Faculty Profiles

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Portrait of Dr. Debarun Majumdar

Dr. Debarun Majumdar

  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

2024

  • Member, Honor Code Council. October 2024.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. September 2024.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. May 2024.
  • Speaker, Asian Family Support Services of Austin and UT Lotus Project. March 2024.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. February 2024.

2023

  • Member, Honor Code Council. December 11, 2023 - 2023.
  • Member, Honor Code Committee. October 9, 2023 - 2023.
  • Panelist, 10th Annual Award for Excellence in Online Teaching: Virtual Showcase. February 9, 2023 - 2023.
  • Member, Sociology Latina/o Studies Search Committee. August 2023 - December 2023.
  • Member, Committee for the Award For Excellence in Online Teaching. October 2023 - December 31, 2023.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. June 2023 - June 27, 2023.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. June 8, 2023.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. 2023 - May 31, 2023.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. 2023 - April 13, 2023.
  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. January 25, 2023 - February 28, 2023.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. January 9, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Honor Code Council. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. January 2022 - December 2022.

2021

  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 2022 - December 2021.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. January 2021 - August 2021.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. January 2021 - August 2021.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 2021 - August 2021.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. February 1, 2021 - February 28, 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Applied Social Sciences. November 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. January 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, Honor Code Council. January 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committees. January 2020 - December 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Applied Social Science. October 2020 - November 2020.
  • Organizer, KhushATX. August 2020 - September 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Women and Gender. May 2020 - July 2020.

2019

  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee-Department Representative. 2013 - 2019.
  • Chair, KhushATX Steering Committee. December 2019.
  • Member, Honor Council Code. January 2019 - December 2019.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. January 2019 - December 2019.
  • Participant, Proseminar Panel for Graduate Students. September 2019.

2018

  • Center for Diversity and Gender Studies, Statistical Consultant. 2013 - 2018.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. January 2018 - May 2018.

2017

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. October 2017 - December 2017.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee-Department Representative. September 2017 - December 2017.
  • President, KhushATX. January 2017 - December 2017.
  • Participant, Research Review. October 2017.
  • Grader of Comprehensive Exams. January 2017 - June 2017.
  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. January 2017 - May 2017.

2016

  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee-Department Representative. August 2016 - December 2016.
  • Participant, Interviewed by Michael Whitehawk for sociology podcast Social Light: Episode 2. August 2016 - December 2016.
  • President, KhushATX. January 2016 - December 2016.
  • Organizer, Panel Discussion on LGBTQ Rights Movement in India Hosted by the Sociology Club. February 24, 2016.

2015

  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee-Department Representative. August 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. August 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Chair, KhushAustiN. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Officer, Austin Tennis Club. January 1, 2015 - June 1, 2015.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2015 - February 1, 2015.

2014

  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee-Department Representative. July 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. July 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Board, Membership Director, Austin Tennis Club. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • I restarted the defunct group in 2012, KhushAustiN. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Panelist, Professional Development Seminar for Postdocs and Graduate Students. The Academic Job Search, Part 1: Assembling the faculty application. College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin. July 1, 2014.
  • Member, Multidisciplinary Internal Research Grant (MIRG) Reviewer. January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Book review: An Introduction to Statistics: An Active Learning Approach by Kieth A. Carlson and Jennifer R. Winquist, 2014. January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.
  • Volunteer, The Hill Country Ride for AIDS. April 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Inquiry. March 1, 2014.

2013

  • Member, Presidential Upper Level Scholarship Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Department Representative, College Research Enhancement Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2013.
  • Volunteer, The Care Communities. November 1, 2011 - June 1, 2013.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for AIDS Care. January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Journal of Research on Women and Gender. January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2013.
  • Membership Director, Austin Tennis Club. January 1, 2013.
  • Volunteer, The Hill Country Ride for AIDS. January 1, 2013.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2013.
  • Member, Center for Social Inquiry Committee. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for AIDS Care. January 1, 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Honors and Awards Committee. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Learning Outcomes Committee. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Volunteer, Livestrong Ride for the Roses. October 1, 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Journal of Research on Women and Gender. January 1, 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2011.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011.

2010

  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2010.
  • Editor-in-Chief, Editor-in-Chief. International Review of Comparative Sociology. January 1, 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for AIDS Care. January 1, 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2010.

2009

  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009.
  • Member, Honors and Awards Committee. January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2009.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2009.

2007

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2007.

2006

  • Applied Data Analysis syllabus included in "Social Statistics: Syllabi and Instructional Materials, Second Edition", Applied Data Analysis syllabus included in "Social Statistics: Syllabi and Instructional Materials, Second Edition". January 1, 2006.
  • Panel Discussion Session Organizer and Chair, "Why Take Risks? Understanding Adolescent Behaviors Focusing on Race/Ethnicity Factors." Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference, San Marcos. January 1, 2006.
  • Chair, Web and Technology Committee. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2006.

2005

  • Member, Editorial Review Board. Michigan Sociological Review. September 1, 2005 - December 1, 2005.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2005.

2004

  • Supervisor, Internship Site Supervisor. January 1, 2004.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed textbook for Pearson Allyn and Bacon, "The Anthropology of Latin America". January 1, 2004.

2003

  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewed for Journal of Marriage and Family. January 1, 2003.

2002

  • Chair, Applied Demography Minor Committee. January 1, 2002.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2002.
  • Member, Urban Studies Minor Committee. January 1, 2002.
  • Supervisor, Internship Site Supervisor. January 1, 2002.

2001

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Organized session on "Applications of Demography and Related Techniques." North Central Sociological Association Conference. Louisville, Kentucky. April 1, 2001.

1999

  • Presided, Presided Referred Roundtable on "Sociology of Population: Family Size." American Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago. August 1, 1999.

1925

  • Role not specified, Heads KhushAustiN (An LGBT social group for South Asian). January 1, 1925.