Dr Marion Hughes

Associate Professor

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Contact Info

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Office:
CLA, Room 3219
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On Sabbatical Leave Fall 2023

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 1999
M.A., Sociology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1993
B.A., Mathematics, Franklin and Marshall College, 1988

Areas of Expertise

Social Demography
Quantitative Methods
Family
Adolescent Parenthood
Life Course Analysis
Gender
Race and Ethnicity
Social Problems

Current Research Projects

  • Measurement, correlates, and implications of fear of rape
  • Factors in school avoidance

Selected Publications

  • Marion R. Hughes, Jonathan S. Gaines, and Douglas W. Pryor. 2015. “Staying away from school: Adolescents who miss school due to feeling unsafe.” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. doi:10.1177/1541204014538067.
  • Pryor, Douglas W. and Marion R. Hughes. 2013. “Fear of Rape among College Women: A Social Psychological Analysis.” Violence and Victims 28 (3, June): 443-465.
  • Marion Hughes. 2007. Syllabus, homework assignments and computer lab exercises, pp.36-41 and 198-224 in Demography Teaching Resources Guide. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
  • Marion R. Hughes. 1998. “Social Determinants of Adolescent Fatherhood.” Sociological Analysis 1(4, December): 69-87.
  • Marion R. Hughes. 1997. “Sample Selection Bias in Analyses of the Political Democracy-Income Inequality Relationship.” Social Forces 75: 1101-1117.