Dr. Mintus’ research interests include health and aging with an emphasis on disability. Much of her research focuses on understanding health disparities among older adults. 

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2013
  • Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Florida, 2011
  • M.A. in Sociology, University of Florida, 2007
  • B.A., summa cum laude, in Sociology, University of Florida, 2005

(Student coauthors underlined) 

  • Latham-Mintus, K., Vowels, A. L., and S. Chavan. (2020). Neighborhood Disorder, Social Ties, and Preventive Healthcare Utilization among Urban-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(10), 1387-1398.  
  • Coomer, M. & Latham-Mintus, K. (2019). Test Anxiety: Participation and Exclusion beyond the Institution. Research in Social Science and Disability (Vol. 11): New Narratives of Disability 
  • Latham-Mintus, K. (2019). A Friend in Need? Exploring the Influence of Disease and Disability Onset on Number of Close Friends among Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 74(8), e119–e124.   
  • Latham-Mintus, K. & Aman, K. M. (2019). Childhood Disadvantage, Psychosocial Resiliency, and Later Life Functioning: Linking Early-Life Circumstances to Recovery from Mobility Limitation. Journal of Aging and Health, 31 (3), 463-483.  
  • Latham-Mintus, K. & Clarke, P. J. (2019). Linking Mastery across the Life Course to Mobility Device Use in Later Life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 74(7), 1222-1232.  
  • Latham-Mintus, K., Vowels, A. L., & Huskins, K. (2018). Healthy aging among Black and White older American men: What is the role of mastery? The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 73 (2), 248-257

For more information, see Dr. Mintus’ research profile: 
https://sites.google.com/view/kenziemintus/home  

  • IU Trustee’s Teaching Award, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, 2021
  • Next Generation 2.0 Leadership Fellow, IUPUI, 2019
  • IU Trustee’s Teaching Award, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, 2018
  • Fellow, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), 2017
  • Shipps Junior Faculty Travel Award, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI, 2015

Medical Sociology; Aging and the Life Course; Sociology of Disability