Dr. Igor Ryabov
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
(956) 665- 7874
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD, Bowling Green State University, 2005
Major: Demography
Areas of Emphasis: Quantitative Methods/Statistics
MA, Institute of Economics National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, 1999
Major: Economics
BA, Shevchenko University, 1993
Major: Geography
Areas of Emphasis: Computer Science
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Pan American ( 2008)
Research Associate, The University of Texas at El Paso (2006 - 2008)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio University (2005 - 2006)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Igor Ryabov. Latino Adolescent Academic Outcomes in the United States. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009.
Book Chapters
Igor Ryabov. "Obesity in Mexican-American Adults: Interplay of Immigrant Generation, Gender and Socioeconomic Status." Research in the Sociology of Health Care.
J. Kronenfeld (Ed.) 2012: vol. 30, 21-43.
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/235318284_Obesity_in_Mexican-American_Adults_Interplay_of_Immigrant_Generation_Gender_and_Socioeconomic_Status
Igor Ryabov. "Educational Achievement of Adolescents: Does Peer Network Segregation Matter?." Educational Theory. J. Hassaskhah (Ed.) New York, NY: Nova
Science Publishers, 2011: 1-38.
Journal Articles
Igor Ryabov. In Search of Popularity: Non-Conforming Reputations of Hispanic Adolescent Graffiti Writers. Qualitative Sociology Review. 12, no. 3 (July (3rd
Quarter/Summer) 2016): 118-136. www.qualitativesociologyreview.org/ENG/Volume38/QSR_12_3_Ryabov.pdf
Igor Ryabov. Post-Migration Experiences of Female Immigrant Spouses from the Former Soviet Union. Journal of Intercultural Studies . 37, no. 3 (July (3rd
Quarter/Summer) 2016): 286-302. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07256868.2016.1163531
Igor Ryabov. Colorism and Educational Outcomes of Asian Americans: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.. Social Psychology of
Education. 19, no. 2 (June 2016): 303–324.
Igor Ryabov. Examining the Role of Residential Segregation in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Spending on Fruit and Vegetables. Appetite. 98, (March 2016): 74-79.
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.12.024
Igor Ryabov. On the Relationship between Development and Fertility: the Case of the United States.. Comparative Population Studies. 40, no. 4 (December 2015)
Igor Ryabov and Franklyn Goza. Phenotyping and Adolescence-to-Adulthood Transition of Latino Adolescents. Race and Social Problems. 6, no. 4 (2014): 342-355.
Igor Ryabov. Colorism and School-to-Work and School-to-College Transitions of African-American Adolescents. Race and Social Problems. 5, no. 1 (2013): 15-27.
Igor Ryabov. Russian Wives in America: A Sketchy Portrait. Qualitative Sociology Review. 9, no. 4 (2013): 44-66.
Igor Ryabov. School Context and Academic Achievement of Asian-American Adolescents. Asian American Journal of Psychology. 4, no. 3 (2013): 201-210.
Igor Ryabov. Dialectic and Didactic: Divergent Paths to Contemporary Discourse. Studies in Literature and Language. 5, no. 1 (2012): 16-26.
Igor Ryabov and F Goza. Remittance Activity among Brazilians in the U.S. and Canada. International Migration. 50, no. 4 (2012): 157-185.
Igor Ryabov. The Effect of Time Online on Grades in Online Sociology Courses. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. 8, no. 1 (2012): 13-23.
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol8no1/ryabov_0312.htm
Igor Ryabov. Didactic or Dialectic? The Influence of Aristotelian Scholastic on Hegel and Marx. Studies in Literature and Language. 5, no. 1 (December 2012): 16-26.
http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/j.sll.1923156320120501.2886/3450
Igor Ryabov. Adolescent Academic Outcomes in School Context. Journal of Adolescence. 34, no. 5 (2011): 915-927.
Igor Ryabov and G Wang. Assessing Academic Climate Change in Gender Diversity in the Areas of Science and Engineering. Journal of Women and Minorities in
Science and Engineering. 17, no. 4 (2011): 375-393.
Igor Ryabov. Peer Networks, Generational Status and Achievement of American Adolescents. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology. 1, no. 1 (2011):
105-117.
Igor Ryabov. The Impact of Community Health Workers on Behavioral Outcomes and Glycemic Control of Diabetes Patients on the U.S.-Mexico Border. The
International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 31, no. 4 (2011): 387-399.
Igor Ryabov. The Role of Community Health Workers in Combating Type 2 Diabetes in Rio Grande Valley. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2, (2011):
21-25.
Igor Ryabov. Late-Twentieth-Century Fertility Decline in Moldova: Interplay of Female Autonomy, Wealth, and Education. Journal of Family History. 35, (2010):
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Igor Ryabov. Late-Twentieth-Century Fertility Decline in Moldova: Interplay of Female Autonomy, Wealth, and Education. Journal of Family History. 35, (2010):
164-179.
F Goza and Igor Ryabov. Adolescent Educational Outcomes: Racial and Ethnic Variations in Peer Network Importance. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 38, no. 9
(2009): 1264-1279.
Igor Ryabov. The Role of Peer Social Capital in Educational Assimilation of Immigrant Youths. Sociological Inquiry. 79, no. 4 (2009): 453-480.
Igor Ryabov and P Witherspoon. Diverse Pathways to the Ph.D.: A Study of Women Faculty In the Sciences and Engineering at A Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal
of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. 14, no. 2 (2008): 319-336.
Igor Ryabov and J. van Hook. School Segregation and Academic Achievement Among Hispanic Children. Social Science Research. 36, no. 2 (2007): 767-788.
Igor Ryabov. Family and Population Reproduction in the Ukrainei. Ekonomika Ukrayiny. 4, (1998): 86-88.
Igor Ryabov. Particularities of Demographic Situation in Contemporary Ukraine. Pratsia. 2, (1998): 31-35.
Igor Ryabov. Some Medical and Demographic Consequences of Environmental Crisis. Demografichni Doslidzennya. 19, (1997): 149-159.
Igor Ryabov and Stephen Merino. Recent Demographic Change in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas: The Importance of Domestic Migration. Journal of Borderlands
Studies..
Igor Ryabov. Educational outcomes of Asian and Hispanic Americans: The significance of skin color. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility . 44, : 1-9.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562415000724
Igor Ryabov. Complexion Disadvantage and Violence Involvement among Young Adults in the U.S.. Criminology.
Igor Ryabov. The Association between Childhood Obesity and Academic Outcomes in Young Adulthood. Sociological Inquiry.
Igor Ryabov. The Role of Residential Segregation in Explaining Racial Gaps in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity. Youth and Society.
Igor Ryabov. Immigrant Generational Status and Risk Behaviors of Hispanic Adolescent Graffiti Writers. Qualitative Sociology Review.
Igor Ryabov. Conspicuous Consumption among Hispanics: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 44, :
68-76.
Igor Ryabov. Cost-Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Controlling Diabetes Epidemic on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Public Health. 7, no. 4 : 636–642.
http://www.publichealthjrnl.com/article/S0033-3506(14)00114-0/abstract
Other
Igor Ryabov. Relation of Peer Effects and School Climate to Substance Use among Asian American Adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. 42, (2015): 115-127.
Igor Ryabov and A Darnell. Work Life Survey Evaluation Report. The NSF ADVANCE program at University of Texas at El Paso. (2008)
Igor Ryabov. Faculty Mentoring Program Evaluation Report. The NSF ADVANCE program at University of Texas at El Paso. (2007)
Igor Ryabov. Pathways to the Ph.D.: A Study of Women Faculty in the Sciences and Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. The NSF ADVANCE program
at University of Texas at El Paso. (2007)
Igor Ryabov. The IMPACT Seminar Evaluation Report. The NSF ADVANCE program at University of Texas at El Paso. (2007)
Under Submission
Journal Articles
Igor Ryabov. Complexion Disadvantage and Violence Involvement among Young Adults in the U.S.. Criminology.
Igor Ryabov. The Association between Childhood Obesity and Academic Outcomes in Young Adulthood. Sociological Inquiry.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Susan and Donald Adamchak Scholarship Award, Bowling Green State University (September 2004)
Non-service Research Fellowship, Bowling Green State University (June 2004)
PRESENTATIONS
Igor Ryabov. "Examining the Role of Residential Segregation in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Spending on Fruit and Vegetables." Annual Meeting of American
Sociological Association, Seattle, WA. (August 23, 2016)
Igor Ryabov. "Application of Social Capital Theory to the Study of Educational Achievement of Immigrant Adolescents." Annual Meeting of American Sociological
Association, (2011)
Igor Ryabov and G Wang. "Assessing Academic Climate Change in Gender Diversity in the Areas of Science and Engineering." Annual Meeting of American
Sociological Association, (2011)
Igor Ryabov. "Dialectic and Didactic: Divergent Paths to Contemporary Discourse." Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, (2011)
Igor Ryabov. "Obesity in Mexican-American Adults: Interplay of Immigrant Generation, Gender and Socioeconomic Status." Annual Meeting of American Sociological
Association, (2011)
Igor Ryabov. "The Effect of Study Time on Grades in Online Sociology Courses." Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, (2011)
Igor Ryabov. "The Role of Community Health Workers in Combating Type 2 Diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley." Annual Meeting of American Sociological
Association, (2011)
Igor Ryabov and Franklin Goza. "Remittance Activity among Brazilians in the United States and Canada." 26th IUCCP International Population Conference, (2009)
Igor Ryabov. "Gender Equity and Its Effect on Transition to Lower-Order Births in Moldova." Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, (2008)
Igor Ryabov. "Social Capital and Educational Outcomes of Immigrant Youth." Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, (2008)
Igor Ryabov and Franklin Goza. "Peer Social Capital and the Educational Progress of Minority Adolescents." Annual Meeting of Population Association of America,
(2007)
Igor Ryabov. "Educational Achievement of Adolescents: Does Peer Network Segregation Matter?." Annual Meeting of Population Association of America, (2005)
Igor Ryabov. "School Segregation and Academic Achievement of Latino Immigrant Children." Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, (2004)
Igor Ryabov. "Social Capital Building in Disadvantaged Communities." North Central Sociological Association Conference, (2003)
Igor Ryabov. "Educational Achievement of Latino Children: Testing of "Immigrant Optimism" Hypothesis." Southern Demographic Association Conferencence, (2003)
Igor Ryabov. "The Significance of Women's Empowerment in Counties with Below Replacement Fertility." American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Igor Ryabov. "The Significance of Women's Empowerment in Counties with Below Replacement Fertility." American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Conference, (2002)
Igor Ryabov. "Gender-Induced Differences in Life Expectancy between Western and Eastern Europe." North Central Sociological Association Conference, (2001)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Adv Sociological Theory
Adv Sociology of Edu
Advanced Statistics
African American Poetry
Aging and the Life Course
American Minorities
Classical Social Theory
Contemp Social Theory
Contemporary Social Theory
Cultural Sociology
Demography
Dir Studies-Sociology of Film
Directed Studies
Directed Studies-Capstone
Economic Sociology
Grad Sp Top: Death & Dying
Graduate Research Analy
Graduate Research Method
Graduate Research Topics
Health or Aging Topics
Ind Stu-Quant Social Research
Independent Studies
Race & Ethnic Relations
Research Capstone
SOCI of Economy
Social Change
Social Demography
Social Inequality
Social Stratification
Social Theory
Sociology of Deviance
Sociology of Edu
Sociology of Globalization
The Sociology Of Poverty
Thesis
Thesis I
Thesis II
Directed Student Learning
Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Antonio Guzman, "African American Poetry" , Sociology and Anthropology (UTPA). (January 2016)
SERVICE
Department Service
Committee Chair, Search Committee. (2015 - 2016)
Committee Member, Assessment Committee. (2012 - 2013)
Committee Member, Merit Committee. (2012 - 2013)
Committee Member, Merit Committee. (2011 - 2012)
Committee Member, Search Committee. (2011 - 2012)
Committee Member, Search Committee. (2010 - 2012)
Other, Graduate Program, Department of Sociology. (2010 - 2011)
Committee Member, Merit Committee. (2010 - 2011)
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Other, Graduate Program, Department of Sociology. (2009 - 2010)
Committee Chair, Merit Committee. (2009 - 2010)
Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (2008 - 2009)
Committee Member, Search Committee. (2008 - 2009)
College Service
Committee Member, Award Committee. (2012 - 2013)
Committee Member, Award Committee. (2011 - 2012)
Committee Member, Award Committee. (2010 - 2011)
Committee Member, Award Committee. (2009 - 2010)
University Service
Committee Member, Academic Computing Council. (2012 - 2013)
Committee Member, Academic Computing Council. (2011 - 2012)
Committee Member, Academic Computing Council. (2010 - 2011)
Committee Member, Academic Computing Council. (2009 - 2010)
Development Activities Attended
"Faculty Support Program," University of Texas Pan American. (2008 - 2010)
Workshop, "Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Students in and out of the Classroom," University of Texas Pan American. ( 2009)
Workshop, "Teaching Online in Higher Education," University of Texas Pan American. (2009 - 2009)
"Comprehensive Training Program," University of Texas Pan American. (2008 - 2009)
Professional Service
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , American Sociological Review
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Evaluation and Program Planning
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Journal of Family Issues
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Journal of Marriage and Family
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Norton
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Pine Forge
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Sage
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Social Science Research
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Sociological Focus
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer , Sociological Inquiry
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association (January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2014)
Population Association of America (January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2012)
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