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  Role of Birth Order on Career Choice Might Have Been Overestimated in Previous Research

  Rodica Damian, assistant professor of psychology and director of the Personality Development and Success Lab at UH, found that the role of birth order on career types, occupational creativity and status attainment might have been overestimated in previous research.

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  Personality Changes Predict Early Career Outcomes

  Kevin Hoff, assistant professor of industrial-organizational psychology at the University of Houston, found young people who develop higher levels of conscientiousness and emotional stability during the transition to employment tend to be more successful in some aspects of their early careers.

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  UH Alumna Wins Prestigious 2020 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction

  Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, a University of Houston alumna who received her Ph.D. in creative writing and literature, has won the prestigious 2020 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction.

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  Misinformation or Artifact: A New Way to Think about Machine Learning

  The failures in machine learning systems range from the harmless to the potentially deadly. New work from UH philosopher Cameron Buckner suggests that common assumptions about the cause behind these supposed malfunctions may be mistaken, information that is crucial for evaluating the reliability of these networks.

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  Professor Wins North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Service Excellence Award for 2020

  The UH College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is pleased to announce that Department of Health and Human Performance Interim Chair and Professor Billy Hawkins has been awarded the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Service Excellence Award for 2020. NASSS’ mission is to promote, stimulate and encourage the sociological study of play, games, sport and contemporary physical culture.

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  Job Interest Not a Big Predictor of Job Satisfaction

  Kevin Hoff, assistant professor of industrial-organizational psychology, reviewed data from 65 years of research conducted between 1949 and 2016 on the link between interest fit and job satisfaction.

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  Two Genes Regulate Social Dominance

  Beau Alward, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston with a joint appointment in biology and biochemistry, used the Nobel Prize winning method of gene editing to discover that two paralogous androgen receptor genes control social status in African cichlid fish.

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  Department of Hispanic Studies Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious National Mexican Grant

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is pleased to announce that Valentina Jager, a student pursuing an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Spanish with a Concentration in Creative Writing and Visual Arts, has been awarded a prestigious grant for emerging artists and writers in Mexico.

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  History Professor’s Book on Outspoken Congresswoman Garners National Reviews

  Associate Professor of History Leandra Zarnow wrote “Battling Bella: The Protest Politics of Bella Abzug” to preserve the legacy of outspoken and pioneering civil rights advocate Bella Abzug. Abzug, who in 1971 was one of 15 women to serve in the United States House of Representatives, lent her voice to the debate on issues like gay rights, women’s rights and foreign policy.
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  CLASS Mourns the Loss of UH Professor Emeritus of Health and Human Performance, Dale Gordon Pease

  "I am saddened to announce that Dr. Dale Gordan Pease, professor emeritus of Health and Human Performance (HHP), has passed away,” said Dr. Daniel P. O’Connor, interim dean of the UH College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS). “Dr. Pease was genuinely and selflessly engaged in ensuring the success of students, particularly graduate students.”  

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  New African American Studies Scholarship Honors Houston-Area Social Justice Leader

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is proud to announce that Director of African American Studies James L. Conyers, Jr., Ph.D., has established the William Alexander Lawson Social Justice Scholarship Endowment. This scholarship honors the remarkable legacy of civil rights advocacy and social justice activism that Rev. Lawson has built over seven decades as one of Houston’s most influential civic and religious leaders.
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  Cristina Rivera Garza Named 2020 MacArthur Fellow

  The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is proud to announce that Cristina Rivera Garza, Ph.D., founder and director of the UH doctoral program in Hispanic Studies with a concentration in creative writing in Spanish, has received a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship. 
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• Jan 28 3:30 p.m.

  

  4th Race and Social Justice Panel on Race and Mass Incarceration

  Date: Thursday, January 28th, 2021 Time: 3:30 pm – 5:00 p.m. CST
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