Amanda J Sonnega
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Amanda Sonnega, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM), where she is responsible for integrating communication, outreach, and education efforts for the Health and Retirement Study. She received her doctorate through the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society at the Johns Hopkins University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship within the ISR program in Social Environment and Health. Dr. Sonnega has lectured in the UM School of Public Health on psychosocial factors in health-related behavior. Her research focuses on life course trajectories of physical and mental health; institutional and personal factors associated with vulnerability and resilience in aging individuals; and work transitions and their broad effects on health and well-being.
- Shervin Assari, Amanda J Sonnega, Hossein Zare. 2025. Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Welfare Receipt of American Indian/Alaska Native People: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2023. Open Journal of Psychology
- Shervin Assari, Amanda J Sonnega, Babak Najand, Hossein Zare. 2025. Higher-than Expected Social Security Reliance Among Educated Black Americans: Minorities' Diminished Returns in National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2023. Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences :1145-1145.
- Agree, Emily M, Amanda J Sonnega, Wolf, Douglas A. 2025. Building Survey Data Infrastructure on Aging: The Legacy of NIA. The Gerontologist
- Shervin Assari, Babak Najand, Hossein Zare, Amanda J Sonnega. 2024. Unequal Returns: Education Fails to Fully Prepare Black and Latino Americans for Retirement. Open Journal of Educational Research 4(6):392-401.
- Shervin Assari, Hossein Zare, Amanda J Sonnega. 2024. High Education, Low Returns: Financial Literacy Challenges for African Americans and Hispanics. Open Journal of Educational Research 4(6):381-391.
- Shervin Assari, Amanda J Sonnega, Hossein Zare. 2024. Race, College Graduation, and Time of Retirement in the United States: A Thirty-Year Longitudinal Cohort of Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Open Journal of Educational Research :228-242.
- Amanda J Sonnega, Mark Mather, Paola Scommegna. 2024. The National Institute on Aging Centers on the demography and economics of aging and Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's related dementias: History, impact, and future challenges. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 72(5):1598-1601.
- Shervin Assari, Hossein Zare, Amanda J Sonnega. 2024. Racial Disparities in Occupational Distribution Among Black and White Adults with Similar Educational Levels: Analysis of Middle-Aged and Older Individuals in the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Rehabilitation Therapy 6(1)
- Amanda J Sonnega, Al-Hinai, Maymona, Chen, Qize, Helppie-McFall, Brooke, Jacqui Smith. 2024. Can Retrospective Reports Provide Accurate Job History Information? A Comparison with Concurrent Reports in a National Prospective Study of Older Adults. Innovation in Aging 8(3):igae021.
- Rahmani, Arash, Najand, Babak, Amanda J Sonnega, Akhlaghipour, Golnoush, Mendez, Mario F., Assari, Shervin. 2024. Intersectional Effects of Race and Educational Attainment on Memory Function of Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 11(1):81-91.