Jennifer Karas Montez, Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies, and co-authors Mark Hayward and Anna Zajacova draw on contextual theories (e.g., economic policies) of health disparities to illustrate how U.S. states, as institutional actors, shape the importance of education for health. Their study, "Educational Disparities in Adult Health: U.S. States as Institutional Actors on the Association," was published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 03/12/19