project budget to date: $50,000.00
  • Testing of an Indoor Climbing Program to Promote Physical, Mental and Social Well-Being for College Students. PI: Kamimura, Akiko. 1U4U Innovation Funding, 06/2023 - present. Total project budget to date: $30,000.00
  • Virtual Coaching to Maximize Dementia Caregivers’ Respite Time-Use: A Stage 1 Pilot Test for Feasibility and Efficacy. PI: Utz, Rebecca L. NIH, 09/2018 - present. Total project budget to date: $319,170.00