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Eye on
People
Project Gateway
The School of Social Sciences at Rice provides students
welcomes continued growth with tools for the
real world
Innovative projects
are underway among
Social Sciences
faculty members
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New Ph.D.
Programin
Urban Research
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Center of Houston
Harlan Program
in State Politics
Gateway
to the
Real
bulletin outlines some of these new initiatives.
Through a generous grant from the Houston Endowment, the Sociology Department will
Sociology
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inaugurate a new Ph.D. program which will begin admitting students in Fall 2011. This program
will focus on urban sociology and the city of Houston as a laboratory for research.
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The Houston Area Survey, a study which for twenty-seven years has charted the public attitudes
of Houstonians, is enlarging as the Urban Research Center of Houston. This new Center will
INNOVATIONS
provide an expanded understanding of Houston’s growth and how Houstonians view their city.
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We are also pleased to announce the creation of the Harlan
Program for the Study of State Campaigns and Elections Multi-Racial the School of Social Sciences
these include programs on Africa and African America, European Climate Change Lisa Birenbaum
Democracy,
parliaments, classroom learning, and the tradeoffs between energy security and climate change.
While we have space in this magazine for only a few of the many projects our Social Sciences faculty
Representation, Enhancing Student Learning 20 Franz Brotzen
Lyn Ragsdale
are undertaking, there are many other exciting research endeavors they are conducting.
and European in the Classroom Abbey Shaunessy
Heather Willrich Stern
We invite you to experience the insights, innovations, and expertise that make up the School Parliaments 18
of Social Sciences at Rice University. 14 Photography
Ipek Martinez
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ow does racial and ethnic settings and fail in others. vitality are also faced by other
diversity shape a city and Rice’s Sociology Department will urban centers around the world.”
its schools, churches, and be at the forefront of these discussions This is a major step for the Rice
government offices? Do city leaders as the result of a $6.4 million grant Sociology Department which has
address 21st Century problems head from the Houston Endowment that long been known as one of the
on or do they leave the problems for will establish the first Ph.D. program best undergraduate departments
future generations? How does a in sociology in Houston. The new on campus. The Department
city’s commitment to the has nationally-known
environment, or the lack experts on race and
thereof, affect the health of ethnicity, health and
its citizens, regardless environmentalism,
of their wealth or neighbor- religion, demography,
hood? These questions and elites who will now
face urban centers bring that expertise to
throughout the world, the Ph.D. program.
including Bombay, Using Houston as an
Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Houston, graduate program will feature an urban research laboratory will make
London, Los Angeles, Moscow, innovative focus on Houston in the it unique among Ph.D. programs
New York, Shanghai, and others. context of a broader exploration of in the U.S. To attract top students,
While the answers differ across these major urban settings. the program will be built around
cities, the world’s urban centers In announcing the Houston a mentorship/ apprenticeship
are important foci for Endowment gift, Rice President experience that will permit students
research. They are, in David Leebron commented that to work closely with individual faculty
effect, laboratories for considering “The widespread challenges and on their on-going research projects.
how certain solutions to urban opportunities that come with The program will admit its first
problems work in some Houston’s growth and economic students in 2011.
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Centerof Houston
Houston is the 4th largest city in the United States. Only New York,
Los Angeles and Chicago are larger. While many people know this
ranking about Houston, they may not think about all of the other
facets that go into making Houston one of the largest urban centers
in the country.
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id you know that Houston is the most diverse conducted by Professor Stephen Klineberg of Rice’s
of America’s large cities—a true “multi-ethnic Sociology Department, is the nation’s longest running study
melting pot?” In 2007, 39 percent of of public attitudes in a single metropolitan area. In order to
Houstonians identified provide a permanent home for the survey, Rice is launching
themselves as Hispanic, 36 the new Urban Research Center of Houston.
percent as Anglo, 18 percent
This Center will expand the Houston Area Survey and enhance its value to Houstonians in the following ways:
as African-American, and
6 percent as Asian. Did you • Its new interactive web • It will make readily • Its research will inform • It will also initiate more
know that 90 percent of site, http://urc.rice.edu, available in-depth the region’s economic focused surveys and
Houstonians consider Houston to be a better place will offer community empirical information development organiza- research projects that are
to live than other cities in America? At the same time, access to the current required for effective tions in their efforts significant to Houston’s
Houstonians also see the challenges ahead. If you survey and all past surveys. strategic planning to identify new growth businesses, government
are a Houstonian, you probably would not be surprised by public, non-profit, opportunities in key officials, neighborhood
by this number: a near majority of residents consis- and corporate entities. industries. groups, faith-based and
tently see traffic as one of the city’s biggest problems. educational institutions,
All of these many results can be found in the and non-profit agencies.
Houston Area Survey which for the past 27 years
has asked residents of the Houston metro area A community thrives when the voices of its residents inform
what they think about their city and has mapped the the vision of its future. The Urban Research Center of Houston
city’s amazing growth. The Houston Area Survey, at Rice will be there to listen to Houston’s many voices.
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in State Politics
Rice alumnus Douglas Harlan (’64) who died November 7, 2008 after
a long illness loved politics, especially state and local politics. He had a
life-long goal to make government function better. To that end, Harlan
established the Douglas S. Harlan Program in State Elections,
Campaigns, and Politics through a $1.3 million gift to Rice.
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his Program will focus on later ran for Congress twice from of graduate and undergraduate
politics and policy making in San Antonio and regularly wrote a students in state politics. Lastly,
the American states. Harlan’s political column for the San Antonio the Harlan Program will establish a
interest in state politics began when Express-News. certificate program through which
he worked for Senator newly elected officials
John Tower who was can learn about the
the first Republican key aspects of their
elected to the U.S. jobs such as bonding,
Senate from Texas. budgeting, taxation,
Harlan recalled, “I and state regulations.
was the press assistant, Harlan saw this as
officially, but what I especially valuable
really did was answer training suggesting
all of the kook mail.” that “People are often
He often responded to elected to positions
some of the most unexpected communi- The Harlan Program will create that they know little about.”
cations—for example, a request from an archive on state politics, including The Program is designed to help
the National Nudist Association asking an array of materials on state people understand state politics
Tower, a conservative Republican, to campaigns, elections, laws, and court and achieve better policy making.
speak at the group's annual convention. decisions that are not available The Harlan Program will host a
Harlan’s employment with Tower anywhere else in the U.S. In addition, national conference of state politics
sparked his interest in politics. Harlan the Program will permit the training experts in Houston in 2012.
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ut how to get into the real world is often a Advisor, Political Science Professor Dr. Richard Stoll.
challenging expedition with many students While Project Gateway is only in its second year, initial
asking the question “What can I do with my response from students has been positive. The SSURE THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF PROJECT GATEWAY IS TO INVOLVE
degree?” For many Social Sciences students the answer received eight applications in its inaugural year and ALL SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENTS WITH EACH OF THE PROJECT’S
to this question has come in the form of Project Gateway. selected three students to pursue their independent
THREE PROGRAMS SO WHEN THEY ARE READY TO PURSUE THEIR NEXT
ENDEAVORS, THEY ARE ARMED WITH THE TOOLS TO MAKE THEM
Established in Fall 2007, Project Gateway enhances research projects. Their topics have included “How COMPETITIVE FOR ANY MARKET.
Social Sciences students’ education with real-world Should Students Study?” “Accessing Health Care: A
experience outside the classroom. This project Latino Immigrant Experience,” and “Improving the
encompasses three elements: the Social Sciences Role of Women in the Public Sphere of Pakistan.” The
Undergraduate Research Enterprise (SSURE), the Social International Ambassador Program has sent students to
Sciences Internship Program, and the International such countries as the Czech Republic, Egypt, France,
Ambassador Program. SSURE offers students the Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey, while in the Social
opportunity to conduct their own independent research Sciences Internship Program a number of students have
project with the help of a faculty member. The Internship interned with Fortune 500 companies.
Program offers students an opportunity to work for a “It’s easy to teach general concepts in the classroom,
company, government agency, or non-profit organization. but when you can put those concepts into practice, you
The International Ambassador Program sends Social can really accomplish quality research and participation,”
Sciences majors to a foreign country where they meet said Professor Stoll.
Rice alumni who live there and where they interview The ultimate goal of Project Gateway is to involve
and learn from civic leaders in the area. all Social Sciences students with each of the project’s three
“Project Gateway stems from the commitment programs so when they are ready to pursue their next
by President Leebron to involve students on the endeavors, they are armed with the tools to make them
international stage as well as get them involved in the competitive for any market.
cultural aspects of the Houston area,” said Gateway
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Meet the Students. Here are some of the stories of the students who have participated in the three programs of Project Gateway.
Andrew Thompson, a Psychology major from Hanszen College,
Social Sciences Undergraduate explored “How Should Students Organize Their Study Time?
Shireen Nasir, a Political Science major from Brown College,
focused on a study entitled “Improving the Role of Women
International Ambassadors
Research Enterprise (SSURE) The Role of Distributed Practice and Self-Testing in Learning in the Public Sphere of Pakistan.” Shireen traveled to Karachi The School of Social Sciences selects Inter-
The School of Social Sciences provides an Foreign Language Vocabulary” with Dr. Jessica Logan. He was and Islamabad to interview prominent women in politics, national Ambassadors who initiate dialogues
undergraduate research program which also selected to present his research at the National Conference academia, and business first hand. with alumni, local officials and university
on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). “These are experiences that you just cannot gain from
selects students to work on their own research “SSURE provided me with a tremendous opportunity to perform cognitive a textbook. Furthermore, the close relationship I developed with my research
officials to enhance their learning process
projects and provides stipends based on the psychology research with a faculty member at Rice. Not only did it allow me to mentor, Dr. Balabanlilar, gave me the motivation and expertise to feel confident while studying abroad, and then report their
budgets they submit. understand the role of spacing and testing effects in memory, but it has given me about my work. The SSURE program allows students in the social sciences field to experiences to students upon their return.
many new ideas for future research projects.” truly explore their research interests.”
Student Project Student Location
Jasmine Bright “Cultural Adaptation of Burmese Refugee Conner Boyd Madrid, Spain
Families in Houston, Texas” Ariela Schachter, a Sociology major from Baker College, explored Andrew Patterson, an Economics major from Jones College, is
the topic “Accessing Health Care: A Latino Immigrant Experience” researching "Southern Economic Trends and Public Education" Pamela Cosio Aix-en-Provence, France
Shireen Nasir “Improving the Role of Women in the Mallory Johnson Cairo, Egypt
Public Sphere of Pakistan” with Dr. Roland Smith as her advisor. with Dr. Peter Mieszkowski.
Shireen Nasir Ankara, Turkey
Catherine Ott-Holland “Cross-Cultural Communications in the Workplace” “Houston provides an ideal locale for researching the experiences “My experience with SSURE and other undergraduate research
Adnan Poonawala Prague, Czech Republic
Andrew Patterson “Southern Economic Trends and Public Education” of latino immigrant children within our current health care system. in the social sciences has been invaluable because of the
Steffi Russell-Egbert Geneva, Switzerland
Ariela Schachter “Accessing Health Care: A Latino Immigrant Experience” With the support of the SSURE program, I was able to volunteer willingness of my professors to dedicate time to questions and
Andrew Thompson “How Should Students Organize Their Study Time?” several mornings a week with a local community health outreach organization in order exploration of research methodology. My exploration of public education and the Adnan Poonawala, an Economics major from Hanszen College,
to observe first hand the barriers parents are facing as they attempt to find affordable South over the summer will undoubtedly lead to more inquiry, and I am confident that studied in Prague, Czech Republic.
health care for their children.” the Rice University School of Social Sciences will be there to prepare me for the task.” “I acquired a perspective that was unique and one that
I would not have received here in the States. It definitely
added to my study abroad experience in Prague.”
Allison Pye, a Policy Studies major from Martel College, who is Adam Benaroya, a Mathematical Economic Analysis and
Internships interested in nutrition-related research, worked as an intern in Managerial Studies major from Wiess College, interned at
The School of Social Sciences offers an the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of the MTV Networks/Spike TV during the summer of 2008. Pamela Cosio, a Psychology major from Hanszen College,
opportunity for students to earn course credit Medicine. She was able to analyze data on child obesity research “My major learning experience was acting as a production is studying abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France.
and observe pediatric medicine first hand. assistant at many shoots. I was responsible for preparing the “I look forward to overcoming language barriers and
for completing internships in organizations “Most people seem to think that medicine is strictly about set, purchasing necessary items, and making runs between gaining skills that will help me grow as a person and help
that provide rewarding educational and the biosciences, but being a physician or an employee in health care is so much more the shoot location and Spike’s headquarters. My major career goal in taking this me become better suited for the business world.”
professional experiences. than that. In addition to the natural sciences, the social sciences are important in position was to learn more about the television industry.”
the medical field because patient interaction is something you cannot learn in a basic Mallory Johnson, a Political Science and History major from
Student Internship
Jackie Ammons UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland) science course.” Robert Dahnke, a Political Science major from Martel College, Jones College, studied abroad in Cairo, Egypt.
Adam Benaroya MTV Networks/Spike TV interned at Hubbard Pegman & Whitney law firm in London, “Studying abroad is all about perspective. Being an
Robert Dahnke Hubbard Pegman & Whitney Tyler Raugh, a Math/Economics major from Jones College, England during the Fall 2007 semester. Robert also completed international ambassador enabled me to reach out to people
Murat Konuk Merrill Lynch interned at Merrill Lynch during the Spring 2008 semester. three courses from professors at the London School of I might never have encountered otherwise and I was able to
Timothy Patuwo Merrill Lynch “One of the greatest strengths of my internship experience Economics during his time in the United Kingdom. take advantage of unique circumstances.”
Allison Pye Children’s Nutrition Research Center, was the chance to do the same work as a first year analyst. I was “In general, I worked in the personal injury litigation
Baylor College of Medicine responsible for conducting research on investing strategies, department at Hubbard Pegman & Whitney, but I also worked in wills and probate
Tyler Raugh Merrill Lynch Steffi Russell-Egbert, a Mathematics and Economics major from
investment funds, and market conditions. Through this, and their property department. I was exposed to a fairly wide cross-section as
Atif Riaz Merrill Lynch Hanszen College, is studying abroad in Geneva, Switzerland.
I learned important vocabulary and interesting facts through seemingly mundane those are the three principal departments at the firm. I learned a great deal
Mario Samos Merrill Lynch “I am most excited about the opportunity to experience
activities. Newly armed with key investment terms, I can decipher once coded about the British legal system, business operations in Britain, and British society
Christine Shaheen Telemus Capital Partners, LLC a different way of life, to see the world through another
and complicated conversations.” in general - all through my internship.”
Jordan Shanker Merrill Lynch culture’s eyes.”
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Ties between Africa “THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY OPPORTUNITIES OF ITS KIND IN THE
WORLD WHICH PERMITS STUDENTS TO EXAMINE THE ORIGINS OF
CULTURE IN ONE COUNTRY AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE LIVES OF
and African-American PEOPLE IN ANOTHER.” SUSAN MCINTOSH, PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY
CulturalHeritage
After the Civil War, Houston’s “Freedman’s Town” was settled by newly
freed African-Americans leaving the enslavement of the plantations and
drawn to the community and opportunities of Houston.
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oday, despite encroachment Community Susan McIntosh,
by Houston’s fast-paced Archaeology Professor of
growth, Freedman’s Town is Project (YCAP), Anthropology,
the only remaining historic district in which is focuses on
the United States settled by previously sponsored by West Africa.
enslaved people that continues to the Rutherford Students spend
be inhabited by their descendants. B.H. Yates 2 months
It offers not only a link to Houston’s Museum, have uncovered china, working in Africa, beginning with a
past, but a bridge from African bottles, cookery, buttons, buckles, and cultural orientation and then pursuing
America to Africa. toys which provide intensive digging at one of several sites.
Rice archaeolo- evidence of the resi- There the students uncover what life
gists are working to dents' historical past. was like in urban societies from 200
document life in In addition to AD to 1500 AD as they dig through
Freedman’s Town this class, the Rice artifacts found in homes, mosques,
from the late Archaeological Field and public places. Through these two
1800s onward and School in Africa programs, students are able to make
understand its links readies the students connections between African culture
to African cultural to work in sites at and African-American culture.
heritage. Rice Goree Island, an Professor McIntosh explains, “This
undergraduate and graduate students island off the Senegal coast in West is one of the only opportunities of
enrolled in the “Archaeological Field Africa, and on the Swahili coast in its kind in the world which permits
Technique” course have the opportu- Tanzania in East Africa. Jeffrey Fleisher, students to examine the origins of
nity to get a glimpse of urban African- Assistant Professor of Anthropology, culture in one country and its
American archaeology. The students, concentrates his research along implication for the lives of people
working in conjunction with the Yates the east coast of Africa, while in another.”
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Democracy,Representation,
and European Parliaments
How do citizens’ preferences affect what legislatures do? At the heart
of representative government is the idea that elected members of
a legislative body should follow citizens’ preferences. Yet, do they?
A
ssociate Professor of Political and Sweden are often the Green Left, and the
Science Lanny Martin is key partners in forming Party for Animals. These
set to answer this question a government, but do parties often continue to
regarding European parliaments. not always act to reflect represent their base of
PROFESSOR MARTIN EXAMINES
Martin was awarded a major $625,000 majority opinion. Instead, supporters who may HOW SMALL POLITICAL PARTIES
three-year CAREER grant from the they continue to represent have views that are quite IN AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK,
National Science Foundation which the narrower views of opposite the wishes of the
GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG, THE
NETHERLANDS, AND SWEDEN
supports early career development their key supporters. Unlike the majority. Martin says that “one of the ARE OFTEN KEY PARTNERS IN
activities of top people in a field of United States where there are two most rewarding parts of the project is FORMING A GOVERNMENT, BUT
study. Martin is one of only five main political parties, in most working with a research team which
DO NOT ALWAYS ACT TO REFLECT
MAJORITY OPINION.
people who have received an NSF European countries there are many includes Rice graduate students
CAREER grant in political science parties which represent various and undergraduate and law students
in the entire country during the aspects of the political spectrum, from each country being studied.”
10 years of the program. different regions of a country, and, Each research team collects data on
Professor Martin examines in some cases, different religions. the legislation that political parties
how small political parties in Austria, So, for instance, there are twelve introduce into parliaments. The study
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, parties with seats in the two houses of promises to have major implications
Luxembourg, The Netherlands, the Dutch Parliament, including such not just for understanding European
parties as the Christian parliaments but also other parliaments
Democratic Appeal, throughout the world.
the Labour Party,
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Neighborhoods
In America, an estimated 7 percent of all married couples
RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS WOODROW WILSON
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION CAREER
ENHANCEMENT AWARD.
B
ased on categorizations in prestigious Woodrow at the ways race matters
the U.S. Census, this figure Wilson National Fellowship in the lives of individuals
involves marriages between Foundation Career who cross the color line.
any of the following racial partners: Enhancement Award. She will investigate how
white, African-American, Asian, Bratter’s initial work race affects the residential
American Indian, Native Hawaiian, on the topic has uncovered patterns of multi-racial
and Pacific Islander. Such a figure that the largest racial and families by exploring
varies across the country, with ethnic groups in the United States if these families tend to reside in
more than 10 percent of couples in tend to intermarry the least, while the predominantly white, black, or other
California and Texas being of mixed smallest groups tend to intermarry racial neighborhoods. She will also
races with lesser percentages in the most. There are differences forecast where residential trends are
states like Alabama, Georgia, and by age, gender, and whether or headed. In addition, Professor
Mississippi. Do these multi-racial not the person was born in the Bratter’s research will assess what
families experience the same degree U.S. For instance, white men are the socio-economic implications are
of segregation as single-race families the least likely of any group to have for multi-racial couples who reside
do? This is the question that non-white spouses. in specific neighborhoods and for
Rice Sociologist Jenifer Bratter will In the current phase of her their children’s future.
answer as the recipient of the research, Professor Bratter is looking
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Enhancing
Student Learning
in the Classroom
As students, we all remember sitting through boring courses,
“WE HOPE THAT BY UNDERSTANDING HOW COURSES ARE TAUGHT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE WHAT STUDENTS LEARN.”
JESSICA LOGAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
watching the clock, and waiting for the class to end. We may not
have been aware of the significant research being conducted on
how people learn which could have been used to create better
experiences for students in college classrooms.
J
essica Logan, Assistant multi-disciplinary team Rice classrooms. A
Professor of Psychology, to conduct her research. consortium of professors,
received a major three-year Professor Logan’s students, and administrators
$150,000 grant from the Teagle research is at least will implement those
Foundation to bring her research partially inspired by Rice’s best suited to the courses
on learning, literally, into the distinctive student body. being taught. The research
classroom. Professor Logan is Rice students are more team, led by Professor
the first Rice faculty interested in interactive Logan, will then evaluate student
member ever to learning than simply performance in the new course
receive one of these listening to a lecture or structures to determine whether
prestigious Teagle absorbing information they improve learning. Professor
Foundation awards. for the sake of passing an Logan states “We hope that by
She will use cutting-edge concepts exam. Through Professor Logan’s understanding how courses are
from cognitive neuroscience research, several new teaching taught, we will be able to improve
and cognitive psychology and a methods are being considered for what students learn.”
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conomics Professor Peter Hartley shale. But these fuels Western Europe, and
and his co-author Kenneth Medlock, actually produce more North-East Asia on both
Adjunct Assistant Professor of carbon dioxide than the Middle East and
Economics and Fellow in Energy Studies does refined oil. This the former Soviet Union
at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public would only lead to states as these areas
Policy, have a new study which suggests greater problems of contain some of the
that Prime Minister Blair was right: many climate change as world’s richest remaining
policies aimed at ameliorating one more carbon dioxide is emitted into natural gas resources.” Hartley
of these problems will likely the atmosphere. suggests that the real way to
worsen the other. Professor Hartley also shows promote energy security and also
In his research, that moving to an increased use reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Professor Hartley of natural gas does not solve the simultaneously is through an energy
shows that if the dilemma either. While using natural tax that would increase energy
United States moves away gas reduces climate change concerns, efficiency. This tax would encourage
from reliance on foreign it does nothing to create greater consumers to use less energy and
oil, it could turn to energy security. Hartley observes the revenue could be used to develop
domestic supplies of that “An increase in demand for non-fossil fuel energy sources and
fossil fuels, such as natural gas would actually exacerbate mitigate climate change problems.
coal, tar sands, and oil the reliance of the United States,
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http://socialsciences.rice.edu
School of Social Sciences Department Chairs Center and Program Directors Social Sciences Advisory Board
Peter Hartley
Shell Center for
Sustainability
Stephen Klineberg
Urban Research
Center of Houston