Mackenzie Brewer
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Education
2018 Ph.D. Sociology, Rice University
2015 M.A. Sociology, Rice University
2011 B.A. Sociology, Baylor University, cum laude
Biography
Dr. Mackenzie Brewer received her Ph.D. from Rice University and joined the Baylor faculty in 2018. Her research and teaching interests include medical sociology, children and youth, social stratification, and neighborhood context. She is currently investigating the impact of consumer debt on child and family well-being. Her recent work also examines how community context influences food insecurity among families in the United States.
Recent Publications
Brewer, Mackenzie, Jodien Johnson, Kyra Davidson*, and Carson Mencken. Forthcoming. “Disability, Urban Influence, and COVID-19 Financial Hardships: Findings from a Predominantly Rural Sample.” Journal of Rural Social Sciences.
Castiglione, Cassidy, Mackenzie Brewer, and Rachel T. Kimbro. 2023. “Parental Work Characteristics and Children’s Insufficient Sleep.” Population Research and Policy Review 42(6): 1-20.
Brewer, Mackenzie and Tristen Clifton. 2023. “Religious Affiliation and Women’s Receipt of Person-Centered Contraceptive Care: Findings from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2017-2019.” Contraception 27: 1-3.
Clifton, Tristen, Mackenzie Brewer, and Laura Upenieks.. 2023. “Religious Affiliation and Debt Among U.S. Households.” Social Science Research 115: 1-13.
Nolan, Erin, Catherine Cubbin, and Mackenzie Brewer. 2021. “The Effect of Maternal Food Insecurity Transitions and Housing Insecurity in a Population-based Sample of Mothers of Young Children.” AIMS Public Health 9(1):1-16.
Brewer, Mackenzie and Lindsay Stevens. 2021. “Use of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods of Contraception: Evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2013-17.” Contraception. 104(2), pgs. 183-187 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.03.014.