Jeylan Mortimer

Mortimer was born August 12, 1943, in Chicago. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Jackson College, Tufts University (1965) and her Master's (1967) and PhD (1972) degrees in sociology from the University of Michigan.

Mortimer began her academic career at the University of Maryland as Instructor and then assistant professor of sociology from 1971 to 1973. She then moved to the University of Minnesota where she progressed through the ranks from Visiting Assistant Professor to Professor (1973–1982). In 2021, she retired as professor emeritus of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

Mortimer served as the Founding Director of the Life Course Center from 1986 to 2006, while concurrently holding the position of Associate Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota during the periods 1984 to 1987, 1993 to 1996, and 1999 to 2002. Additionally, she served as the Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology from 2016 to 2020.

Mortimer and her collaborators have authored more than 200 publications spanning the fields of sociology, social psychology, the life course, developmental psychology and family studies. She is Principal Investigator of the longitudinal, three-generation Youth Development Study, which has followed a cohort of youth over three decades from mid-adolescence to mid-life.{{Cite web|url=https://cla.umn.edu/sociology/research-collaboration/collaboration-opportunities/youth-development-study|title=Youth Development Study|website=College of Liberal Arts}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/24881|title=Youth Development Study, 1988–2011 [St. Paul, Minnesota]|website=www.icpsr.umich.edu}} Among her authored and edited works are publications in leading academic journals as well as research monographs and edited volumes.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9zILK3UAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Jeylan Mortimer|website=scholar.google.com}}

Mortimer's early research examined the impacts of parental occupations on the occupational choices of college students, focusing on key dimensions of work (entrepreneurial-bureaucratic, work with people vs. data or things).{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |title=Patterns of Intergenerational Occupational Movements: A Smallest-Space Analysis |journal=American Journal of Sociology |date=1974 |volume=79 |issue=5 |pages=1278–1299 |doi=10.1086/225678 |jstor=2776794 |s2cid=144697663 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Subsequently, she found pervasive effects of parental work experiences and hardship on children's achievement orientations,{{Cite journal|title=Parental Economic Hardship and Children's Achievement Orientations|first1=Jeylan T.|last1=Mortimer|first2=Frank Lei|last2=Zhang|first3=Jeanette|last3=Hussemann|first4=Chen-Yu|last4=Wu|date=September 21, 2014|journal=Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal|volume=5|issue=2|pages=105–128|doi=10.14301/llcs.v5i2.271|pmid=25774223|pmc=4358300}}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{Cite journal|title=Reinforcement or Compensation? The Effects of Parents' Work and Financial Conditions on Adolescents' Work Values during the Great Recession|date=2015 |pmc=4303901 |last1=Johnson |first1=M. K. |last2=Mortimer |first2=J. T. |journal=Journal of Vocational Behavior |volume=87 |pages=89–100 |doi=10.1016/j.jvb.2014.12.005 |pmid=25624527 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} intrinsic and extrinsic work values,{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Monica Kirkpatrick |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |last3=Heckhausen |first3=Jutta |title=Work Value Transmission From Parents to Children: Early Socialization and Delayed Activation |journal=Work and Occupations |date=February 2020 |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=83–119 |doi=10.1177/0730888419877445 |s2cid=204371174 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and occupational destinations.{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Kumka |first2=Donald |title=A Further Examination of the 'Occupational Linkage Hypothesis' |journal=The Sociological Quarterly |date=January 1982 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=3–16 |doi=10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb02216.x }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Her research has also examined educational attainment, including the impacts of grandparents' and parents' educations on parents' expectations for their children,{{Cite journal|title=How do grandparents' and parents' educational attainments influence parents' educational expectations for children?|date=2021 |pmc=9334709 |last1=Mortimer |first1=J. T. |last2=Lee |first2=M. |journal=Longitudinal and Life Course Studies |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=551–574 |doi=10.1332/175795921X16160914636911 |pmid=35900888 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} the transmission of educational plans and advantage across three generations,{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Zhang |first2=Lei |last3=Wu |first3=Chen-Yu |last4=Hussemann |first4=Jeanette |last5=Johnson |first5=Monica Kirkpatrick |title=Familial Transmission of Educational Plans and the Academic Self-Concept: A Three-Generation Longitudinal Study |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=March 2017 |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=85–107 |doi=10.1177/0190272516670582 |pmid=28396611 |pmc=5384102 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{Cite journal|title=Self-esteem and self-efficacy in the status attainment process and the multigenerational transmission of advantage|first1=Kaspar|last1=Burger|first2=Jeylan|last2=Mortimer|first3=Monica Kirkpatrick|last3=Johnson|date=February 21, 2020|journal=Social Science Research|volume=86|pages=102374|doi=10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102374|pmid=32056563|pmc=7026146}}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and the determinants of upward educational mobility.{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Mark |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Believing and Achieving: Gendered Pathways Toward Upward Educational Mobility in the United States |journal=Journal of Youth and Adolescence |date=March 2021 |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=423–436 |doi=10.1007/s10964-020-01263-5 |pmid=32506352 |pmc=7968472 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Moreover, her research revealed differences in educational attainment processes across contemporary parent and child cohorts.{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T |last2=Mont’Alvao |first2=Arnaldo |last3=Aronson |first3=Pamela |title=Decline of 'the American Dream'? Outlook toward the Future across Three Generations of Midwest Families |journal=Social Forces |date=12 June 2020 |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=1403–1435 |doi=10.1093/sf/soz130 |pmid=32595238 |pmc=7299541 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Burger |first1=Kaspar |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Socioeconomic origin, future expectations, and educational achievement: A longitudinal three-generation study of the persistence of family advantage |journal=Developmental Psychology |date=September 2021 |volume=57 |issue=9 |pages=1540–1558 |doi=10.1037/dev0001238 |pmid=34929097 |pmc=8694581 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}

Mortimer's early research showed that adult work experiences influence psychological development, including occupational values,{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Lorence |first2=Jon |title=Work Experience and Occupational Value Socialization: A Longitudinal Study |journal=American Journal of Sociology |date=1979 |volume=84 |issue=6 |pages=1361–1385 |doi=10.1086/226938 |jstor=2777896 |s2cid=143580550 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} a sense of personal efficacy,{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Lorence |first2=Jon |title=Occupational Experience and the Self-Concept: A Longitudinal Study |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=1979 |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=307–323 |doi=10.2307/3033802 |jstor=3033802 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} commitment to work,{{cite journal |last1=Lorence |first1=Jon |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Work Experience and Work Involvement |journal=Sociology of Work and Occupations |date=August 1981 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=297–326 |doi=10.1177/073088848100800302 |s2cid=143812519 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} political orientation,{{cite journal |last1=Lorence |first1=Jon |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Work Experience and Political Orientation: A Panel Study |journal=Social Forces |date=1979 |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=651–676 |doi=10.2307/2577611 |jstor=2577611 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and the interrelations of prominent work attitudes (job satisfaction and involvement).{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Lorence |first2=Jon |title=Satisfaction and Involvement: Disentangling a Deceptively Simple Relationship |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=1989 |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=249–265 |doi=10.2307/2786990 |jstor=2786990 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}

Mortimer's book, Working and Growing Up in America revealed developmental benefits of teenage employment, contrary to the common notion that adolescent work is problematic.{{cite book |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |title=Working and Growing Up in America |date=30 June 2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-04124-0 |oclc=652223153 }}{{pn|date=June 2024}}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Her Youth Development Study followed teens from ninth grade to adulthood, finding that those who worked moderately during high school (20 hours or fewer per week in most months of observation) had higher levels of educational attainment{{cite journal |last1=Staff |first1=J. |last2=Mortimer |first2=J. T. |title=Educational and Work Strategies from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Consequences for Educational Attainment |journal=Social Forces |date=March 2007 |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=1169–1194 |doi=10.1353/sof.2007.0057 |pmid=17468782 |pmc=1858630 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} than those who worked more intensively, who moved quickly into jobs they considered "careers".{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Vuolo |first2=Mike |last3=Staff |first3=Jeremy |last4=Wakefield |first4=Sara |last5=Xie |first5=W |title=Tracing the Timing of 'Career' Acquisition in a Contemporary Youth Cohort |journal=Work and Occupations |date=February 2008 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=44–84 |doi=10.1177/0730888407309761 |pmid=18542713 |pmc=2423322 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} More problematic outcomes were experienced by adolescents who worked sporadically, without a consistent pattern of schooling and working. Early work experiences were found to influence adolescent self-esteem,{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Finch |first2=Michael D. |title=The Development of Self-Esteem in the Early Work Career |journal=Work and Occupations |date=May 1986 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=217–239 |doi=10.1177/0730888486013002003 |s2cid=144645893 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Owens |first1=Timothy J. |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |last3=Finch |first3=Michael D. |title=Self-Determination as a Source of Self-Esteem in Adolescence |journal=Social Forces |date=1996 |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=1377–1404 |doi=10.2307/2580355 |jstor=2580355 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} control orientation,{{cite journal |last1=Finch |first1=Michael D. |last2=Shanahan |first2=Michael J. |last3=Mortimer |first3=Jeylan T. |last4=Ryu |first4=Seongryeol |title=Work Experience and Control Orientation in Adolescence |journal=American Sociological Review |date=1991 |volume=56 |issue=5 |pages=597–611 |doi=10.2307/2096082 |jstor=2096082 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Call |first1=Kathleen Thiede |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |last3=Shanahan |first3=Michael J. |title=Helpfulness and the Development of Competence in Adolescence |journal=Child Development |date=February 1995 |volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=129–138 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00860.x |pmid=7497820 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} occupational values,{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Pimentel |first2=Ellen Efron |last3=Ryu |first3=Seongryeol |last4=Nash |first4=Katherine |last5=Lee |first5=Chaimun |title=Part-Time Work and Occupational Value Formation in Adolescence |journal=Social Forces |date=1996 |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=1405–1418 |doi=10.2307/2580356 |jstor=2580356 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and vocational development,{{cite journal |last1=Stone |first1=James R. |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=The Effect of Adolescent Employment on Vocational Development: Public and Educational Policy Implications |journal=Journal of Vocational Behavior |date=October 1998 |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=184–214 |doi=10.1006/jvbe.1998.1663 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Zimmer-Gembeck |first2=Melanie J. |last3=Holmes |first3=Mikki |last4=Shanahan |first4=Michael J. |title=The Process of Occupational Decision Making: Patterns during the Transition to Adulthood |journal=Journal of Vocational Behavior |date=December 2002 |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=439–465 |doi=10.1006/jvbe.2002.1885 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} as well as adolescent depressed mood,{{cite journal |last1=Shanahan |first1=Michael J. |last2=Finch |first2=Michael |last3=Mortimer |first3=Jeylan T. |last4=Ryu |first4=Seongryeol |title=Adolescent Work Experience and Depressive Affect |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=1991 |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=299–317 |doi=10.2307/2786843 |jstor=2786843 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Harley |first2=Carolyn |last3=Staff |first3=Jeremy |title=The Quality of Work and Youth Mental Health |journal=Work and Occupations |date=May 2002 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=166–197 |doi=10.1177/0730888402029002003 |s2cid=145777665 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} behavioral adjustment,{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Finch |first2=Michael |last3=Shanahan |first3=Michael |last4=Ryu |first4=Seongryeol |title=Adolescent Work History and Behavioral Adjustment |journal=Journal of Research on Adolescence |date=January 1992 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=59–80 |doi=10.1207/s15327795jra0201_3 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and family relationships.{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Shanahan |first2=Michael J. |title=Adolescent Work Experience and Family Relationships |journal=Work and Occupations |date=November 1994 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=369–384 |doi=10.1177/0730888494021004002 |s2cid=145499993 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Mortimer |editor1-first=Jeylan T. |editor2-last=Finch |editor2-first=Michael D. |title=Adolescents, Work, and Family: An Intergenerational Developmental Analysis Understanding Families |date=1996 |publisher=Sage |isbn=978-0-8039-5125-9 }}{{pn|date=June 2024}}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Her research also revealed that teenage employment is reflected in the response to work experiences during the transition to adulthood.{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Staff |first2=Jeremy |title=Early work as a source of developmental discontinuity during the transition to adulthood |journal=Development and Psychopathology |date=December 2004 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=1047–1070 |doi=10.1017/s0954579404040131 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |pmid=15704827 |s2cid=9256253 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Her more recent studies show substantial continuity of work quality from adolescence to mid-life (in work autonomy, opportunities for learning and advancement, wage satisfaction, and work stressors). Moreover, her research also revealed positive developmental consequences of another form of adolescent work, volunteering.{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Monica Kirkpatrick |last2=Beebe |first2=Timothy |last3=Mortimer |first3=Jeylan T. |last4=Snyder |first4=Mark |title=Volunteerism in Adolescence: A Process Perspective |journal=Journal of Research on Adolescence |date=July 1998 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=309–332 |doi=10.1207/s15327795jra0803_2 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Oesterle |first1=Sabrina |last2=Johnson |first2=Monica Kirkpatrick |last3=Mortimer |first3=Jeylan T. |title=Volunteerism during the Transition to Adulthood: A Life Course Perspective |journal=Social Forces |date=2004 |volume=82 |issue=3 |pages=1123–1149 |doi=10.1353/sof.2004.0049 |jstor=3598368 |s2cid=145442197 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}

Mortimer has contributed to the understanding of stability in the self-concept and other attitudes through the life course, including the conceptualization and measurement of stability.{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=J. T. |last2=Lorence |first2=J. |date=1981 |title=Self-concept stability and change from late adolescence to early adulthood |journal=Research in Community & Mental Health |volume=2 |pages=5–42 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Additionally, her research has demonstrated the differential responsiveness of attitudes to work experiences across phases of life.{{cite journal |last1=Lorence |first1=Jon |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Job Involvement Through the Life Course: A Panel Study of Three Age Groups |journal=American Sociological Review |date=October 1985 |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=618 |doi=10.2307/2095378 |jstor=2095378 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |title=The Evolution, Contributions, and Prospects of the Youth Development Study: An Investigation in Life Course Social Psychology |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=March 2012 |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=5–27 |doi=10.1177/0190272511434911 |pmid=22844173 |pmc=3404601 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}

Much of Mortimer's work has focused on the transition to adulthood, including the timing of leaving home,{{cite journal |last1=Cooney |first1=Teresa M. |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Family Structure Differences in the Timing of Leaving Home: Exploring Mediating Factors |journal=Journal of Research on Adolescence |date=October 1999 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=367–393 |doi=10.1207/s15327795jra0904_1 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} the school to work transition,{{cite journal |last1=Vuolo |first1=Mike |last2=Staff |first2=Jeremy |last3=Mortimer |first3=Jeylan T. |title=Weathering the great recession: Psychological and behavioral trajectories in the transition from school to work. |journal=Developmental Psychology |date=2012 |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=1759–1773 |doi=10.1037/a0026047 |pmid=22059449 |pmc=3298729 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{Cite journal|title=Adolescent Precursors of Pathways from School to Work|date=2013 |pmc=4004182 |last1=Vuolo |first1=M. |last2=Mortimer |first2=J. T. |author3=Staff J |journal=Journal of Research on Adolescence |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=145–162 |doi=10.1111/jora.12038 |pmid=24791132 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} the process of developing an identity as an adult,{{Cite journal|title=The Transition to Adulthood: Life Course Structures and Subjective Perceptions|date=2015 |pmc=4591543 |last1=Eliason |first1=S. R. |last2=Mortimer |first2=J. T. |last3=Vuolo |first3=M. |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |volume=78 |issue=3 |pages=205–227 |doi=10.1177/0190272515582002 |pmid=26441473 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and the attainment of financial independence from parents.{{Cite journal|title=Family Socialization, Economic Self-Efficacy, and the Attainment of Financial Independence in Early AdulthoodC|date=2009 |pmc=3198812 |last1=Lee |first1=J. C. |last2=Mortimer |first2=J. T. |journal=Longitudinal and Life Course Studies |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=45–62 |pmid=22025928 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Her work has shown how parents provide safety nets for their transitioning children{{Cite journal|title=Safety Nets and Scaffolds: Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood|date=2011 |pmc=3109900 |last1=Swartz |first1=T. T. |last2=Kim |first2=M. |last3=Uno |first3=M. |last4=Mortimer |first4=J. |last5=O'Brien |first5=K. B. |journal=Journal of Marriage and the Family |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=414–429 |doi=10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00815.x |pmid=21660216 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} and how youth unemployment and parental assistance threaten young adult self-efficacy.{{Cite journal|title=Unemployment, Parental Help, and Self-Efficacy During the Transition to Adulthood|first1=Jeylan T.|last1=Mortimer|first2=Minzee|last2=Kim|first3=Jeremy|last3=Staff|first4=Mike|last4=Vuolo|date=November 21, 2016|journal=Work and Occupations|volume=43|issue=4|pages=434–465|doi=10.1177/0730888416656904|pmid=27840554|pmc=5102391}}{{psc|date=June 2024}}{{Cite journal|title=Parental Assistance, Negative Life Events, and Attainment During the Transition to Adulthood|date=2016 |pmc=5321230 |last1=Swartz |first1=T. T. |last2=McLaughlin |first2=H. |last3=Mortimer |first3=J. T. |journal=The Sociological Quarterly |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=91–110 |doi=10.1080/00380253.2016.1246898 |pmid=28239198 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Her longitudinal study documented the relative value of educational attainments (high school diplomas, some college, Associates' and BA degrees) in the labor market.{{Cite journal|title=The value of educational degrees in turbulent economic times: Evidence from the Youth Development Study|first1=Mike|last1=Vuolo|first2=Jeylan T.|last2=Mortimer|first3=Jeremy|last3=Staff|date=May 1, 2016|journal=Social Science Research|volume=57|pages=233–252|doi=10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.12.014|pmid=26973042 |pmc=4792031 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}} Finally, her research has identified transitional experiences that contribute to the motherhood wage penalty.{{cite journal |last1=Staff |first1=Jeremy |last2=Mortimer |first2=Jeylan T. |title=Explaining the Motherhood Wage Penalty During the Early Occupational Career |journal=Demography |date=1 February 2012 |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1007/s13524-011-0068-6 |pmid=22037996 |pmc=3272159 }}{{psc|date=June 2024}}

• 1984 – Sociological Research Association
• 1987 – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 2004 – Dean's Medal, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
• 2011 – Cooley-Mead Award, Section on Social Psychology, American Sociological Association{{Cite web|url=https://www.asanet.org/communities-and-sections/sections/current-sections/social-psychology-award-recipient-history/|title=Social Psychology Award Recipient History | American Sociological Association}}
• 2016 – Distinguished Career Award, Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association{{Cite web|url=https://www.asanet.org/communities-and-sections/sections/current-sections/children-and-youth-award-recipient-history/|title=Children and Youth Award Recipient History | American Sociological Association}}
• 2020 – John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award, Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies{{Cite web|url=https://cla.umn.edu/sociology/news/professor-jeylan-mortimer-named-recipient-2020-john-bynner-distinguished-scholar|title=Professor Jeylan Mortimer Named Recipient of the 2020 John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award|date=September 25, 2020|website=College of Liberal Arts}}

Mortimer is married to Jeffrey Broadbent, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/jb-website/home|title=Jeffrey Broadbent website|website=sites.google.com}}

• {{cite book |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Lorence |first2=Jon |last3=Kumka |first3=Donald S. |title=Work, Family, and Personality: Transition of Adulthood |date=1986 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-89391-293-2 }}
• {{cite book |doi=10.1007/b100507 |title=Handbook of the Life Course |series=Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research |date=2003 |isbn=978-0-306-47498-9 |editor1-first=Jeylan T. |editor1-last=Mortimer |editor2-first=Michael J. |editor2-last=Shanahan }}
• {{cite book |doi=10.4159/9780674041240 |title=Working and Growing up in America |date=2003 |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |isbn=978-0-674-04124-0 }}
• {{cite book |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-20880-0 |title=Handbook of the Life Course |series=Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research |date=2016 |isbn=978-3-319-20879-4 |editor1-first=Michael J. |editor1-last=Shanahan |editor2-first=Jeylan T. |editor2-last=Mortimer |editor3-first=Monica Kirkpatrick |editor3-last=Johnson }}

• {{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Lorence |first2=Jon |title=Work Experience and Occupational Value Socialization: A Longitudinal Study |journal=American Journal of Sociology |date=1979 |volume=84 |issue=6 |pages=1361–1385 |doi=10.1086/226938 |jstor=2777896 |s2cid=143580550 }}
• {{cite book |last1=Mortimer |first1=J. T. |last2=Finch |first2=M.D. |last3=Kumka |first3=D. |date=1982 |chapter=Persistence and change in development: The multidimensional self-concept |pages=263–313 |editor1-last=Baltes |editor1-first=Paul B. |title=Life-span Development and Behavior |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0-12-431804-5 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |title=The Evolution, Contributions, and Prospects of the Youth Development Study: An Investigation in Life Course Social Psychology |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=March 2012 |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=5–27 |doi=10.1177/0190272511434911 |pmid=22844173 |pmc=3404601 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |last2=Zhang |first2=Lei |last3=Wu |first3=Chen-Yu |last4=Hussemann |first4=Jeanette |last5=Johnson |first5=Monica Kirkpatrick |title=Familial Transmission of Educational Plans and the Academic Self-Concept: A Three-Generation Longitudinal Study |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |date=March 2017 |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=85–107 |doi=10.1177/0190272516670582 |pmid=28396611 |pmc=5384102 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Mortimer |first1=Jeylan T. |title=Agency, linked lives and historical time: evidence from the longitudinal three-generation Youth Development Study |journal=Longitudinal and Life Course Studies |date=April 2022 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=195–216 |doi=10.1332/175795921X16398283564306 |pmid=35920620 |pmc=9350070 }}

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Category:21st-century American social scientists

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)