
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, 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.
- Rebekah Carpenter, Dawn C. Carr, Qiuchang (Katy) Cao, Amanda J Sonnega. 2024. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Effects of COVID-19 on Employment Disruption and Financial Precarity. Journal of Aging & Social Policy 36(6):1585-1604.
- 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.
- 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. 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)
- 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.
- Megan Zuelsdorff, Amanda J Sonnega, Lisa L. Barnes, DeAnnah R. Byrd, Deborah K. Rose, Robynn Cox, Derek Norton, Robert W. Turner. 2024. Childhood and adulthood trauma associate with cognitive aging among Black and White older adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 32(3):P373-385.
- Assari, Shervin, Cobb, Sharon, Najand, Babak, Zare, Hossein, Amanda J Sonnega. 2024. Race, Educational Attainment, and Sustained High Body Mass Index over 24 Years of Follow-up in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 11:1097-1105.
- 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 11:81-91.
- 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.