Robert M. Hauser
Robert Mason Hauser | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Quantitative sociology |
| Known for | Social stratification, social statistics, and aging |
| Spouse | Taissa S. Hauser |
| Parent(s) | Sylvia and Julius Hauser |
| Relatives | Philip M. Hauser |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA) University of Michigan (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Family, School, and Neighborhood Factors in Educational Performances in a Metropolitan School System |
| Doctoral advisor | Otis Dudley Duncan |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Robert Mason Hauser is an American sociologist. He is the Vilas Research and Samuel F. Stouffer professor of sociology emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he served as director of the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging.
Hauser is known for his work in quantitative sociology, studying issues such as social stratification, social mobility, impacts of education, race and gender, persistence of inequality across generations, and aging. Hauser served as executive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2010–2016) and now serves as executive officer of the American Philosophical Society (2017-).