Steve Murdock, Ph.D.
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Professor
Department of Sociology, MS-28
Office: SH 376 |
Curriculum Vitae: PDF
Areas of Interest
- Social and Applied Demography
- Migration
- Rural Sociology
Biography
Stever Murdock (Ph.D., Sociology, 1975, University of Kentucky) teaches and does research in the areas of social and applied demography, migration, rural sociology, and socioeconomic impact assessment. Murdock is known for his work in both assessing the effects of demographic change on socioeconomic change and his work in assessing the impacts of large-scale developments on the economic, demographic, public service, fiscal, and social/cultural dimensions of small population areas. He has authored or edited 12 books and more than 150 articles and papers in these areas.
He served as the first official State Demographer of Texas and headed the Texas State Data Center and Texas Population Estimates and Projections Program for more than 25 years. His major works in this area include An America Challenged: Population Change and the Future of the United States; The Texas Challenge: Population Change and the Future of Texas; and the New Texas Challenge. These works have been widely used in policy circles. In these works Murdock establishes that the projected changes in the U.S. and Texas populations, if not accompanied by increased levels of education and socioeconomic equality for non-Anglo populations, will lead to a poorer and less competitive nation and state. Referring to The New Texas Challenge Former State Senator and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Teel Bivens cited it as the policy-related work that most impacted his thinking about Texas future and former Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby Jr. referred to it as essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of Texas. Murdock was named one of the 50 most influential Texans by Texas Business in 1997 and as one of the 25 most influential persons in Texas by Texas Monthly in 2005. He published one of the first texts in the field of Applied Demography and several works on how to effectively use demographic and related data and is a widely cited and referenced scholar in the area of Census and related demographic data matters.
Murdock has also examined the impacts of large-scale developments such as power plants, industrial developments, high-level and low-level nuclear waste repositories and numerous other developments as they impact different social and economic groups in small (often rural) areas. He is the co-author of numerous books and journal articles in this area and was co-author of one of the first comprehensive texts in this area.
Murdock has directed numerous research studies with total grant and contract work exceeding $10 million since 1985. He is widely quoted in the press and an often sought after speaker on the implications of future demographic change.
In addition, to his teaching and research, Murdock has served as the President of the Southern Demographic Association, Vice-President of the Rural Sociological Society, as a member of the Councils of numerous sociological societies and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Epsilon Honor Societies.
Recent Publications
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Murdock, Steve H. and David A. Swanson (eds.) Forthcoming in 2008 Applied Demography in the Twenty-First Century. Amsterdam: Springer Publications.
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Murdock, Steve H., Chris Kelley, Jeffrey Jordan, Beverly Pecotte, and Alvin Luedke. Demographics: A Guide to Methods and Sources of Data for Demographic Analysis in the Media, Business, and Government. Boulder, Colorado: Paradigm Publishers, 2006. 193 pages.
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Murdock, Steve H., Steve White, Md. Nazrul Hoque, Beverly Pecotte, Xiuhong You, and Jennifer Balkan. The New Texas Challenge: Population Change and the Future of Texas. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. 240 pages.
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Murdock, Steve H. and Stephen L. Klineberg. “The Demographic and Related Economic Transformations of Texas: Implications for Early Childhood Education and Development.” Chapter in Nurturing Early Childhood Development: Evidence to Support a National Movement for Educational Change. (Alvin Tarlov) In Press.
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Murdock, Steve H., Md. Nazrul Hoque, and Mary McGehee. “Population Change in the United States: Implications of An Aging and Diversifying Population for Health Care in the 21st Century” pp. 19-63 in Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, (Toni Miles and Antonio Furino, eds.) Vol. 25, 2005.
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Murdock, Steve H. “The Potential Effects of Legal and Unauthorized International Migration on the Census and Other Data Sources in the United States: Methodological and Policy Issues in 2010 and Beyond.” Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 13:31:1-14, 2006.