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Sociology

Faculty & Staff

3551 Cullen Boulevard, Room 450
Houston, TX 77204-3012
Phone: 713.743.3940
Fax: 713.743.3943

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Recent Faculty Publications

Faculty Grants

Kathryn Freeman Anderson

  • 2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. “Identifying and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric-Care Use, Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Texas and the USA: A National and Targeted Assessment.” Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
  • 2023-2025. Sociology Program (SES-2242177), National Science Foundation. “NSF-SSRC: Public Health Guidance, Visits to Neighborhood Establishments, and the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S.” Co-Principal Investigator ($440,756).
  • 2022-2024. Sociology Program (SES-2147450), National Science Foundation. “Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation, Health-Promoting Organizations, and Health-Related Outcomes in the United States.” ($191,062).
  • 2021-2023. National Science Foundation (BCS-2121931). “Community Perceptions of Flood Mitigation Strategies.” ($299,504).
  • 2020-2022. UH Grants to Enhance Research on Racism, "Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation, Health-Promoting Organizations, and Health-Related Outcomes in the United States." ($9,785).
  • 2019. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support, University of Houston. “New Hybrid Courses in Sociology’s New Health and Medicine Concentration” Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
  • 2017-2018. New Faculty Research Program, Division of Research, University of Houston ($6,000).
  • 2016-2018. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
  • 2015-2016. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (SES-1518873), National Science Foundation. “The Role of Health-Promoting Community Organizations in Urban Neighborhoods.” Co-Principal Investigator ($6,334).

Amanda Baumle

  • 2022. UH Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality. “State Policies on Gender and Sexuality and Migration Decisions.” ($4,910).
  • 2019. National Science Foundation. “Religious Exemption Laws and Sexual and Gender Minorities.” Expert Consultant ($7,000.)
  • 2018-2020. National Science Foundation. “The Effects of Workplace and Legal Context on Understandings of an Emerging Protected Category.” ($294,492).
  • 2017-2019. Department of Labor. “Analyzing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Federal Contractor and Noncontractor Firms.” Co-Principal Investigator ($249,967).
  • 2016-2017. Fund to Advance the Discipline, American Sociological Association. “The Demography of Sexuality: Queering Demographic Research, Theory, and Methods.” ($7,812).
  • 2009-2011. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).

Hyunseok Hwang

  • 2023. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Skills development in synthetic biology for climate-smart and sustainable agriculture.” Co-Principal Investigator ($999,551).
  • 2022-2023. New Faculty Research Grant. Division of Research, University of Houston. “Social Entrepreneurs' motivation and the effects of education on future social entrepreneurs.” ($6,000).
  • 2021. Seed Research Grant, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($1,200).

Sheila Katz

  • 2018-2020. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
  • 2018. Research Progress Grant, University of Houston ($4000).
  • 2016-2017. Summer Publication Fellowship, American Association of University Women ($6,000).
  • 2015-2017. Advanced Scholars Grant, National Center for Student Parent Programs. “Student Parents on Campus from Baby Boomers to Millennials: Best Practices for Student Parents Success in Higher Education." Principal Investigator ($10,000).
  • 2014. New Faculty Program Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston ($6000).

Xavier Karner

  • 2012-2014. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Sociology Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, University of Houston ($4,000).

Samantha Kwan

  • 2022. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “How Low-Income Individuals Experience and Manage the Health Outcomes and Aesthetics of Dental Caries and Malocclusion Traits.” ($6,000).
  • 2021. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “How Low-Income Individuals Experience and Manage the Health Outcomes and Aesthetics of Dental Caries and Malocclusion Traits.” ($3,965)
  • 2019. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support, University of Houston. “New Hybrid Courses in Sociology’s New Health and Medicine Concentration.” Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
  • 2019. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “Under the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural Fake.” ($4,000).
  • 2017. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Status Characteristics and Perceptions of Body Shaming.” ($5,000).
  • 2016. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “Embodied Resistance, Volume 2” ($2,000).
  • 2016. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty Development and Instructional Support, University of Houston. “Developing Students’ Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Skills: A New Certificate Program.” ($26,450).
  • 2015. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “Under the Knife: Authenticity, Stigma, and the Cosmetically Altered Body.” ($2,000).
  • 2014. Research Outreach Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “Under the Knife: Commodification, Authenticity, and the Cosmetically Altered Body.” ($2,500).
  • 2012. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Bodywork: Clusters and Sequences, Psychological Health, and Social Networks.” ($3,000).
  • 2012. Faculty Development Initiative Program Grant, Office of Faculty Development and Instructional Support, University of Houston. “Hybrid Course in the Sociology of the Body.” ($3,900).
  • 2012. Grant-In-Aid Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “A Bodywork Continuum: Demographics, Clusters, and Tipping Points.” ($6,000).
  • 2011. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs, University of Houston. “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Overweight Body: Research, Methodologies, and Pedagogy. Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
  • 2010. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs, University of Houston. “Researching the Social Body: Qualitative Investigations.” ($5000).
  • 2010. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Gendered Appearance Norms in U.S. Laws and Organizations: An Analysis of Employment Discrimination Lawsuits, 1973-2008.” ($3,000).
  • 2009. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs, University of Houston. “Advanced Research Practicum in Sociology” Co-Principal Investigator ($8,500).
  • 2008. WGSS Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Houston ($4000).
  • 2008. New Faculty Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston ($6,000).
  • 2006. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation ($7,500).

Neema Langa

  • 2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. "Identifying and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric Care, Maternal Mortality, and Morbidity." Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
  • 2023. WGSS Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Houston ($4,000).
  • 2023. New faculty Research Program, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Fertility, Education, and African American Women’s Later-Life Health Disparities.” ($6,000).

Maria Monserud

  • 2022. Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award for Research Promoting Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($1,000).
  • 2018. Faculty Research Seed Grant, Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Houston. “Linkages between marital status and physical health among older adults of Mexican descent.” ($3,500).
  • 2018. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “Social activities and mental health among older adults in Mexico: The implications of gender, socioeconomic resources, and marital status.” ($1,800).
  • 2018. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “Work, live and play: The impact of local resource allocation on international migrants’ health outcomes.” Co-Principal Investigator ($5,400).
  • 2014-2016. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).

Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill

  • 2024. National Science Foundation. “Automated Coding of Status Hierarchies in Task Groups: Can Moderators alter Status Hierarchies to Reduce Racial Inequalities?” Co-Principal Investigator ($152,180).
  • 2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. "Identifying and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric Care, Maternal Mortality, and Morbidity." Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
  • 2022. UR-Women of Color Coalition Stimulus Research Grant, University of Houston. “The Impact of HIV Criminalization Laws on Healthcare Seeking Behaviors.” ($7,000).
  • 2020-2022. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
  • 2021. REACH: Research for Aspiring Coogs in the Humanities, University of Houston. “Black Migration Houston,” Co-Principal Investigator ($3,000).
  • 2021. Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Houston. “Black Migration Houston.” Co-Principal Investigator ($4,000).
  • 2021. New Faculty Research Award Program, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Assessing Racial/ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality Among U.S. Women.” ($5,996).
  • 2020. Digital Research Commons Development Grant, University of Houston. “Black Migration Houston.” Collaborator ($6,500).

Pamela Quiroz

  • 2022-2024. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
  • 2019-2020. Rapid-Response Grant on Covid-19, Social Science Research Council. “Resilient Latinos: Educational Pathways in the Age of Covid-19.” Co-Principal Investigator ($).

Scott Savage

  • 2023. Small Grant, Division of Research University of Houston. “The Conditionality of Merit.” ($3200).
  • 2023. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston. “The Conditionality of Merit.” ($2300).
  • 2020-2022. Grant to Enhance Research on Racism, Division of Research, University of Houston. “The Downstream Consequences of Race-Related Managerial Job Insecurity.” ($7,771).
  • 2019. Research Progress Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Framing Giving and the Threat of Rejection.” ($2880).
  • 2014-2018. National Science Foundation (SES-1419517). “The Study of Social Structure, Identity, and Exchange.” Co-Principal Investigator ($272,519).
  • 2014-2018. Research Experience for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation. Co-Principal Investigator ($12,000).
  • 2010. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (SES-1003281), National Science Foundation. “Forms of Exchange, Uncertainty, and Retention in Social Networks.” ($8,699).