Hauser elected to American Philosophical Society

Robert M. Hauser, a professor of sociology known for seminal studies of educational achievement, occupational status, social mobility and research methods, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS).

Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, APS is America’s first learned society and promotes knowledge in the science and humanities. Many of the nation’s founding fathers, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine, were members.

Election to APS honors extraordinary accomplishment in all fields. Hauser is one of only nine living Wisconsinites elected to membership.

A prolific researcher, Hauser is the author or co-author of eight books or monographs and dozens of scholarly articles on subjects ranging from the effects of family on education to the aspirations of black and white high school graduates.

He currently holds a Vilas Research Professorship of Sociology and directs the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a groundbreaking study of 1957 graduates from all Wisconsin high schools that is the only large-scale longitudinal study that has followed a large sample of Americans from adolescence to the brink of retirement.

Hauser joined the UW–Madison faculty in 1969. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including election in 1984 to the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1977, and as a fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1984 and to the National Academy of Education in 1998.