Background
Hauser, Robert Mason was born on September 3, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Julius and Sylvia Ann Hauser.
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Robert Mason Hauser
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Education
Bachelor of Arts Economics, University of Chicago, 1963; Master of Arts in Sociology, University of Michigan, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Michigan, 1968.
Career
Research assistant, Operations Research Office, John Hopkins University (now Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia), summers 1959-1962;
research assistant, Jack Meltzer Associations, Urban Renewal and City Planning Cons., Chicago, 1962-1963;
research assistant, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, summer 1964;
research and teaching assistant department sociology, University of Michigan, 1964-1965;
assistant professor research, department sociology and anthropology, Brown U., Providence, 1967-1969;
assistant professor sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969-1971;
associate professor sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1973;
professor sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973-1981;
Samuel A. Stouffer professor sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1981;
Hilldale professor sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983-1987;
Vilas research professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1987;
director Center Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1985-1989;
director Institute Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991-1994. Visiting professor sociology U. Bergen, Norway, 1984, Institute Advanced Study, Vienna, Austria, 1980.
Member of national research county committee National Statistics, 1989-1995, governing board National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey, 1988-1994. Chair panel on education committee status of black Americans National Research Council, 1985-1989, member Commission Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 1990-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association (associate editor journal 1977-1979), National Academy Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences (member of council 1986-1989). Member American Sociological Association, Midwest Sociological Autonomous System Networks, Wisconsin Sociological Association, Population Association American, American Ednl. Research Association, Society for Study Social Biology, American Association of University Professors, Social Science History Association Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta.
Connections
Married Taissa Louise Silvers, May 24, 1964. Children— Joshua, Seth.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Sociological Association award 1972, 86. Metropolitan Community research fellow University of Michigan, 1963-1964. National Institute of Mental Health fellow University of Michigan, 1965-1967. H. I. Romnes faculty fellow Research Committee of University of Wisconsin Grad School, 1976. Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California, 1977-1978. Guggenheim fellow, 1984-1985.Recipient Sociological Association award 1972, 86. Metropolitan Community research fellow University of Michigan, 1963-1964. National Institute of Mental Health fellow University of Michigan, 1965-1967.
H. I. Romnes faculty fellow Research Committee of University of Wisconsin Grad School, 1976. Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California, 1977-1978. Guggenheim fellow, 1984-1985.