PhD

Associate Professor

Educational background

• Post Doc – Rice University, Department of Sociology
• Ph.D. – Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University
• M.A. – Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University
• B.A. – Sociology and Geography, The University of Texas at Austin

Courses taught

• Hlth_Sci 4200W  Introduction to the Research Process and Evidence Base (writing intensive)
• Hlth_Sci 3700      Health Care in the U.S.
• PUB_AF8181        Research Methods and Inquiry in Public Affairs II
• PUB_AF 8211       Master’s of Public Affairs Capstone

Research interests

• International Migration
• Immigrant Integration
• Population Health and Health Disparities

Research statement

Dr. Altman is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri with appointments in the Department of Health Sciences and the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs. As a social demographer her work broadly focuses on population health and immigrant well-being. Her current research examines the role of legal status and policies on the health and well-being of immigrants and their children.

Active grants

• University of Missouri Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Grant (2019-2020)
• University of Missouri Research Council Grant (2019 – 2020)
• University of Missouri Population, Education and Health Center’s (PEHC) Small Grant Award (2017 – 2019)
• University of Missouri Research Council Grant (2024 – 2025)

Selected publications

• Pham, Trang and Claire E. Altman. Forthcoming. “An analysis of individual, parental, and family
  determinants of gifted placement among children of immigrants – Evidence from the 2014 SIPP data.” Journal of Child and Family Studies.
   
  Altman, Claire E., James Bachmeier, Christal Hamilton, and Cody Spence. Forthcoming. “Medicaid
  Health Insurance Coverage Among the Foreign-Born Following ACA Implementation: Disparities by Migration Status.” Population Research and Policy Review. https://doi.org.10.1007/s11113-023-09814-x
   
  Altman, Claire E, Christal Hamilton, and Molly Dondero. 2022. “The Intersection of State-Level
  Immigrant Policy Climates and Medicaid Expansion: an Examination Among Immigrants.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org.10.1007/s40615-022-01399-z
   
  Hamilton, Christal, Claire E. Altman, James D. Bachmeier, and Cody Spence. 2022. “Legal Status
  Gradients in Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from A Combine-Survey Multiple Imputation Approach.” Demographic Research 47(16): 453-488
  https://doi.org.10.4054/DemRes.2022.47.16
   
  Dondero, Molly and Claire E. Altman. 2022. “State-level Immigrant Policy Climates and
  Health Care Utilization among U.S Children of Immigrants.” Population Research and Policy Review.
   
  Altman, Claire E., James Bachmeier, Cody Spence, and Christal Hamilton. 2022. “Sick Days:
  Logical versus Survey Identification of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States.” International Migration Review.

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