Tyler Myroniuk
- Assistant Professor
Contact Info
1415 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045
Personal Links
Biography —
Tyler W. Myroniuk is a social demographer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas. He is a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR), and the Kansas Population Center (KPC) too. Prof. Myroniuk’s interests are broadly in the areas of internal migration, family dynamics, and health—particularly mental health, obesity, and aging. Most of his work is set in sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, South Africa, and Kenya), though he has recently conducted health research and quality improvement studies in the United States and Canada. Prof. Myroniuk primarily uses longitudinal quantitative methods for his research yet also employs qualitative techniques and multi-method approaches. His work has appeared peer-review outlets such as Demography, Demographic Research, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, the Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Population Research and Policy Review, International Migration Review, Social Science & Medicine-Mental Health, and the American Journal of Human Biology. Prof. Myroniuk has also served as an Associate Editor of Demographic Research since 2022.
Education —
Specialization
Aging, Diseases, Family, Internal Migration, Mental Health, Social Capital
Teaching —
SOC 425: Sociology of Global Health
SOC 699: Capstone in Sociology
Research Methods (specific course TBD)
Selected Publications —
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Estelle Monique Sidze, Michael J. White, Blessing Mberu, and Sangeetha Madhavan. 2025. “The Nexus of Residential Mobility and the Risk of Depression for Urban Poor Mothers: New Longitudinal Evidence from Nairobi.” Social Science & Medicine-Mental Health, 7 (100430): 1-9
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100430
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Carren Ginsburg, Michael J. White, Stephen T. McGarvey, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, and Chantel F. Pheiffer. 2025. “Black South Africans Who Migrate Away from Their Rural Homes and Their Chances of Having Abdominal Obesity.” American Journal of Human Biology, 37 (7): 1-19.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70103
White, Michael J., Tyler W. Myroniuk, Carren Ginsburg, and Chantel Pheiffer. 2024. “Do Migrants Exhibit More Grit? A Research Note.” Demography, 61(5): 1309–1323.
https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11577556
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Hans-Peter Kohler, Victor Mwapasa, James Mwera, and Iliana V. Kohler. 2024. “Surprising Gendered Age Differences in Rural Malawians’ Early COVID-19 Pandemic Prevention Efforts.” The Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(5): 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae031
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Michelle Teti, Enid Schatz, and Ifeolu J. David. 2023. “Similarities in COVID-19 Mortality Between Canadian Provinces and American States Before Vaccines Were Available.” Canadian Studies in Population, 50(2): 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-023-00073-x
David, Ifeolu, Enid Schatz, Nicole Angotti, Tyler W. Myroniuk, and Sanyu Mojola. 2023. “The Perception among Medication-Adherent Elderly Individuals That Stopping HIV Treatment Means Death.” Journal of Aging & Social Policy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2023.2195348
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Michael J. White, and Sangeetha Madhavan. 2022. “Post-MigrationEmotional Well-Being among Black South Africans.” Social Science & Medicine-Mental Health, 2(100173): 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100173
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana V. Kohler. 2021. “Marital Dissolutions and Changes in Mental Health: Evidence from Rural Malawi.” Demographic Research, 44(41): 993-1022.
https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.41
Schatz, Enid, Lucia Knight, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Michelle Teti, and Tyler W. Myroniuk. 2021. “‘You Have to Withstand That Because You Have Come for What You Have Come for’: Barriers and Facilitators to Antiretroviral Treatment Access Among Older South Africans Living with HIV.” Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(3): 624-641.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13243
Myroniuk, Tyler W. and Collin F. Payne. 2019. “The Longitudinal Dynamics of Household Composition and Wealth in a Rural Sub-Saharan African Context.” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 50(3): 242-260.
https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.50.3.003
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Michael J. White, Mark Gross, Rebecca Wang, Carren Ginsburg, and Mark Collinson. 2018. “Does it Take a Village? Migration among Rural South African Youth.” Population Research and Policy Review, 37(6): 1079-1108.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-018-9493-1
Myroniuk, Tyler W., Christina Prell, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2017. “Why Rely on Friends Instead of Family? The Role of Exchanges and Civic Engagement in a Rural Sub-Saharan African Context.” African Studies,76(4): 579-596.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2017.1390911
Myroniuk, Tyler W. 2016. “Gendered Social Capital in a Johannesburg Township.” Sociological Focus,49(3): 231-246.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2016.1135031
Myroniuk, Tyler W. and Philip Anglewicz. 2015. “Does Social Participation Predict Better Health? A Longitudinal Study in Rural Malawi.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 56(4): 552-573.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146515613416
Myroniuk, Tyler W. and Jo Vearey. 2014. “Social Capital and Livelihoods in Johannesburg: Differential Advantages and Unexpected Outcomes among Foreign- Born Migrants, Internal Migrants, and Long-Term South African Residents.” International Migration Review, 48(1): 243-273.
https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12076