Faculty Name:Matthew Archibald, PhD

Areas of Interest

• Health and Healthcare
• Organizations
• Social Movements

Matthew Archibald is an Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty advisor for the department’s public policy major. He is the director of the UMSV Center for University Research. He received his PhD from the University of Washington. He has held appointments at Emory University, Bates College, and Colby College. Professor Archibald is a medical sociologist who focuses on the U.S. healthcare system and its disparities. One strand of his current work examines local characteristics of behavioral healthcare networks. Another investigates minority health and healthcare, including treatment for mental health and substance use disorders.

Professional Affiliations

• American Sociological Association
• Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD sociological honor society)

Publications

• Archibald, Matthew E., Rachel Head, Jordan Yakoby and Pamela Behrman. 2023. “An Examination of Exposure and Vulnerability to Stress from Chronic Illness and Its Impact on Mental Health and Long-Term Disability among Non-Hispanic White, African American, and Latinx Populations.” In Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Ed.) Research in the Sociology of Health Care 33 Pp. 83-101. New York: Emerald Publishers.
• Archibald, Matthew E., Pamela Behrman, and Jordan Yakoby (2022) “Racial-Ethnic Disparities Across Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings: Sources of Treatment Insurance, Socioeconomic Correlates and Clinical Features,” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, Vol. 21, Number 2; Pp. 1-25.
• Archibald, Matthew, Jennifer Stewart, Linda Vo, Dazon Diallo, Waheedah Shabazz and Lauren Owens (2017) “The Role of Social Support for Women Living in Poverty” In Women & Poverty in the United States, Paula M. Frew and Anne O’Leary (eds.). Pp. 225-250. New York: Springer Publications.
• Putnam Rankin, Caddie and Matthew E. Archibald. (2016) “Specialization and the Survival of Self-Help Organizations.” Sociological Forum; 31:72-95.
• Paula M. Frew, Matthew E. Archibald, Jay Schamel, Diane Saint-Victor, Elizabeth Fox,  Neena Smith-Bankhead, Dazon Dixon Diallo, Marcia M. Holstad, Carlos del Rio. (2015) “An Integrated Service Delivery Model to Identify Persons Living with HIV and to Provide LINKage to HIV Treatment and Care in Prioritized Neighborhoods: A Multilevel, Geotargeted, Program Outcome Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance; 1:1-19.
• Conference Presentations
• Archibald, Matthew E., Rachel Head and Pamela Behrman (2023) “How Substance Use Disorder Treatment Access Shapes Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Treatment Duration and Completion: Tests of Several Non-Normal Structural Equation Models,” Section on Drugs and Society, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August.
• Archibald, Matthew E., Pamela Behrman, Jordan Yakoby, John McCullagh and Aydasara Ortega Torres (2022) “The impact of residential instability and serious psychological distress on substance use disorders: Testing exposure and vulnerability hypotheses for Non-Hispanic White, African American, and Latinx populations,” Section on Drugs and Society, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, August.
• Archibald, Matthew E., Jordan Yakoby, Pamela Behrman, John McCullagh and Aydasara Ortega Torres (2022) “An examination of chronic illness, distress and long-term disability among Non-Hispanic White, African American, and Latinx populations.” Conference on Social Stress Research Bi-Annual Meeting, Savannah Georgia, June.
• Archibald, Matthew E. (2021) “Racial-ethnic disparities in sources of substance abuse treatment, their socioeconomic correlates and clinical features.” Section on Drugs and Society, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Online, August.
• Archibald, Matthew E. and Omar Nagi. (2021) “Advancing Quantitative Reasoning among First-Generation and Racial/ Ethnic Minority Sociology Students.” Section on Teaching and Learning, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Online, August.