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
Dr Marion Hughes
Chair and Associate Professor
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. Forthcoming. “Staying away from school: Adolescents who miss school due to feeling unsafe.” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. Published via Online First on June 13, 2014. 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.