Faculty
 | Catherine E. Ross |
Office: BUR 533
Phone: 512-232-7064
cross@prc.utexas.edu
Biosketch (PDF format)
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
M.A., M.Phil., Yale University
B.A., Carleton College
Field(s) of Study: Health Disparities
Research interests:
Professor Catherine Ross comes to the University of Texas from Ohio State University. The quality of Professor Ross' teaching is probably best summarized by focusing on the awards she has received for teaching. She has been the recipient of 5 teaching awards - 3 for undergraduate teaching, 2 for graduate teaching.
Continuous funding since 1994 by the National Institutes of Health has allowed Professor Ross to fund and train graduate students over this period. The 74 peer-reviewed articles published during her career (46 first-authored) makes her uniquely qualified to coach students in the theoretical, statistical, and mechanical aspects of publishing in professional journals. Professor Ross has published 14 articles with graduate students.
Courses taught:
Dr. Ross teaches undergraduate courses in Medical Sociology, Work and Family, and Sociology of Mental Health, and Research Methods, and graduate courses in Survey Methods and Social Epidemiology.