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Dr. Matthew T Clement

  • Associate Professor - Sociology
Portrait of Dr. Matthew T Clement

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Sociology

University of Oregon, 2015

Master's Degree

MA in Sociology

University of Houston, 2004

Bachelor's Degree

AB in Spanish

Bowdoin College, 2000

Research Interests

  • Clement, M. T. (2026). In Texas, building roads leads to private profit and traffic, at the expense of local budgets. London School of Economics, United States Politics and Policy. Retrieved from https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2026/09/07/texas-roads-private-profit-traffic/
  • Pino, N. W., & Clement, M. T. (n.d.). Crime, Criminal Legal Reform, and Foreign Policy in Trinidad and Tobago. In Extraterritorial Crime Control: Governing, Positioning, Resisting. Routledge.
  • 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.
  • Clement, M. T., Pino, N. W., Dede-Bamfo, N., & DeWaard, J. (2026). Growth, Density, and Property Crime: A Longitudinal County-Level Study in the USA, 2001-2007. The Social Science Journal, 63(2), 890–905.
  • Clement, M. T. (2026). Infrastructure-Led Development: The Reciprocal Asymmetry of the Urban Growth Machine. Socius, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231261438909
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  • 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
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  1. Editorial Review Board Member

    Social Currents

  2. Member

    Research Enhancement Program

  3. Other

    Samuel Van Vleet, Faculty Mentor, Department of Sociology

  4. Member

    COLA Graduate Scholarship Committee

  5. Member

    Graduate Steering Committee, Department of Sociology

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    The Annals of Regional Science

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