A full listing of staff and individuals affiliated with the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Houston Education Research Consortium, including leadership, advisory board members, staff members and affiliated researchers.
Leadership
William Fulton
- Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Research Oversight Committee, Urban Data Platform
- Publisher, Urban Edge Blog
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Stephen L. Klineberg
- Founding Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Rice University
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Ruth N. López Turley
- Director, Houston Education Research Consortium
- Associate Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Professor of Sociology, Rice University
- Founder, National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships
- Kinder Fellow
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Rose Rougeau
- Senior Director, External Affairs, University Partnerships and Special Projects, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Editor-in-Chief, Urban Edge Blog
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Jie Wu
- Director of Research Operations, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Research Oversight Committee, Urban Data Platform
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Robert Bozick
- Associate Director of the Kinder Houston Area Survey, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Senior Fellow, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Team
Christopher Bertaut
- Development Specialist, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Rashida Callender
- Associate in Research, Children’s Environmental Health Initiative
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Joally M. Canales
- Community Outreach Coordinator, Children's Environmental Health Initiative
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Margaret de Sosa
- Executive Assistant to the Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Jenna Lessans
- Disaster Recovery and Resilience Researcher, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
John Park
- Senior Research Fellow, Development, Transportation and Placemaking, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Maya Reine
- Assistant Director, Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning, Rice University
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Amanda Valenta
- Research Grant Writer, Kinder Institute for Urban Research and Houston Education Research Consortium
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Sarah White
- Associate Director of Development, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Kinder Institute Advisory Board
Rich Kinder
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Chair
- Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Kinder Morgan
Nancy G. Kinder
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board President
- President, Kinder Foundation
Eric O. Anyah
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Chief Financial Officer, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Thomas G. Bacon
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Founding Partner, Civicap Partners
Ann Barnes
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Houston Community Data Connections Steering Committee Member
- Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Harris Health System
Anne S. Chao
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Rice University School of Humanities
Algenita Scott Davis
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member Emerita
- Government and Community Affairs Officer, Central Houston, Inc.
- Visiting Professor, Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Texas Southern University
- Program Manager, Center for Civic and Public Policy Improvement
Robert M. Eury
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member Emeritus
- President, Central Houston, Inc.
Stephen W. Green
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- President, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company
C. Hastings Johnson
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Vice Chairman, Hines
Steven Kean
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member Emeritus
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Kinder Morgan
George Levan
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Chairman and CEO, Levan Group
Allen J. Matusow
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- William Gains Twyman Professor Emeritus of History, Rice University, and Academic Affairs Director, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
Armando Perez
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Executive Vice President, H-E-B Houston
Jeff Shellebarger
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member
- Chairman, 23rd World Petroleum Congress
Herman L. Stude
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Member Emeritus
- Former President, The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Y. Ping Sun
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board Ex Officio Member
- Representative, Rice University
- Of Counsel, YetterColeman LLP
Faculty Advisory Committee
David Alexander
- Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
- Director of Rice Space Institute
- Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Farès El-Dahdah
- Professor, Humanities, Rice University
- Director of the Humanities Research Center, Rice University
James R. Elliott
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor and Department Chair, Sociology
- Co-Director, Social Analytics Cluster, and Steering Committee Member, Center for Energy & Environmental Research in the Human Sciences
- Rice University
Richard Lavenda
- Professor, Composition and Theory, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Douglas A. Schuler
- Kinder Fellow
- Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University
Moshe Y. Vardi
- Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor, Computer Engineering, Rice University
- Director of Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, Rice University
Affiliated Researchers
Daniel Bowen
- Houston Education Research Consortium Research Affiliate
- Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University
Dominic Boyer
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
- Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences
Jenifer Bratter
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Sociology, Rice University
- Director, Program for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Culture
Samuel Brody
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston
- Director, Center for Texas Beaches and Shores
Tony N. Brown
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Sociology, Rice University
- Associate Director, Kinder Institute’s Urban Health Program
- Founding Director, Racism and Racial Experiences (RARE) Workgroup
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Henry Cisneros
- Kinder Fellow
- Chairman & Co-CIO, American Triple I Partners
- Partner & Vice Chairman, Siebert Wlliams Shank & Co. LLC
J.H. Cullum Clark
- Kinder Fellow
- Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative George W. Bush Institute
Flávio Cunha
- Houston Education Research Consortium Research Affiliate
- Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rice University
Justin Denney
- Kinder Fellow
- Associate Professor of Sociology
- William Julius Wilson Distinguished Professor
- Washington State University
Casey Durand
- Kinder Fellow
- Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
- University of Texas School of Public Health
James R. Elliott
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor and Department Chair, Sociology
- Co-Director, Social Analytics Cluster, and Steering Committee Member, Center for Energy & Environmental Research in the Human Sciences
- Rice University
Michael Emerson
- Kinder Fellow
- Provost
- Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies
- North Park University
Katherine Bennett Ensor
- Kinder Fellow
- Director, Kinder Institute Urban Data Platform
- Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics
- Rice University
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Nataya Friedan
- Kinder Scholar
- PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
Chris Hakkenberg
- Kinder Scholar
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
- Northern Arizona University
Mark Jones
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Political Science
- Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies
- Rice University
Rachel Kimbro
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Sociology
- Founding Director, Kinder Institute Urban Health Program
- Rice University
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Jeffrey Lowe
- Kinder Fellow
- Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Environmental Policy
- Texas Southern University
Melissa Marschall
- Kinder Fellow
- Professor of Political Science
- Director, Center for Local Elections in America Politics
- Director, Social Policy Analysis Major, School of Social Sciences
- Rice University
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Anthony B. Pinn
- Kinder Fellow
- Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, Rice University
- Professor of Religion, Rice University
- Founding Director, Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning
- Inaugural Director, Center for African and African American Studies
Loren Hopkins
- Kinder Fellow
- Chief Environmental Science Officer, Houston Health Department
- Professor in the Practice, Statistics, Rice University
Jamie E. Padgett
- Kinder Fellow
- Stanley C. Moore Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Douglas A. Schuler
- Kinder Fellow
- Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University
Yehuda Sharim
- Kinder Scholar
- Assistant Professor in Media and Performance in School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
- University of California, Merced
Dara Shifrer
- Houston Education Research Consortium Research Affiliate
- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Portland State University
Grace (Kieu Trang) Tran
- Kinder Scholar
- PhD Candidate, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
David Diego Torres
- Houston Education Research Consortium Research Affiliate
- Research Specialist, Department of Research and Accountability, Houston Independent School District
Ruth N. López Turley
- Director, Houston Education Research Consortium
- Associate Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Professor of Sociology, Rice University
- Founder, National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships
- Kinder Fellow
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Jesus Vassallo
- Kinder Fellow
- Associate Professor of Architecture
- Co-Director, Affordable Housing Lab
- Rice University
Melissa Villarreal
- Kinder Scholar
- PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado - Boulder
Xinyue Ye
- Kinder Scholar
- Associate Professor, Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture & Dept. of Geography, College of Geosciences & Texas A&M Institute of Data Science
- Director, Urban Data Science Lab, Texas A&M University
- Editor-in-Chief, Computational Urban Science