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    • Pamela M. Paxton
    Pamela Paxton

    Pamela M. Paxton

    Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts


     

     

     

    Education
    Ph.D. in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
    M.A. in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
    B.A. in Economics and Sociology, University of Michigan, 1992

    Dr. Pamela Paxton is the Linda K. George and John Wilson Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in economics and sociology and her PhD in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

    Expertise
    Women in politics; pro-social behavior, politics, gender, and methodology.

    Service

    Chair, Jessie Bernard Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association (2015)

    Chair, Best Paper Award Committee, ASA Global and Transnational Section (2015)

    Member, Editorial Board, Socius (2015 - Present)

    Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy (2014 - 2017)

    Member, Editorial Board, Sociological Forum (2013 - 2015)

    Member, Global and Transnational Section Council, American Sociological Association (2012 - 2015)

    Chair, Best Dissertation Award Committee, APSA Women and Politics Section (2012)

    Member, Editorial Board, Social Forces (2011 - 2013)

    Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (2009 - Present)

    Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Trust Research (2009 - 2011)

    Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Making Electoral Democracy Work (2008 - Present)

    Publications
    Women, Politics and Power: A Global Perspective (2007); Nonrecurisve Models: Endogeneity, Reciprocal Relationships, and Feedback Loops

    Awards

    Christine and Stanley E. Adams, Jr. Centennial Professorship in the Liberal Arts - University of Texas at Austin (2010)

    2006 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women in Politics - The Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics (2007)

    Research Grant - National Science Foundation (2006)

     

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