J. Micah Roos

• Quantitative Methods
• Sociology of Knowledge and Culture
• Stratification
• Science and Religion
• Measurement
• Comparing different fit indices in structural equation models
• Uniform and non-uniform differential item functioning in confirmatory factor analysis models
• Multidimensional measurement models for racial attitudes
• Testing item bias in measures of science knowledge

• Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• M.A., East Carolina University
• B.A., North Carolina State University

• Southern Sociological Society
• American Sociological Association

Journal Articles

Roos, J Micah. 2017.“Contested Knowledge and Spillover.” Social Currents 4(4):360-379.

Manglos, Nicolette, Margarita Mooney, Kenneth Bollen, and J Micah Roos. 2016. “Relationships with God among Young Adults.” Sociology of Religion 77(1):193-213.

Nielsen, Francois and J Micah Roos. 2015. “Genetics of Educational Attainment and the Persistence of Privilege at the Turn of the 21st Century.” Social Forces 94(2):535-561.

Roos, J Micah. 2014. “Measuring Science or Religion? A measurement analysis of the NSF sponsored science literacy scale 2006-2010.” Public Understanding of Science 23(7):797- 813.