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Faculty and Staff

Professors

Elizabeth Long(2)Elizabeth Long
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Professor and Chair
Interests: Sociology of culture, study of women and gender, social theory, and qualitative research methods 
Email: elong@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-3483
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Elaine Howard EcklundElaine Howard Ecklund
Ph.D., Cornell University
Autrey Professor of Surgery and Director of Graduate Studies
Interests: Religion, science, immigration, culture 
Email: ehe@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-6761
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Rachel KimbroRachel Kimbro
Ph.D., Princeton University
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor
Interests: Demography, medical sociology, family, and poverty 
Email: rtkimbro@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-4265
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Jenifer BratterJenifer Bratter
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor
Interests: Race, demography, marriage, and family
Email: Jenifer.L.Bratter@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-4254
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Erin Cech(2)Erin Cech
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Assistant Professor
Interests: Gender; Social Inequalities; Culture; Science and Engineering 
Email: ecech@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-3242
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Sergio Chavez(2)Sergio Chavez
Ph.D., Cornell University
Assistant Professor
Interests: International Migration, Labor Markets, Social Networks, Border Studies
Email: sergio.chavez@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-5783
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Justin Denney(2)Justin T. Denney
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Assistant Professor
Interests: Health Disparities and Health Lifestyles, Mortality, Contextual Effects
Email: jtdenney@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-5749
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Michael EmersonMichael Emerson
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor
Interests: Race and ethnic relations, religion, urban sociology  
Email: moe@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348- 4448
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Bridget GormanBridget Gorman
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Professor
Interests: Racial and gender disparities in physical and mental health
Email: bkgorman@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-4137
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Stephen L. KlinebergStephen L. Klineberg
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor
Interests: Contemporary social change, survey research methodologies, urban and environmental sociology 
Email: slk@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-3484
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Steve H. MurdockSteve H. Murdock
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Professor
Interests: Demography, social and applied demography, migration, rural sociology, and socioeconomic impact assessment 
Email: steve.h.murdock@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-2159
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Ruth Turley(2)Ruth N. Lopez Turley
Ph.D. Harvard University
Associate Professor
Interests: Educational Inequality, Race and Ethnicity
Email: turley@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-5713
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Emeritus Faculty

Chandler DavidsonChandler Davidson
Ph.D., Princeton University
Research Professor and Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs Emeritus
Interests: Racial and ethnic politics; minority voting rights; social inequality
Email: fcd@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-3490
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William MartinWilliam Martin
Ph.D. Harvard
Professor Emeritus
Interests:  Religion (fundamentalism, religion and politics), criminology, drug policy and the rise of the modern Religious Right in the U.S. 
Email: wcm@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-3481
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Visiting Professors

Robin PaigeRobin Paige
Ph.D. Cornell University
Visiting Professor
Interests: Food-Systems, Environmental Sociology, Globalization, & Gender
Email: robin.paige@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-4585
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Adjunct Faculty

Richard R JohnsonRichard Johnson
Professor of the Practice of Environmental Studies in Sociology
Email: rrj@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-5003
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Roland B. Smith, Jr.Roland B. Smith, Jr.
Ed.D., Harvard
Adjunct Professor and Associate Provost
Interests: Ethnographic research methods, sociology of education, cultural diversity of higher educations, school-university collaborative relationships, urban studies 
Email: rbsmith@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-5688
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Postdoctoral Fellows

Patricia Snell HerzogPatricia Snell Herzog
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
Interests: Community & Urban SociologySociology of ReligionSocial TheorySocial Inequality & PovertyYouth & Emerging Adults 
Email: psh@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-3274
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Kimberly K. Hoang, Ph.D.Kimberly Kay Hoang
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellow - Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities
Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Globalization and Transnationalism, Sociology of Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Inequality and Poverty, Ethnographic Research Methods
Email: kayhoang@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-3238
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David JohnsonDavid R. Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Interests: Work, Occupations, and Organizations; Education; Science; and Religion   
Email: david.johnson@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-2741
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Jared Peifer(2)Jared Peifer
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Cornell University
Interests: Economic Sociology Sociology of Religion Organizations Cultural Sociology Philanthropy Quantitative Methods Mixed Methods
Email: jared.peifer@rice.edu
Phone: 713 348-2891
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Staff

Holly HeardHolly Heard
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Senior Research Analyst
Interests: Education, families and children, social demography, life course studies, adolescent development 
Email: hheard@rice.edu
Phone: (713)348-3415
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Rose MedeirosRose Medeiros
Ph.D.,University of New Hampshire
Quantitative Methodologist
Interests: Methodology and statistics, Marriage and Family, Medical Sociology, GLBT Individuals and their Families
Email: rose.a.medeiros@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-4397
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Brenda Rogers Watt
Department Administrator
Email: brw3@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-4237
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Shirley Tapscott
Department Coordinator
Email: sht1@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-4225
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