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| UT Department of Sociology Biodemography Job Posting The Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenured position (associate or full professor) starting in Fall 2009. |
UT Department of Sociology Criminology Job Posting The Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a position as an assistant professor or early associate professor with principle interests in sociology of law or criminology/criminal justice/delinquency. |
UT Department of Sociology Religion Job Posting The Department of Sociology at University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a position at the assistant professor or early associate professor level who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship in the sociology of religion. |
Life After Welfare: Reform and the Persistence of Poverty By Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder; with Karen Manges Douglas and Daniel G. Schroeder |  |
Catherine Riegle-Crumb's Research Featured on "Science Careers" Catherine Riegle-Crumb is quoted in an article about underrepresentation of African-American bachelor degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. |
Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA Robert H. Wilson, Peter M. Ward, Peter K. Spink, and Victoria E. Rodríguez with Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Lawrence S. Graham, Pedro Jacobi, and Allison M. Rowland |  |
Professor Aletha Huston's SRCD Presidential Address Published In 2007, Dr. Aletha Huston—The Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Child Development in the Department of Human Ecology at UT and former Associate Director of the Population Research Center—completed her two-year term as president of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), the world’s largest professional association dedicated to the study of human development. As president, Dr. Huston oversaw a membership of nearly 6,000 researchers and practitioners from over 50 countries, encouraging the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals from multiple disciplines as well as the applications of scientific research. |  |
The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population After years of research, researchers have a grasp of some of the complex issues and social and behavioral patterns surrounding health that impact older Hispanic people, especially those of Mexican ancestry. |  |
Recent News
| 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. |