Amber Raquel Fox Crowell 2403 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2403 (979) 574-3408 amos@tamu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., Sociology 2014 Dissertation: Latino Residential Segregation in the United States: New Methods, New Findings Committee: Dr. Mark Fossett (chair), Dr. Rogelio Saenz (co-chair), Dr. Dudley Poston, Dr. Jane Sell, and Dr. Carlos Blanton M.S., Sociology 2010 Thesis: Patterns of Identification: The Children of Latino/Non-Latino White Families Thesis Chair: Dr. Rogelio Saenz B.A., Sociology, Magna Cum Laude 2008 Minor: Mathematics Commerce RESEARCH INTERESTS Social Demography, Residential Segregation, Quantitative Methods, Latina/o Sociology, Race and Ethnicity PUBLICATIONS Articles: Siordia, Carlos and Amber R. Fox. 2013. Public Use Microdata Area Fragmentation: Research and Policy Implications of Polygon Discontiguity. Spatial Demography 1:41-55. Book Chapters: Saenz, Rogelio, Amber Fox, and San Juanita Garcia. 2013. Aging Latinos in Rural Places, pages 115-40 in Rural Aging in 21 st Century America, edited by Nina Glasgow and E. Helen Berry. New York: Springer Manuscripts under Review: Fossett, Mark, Amber R. Fox, and Daniel A. Powers. 2014. Fractional Logit and Logit Quantile Regression: A Review of Options for Modeling Continuous, Bounded Variables with Application to Investigating Residential Attainments for Whites and Blacks (Revise and Resubmit)
Manuscripts in Progress: Fossett, Mark and Amber R. Fox. Trends and Patterns in Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation. Book contract in the Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Fox, Amber R., Mark Fossett and Wenquan Zhang. Black, Latino and Asian Residential Segregation in the United States, 1990-2010 Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. Residential Attainments and Segregation in Los Angeles: Applying New Methods to Connect the Micro and the Macro. Fossett, Mark, Amber R. Fox, Rogelio Saenz and Wenquan Zhang. 2012. Latino Residential Segregation, 1990-2010: Variation and Trends across New Destinations and Areas of Established Settlement PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Experience: Texas Census Research Data Center Postdoctoral Research Associate,, 2014-present College of Liberal Arts Postdoctoral Fellowship Program,, Begin 2014 (Offer declined) Research Assistant, Texas Census Research Data Center,, 2011-2014 Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fossett, Director Research Assistant,, 2013 Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fossett Research Assistant, New Methods for Investigating Residential Segregation (NSF Award #1024390),, 2012 Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fossett, Principal Investigator Research Experience for Undergraduates NSF Proposal Development,, 2011 Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fossett Texas Census Research Data Center NSF Proposal Development,, 2010 2011 Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fossett Research Experience for Undergraduates,, 2007 Title: The Effects of Family Background on Educational Attainment
Teaching Experience: SOCI 420, Advanced Methods of Social Research, Fall 2013, Description: Required writing-intensive undergraduate course on advanced quantitative research methods that takes students up to Ordinary Least Squares bivariate regression analysis. INVITED LECTURES Fox, Amber R. 2014. Residential Attainments and Segregation in Los Angeles: The Benefits of Using Restricted Census Microdata in Segregation Research. Presented in the Texas Census Research Data Center Spring 2014 Discussion Series, College Station, TX, February 2014. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. 2014. Investigating White-Latino Segregation Patterns with Micro- Level Controls. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Demographic Association, Memphis, TN, October 2014. Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. 2014. Residential Attainments and Segregation in Los Angeles: Applying New Methods to Connect the Micro and the Macro. Poster presented at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA, May 2014. Fossett, Mark, Amber R. Fox, Rogelio Saenz and Wenquan Zhang. 2014. White-Latino Segregation in New Destinations: Trends for Metropolitan, Micropolitan, and Non-Micropolitan Areas, 1990-2010. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA, May 2014 Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. 2013. Latino, Black, and Asian Residential Segregation in Non- Metropolitan Counties, 2000-2010: A New Approach. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Demographic Association, Montgomery, AL, October 2013. Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. 2013. Assessing the Impact of Spatial Scale in Segregation Analysis. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, New Orleans, LA, March 2013. Fossett, Mark and Amber R. Fox. 2013. White-Latino Segregation: The Role of Acculturation and Family Size. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, New Orleans, LA, March 2013. Barron, Jessica, Mark Fossett, and Amber R. Fox. Trends Over Time in Segregation of Black/White Multiracials, 2000-2010. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, New Orleans, LA, March 2013. Fox, Amber R., Mark Fossett, Rogelio Saenz and Wenquan Zhang. 2012. Latino Residential Segregation, 1990-2010: Variation and Trends across New Destinations and Areas of Established Settlement. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Demographic Association, Williamsburg, VA, October 2012.
Fossett, Mark, Amber R. Fox, Daniel A. Powers and Wenquan Zhang. 2012. Fractional Logit Regression and Logit Quantile Regression: New Option for Modeling Bounded Variables with an Application to Investigating Anglo-Hispanic Segregation. (Roundtable) Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, August 2012. Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. 2012. Latino and Asian Residential Segregation in Los Angeles: Modeling the Effects of Acculturation on Residential Contact with Whites. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, San Diego, CA, April 2012. Fox, Amber R. 2011. Marital Disruption by Nativity in the U.S. Mexican-Origin Population. (Roundtable) Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, August 2011. Fox, Amber R. and Mark Fossett. 2011. Segregation by Race and Socioeconomic Status: Findings from Multinomial Fractional Logit Regression Models. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, March 2011. Fox, Amber R. 2011. The Racial and Ethnic Identification of Multiracial/ethnic Latino Children on the American Community Survey. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, March 2011. Fox, Amber R. and Rogelio Saenz. 2010. La Supervivencia de los Matrimonios Mixtos en los Estados Unidos. Presented at X Reunión Nacional de la Investigación Demográfica en México, Mexico, D.F., November 2010 Fox, Amber R. 2010. Investigating Multi-way Segregation Patterns Using Discrete Choice Models. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Houston, TX, April 2010. Fox, Amber R. 2008. The Effects of Family Background on Educational Attainment. Presented at the 6 th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Commerce, TX, November 2008. Second Place in Humanities at the Master s Level. Fox, Amber R. 2008. The Effects of Family Background on Educational Attainment. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, March 2008. HONORS & AWARDS College of Liberal Arts Postdoctoral Fellow,, 2014 (declined) Pathways to the Doctorate Fellow,, 2008-2010 First Place Bachelor s Level Paper, Southwestern Sociological Association, 2008 Presidential Scholarship, Commerce, 2005
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Population Association of America Southwestern Sociological Association Southern Demographic Association Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society
REFERENCES Dissertation Chair: Dr. Mark Fossett College of Liberal Arts Cornerstone Faculty Fellow Professor, Department of Sociology Executive Director, Texas Census Research Data Center 4351 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4351 (979) 845-5618 m-fossett@tamu.edu Dissertation Co-Chair: Dr. Rogelio Saenz Peter Flawn Professor Dean, College of Public Policy University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. Durango Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78207 (210) 458-2606 rogelio.saenz@utsa.edu Dissertation Committee Member: Dr. Dudley L. Poston, Jr. George T. and Gladys H. Abell Professor of Liberal Arts Professor, Department of Sociology 4351 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4351 (979) 845-5133 d-poston@tamu.edu