Susan E. Short is the Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies at Brown University who is known for her work on how gender, family, health and well-being are effected by social and political environments.

Short received her B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1986. ^[1] She earned a Master's (1994) ^[2] and a Ph.D. (1997) ^[3] from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ^[1]

After receiving her PhD in 1997, Short began in her role as assistant professor at Brown University. ^[4] Short served as a visiting scholar at the National University of Lesotho from 2003 to 2004 studying the AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. ^[5] Additionally, she was a visiting scientist at Harvard School of Public Health from 2008 to 2010. From 2011 to 2014, Short was Director of Graduate Studies for the Sociology Department at Brown University. ^[4] In 2022, she was named the Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies at Brown University. ^[1]

Short's research highlights changing social and political environments and their implications for family dynamics, gender, health, and well-being. Her research examines a variety of issues, including, economic reform and the one child policy in China, ^[6] the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Lesotho, ^[7] and changes in the organization of women's work and parenting in the United States. ^[8]

• Short, Susan E; Mollborn, Stefanie (2015-10-01). "Social determinants and health behaviors: conceptual frames and empirical advances". Current Opinion in Psychology. 5: 78–84. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.05.002. ISSN  2352-250X. PMC  4511598. PMID  26213711.
• Torr, Berna Miller; Short, Susan E. (2004). "Second Births and the Second Shift: A Research Note on Gender Equity and Fertility". Population and Development Review. 30 (1): 109–130. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00005.x. ISSN  0098-7921.
• Short, Susan E.; Yang, Yang Claire; Jenkins, Tania M. (2013). "Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health". American Journal of Public Health. 103 (S1): S93–S101. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301229. ISSN  0090-0036. PMC  3786754. PMID  23927517.
• Short, Susan E.; Fengying, Zhai (1998). "Looking Locally at China's One-Child Policy". Studies in Family Planning. 29 (4): 373–387. doi: 10.2307/172250. ISSN  0039-3665. JSTOR  172250. PMID  9919631.

In 2016, Short was elected to the Sociological Research Association. ^[1] Short was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020. ^{[1] [9]}