Danielle C. Rhubart
Dr. Rhubart is a rural sociologist and demographer with expertise in the social and structural determinants of health. Her teaching and research interests include health and place, women’s health, and community-engaged learning.
Faculty Affiliate, Rural Sociology Cluster, Penn State
Research Associate, Population Research Institute, Penn State
Faculty Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, Syracuse University
Recent Publications:
Zhang, X., Rhubart, D., Monnat, S. (2024). Social Infrastructure Availability and Suicide Rates among Working-Age Adults in the United States. Socius. 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231241241034
Rhubart, D., Henly, M., Guest, A., Henning-Smith, C., Powell, A.M. (2024). Social Infrastructure and Health in Rural America: An Environmental Scan of Existing Publicly Available Data. Aging and Health Research. 100186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2024.100186
Rhubart, D., Santos, A. (2023). Research Note Showing the Rural Mortality Penalty varies by Region, Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2016. Demography, 60 (6): 1699–1709. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11078239
Rhubart, D., Kowalkowski, J.^, Pillay, T*. (2023). Third Places in Rural America: Prevalence and Disparities in Use and Meaningful Use. Journal of Rural Studies, 104(103153). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103153
Rhubart, D., Kowalkowski, J., Wincott, L.* (2023) The Built Environment and Social and Emotional Support among Rural Older Adults: The Case for Social Infrastructure and Attention to Ethnoracial Differences. Rural Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12491
Rhubart, D., Chen, Q., Sterner, G., Newton, R., Shaw, B., Scanlon, D. (2022). Conceptualizing and Measuring Abatement from the Opioid Epidemic: A Case Study from Pennsylvania. Milbank Quarterly. 100(3):1128. 10.1111/1468-0009.12589
Rhubart, D. Kowalkowski, J. (2022). Perceived Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Support and Social Engagement for Working Age Adults. Preventive Medicine, 107171. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107171
Rhubart, D., Sun, Y., Pendergrast, C., Monnat, S. (2022). Socio-spatial Disparities in “Third Place” Availability in the United States. Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221090301
Rhubart, D., Monnat, S. (2022). Self-Rated Physical Health among Working-Aged Adults Along the Rural-Urban Continuum – United States, 2021. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 71(5):161-166. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7105a1