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Departments
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Anthropology--Rice
Anthropology is a small department that values
collegiality amongst students and faculty
and close interaction with visitors and friends.
It offers both undergraduate and graduate
programs. Rice specializes in social/cultural
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Economics--The
Economics Department at Rice offers undergraduate,
graduate, and Ph.D. programs. Areas of research
include: microeconomic and macroeconomic theory,
international economics and applied/empirical
microeconomics.
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Political
Science--The
Department of Political Science at Rice University
offers programs for students pursuing undergraduate
or graduate degrees with specializations in
American politics, comparative politics, or
international relations.
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Psychology--The
Psychology Department at Rice University is
a unique blend of basic and applied psychology.
The graduate program specializes in the following
areas: cognitive, cognitive-neuroscience,
human factors/human-computer interaction,
industrial organization, perception, and training.
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Sociology--The
Department of Sociology at Rice University
currently consists of six full-time faculty,
three faculty emeriti, and three postdoctoral
fellows. Major areas of study include migration,
medical sociology, culture and women’s
activism, family, environmental concerns,
religion, and political sociology.
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Get to Know... |
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Richard J. Stoll
Professor of
Political Sciences |
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In addition to
being well known as one of Rice University’s
outstanding teachers, Professor Stoll is an accomplished
scholar of international conflict. He has used computer
simulation techniques to study issues such as defense
spending, arms races, and collective security.
A member of the Council of the Correlates of War
Project, Dr. Stoll recently participated in a ten
university effort funded by the National Science
Foundation (NSF) to collect data on militarized
interstate disputes.
Along with Devika Subramanian of Rice's Computer
Science Department, Dr. Stoll was engaged
in a multiyear effort funded by the NSF to create
events data from online news sources and to predict
the outbreak of serious international conflict.
He has used computer simulation techniques to study
issues such as defense spending, arms races, and
collective security.
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| Did You Know?...that
of the six active faculty in the Rice
Sociology department, none received
their Ph.D. from a university west of
the Mississippi River. |
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