Associate Professor
Department of Sociology

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1983

Dr. Mariah D.R. Evans is Associate Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and the Department of Resource Economics in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources (CABNR).  Dr. Evans received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1983.  Before accepting the joint position at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2006, Dr. Evans was Senior Research Fellow at Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia.  She has an extensive research experience and publications record in the various aspects of community sociology including social statistics, survey design and methods, culture (especially the social psychology of biotechnologies) social stratification, comparative methods and demography.

Recent Publications

Evans, M.D.R. and J. Kelley 2007. "Population Size, Economic Development, and Attitudes Towards Inequality"  Population Review 47(2): 1-21.

Evans, M.D.R. and J. Kelley 2008. “Trends in Women’s Labor Force Participation 1984-2002.” Social Science Research 37(1): 287-310.

M.D.R. Evans,  J. Kelley, and R. Wanner. 2009. “Consequences of Divorce for Childhood Education: Australia, Canada, and the USA, 1940–1990." Comparative Sociology 8: 105–146.

Evans, M.D.R. and J. Kelley. 2009.  "Traditional vs Modern Lifestyles and Parental Divorce: Rurality, Education, Religion, Ethnicity, and Income." International Journal of Sociology of the Family 35(1):1-23.

Kelley, C.G.E., S.M.C. Kelley, M.D.R. Evans, and J. Kelley. 2009 (in press).  "Attitudes Toward Home-Based Employment for Mothers of Young Children: Australian Evidence." International Journal  of Social Welfare, forthcoming. 

Kelley, J. and M.D.R. Evans. 2009 (in press). "Economic Development Reduces Tolerance for Inequality: A Comparative  Analysis of 33 Nations." in Charting the Globe: The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009 edited by Max Haller, Roger Jowell and Tom Smith. London: Routledge.

Kelley, S.M.C., C.G.E. Kelley, M.D.R. Evans, and J. Kelley. 2009 (in press).  “Work-Family Conflict and Support for Maternal Employment at Home Rather than Outside the Home: Attitudes in Australia, 2002.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research.