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Stephen Klineberg at Rice University.

Stephen Klineberg is a demographics expert and sociologist in Houston, Texas. As a former professor at Rice University, Klineberg and his students began conducting an annual survey in 1982, now called the Kinder Houston Area Survey, that tracks the area's demographics and attitudes.[1] Klineberg is also the founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, a think tank affiliated with Rice University that focuses on urban issues and challenges facing Houston, the Sun Belt and other major metro areas. Klineberg founded the institute in 2010 with a $15 million gift from philanthropists Richard and Nancy Kinder.[1]

Education

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Born in 1940 to a Jewish family in New York City, New York, Klineberg earned his B.A. in psychology from Haverford College in 1961 before going on to graduate school at Harvard University.[2] While enrolled there, Klineberg studied at the University of Paris, where he received his M.A., before returning to Harvard to complete his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1966.[2] He served as an assistant professor of social psychology at Princeton University for several years before joining Rice University as an associate professor of sociology in 1972.[2]

Work

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Klineberg's work focuses on social change.[1] Driven by the findings of the annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, Klineberg has become an expert on Houston's diversity, arguing that it foreshadows the country's own demographic trajectory.[3][4]

As the survey has expanded from Harris County to include neighboring Fort Bend County and Montgomery County, Klineberg has been frequently cited as claiming that Fort Bend County, to the west of Houston, is the most ethnically diverse county in the country.[5] The survey's annual findings provide insight into the area's religion, economic outlook and attitudes toward a range of issues, including the death penalty, immigration and politics.[6][7]

Klineberg has become an expert on the Houston area, often cited in both local and national publications, including, The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly and The Wall Street Journal as well as National Public Radio.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Klineberg is co-author of The Present of Things Future: Explorations of Time in Human Experience.[1][17] In 2020, he published Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America, based on the findings from the Kinder Houston Area Survey.[18]

Awards

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Throughout his career, Klineberg has earned several awards and honors, including the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching. In 1996, he earned the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Rice University's highest teaching award.[1][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Stephen Klineberg". Rice University Faculty Page. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Klineberg, Stephen. "CV" (PDF). Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Gray, Lisa (April 24, 2012). "No lack of 'Interesting Times' in Houston". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Parker, Richard (2014). Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America. Pegasus Books.
  5. ^ MacLaggan, Corrie (November 23, 2013). "What Ethnic Diversity Looks Like: Fort Bend". New York Times. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Tameez, Mustafa (May 3, 2016). "Klineberg at 35: Houston and America's Future". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Hagerty, Michael (April 25, 2016). "What Does The 2016 Klineberg Study Tell Us About Houston?". Houston Public Media. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Search Results 'Klineberg'". Houston Matters. August 18, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  9. ^ Galebraith, Kate (November 27, 2010). "Houston, Oil Capital, Takes Step Toward Green". New York Times.
  10. ^ Muto, David (March 20, 2014). "Foot Is the New Traffic for Urban Cowboys". New York Times.
  11. ^ Fernandez, Manny (October 30, 2015). "A Global Community's College". New York Times. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  12. ^ Deruy, Emily (March 1, 2016). "Why It's Getting Harder to Mobilize Houston's Black Voters". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  13. ^ Wessel, David (August 19, 2013). "Houston Hits Housing Hurdle". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "A New Kind of Segregation, Income Segregation?". National Public Radio. Tell Me More. August 13, 2012.
  15. ^ Hobson, Jeremy (June 22, 2015). "What Shifting Demographics and Growth Mean for Houston". WBUR: Here and Now.
  16. ^ Ludden, Jennifer (May 9, 2006). "1965 Immigration Law Changed Face of America". National Public Radio. All Things Considered.
  17. ^ a b "Gallery of Winners". Rice University. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  18. ^ "'Prophetic City' by Stephen Klineberg".
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