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Catherine Calder

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University of Texas at Austin · Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Active 2002–2026

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Citations3.5k
Papers10322 last 5y
Funding$1.6M

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About

Dr. Catherine (Kate) Calder is a Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin and serves as the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Funding. She previously spent 16 years at The Ohio State University as a faculty member in the Department of Statistics. From 2018 to 2019, she also co-directed the Mathematical Biosciences Institute, one of eight NSF-funded Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes. Her research focuses on the development of statistical methodology for complex, structured data, including spatial statistics and relational data. She has contributed to dimension reduction techniques for spatio-temporal data, covariate-driven nonstationary spatial models, hierarchical pathways models for exposure assessment, data-augmentation algorithms for spatial generalized linear models, and latent space models for relational data, among others. Her current applied projects aim to better measure routine activity patterns of individuals using mobile-tracking devices to understand social ties and the impact of non-residential activity space exposures on youth health and well-being. Her research has been funded by NIH, NSF, and other federal agencies and foundations. Dr. Calder holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University, and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics from Duke University. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and…

Research topics

  • Sociology
  • Geography
  • Psychology
  • Social Science
  • Computer Science
  • Demography
  • Mathematics
  • Cartography
  • Psychiatry
  • Data science

Selected publications

  • Neighborhoods, Activity Spaces, and the Span of Adolescent Exposures

    American Sociological Review · 2021 · 59 citations

    Since the inception of urban sociology, the "neighborhood" has served as the dominant context thought to capture developmentally significant youth experiences beyond the home. Yet no large-scale study has examined patterns of exposure to the most commonly used operationalization of neighborhood - the census tract - among urban youth. Using smartphone GPS data from the Adolescent Health and Development in Context study (N=1405), we estimate the amount of time youth spend in residential neighborho…

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  • Human Mobility and Crime: Theoretical Approaches and Novel Data Collection Strategies

    Annual Review of Criminology · 2020 · 55 citations

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    ) ecological network approaches consider links between persons or collectivities based on shared activity locations, capturing influences of broader systems of interconnection on spatial- and individual-level variation in crime. We review data collection strategies for the measurement of mobility across these approaches, considering both the challenges and promise of mobility-based research for criminology.

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  • Exposure to police-related deaths and physiological stress among urban black youth

    Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2020 · 41 citations

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  • Activity locations, residential segregation and the significance of residential neighbourhood boundary perceptions

    Urban Studies · 2020-11-18 · 28 citations

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    The inadequacies of residential census geography in capturing urban residents’ routine exposures have motivated efforts to more directly measure residents’ activity spaces. In turn, insights regarding urban activity patterns have been used to motivate alternative residential neighbourhood measurement strategies incorporating dimensions of activity space in the form of egocentric neighbourhoods – measurement approaches that place individuals at the centre of their own residential neighbourhood un…

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  • Geographic Isolation, Compelled Mobility, and Everyday Exposure to Neighborhood Racial Composition among Urban Youth

    American Journal of Sociology · 2022-11-01 · 24 citations

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    Foundational urban social theories view heterogeneity of exposure to spatial contexts as essential aspects of the urban experience. In contrast, contemporary neighborhood research emphasizes the isolation of city dwellers—particularly racially segregated youth. Using geospatial data on a sample of youth from the 2014–16 Adolescent Health and Development in Context study, this article explores variation in the residential racial composition of everyday activity locations. The geographic isolation…

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Education

  • PhD, Statistics

    Duke University

    2003

  • MS, Statistics

    Duke University

    2001

  • BA, Mathematics

    Northwestern University

    1999

Awards & honors

  • Fellow, American Statistical Association
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • Founders Award, American Statistical Association

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