I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology. My research focuses on (1) families in East Asia, (2) educational strategies and achievement in East-Asian nations, and (3) educational achievement and parental practices among immigrants from East Asia. I am currently examining perceptions of failure and success in South Korea’s intense educational system, as well as child behavior problems and social capital in Japan and China.
Selected Publications
Gibbs, Benjamin G., Jonathan A. Jarvis, Lance D. Erickson, *Lear Burton, *Can Cheng, and Carol J. Ward. 2024. “The Bi-racial Asian-American Advantage at School Entry.” Social Sciences 13(12):680. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13120680
Poff Jared M., Jonathan A. Jarvis, Mikaela J. Dufur, and Shana L. Pribesh. 2024. “Family and Peer Social Capital and Child Behavioral Outcomes in Japan.” Children 11(7):840. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11070840
Poff, Jared M., Jonathan A. Jarvis, Kevin Shafer, and Mikaela J. Dufur. 2023. “Maternal and Paternal Psychological Distress and Child Behavior in Japan.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 32(3):756-768. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02426-7
Jarvis, Jonathan A., *Amy Read (co-first authors), Mikaela J. Dufur, and Shana Pribesh. 2022. “Impacts of Family Structure on Shadow Education and Educational Achievement among South Korean Youth.” International Journal of Educational Development 89, March. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102529
Jarvis, Jonathan A., Ashley Larsen Gibby, Mikaela J. Dufur, and Shana Pribesh. 2020. “Family Structure Change and Behavioral Problems in South Korea.” Population Research and Policy Review 39(3):439-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-020-09586-8
Jarvis, Jonathan A. 2020. “Lost in Translation: Obstacles to Converting Global Cultural Capital to Local Occupational Success.” Sociological Perspectives 63(2):228-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/073112141985
Silveira, Florencia, Mikaela J. Dufur, Jonathan A. Jarvis, and Kristie J. Rowley. 2019. “The Influence of Foreign-Born Population on Immigrant and Native-Born Students’ Academic Achievement.” Socius 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023119845252
Gibbs, Benjamin G., Priyank Shah, Douglas B. Downey, and Jonathan A. Jarvis. 2017. “The Asian-American Advantage in Math among Young Children: The Complex Role of Parenting.” Sociological Perspectives 60(2):315-337. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731121416641676