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Directors


Michael O. Emerson

Michael O. Emerson
Professor, Sociology
Co-Director, IUR

Dept. of Sociology
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892 - MS28
Houston, TX 77251-1892
713-348-4448 (office)
Email: moe@rice.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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Stephen L. Klineberg

Stephen L. Klineberg
Professor
Co-director, IUR

Department of Sociology, MS 28
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005

Office: 402 Lovett Hall
Tel. (713) 348-3484

Email: slk@rice.edu

Curriculum vitae

 

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Anthony PotoczniakAnthony Potoczniak
Executive Director, IUR

Rice University
Institute for Urban Research, MS 208
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005

apotoczniak@rice.edu
713-348-5362 (office)

Program Directors


Jenifer L. Bratter

Jenifer L. Bratter
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Director, Race Scholars at Rice, IUR

Dept. of Sociology
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892 - MS 28
Houston, TX 77251-1892
jlb1@rice.edu
Curriculum Vita
713-348-4254 (office)

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Elaine Ecklund

Elaine Howard Ecklund
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Director, Program on Religion and Public Life, IUR

Dept. of Sociology
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892 - MS 28
Houston, TX 77251-1892
ehe@rice.edu
Curriculum Vita
713-348-6761 (office)

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Michael Lindsay

D. Michael Lindsay
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Director, Program for the Study of Leadership, IUR

Dept. of Sociology
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892 - MS 28
Houston, TX 77251-1892
mlindsay@rice.edu
Curriculum Vita
713-348-5511 (office)

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Rice Affiliates


Jose Aranda

Jose Aranda, Rice Affiliate
Associate Professor of English, Rice University
Ph.D., Brown University
Interests: Nineteenth Century /Contemporary Chicano Literature, Early American Literature
Contact: 713-348-2447, aranda@rice.edu


Alex Byrd

Alexander Byrd, Rice Affiliate
Associate Professor of History, Rice University
Ph.D., Duke University
Interests: Afro America, especially Black Life in the Atlantic World and the Jim Crow South
Contact: 713-348-2541, axb@rice.edu


Krista Comer

Krista Comer, Rice Affiliate
Associate Professor of English, Rice University
Ph.D., Brown University
Interests: Contemporary American Literature & Culture, the American West, Feminist Theory, Youth Culture, Race Studies
Contact: 713-348-3207, kcomer@rice.edu


Bridget Gorman

Bridget Gorman, Rice Affiliate
Associate Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Racial and Gender Disparities in Physical and Mental Health
Contact: 713-348-4137, bkgorman@rice.edu


Madlene Hamilton

Madlene Hamilton, Rice Affiliate
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: K-12 Education, Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, Child Development and Education Policy Studies
Contact: 713-348-2269, Madlene.Hamilton@rice.edu


Holly Heard

Holly Heard, Rice Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Families and Children, Social Demography, Life Course Studies, Adolescent Development
Contact: 713-348-3415, hheard@rice.edu


Rich Johnson

Richard Johnson, Rice Affiliate
Director of Sustainability, Department of Facilities Engineering and Planning, Rice University
Associate Director, Center for the Study of Environment and Society
B.S., Rice University
M. S., University of Virginia
Contact: 713-348-5003, rrj@rice.edu


Rachael Kimbro

Rachel T. Kimbro, Rice Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Demography, Medical Sociology, Family, and Poverty
Contact: 713-348-4265, rtkimbro@rice.edu


Elizabeth Long

Elizabeth Long, Rice Affiliate
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Interests: Sociology of Culture, Study of Women and Gender, Social Theory, Qualitative Research Methods
Contact: 713-348-3483, elong@rice.edu


Steve Murdock

Steve Murdock, Rice Affiliate
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Interests: Demography, Social and Applied Demography, Migration, Rural Sociology, and Socioeconomic Impact Assessment
Contact: 713-348-4225, Steve.H.Murdock@rice.edu


Tony Pinn

Anthony B. Pinn, Rice Affiliate
Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: African American Religions, African American Religious Thought, Religion in Popular Culture, African American Humanism
Contact: 713-348-2710, pinn@rice.edu

Research Affiliates


Marcus Britton

Marcus Britton, Research Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Interests: Urban & Economic Sociology, Organization Theory, Sociology of Race, Ethnicity & Immigration
Contact: 414-229-5308, britton@uwm.edu


Gerardo Marti

Gerardo Marti, Research Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Interests: Religion, Race and Ethnicity, Organizational Analysis, and Qualitative Methods
Contact: 704-894-2968, gemarti@davidson.edu


Jen’nan Ghazal Read

Jen’nan Ghazal Read, Research Affiliate
Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Health, Duke University
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Interfaith Issues, Politics and Civil Society, Women's Issues
Contact: 919-668-4030, jennan.read@duke.edu


Jason Shelton

Jason Shelton, Research Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
Ph.D., University of Miami
Interests: Black Racial Attitudes, Immigration/Acculturation Process, Debate Over Race vs. Social Class
Contact: 817-272-3800, jeshelton@uta.edu


Erica_Wong

Erica Ryu Wong, Research Affiliate
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan
Interests: Race and Ethnic Relations, Social Networks, Organizations, Sociology of Religion, Methods, Economic Sociology
ericarwong@gmail.com

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Staff


Meagan Alley

Meagan Alley, Project Manager
B.A., Rice University
Interests: Race Relations, Religion, Education
Contact: 713-348-2605, meagan@rice.edu


Adele James

Adele James, PALS (Portraits of American Life Study) Project Administrator
M.B.A., University of Houston
Interests: Family Dynamics, Education, and Religion
Contact: 713-348-5608, adj@rice.edu


Chris Keller

Chris Keller, Staff assistant, social media specialist
Rice University (Jones '13)
Interests: Comparative politics, environmental policy, urban sociology
Contact: 713-348-4132, ctk1@rice.edu

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Scott Wise

Scott Hamilton Wise, Staff assistant
St. John's School ('11)
Interests: Race and Ethnicity, History, American Literature
Contact: 713-348-4132, scott.h.wise@rice.edu

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Jie Wu

Jie Wu, Project Administrator, Houston Endowment Initiative
M.A., Rice University
Interests: Human Capital, Migration, Education, and Health
Contact: 713-348-4132, jiewu@rice.edu