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Robert M. Stein - Faculty ProfileRobert M. Stein
Faculty Director of the Center for Civic Engagement
Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science
stein@rice.edu
713-348-2795

Professor Robert M. Stein is the faculty director of the Center for Civic Engagement.    read more »

Philip BedientPhilip Bedient
Director of the SSPEED Center
Herman Brown Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
bedient@rice.edu
713-348-4953

Philip Bedient is the Director of the SSPEEDCenter and the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.   read more »

Michael EmersonMichael Emerson
Director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life
Allyn & Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology
moe@rice.edu

Michael O. Emerson is the Director of the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life (CORRUL) and the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology.   read more »

Christopher HightChristopher Hight
Project Director of Hyraulicity
Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture
chight@rice.edu

Christopher Hight is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture. His research examines the relationship between information technologies, design practices, and emerging social order.   read more »

Richard JohnsonRichard Johnson
Rice’s Director of Sustainability
Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Environment & Society (CSES), Practice of the Practice of Environmental Studies in Sociology, and Research Fellow at the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life
rrj@rice.edu

Richard Johnson is Rice’s Director of Sustainability, the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Environment and Society (CSES), a Professor of the Practice of Environmental Studies in Sociology, and a Research Fellow at the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life.    read more »

Stephen Klineberg(2)Stephen Klineberg
Director of the Urban Research Center of Houston
Director of the Houston Area Survey, and Professor of Sociology
slk@rice.edu
713-348-3484

Stephen L. Klineberg is the Director of the Houston Area Survey and a Professor of Sociology. His areas of research interest include urban and environmental sociology, contemporary social changes, and survey research methodologies.   read more »

Edward KnightlyEdward Knightly
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
knightly@rice.edu

Edward Knightly is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the leader of the Rice Group Networks.    read more »

Joseph MancaJoseph Manca
Nina J. Cullian Chairman of Art History
Professor of Art History
manca@rice.edu
713-348-3464

Joseph Manca is the Nina J. Cullian Chairman of Art History. His research interests include the Italian Renaissance, and early American art and architecture.    read more »

Maria OdenMaria Oden
Director of the Oshman Engineer Design Kitchen
Professor in the Practice of Engineering Education
moden@rice.edu

Maria Oden is the Director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, the Professor in the Practice of Engineering Education, and former chair of the inaugural Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology (HSEMB) Design Showcase.   read more »

Don OstdiekDon Ostdiek
Director of the Policy Studies Program
Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences
dho@rice.edu

Don Ostdiek is the Assistant Dean of the Student Judicial Affairs Program and the Director of the Policy Studies Program.    read more »