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Jenifer L. BratterJenifer L. Bratter
assistant professor of sociology and associate director of CORRUL, researches issues surrounding racial identity, multiracial populations and race and health issues.  Read More »
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Our Staff

Director


Michael O. Emerson

Michael O. Emerson
Professor, Sociology
Director, CORRUL 

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

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Associate Directors


Jenifer L. Bratter

Jenifer L. Bratter
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Associate Director, CORRUL

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
Associate Director, CORRUL

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
Associate Director, CORRUL 

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(2)

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


R Kimbro(2)

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


Steve Klineberg(2)

Stephen L. Klineberg, Rice Affiliate
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Houston Area Survey Director
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Contemporary Social Change, Survey Research Methodologies, Urban and Environmental Sociology
Contact: 713-348-3484, slk@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


Jeremy Porter(2)

Jeremy Porter, Rice Affiliate
Post Doctoral Student, Rice University
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Interests: Quantitative Research Methods, Social Demography, Spatial Analysis of Social Data, Social Inequalities, Sociology of Religion
Contact: 713-348-4459, jporter@rice.edu 

Staff


Garrett Dolan

Garrett Dolan, Executive Director
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Interests: Race, Religion and Sustainable Development
Contact: 713-348-4132, gdolan@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 


Meagan Alley

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

Research Affiliates


Marcus Britton(2)

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(2)

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(2)

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