Robert M. Hauser

Early life and education Robert Mason Hauser was born to Sylvia and Julius Hauser in Chicago, Illinois. His father was an organic chemist with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). His uncle, Philip M. Hauser, was a sociologist, demographer, and social statistician. The family moved from Chicago to the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC, in 1949 and to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1954.

Hauser has a B.A. in economics (1963) from the University of Chicago and an M.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1968) in sociology from the University of Michigan. His dissertation was Family, School, and Neighborhood Factors in Educational Performances in a Metropolitan School System, supervised by Otis Dudley Duncan.

Career From 1967 to 1969 Hauser was on the faculty of the department of sociology and anthropology at Brown University. Hauser joined the project in 1969 and led the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) from 1980 to 2010, working closely with his wife, research scientist Taissa S. Hauser He became executive officer of the American Philosophical Society as of June 12, 2017.

Research Hauser has developed and used statistical methodology and data analysis techniques for the study of educational effects. Hauser's research examines trends in educational progression and social mobility

Awards and honors 2008, Fellow, American Educational Research Association 2005, Member, American Philosophical Society 2003, Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Teaching of Sociology, American Sociological Association 1998, Fellow, National Academy of Education 1984. Fellow, United States National Academy of Sciences 1984, Elected, American Academy of Arts & Sciences 1977, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, Gerontological Society of America Member, American Statistical Association

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