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| UT Department of Sociology Biodemography Job Posting University of Texas at Austin. The Department of Sociology 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |  |