Hayward Derrick Horton

Research interests

• Demography
• Race/Ethnicity and Structural Inequality
• Entrepreneurship
• Community and Economic Development

Professional experience

2006-Present Professor, Department of Sociology, UAlbany

2006-Present Professor, School of Public Health, UAlbany

1995-2006 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UAlbany

2001-2006 Associate Professor, School of Public Health, UAlbany

1995 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University

1989-1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University

1984-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Central Arkansas

1982-1984 Instructor, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University

Honors and awards

• Lifetime Membership Award by the Sociological Honor Society of Norfolk State University, November 16, 2018.
• The Black Caucus of the Public Employee Federation of New York Outstanding Service Award, 2008
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Academic Service, 2005-2006.
• UAlbany’s Excellence in Academic Service Award, 2005-2006.
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
• UAlbany’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000-2001
• The Black Faculty and Professional Staff Association Outstanding Service Award, 1997 
• The Association of Black Sociologists ‘ Leadership and Service Award, 1995
• The Alpha Kappa Delta Emory Bogardus Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, 1992
• Rural Sociological Society/Ford Foundation Travel Scholarship, 1991
• The Outstanding Young Men of America Award, 1989 
• Black Community Developers Award for Outstanding Leadership, 1989

Current professional memberships

• Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociological Honor Society
• American Sociological Association
• Association of Black Sociologists
• Sociologists for Women in Society
• Eastern Sociological Society
• Population Association of America
• Rural Sociological Society
• Society for Applied Sociology
• Southern Sociological Society