Assistant Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab
Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology
(Curriculum Vitae)
Associate Director for Research, WISCAPE
Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty, the La Follette School of Public Affairs ,the UW Interdisciplinary Training Program for Predoctoral Research in Education Sciences, Women's Studies.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
1025 West Johnson Street #575K
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2141 (w)
(608) 262-0460 (f)
Email: srab@education.wisc.edu
Blog: http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/
Doctoral Degree:
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. Sociology, 2004.
Academic Areas of Interest:
Higher Education (Access, Persistence, Complex Postsecondary Pathways), Educational Policy, Sociology of Education
Current and Recent Professional Activities:
Affiliated Primary Investigator, Consortium for Chicago School Research
Consultant, Center for American Progress (Washington, DC)
Consultant, The Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)
Consultant, Community College Research Center (NY)
Current Research Projects:
Co-Director, Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study
Current and Recent Grants and Awards:
Spencer Foundation and WT Grant Foundation, "Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study," (2008-2009)
Mellon Foundation. “Assessing Equity and Excellence in Public Higher Education: Evidence from a Large Flagship Public University.” Co-PI with Robert Haveman, John Witte, and Barbara Wolfe. (2006-2008).
National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-2007).
National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good, Rising Scholars Award (2004).
American Educational Research Association Grant (2005-2007).
Association for Institutional Research/National Postsecondary Education Cooperative Focused Grants on Student Success (2005-2006).
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Graduate School Research Committee Grant (2005-2007).
The Spencer Foundation, Dissertation Fellowship (2003-2004).
American Educational Research Association/ National Science Foundation/ National Center for Education Statistics of the Institute of Education Sciences, Dissertation Fellowship (2003-2004).
Recent and Representative Publications:
Sara Goldrick-Rab & Fabian Pfeffer. (2008) “Beyond Access: Explaining Social Class Differences in College Student Mobility.” WISCAPE Working Paper. Forthcoming, Sociology of Education. Click here for PDF version.
Sara Goldrick-Rab & Josipa Roksa. (2008) . A Federal Agenda for Promoting Student Success and Degree Completion. Center for American Progress: Washington D.C. Click here for PDF version.
Sara Goldrick-Rab, Deborah Faye Carter, and Rachelle Winkle Wagner. “What Higher Education Literature Has to Say About the Transition to College.” Teachers College Record 2007 (and online edition in Fall 2006). Click here for abstract.
Sara Goldrick-Rab. January 2006. “Following Their Every Move: How Social Class Shapes Postsecondary Pathways.” Sociology of Education. Link found on Ingenta.
Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded Access to College for the Poor. With Kathleen Shaw (Temple University), Christopher Mazzeo (NY), Jerry Jacobs (University of Pennsylvania), and EPS graduate students Angelina Castagno, Suzanne Sublette, and May Wang. Book forthcoming from Russell Sage, Summer 2006.
Press Coverage has appeared in the November 28 edition of the Employment and Training Reporter.
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Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kathleen Shaw. December 2005. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Work-First Reforms on Access to Postsecondary Education.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Click here for PDF version.
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Christopher Mazzeo. Winter 2005. “What ‘No Child Left Behind’ Means for College Access.” Review of Research in Education. Click here for PDF version.
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Debates in Higher Education Policy
Community Colleges: Issues and Research
Sociology of Education
Women in Higher Education
