John Iceland

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Iceland's research is in social demography, poverty, residential segregation, and immigration. He is an author of two books on these issues: Where We Live Now: Immigration and Race in the United States (2009, University of California Press) and Poverty in America (2003, 2006, and 3rd edition in 2013, University of California Press). He has written several articles on poverty measurement issues and has testified before a Congressional subcommittee examining problems with the current U.S. official poverty measure. He is on the editorial board of a number of social science journals and is serving as an elected member of the Population Association of America (PAA) Board of Directors and the American Sociological Association Population Section Council.

Professional Awards and Achievements

• Council Member (Elected), American Sociological Association, Population Section
• Board of Directors (Elected), Population Association of America
• Member (Elected), Committee on Nominations, American Sociology Association
• Editorial Boards: Demography, Social Problems, Social Science Quarterly, City and Community
• Grant Review Panels: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and National Science Foundation
• Grants: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Census Bureau, Russell Sage Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation
• Consultant, New York City Office of the Mayor, “Measuring Poverty in New York City” (2007-08)
• Member, National Academies Committee to review the Census Bureau Dynamics of Economic Well-Being Data Collection Program (2007-08)
• Testimony, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Hearing on Measuring Poverty in America (2007)

Selected Publications

• Iceland, John, Pablo Mateos, and Gregory Sharp. 2011. “Ethnic Residential Segregation by Nativity in Great Britain and the United States.”Journal of Urban Affairs.
• Park, Julie and John Iceland. 2011. “Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Established Immigrant Gateways and New Destinations, 1990-2000.” Social Science Research 40, 3: 811-821.
• Iceland, John and Kyle Anne Nelson. 2010. “The Residential Segregation of Mixed-Nativity Married Couples.” Demography 47, 4: 869-893.
• Marsh, Kris and John Iceland. 2010. “The Racial Residential Segregation of Black Single Individuals Living Alone.” City and Community 9, 3: 299-319.
• Iceland, John, Kimberly A. Goyette, Kyle Anne Nelson, and Chaowen Chan. 2010. “Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation and Household Structure: A Research Note.” Social Science Research 39,1: 39-47.
• Heflin, Colleen M. and John Iceland. 2009. “Poverty, Material Hardship, and Depression.” Social Science Quarterly 90, 5: 1051-1071.
• Iceland, John. 2009. Where We Live Now: Immigration and Race in the United States. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
• Iceland, John and Kyle Anne Nelson. 2008. “Hispanic Segregation in Metropolitan America: Exploring the Multiple Forms of Spatial Assimilation.” American Sociological Review 73, 5: 741-765.
• Iceland, John and Melissa Scopilliti. 2008. "Immigrant Residential Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1990-2000.” Demography 45, 1: 79-94.
• Iceland, John and Kurt J. Bauman. 2007. “Income Poverty and Material Hardship.” The Journal of Socio-Economics 36, 3: 376-96.
• Iceland, John. 2006. Poverty in America (2nd Edition). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press --1st Edition published in 2003.
• Iceland, John and Rima Wilkes. 2006. “Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? Race, Class, and Residential Segregation.” Social Problems 52, 2: 248-273.
• Iceland, John. 2005. “Measuring Poverty: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations.” Measurement 3, 4: 199-235.
• Iceland, John, Cicely Sharpe, and Erika Steinmetz. 2005. “Class Differences in African American Residential Patterns in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: 1990-2000.” Social Science Research 34, 1: 252-266.
• Iceland, John. 2004. “Beyond Black and White: Residential Segregation in Multiethnic America.” Social Science Research 33, 2: 248-271.
• Wilkes, Rima and John Iceland. 2004. “Hypersegregation in the Twenty-First Century: An Update and Analysis.” Demography 41,1: 23-36.
• Iceland, John. 2003. “Why Poverty Remains High: The Role of Income Growth, Economic Inequality, and Changes in Family Structure, 1949-1999.” Demography 40, 3: 499-519.
• Iceland, John, Daniel H. Weinberg, and Erika Steinmetz. 2002.Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States, 1980-2000.U.S. Census Bureau, Special Report Series, CENSR # 3.