Event Details — Houston Emerging Green Builders present Dr. Stephen Klineberg

The Houston Emerging Green Builders are hosting this FREE event, in which Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Director of the Urban Research Center of Houston, Rice University, will discuss “The Changing Face of Houston: Tracking the Economic and Demographic Transformations Through 29 Years of Houston Surveys”

Interested parties can register on Facebook or on an event page, which includes the following details:

Wednesday, May 19
6-8 pm

At Kirksey
6909 Portwest Drive
Houston, TX

“The Changing Face of Houston: Tracking the Economic and Demographic Transformations Through 29 Years of Houston Surveys.”

The Houston region recovered from the collapse of the oil-boom in the 1980s to find itself squarely in the midst of a restructured economy and a demographic revolution. We review the findings from 29 years of the “Houston Area Survey” (1982–2010) to measure these remarkable transformations and to consider their implications for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Dr. Klineberg’s biography:
A graduate of Haverford College, with an M.A. from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. from Harvard, Stephen Klineberg joined Rice University’s Sociology Department in 1972, after teaching at Princeton. In 1982, he and his students initiated the annual “Houston Area Survey,” now beginning its 29th year of tracking the remarkable changes in the demographic patterns, experiences, attitudes, and beliefs of Harris County residents The recipient of ten teaching awards at Rice, including the Lifetime Award for Excellence in Teaching, Klineberg is writing a book on the Houston research and also helping to establish the “Institute for Urban Research” at Rice University. The new Institute will provide a permanent home for the Houston surveys and greatly enhance their value to the wider community.