Faculty Profile for Dr. Matthew T Clement

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Dr. Matthew T Clement
Associate Professor — Sociology
THH 449
phone: (512) 245-2113
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 My areas of interest include environmental and urban sociology as well as quantitative and spatial data analysis. In my research, I focus on two general questions pertaining to human-environment interactions: How does modern development transform and respond to changes in the built and natural environments, and what role does urbanization play in this process? To answer these questions, I have used GIS and spatial panel models to investigate the multidimensional effects of population and economic change on a variety of environmental outcomes over time, mostly within the United States. More recently, I have extended this line of inquiry to examine variation in measures of sustainable development cross-nationally.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Leon-Corwin, M., Clement, M. T., & Smith, C. L. (2020). Are Global Neighborhoods in Houston Less Polluted? A Spatial Analysis of 21st Century Urban Demographics. Human Ecology Review, 26(1), 117–139.
  • Culler, M., Wickham, J., Nash, M., & Clement, M. T. (2024). Impervious Cover Change as an Indicator of Environmental Equity. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 35(101247), 1–14.
  • Clement, M. T., Pino, N. W., & Blaustein, J. (2023). The Persistent Countervailing Consequences of Urbanization: A Longitudinal Study of Homicide Rates, 20(6), 1829–1851.
  • Clement, M. T., & Pino, N. W. (2023). Is Urbanization Sustainable? A Longitudinal Study of Developing Nations, 1990-2015. Environmental Sociology, 9(3), 327–347.
  • Southerland, V., Zota, A., Parasram, V., Alvarez, C., Clement, M. T., & Anenberg, S. (2023). Temporal Trends in Sociodemographic Composition and Land Development within U.S. Fenceline Communities Surrounding Hazardous Industrial Facilities: 2001–2019. Environmental Research Letters, 18.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors for 2021, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Marvin E. Olsen Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association, Section on Environment & Technology. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Wasby-Johnson Dissertation Award, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Graduate Student Publication Award, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon. 2011

Selected Service Activities

Member
Faculty Review Committee, Department of Sociology
2023-Present
Member
Graduate Steering Committee, Department of Sociology
2021-Present
Member
Sustainability Studies Advisory Council
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Nature: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
2025-2025
Reviewer / Referee
Environmental and Ecological Statistics
2025-2025