| STEVE H. MURDOCK | |
| Professional Positions | |
| 2008: | Director, U.S. Census Bureau |
| 2007: | Allyn and Gladys Cline Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University |
| 2006-2007: | Chair, Demography and Organization Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 2004-2007: | Lutcher Brown Distinguished Chair, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 2004-2007: | Director, Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research and Texas State Data Center, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 2001-2007: | State Demographer of Texas |
| 1997-2004: | Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System |
| 1980-2004: | Head, Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University |
| 1980-2007: | Chief Demographer, Texas State Data Center, State of Texas |
| 1994-2004: | Director, Center for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research and Education, Texas A&M University |
| 1984-2004: | Professor, Department of Rural Sociology and Sociology, Texas A&M University |
| 1986-2007: | Research Fellow, Texas Real Estate Research Center, Texas A&M University |
| 1997-2000: | Director, Strategic Policies Research Group, Texas A&M University |
| 1980-1984: | Associate Professor, Department of Rural Sociology and Sociology, Texas A&M University |
| 1983-1986: | Associate Director, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, Texas A&M University |
| 1979-1983: | Assistant Director, Center for Energy and Mineral Resources, Texas A&M University |
| 1977-80: | Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology and Sociology, Texas A&M University |
| 1975-77: | Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, North Dakota State University |
| Education | |
| Ph.D. Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1975 | |
| M.A. Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1972 | |
| B.A. Sociology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 1970 | |
| Publications | |
| Author of 12 books, more than 120 technical articles and book chapters, 125 research reports and monographs, and 70 popular articles on the determinants and consequences of demographic, socioeconomic and natural resource change. | |
| Honors and Awards | |
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Allyn and Gladys Cline Chair in Sociology, Rice University (2007) Named one of the most Influential persons in Texas by Texas Monthly (2005) Lutcher Brown Distinguished Chair, University of Texas at San Antonio (2004) Hobby Visionary Award (2004) Recipient of Regents Professorship, Texas A&M University System (1997) Named one of 50 Most Influential Texans, Texas Business (1997) Recipient of the Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, Texas A&M University (1994) Recipient of the Excellence in Research Award, the National Research Award of the Rural Sociological Society (1989) Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Kentucky (1987) Recipient, Distinguished Performance in Research Award in the Agricultural Complex at Texas A&M (1982) Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Phi Eta Epsilon National Honor Society Graduation with Honors, North Dakota State University, 1970 Qualifying Exams Passed with Honors, University of Kentucky, 1973 NDEA Fellowship (3 years), University of Kentucky, 1970-1973 Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Kentucky, 1973-1974 |
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| Professional Associations | |
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Population Association of America Rural Sociological Society Southern Regional Demographic Association Southwestern Sociological Society Southern Sociological Society |
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