Heather A. O’Connell

626 total citations
28 papers, 426 citations indexed

About

Heather A. O’Connell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather A. O’Connell has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 426 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Heather A. O’Connell's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (17 papers), Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (4 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (4 papers). Heather A. O’Connell is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (17 papers), Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (4 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (4 papers). Heather A. O’Connell collaborates with scholars based in United States and Saudi Arabia. Heather A. O’Connell's co-authors include Katherine J. Curtis, Robert L. Reece, Jenifer L. Bratter, Regina Baker, Jun Zhu, Junho Lee, Jack DeWaard, Carla Shoff, Junia Howell and Ethan J. Raker and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Science & Medicine and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Heather A. O’Connell

28 papers receiving 410 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Heather A. O’Connell 349 76 63 61 48 28 426
Yongai Jin 197 0.6× 82 1.1× 47 0.7× 88 1.4× 50 1.0× 19 377
Rupa Banerjee 431 1.2× 65 0.9× 197 3.1× 70 1.1× 63 1.3× 32 527
David Bjerk 261 0.7× 163 2.1× 67 1.1× 29 0.5× 23 0.5× 29 456
Aaron Gullickson 390 1.1× 27 0.4× 59 0.9× 131 2.1× 37 0.8× 19 529
Jerônimo Oliveira Muniz 309 0.9× 28 0.4× 65 1.0× 43 0.7× 102 2.1× 20 470
Lisa Goodson 415 1.2× 23 0.3× 127 2.0× 61 1.0× 34 0.7× 27 553
Ethan Fosse 168 0.5× 29 0.4× 55 0.9× 64 1.0× 77 1.6× 13 350
Ko-lin Chin 631 1.8× 23 0.3× 73 1.2× 50 0.8× 63 1.3× 24 736
Richard Hogan 220 0.6× 39 0.5× 91 1.4× 48 0.8× 60 1.3× 30 349
Liza G. Steele 242 0.7× 29 0.4× 57 0.9× 43 0.7× 120 2.5× 17 410

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather A. O’Connell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Connell, Heather A., et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal Changes in the Slavery–Inequality Relationship: The Diffusion of the Legacy of Slavery. Demography. 61(3). 711–735. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A.. (2024). Practical Symbolic Interactions in the Shrine of the South: Conversations with a Damn Yankee. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 53(5). 412–414. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A.. (2024). Confederate Monuments and Anti-Black Stereotypes in the U.S. South. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 11(2). 221–236. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Regina & Heather A. O’Connell. (2022). Structural racism, family structure, and Black–White inequality: The differential impact of the legacy of slavery on poverty among single mother and married parent households. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 84(5). 1341–1365. 22 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A.. (2021). Racism and Confederate Monument Construction: Temporal Regimes Distinguishing the 1900s, 1960s, and Contemporary Decades. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 8(1). 62–78. 7 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A., Katherine J. Curtis, & Jack DeWaard. (2020). Population change and the legacy of slavery. Social Science Research. 87. 102413–102413. 13 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A., et al.. (2020). One drop on the move: historical legal context, racial classification, and migration. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 45(5). 809–828. 6 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A., et al.. (2020). CONFEDERATE MONUMENT INSCRIPTIONS. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race. 17(1). 81–103. 11 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A. & Junia Howell. (2019). Disparate City: Understanding Rising Levels of Concentrated Poverty and Affluence in Greater Houston. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 3 indexed citations
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Curtis, Katherine J., Junho Lee, Heather A. O’Connell, & Jun Zhu. (2018). The Spatial Distribution of Poverty and the Long Reach of the Industrial Makeup of Places: New Evidence on Spatial and Temporal Regimes. Rural Sociology. 84(1). 28–65. 25 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A., et al.. (2018). Clinic access and teenage birth rates: Racial/ethnic and spatial disparities in Houston, TX. Social Science & Medicine. 201. 87–94. 2 indexed citations
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Bratter, Jenifer L. & Heather A. O’Connell. (2017). Multiracial identities, single race history: Contemporary consequences of historical race and marriage laws for racial classification. Social Science Research. 68. 102–116. 20 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A.. (2017). Linking Racial Composition, Black–White Inequality, and Regional Difference: The Role of Migration. Sociological Quarterly. 59(1). 128–144. 1 indexed citations
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Curtis, Katherine J. & Heather A. O’Connell. (2016). Historical Racial Contexts and Contemporary Spatial Differences in Racial Inequality. PubMed. 5(2). 73–97. 33 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A., et al.. (2016). Community Resources in a Diverse City: Supermarket Location and Emerging Racial Hierarchies. Race and Social Problems. 8(4). 281–295. 3 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A.. (2015). Where there's smoke: Cigarette use, social acceptability, and spatial approaches to multilevel modeling. Social Science & Medicine. 140. 18–26. 8 indexed citations
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Reece, Robert L. & Heather A. O’Connell. (2015). How the Legacy of Slavery and Racial Composition Shape Public School Enrollment in the American South. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 2(1). 42–57. 67 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A. & Carla Shoff. (2014). Spatial Variation in the Relationship between Hispanic Concentration and County Poverty: A Migration Perspective. 2(1). 30–54. 5 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Heather A.. (2012). The Impact of Slavery on Racial Inequality in Poverty in the Contemporary U.S. South. Social Forces. 90(3). 713–734. 112 indexed citations

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