Joseph Grzywacz, PhD
Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
“My wife and four kids are at the center of everything I am, and they are the inspiration for my research. Personally, I am a diehard “cheddar head” (Go Packers!), I am active in my son’s Cub Scout program, our church and I enjoy spending time outdoors – especially when mountains or beaches are involved.”
Interests
Dr. Grzywacz is an interdisciplinary social scientist with broad research interests in understanding how social contexts of everyday life contribute to health among individuals, and how this knowledge can be used to promote population health. His research focuses primarily on the health-related implications of the work-family interface, socioeconomic and racial disparities in health, and the organization of work.
Education
| 1990 |
University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point, WI
B.S. Degree, Health Promotion and Wellness |
| 1994 |
University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point, WI
M.S. Degree, Family and Community Wellness
Thesis: The relationship between a multidimensional exercise (Karate) and adolescent self esteem: A quasi-experimental approach |
| 1998 |
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Ph.D. Degree, Child and Family Studies
Dissertation: Family, work and the work/family interface: Toward an ecological perspective of health behaviors during midlife |
Postdoctoral Training
| 1998 – 2000 |
Psychology and Social Behavior
University of California
Irvine, CA |
Academic Career
| 1998 |
Graduate Research Assistant with Nadine F. Marks, Socioeconomic Inequalities, Gender, and Midlife Health Project; Funded by the National Institute on Aging |
| 1998 – 2000 |
National Institute on Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
School of Social Ecology
University of California, Irvine |
| 2000 – 2002 |
Assistant Professor
Division of Health Promotion
School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services
University of Northern Iowa |
2002 – 2011
|
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC |
| 2003 |
Cross-appointment
Division of Public Health Sciences
Department of Epidemiology & Prevention
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC |
| 2011 – Present |
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC |
Selected Publications
Grzywacz JG, and Marks NF. Reconceptualizing the work-family interface: An ecological perspective on the correlates of positive and negative spillover between work and family. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2000; 5:111-126.
Grzywacz JG & Fuqua J. The social ecology of health: Leverage points and linkages. Behavioral Medicine 2000; 26:101-115.
Grzywacz JG, Almeida DM, Neupert SD, & Ettner SL. Stress and socioeconomic differentials in physical and mental health: A daily diary approach. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2004; 45:1-16.
Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Early J, Tapia J, Graham CN, & Arcury TA. Leaving family for work: Ambivalence and mental health among Mexican migrant farmworker men. Journal of Immigrant Health 2006; 8:85-97.
Grzywacz JG, Casey PR, & Jones FA. Workplace flexibility and employee health behaviors: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007; 49:1302-1309.
Grzywacz JG, Arcury TA, Marin A, Carrillo L, Coates ML, Burke B, & Quandt SA. The organization of work: Implications for injury and illness among immigrant Latinos in poultry processing. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 2007; 62:19-26.
Grzywacz JG, Butler, AB, & Almeida DA. Work, family, and health: Work-family balance as a protective factor against stresses of daily life. In Newhall-Marcus A, Halpern DF & Tan SJ (Eds), Changing realities of work and family. Hoboken, NJ:Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. p.194-215.
Daniel SS, Grzywacz JG, Leerkes E, Tucker J & Han WJ. Nonstandard maternal work schedules during infancy: Implications for children's early behavior problems. Infant Behavior and Development 2009; 32:195-207.
Clinch CR, Grzywacz JG, Tucker J, Walls JK & Arcury TA. Characteristics of mother-provider interactions surrounding postpartum return to work. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2009; 22:498-506.
Grzywacz JG and Ganong L. Issues in families and health research. Family Relations 2009; 58:373-378.
Grzywacz JG, Tucker J, Clinch CR & Arcury TA. Individual and job-related variation in infant feeding practices among working mothers. American Journal of Health Behavior 2010; 34:186-196.
Tucker J, Grzywacz JG, Leng I, Clinch CR & Arcury TA. Return to work, economic hardship, and women's postpartum health. Women and Health 2010; 50:618-638.
Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Vallejos QM, Whalley LE, Chen H, Isom S, Barr DB & Arcury TA. Job demands and pesticide exposire among immigrant Latino farmworkers. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2010; 15:252-266.
Grzywacz JG, Daniel SS, Tucker J, Walls J & Leerkes E. Nonstandard work schedules and developmentally generative parenting practices: An application of prospensity score techniques. Family Relations 2011; 60:45-59.
Darcy JM, Grzywacz JG, Stephens RL, Leng I, Clinch CR & Arcury TA. Maternal depressive symptomatology after childbirth: Implications for subsequent infant and maternal health-related quality of life. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2011; 24:249-257.
Carlson DS, Grzwacz JG, Ferguson M, Hunter EM, Clinch CR & Arcury TA. Health and turnover of working mothers after childbirth via the work-family interface: An analysis across time. Journal of Applied Psychology 2011; 96:1045-1054.