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| 2008-09 Governance Committee Members Elected Four members elected to the PRC's Governance Committee for the 2008-09 academic year: Shannon Cavanagh, Toni Falbo, Cynthia Osborne, and Mark Regnerus. They join the five ex-officio members, Mark D. Hayward (Director), Stephen J. Trejo (Associate Director), R. Kelley Raley (Graduate Training Director), and Robert A. Hummer (Undergraduate Training Director). Congratulations to our new elected members. |
Ron Angel Offered Prestigious Appointment at NCHS Ronald Angel, Professor of Sociology and PRC Faculty Research Associate, has been invited to serve on the Board of the Scientific Counselors at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
Faculty Position Available in the Department of Geography and the Environment The Department of Geography and the Environment invites applicants for an Assistant Professor position in Health Geography to begin September 1, 2008. |
Population Research and Policy Review now edited at the PRC The Population Research Center is the new editorial home of the journal Population Research and Policy Review, sometimes referred to as PRPR or PR-squared. Professor Thomas Pullum, a PRC Faculty Research Associate and Professor of Sociology, is transitioning into a three-year term as the journal's editor-in-chief. The outgoing editor is Professor David Swanson, of the University of Mississippi. Tom has been processing new submissions since April 2007, but the transfer of editorship is gradual because of the time between submission and publication. His first issue as editor will appear sometime in 2008. While the journal is based at UT, the deputy editors will include Mark Hayward, Bob Hummer, Cynthia Osborne, and Kelly Raley. |  |
Toni Falbo Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Toni Falbo, an expert on single-child families, was awarded the Newman-Proshansky Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Population Psychology. The award was presented on Aug. 19 in San Francisco at the annual American Psychological Association (APA) convention. |
Norval Glenn Receives Warren E. Miller Award Norval Glenn, Ashbel Smith Professor of Sociology here at UT, has been awarded the "Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences." Presented annually by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan, this award is in memory of Warren E. Miller's lifetime of contributions to the social sciences. |
Junior Faculty Position Available in the Department of Sociology The Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for an assistant professor position with a starting date of August 2008. |
Senior Faculty Position in Immigration Available in the Department of Sociology The Department of Sociology and the Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin invite applications for a tenured associate or full professor position with a starting date of Fall 2008. |
Volunteers: A Social Profile Marc A. Musick and John Wilson "A much needed book for both scholars and practitioners. It covers a wide range of topics dealing with volunteering. . . . A major contribution." —Virginia Hodgkinson, Center for Voluntary Organizations and Service Making use of a broad range of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, Volunteers provides an important resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society. Mark A. Musick and John Wilson address issues of volunteer motivation by focusing on individuals' subjective states, their available resources, and the influence of gender and race. |  |
U.S. Demographers Highlight Key Trends for the Future of the U.S. Population In a collaborative effort between NICHD, the Population Association of America, and the Association of Population Centers, top demographers respond to a congressional request for information on recent population trends. |  |