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Michael Bader

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

  • Michael Bader researches cities and ways in which people interact within the built environment. His scholarship centers on racial and economic segregation, neighborhood inequality, and health and nutrition disparities. He’s also interested in social science methodology. Bader is collaborating with colleagues from Columbia University to evaluate the effectiveness of Google Street View as an alternative to costly in-person neighborhood audits. Bader comes to AU from the University of Pennsylvania, where he worked as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar since 2009. He will be working with the Center on Health, Risk, and Society within the Department of Sociology.

  • Degrees

    PhD, sociology, University of Michigan
    BA, architecture and art history, Rice University
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Teaching

  • Spring 2013

    • SOCY-596 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Health and the City
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

A star (*) indicates student coauthor.

2011  Reassessing Residential Preferences for Redevelopment Michael  D. M.  Bader City & Community 10(3): 311-337.

2011  Local Racial Residential Segregation and  Low Birthweight in Michigan Cities Michelle  L.P.  Debbink* and  Michael  D. M.  Bader. American Journal of Public Health 101(9): 1714-1720.

2011  Reconsidering Access: Park Facilities and Neighborhood Disamenities in New York City Christopher    Weiss,  Marnie  Purciel,  Michael  Bader,  James  W.  Quinn,  Gina  Lovasi,  Kathryn  M.  Neckerman and  Andrew  G.  Rundle. Journal of Urban Health 88(2): 297-310.

2011  Using Google Street View to Audit Neighborhood Environments Andrew  Rundle,  Michael  D. M.  Bader,  Catherine    Richards*,  Kathryn  M.  Neckerman and  Julien  O.  Teitler.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine 40(1): 94-100.

2010  Using Google Earth to Conduct a Neighborhood Audit: Reliability of a Virtual Audit Instrument Philippa  Clarke,  Jennifer  A.  Ailshire,  Robert  Melendez,  Michael  D. M.  Bader and  Jeffrey  D.  Morenoff. Health & Place 16(6): 1224-1229.

2010  Disparities in Neighborhood Food Environments: Implications of Measurement Strategies Michael  D. M.  Bader,  Marnie  Purciel,  Paulette  Yousefzadeh* and  Kathryn  M.  Neckerman. Economic Geography 86(4): 409-430.

2010  Measurement of the Local Food Environment: A Comparison of Existing Data Sources Michael  D. M.  Bader,  Jennifer  A.  Ailshire*,  Jeffrey  D.  Morenoff and  James  S.  House.  American Journal of Epidemiology 171(5): 609-617.

2010  Disparities in the Food Environment of New York City Public Schools Kathryn  M.  Neckerman,  Michael  D. M.  Bader,  Catherine  Richards*,  Marnie  Purciel,  James  W.  Quinn,  Julie  Simon Thomas*,  Caitlin  Warbelow*,  Christopher  Weiss,  Gina  S.  Lovasi and  Andrew  Rundle.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine 39(3): 195-202.

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Research Interests

Urban sociology, gentrification and neighborhood change, food deserts, demography

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: Food deserts, neighborhood demographics, gentrification, racial segregation

Additional Information: Michael Bader's primary research focuses on how residents and businesses choose to locate in particular neighborhoods and how these choices lead to racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequalities in Americans' well-being. In particular, he examines the location, causes, and health consequences of urban food deserts, neighborhoods with low accessibility to affordable nutritious food. In addition, he is developing innovative tools to measure the quality of neighborhood environments through the use of Google Street View and advanced statistical techniques. His work appears in top social science and public health journals including the American Journal of Public Health and American Journal of Epidemiology and Economic Geography and Social Forces. He has provided commentaries about racial and economic inequalities in health for the Philadelphia Inquirer, on radio, and as a contributor to blogs.

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