Sociology of Education
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Complete Information
University of Houston
 
Contact:
  450 PGH
Houston, TX 77204-3474
  Telephone: (713) 743-3940 Fax: (713) 743-3943
  Email: rcurtis@utt.edu Web: http://www.uh.edu
  Chair: Janet S. Chafetz,
Director of Graduate Studies: Russell L. Curtis, Jr.
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Mary Jo Duncan, Lonnie Anderson
 
Degrees Offered: MA, BA, BS Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $1964
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $6888
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships-under faculty member's grant, Fellowships, Tuition Waivers
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 8
Admission Deadline: (during academic year) August 1
Financial Support Deadline: June 1
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 18
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 6
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 214
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 214
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 8 PHDs:
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Criminology/Delinquency, Cultural Sociology, Demography, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Education, Medical Sociology, Migration and Immigration, Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Race/Class/Gender, Religion
 
Full–Time Faculty
Bratter, Jenifer (PhD, Texas-Austin 2001) Statistics, Quantitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Assistant Professor.
Chafetz, Janet Saltzman (PhD, Texas-Austin 1969) Sex and Gender, Theory/Social Thought, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Professor.
Chai, Karen (PhD, Harvard 2000) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Religion, Asia and Asian America; Assistant Professor.
Curtis, Russell Lloyd, Jr. (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1968) Human Service Organization, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Associate Professor.
Dworkin, A. Gary (PhD, Northwestern 1970) Education, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Theory/Social Thought; Professor.
Ebaugh, Helen Rose (PhD, Columbia 1975) Religion, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Social Thought, Human Organizations; Professor.
Eschbach, Karl (PhD, Harvard 1992) Demography, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology; Assistant Professor.
Hagan, Jacqueline (PhD, Texas-Austin 1990) Demography, Family, International Migration; Associate Professor.
Karner, Tracy X. (PhD, Kansas 1994) Medical Sociology, Gender Relations; Assistant Professor.
Kotarba, Joseph A. (PhD, California-San Diego 1980) Medical Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Qualitative Methodology; Professor.
Lee, Shayne (PhD, Northwestern 2001) Religion, Cultural Sociology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Assistant Professor.
Lorence, Jon (PhD, Minnesota 1982) Work and Labor Markets, OccupationslProfessions, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Mindiola, Tatcho (PhD, Brown 1979) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Latina/o Sociology, Stratification/Mobility/Inequality; Associate Professor.
Phillips, R. Scott (PhD, Georgia 2000) Criminology/Delinquency, Law and Society, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Assistant Professor.
Rodriguez, Nestor P. (PhD, Texas-Austin 1984) Urban Sociology, Political Sociology, Immigration; Associate Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Salinas, Luis (PhD, Arizona 1981) Family, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Immigration; Adjunct Professor.
Sanders, Joseph (PhD, Northwestern 1974) Sociology of Law.
Valdez, Avelordo (PhD, California-Los Angeles 1979) Qualitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations