Rate My Professor Jennifer Van Hook

Her research employs demographic methods to study immigrant integration, health, and the unauthorized foreign-born population, including assimilation patterns of Mexican immigrants compared to historical European groups and factors influencing immigrant health and well-being. Key publications include the book Texas-Style Exclusion: Mexican Americans and the Legacy of Limited Opportunity (Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2024, with James D. Bachmeier), edited volumes such as Immigration Policy and Immigrant Families (Springer, 2024, with Valarie King), and peer-reviewed articles like “Beyond Stocks and Surges: The Demographic Impact of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States” (Population and Development Review, 2024) and “Living With(out) Citizenship: The Impact of Naturalization on Mortality Risk Among U.S. Immigrants” (Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2025, with Thoa Khuu and Kendal Lowrey). Awards include the Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement (2016) and Raymond Lombra Award for Distinction in the Social or Life Sciences (2016). She serves on the Board of Directors of the Population Association of America and the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, and has led major grants such as NIH R01AG081306 “Legal Status Exposure, Health, and Kinship Networks among Latino Immigrants” (PI, 2023–2027).