Monica King (He)

Research Focus: My research explores social and economic relationships with motor vehicle deaths at the individual and state level over time. My most recent work at Social Science & Medicine examines factors that led to a significant decline in motor vehicle fatality during the Great Recession.

Recent Publications:

• He, Monica M. 2016. "Driving through the Great Recession: Why does motor vehicle fatality decrease when the economy slows down?" Social Science & Medicine 155(April): 1-11.
• Hummer, Robert A., Jennifer E. Melvin, and Monica He. 2015. “Immigrant Health and Mortality,” Pp. 654-661 in International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, edited by James Wright: Elsevier.
• Denney, Justin T. and Monica He. 2014. "The social side of accidental death." Social Science Research 43:92-107.