Funded Dissertation Grants
1993-Present
Updated: Jun-04-2003
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| Name and Affiliation |
Title of Project |
Data Set Used |
Dates of Projects |
Percy Abram
Stanford University | Does language matter?: The effects of language on the development of social capital among Latino students Abstract | NELS:88
| 5/1/01-4/30/02 |
Candace Adams
Virginia Tech | Testing the direct and indirect effects of school learning variables on Black 10th grade students' academic acheivement Abstract | NELS:88
| 7/1/94-6/30/95 |
Roberto Agodini
Columbia University | Gains in achievement from completing the "new basics": Before and after A Nation at Risk Abstract | HS&B
NELS:92 | 10/1/96-9/30/97 |
James Ainsworth-Darnell
Ohio State University | How neighborhood context affects academic performance across racial groups Abstract | NELS:88
| 1/1/98-6/30/99 |
Motoko Akiba
Pennsylvania State University | Cross-national analysis of school violence: Critical evaluation of the effect of academic competition on delinquency Abstract | TIMSS
| 9/1/00-8/31/01 |
Henry Anaya
Stanford University | Emerging crisis: The effects of residential and educational segregation on minority dropout Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/96-9/30/98 |
Irenee Beattie
University of Arizona | How high schools matter: Within and between school stratification and the dynamics of women's welfare recipiency Abstract | NLSY
| 2/15/01-2/14/02 |
John Bielinski
University of Minnesota | Describing and accounting for gender differences in mathematics achievement test item performance Abstract | NAEP
| 12/14/98-6/30/99 |
Janis Brown
Howard University | Parental involvement and the dimensions of self-esteem: Implications for education policy Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/96-3/30/98 |
Jae-Eun Chae
Harvard University | Student departure from U.S. community colleges: A competing risks survival analysis Abstract | BPS
| 10/1/99-12/31/00 |
Lisa Chavez
University of California, Berkeley | Social capital and college choice: The case of 1992 Latino high school graduates Abstract | NELS:88
| 8/1/98-5/31/99 |
Yuk Fai Cheong
Michigan State University | A Bayesian analysis of school- and state-level correlates of the likelihood of the offering of eighth grade algebra for high school credits Abstract | NAEP
| 6/15/94-12/31/96 |
Lora Cohen-Vogel
Vanderbilt University | School governance at the intersection of public school choice and accountability Abstract | SASS
CCD | 11/1/01-10/31/02 |
J. Kelly Coker
University of North Carolina, Greensboro | A context for use: Examining the environmental and social factors that impact adolescent problem drinking Abstract | NELS:88
| 2/15/98-6/30/98 |
Anne D'Agostino
University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Assessing a social-cognitive model of achievement motivation Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/95-9/30/96 |
Ashlesha Datar
RAND Graduate School | Does entering kindergarten at an older age lead to better school performance? Abstract | ECLS
| 11/1/01-10/31/02 |
Susan DeAngelis
University of Arkansas | Persistence of students enrolled in graduate and professional programs: The influence of background, graduate experience, aspirations, expected earnings, and financial commitment Abstract | NPSAS
| 3/1/97-2/28/98 |
Karen DeAngelis
Stanford University | The relationship between teachers' salaries and the quality of the supply of recent college graduates to teaching Abstract | RCGS
| 1/1/98-3/31/00 |
Thomas Dee
University of Maryland | Resource allocation and public school quality Abstract | CCD
| 6/1/96-5/31/97 |
Mario Delci
University of California, Berkeley | Educational and labor market returns to combining academic and vocational coursework in high school Abstract | NELS:88
| 3/1/00-8/31/01 |
Susan Dumais
Harvard University | The causes of working class educational success Abstract | NELS:88
| 4/1/99-3/31/01 |
Philomena Dunkl
University of Virginia | Factors influencing inidividual faculty retirement decisions Abstract | NSOPF
| 10/1/96-9/30/97 |
Ronald Fernandes
Carnegie Mellon University | Can parental interventions reduce the ethnic gap in college enrollment? Evidence from the NELS:88 Abstract | NELS:88
| 12/1/00-4/30/03 |
Ted Futris
University of North Carolina at Greensboro | The developmental trajectories of teenage males who become fathers compared to those who delay fatherhood Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/99-8/31/00 |
Claudia Galindo
Pennsylvania State University | Hispanic immigrants' learning trajectories: The role of English ability, parental involvement, and language support programs in the first years of schooling Abstract | ECLS-K
| 8/1/03-7/31/04 |
Helen Galvan
UC Santa Barbara | Why teachers stay: A comprehensive, multivariate analysis of factors influencing the retention of teachers Abstract | SASS
TFS | 5/1/94-3/31/97 |
Annie Georges
Pennsylvania State University | Entry into and exit out of poverty among women: Do education and job training make a difference? Abstract | NLSY
| 6/1/97-5/31/99 |
Ginger Nelson Goff
UCLA | Assessing the impact of tracking on individual growth in mathematics achievement using random coefficient modeling Abstract | LSAY
| 11/1/93-10/31/94 |
Gabriella Gonzalez
Harvard University | Family background, ethnicity, and immigration status: A longitudinal analysis of school success for immigrant and native-born students Abstract | NELS:88
| 4/1/00-3/31/01 |
Nora Gordon
Harvard University | Tracking Title I: From revenues to inputs to outcomes Abstract | CCD
SDDB | 6/1/01-5/31/02 |
Suzanne Graham
Harvard University | The exodus from mathematics: When and why? Abstract | LSAY
| 6/1/96-5/31/97 |
Eric Grodsky
University of Wisconsin | Thirty years of maximally maintained inequality in postsecondary education Abstract | NLS
HS&B | 9/1/00-8/31/02 |
Jenifer Hamil-Luker
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Differential participation in and returns to education over the life course Abstract | NHES
NLS | 6/1/01-5/31/02 |
Laura Hamilton
Stanford University | Construct validity of constructed-response assessments: Male and female high school science performance Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/96-5/31/97 |
Gillian Hampden-Thompson
Pennsylvania State University | An international study of academic achievement between children from single- and two-parent families Abstract | PISA
| 6/1/03-5/31/04 |
Donna Harris
University of Wisconsin | The influence of school contextual factors on the educational opportunities of Black students Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/97-2/1/00 |
Cory Heyman
Johns Hopkins University | Getting a first job: Translating academic credentials into labor-market position Abstract | B&B
| 6/1/97-12/31/98 |
Guanglei Hong
University of Michigan | Causal inference for multi-level observational data with applications to educational research Abstract | ECLS
| 11/1/02-6/31/03 |
Jessica Howell
University of Virginia | Eliminating affirmative action in higher education: Restricting access or engendering equality? Abstract | NELS:88
IPEDS | 6/1/02-5/31/03 |
Terry Ishitani
University of Iowa | An application of event history modeling to assessing student dropout behavior: National data approach Abstract | BPS
| 10/1/99-7/31/00 |
Ann Jones
Boston College | Differential effectiveness: Catholic and public school fourth graders' performance on NAEP Abstract | NAEP
| 10/1/96-9/30/97 |
Seongeun Kim
University of Southern California | Adolescent substance use prevention: Investigation of cross-level interaction and longitudinal effects of self, peer, family and school level risk and protective factors using multilevel longitudinal reticular action modeling Abstract | NELS:88
| 5/1/99-10/31/00 |
Dongbin Kim
UC Los Angeles | Multilevel analysis of the effect of loans on students' degree attainment: Differences by student and institutional characteristics Abstract | NPSAS
BPS | 2/15/02-3/1/03 |
Doo Hwan Kim
University of Chicago | My friend's parents and my parent's friends: Impact of parental resources on student's competitiveness for college Abstract | NELS:88
| 11/1/02-10/31/03 |
Kaeli Knowles
University of Maryland | Effects of teacher knowledge and motivation on students Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/98-9/30/99 |
Natalie Lacireno-Paquet
George Washington University | Charter school responses to policy regimes and markets: The effect on service to disadvantaged students Abstract | SASS
CCD | 1/1/03-12/31/03 |
Aruna Lakshmanan
Louisiana State University | A longitudinal study of adolescent educational aspirations and their relation to college choice using hierarchical linear modeling and group-based mixture modeling Abstract | NELS:88
| 3/1/03-2/28/04 |
John Latting
UC Berkeley | Academic achievement as behavior: A study of effective approaches to secondary education Abstract | HS&B
| 5/1/94-8/31/96 |
Jason LaTurner
University of Texas, Austin | The choice to teach math and science: Social values and the collegiate experience Abstract | B&B
RCGS | 6/1/99-5/31/01 |
Jaekyung Lee
University of Chicago | Multi-level linkages of State education reform to instructional practices and student outcomes: Implications for narrowing social learning gap in math Abstract | NAEP
| 8/1/95-7/31/96 |
Lars Lefgren
University of Chicago | Relating individual achievement gains to peer effects: An empirical examination of instructional and interaction effects in ability grouping Abstract | PROSPECTS
| 9/1/00-4/30/01 |
Nettie Legters
Johns Hopkins University | Teachers and contexts: Interdisciplinary teaming and teachers' work experiences Abstract | NELS:88
| 7/1/95-6/30/96 |
Min Li
Stanford University | Using TIMSS items to examine the linkage between science achievement and assessment methods Abstract | TIMSS
| 11/1/00-10/31/01 |
April Linton
University of Washington | Spanish for Americans? The dual-language option in U.S. public schools Abstract | SDDB
| 4/1/00-3/31/02 |
Cheryl Littman
University of Chicago | An investigation of the effects of child- and school-centered parent involvement on student achievement: Implications for family interactions and school policy Abstract | PROSPECTS
| 5/1/99-7/31/00 |
Amy Lutz
SUNY-Albany | Bilingualism in the USA: Language outcomes and consequences for Hispanic youth Abstract | NELS:88
| 5/1/2001-9/30/2002 |
Byron Lutz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The effects of the end of court-ordered desegregation Abstract | CCD
PSS | 7/1/03-6/30/04 |
Xin Ma
University of British Columbia | A national assessment of mathematics participation: A survival analysis model for describing students' academic careers Abstract | LSAY
| 10/1/95-9/30/96 |
Erin Maher
Indiana University | A multi-level analysis of the influence of school organizational features on student achievement in the desegregation context Abstract | NELS:90
| 8/1/99-12/31/00 |
Kate Mahoney
Arizona State University | Linguistic influences in differential item functioning for English learners on the NAEP mathematics, 1996 Abstract | NAEP
| 11/1/02-10/31/03 |
William Mangino
Yale University | Adolescent peer networks as social capital: The academic implications of openness Abstract | AddHealth
| 4/1/03-4/30/04 |
Betsy McCoach
University of Connecticut | Does grouping matter? A cross-classified random effects model of children's reading growth during the first two years of school Abstract | ECLS
| 6/1/02-5/31/03 |
Tatiana Melguizo
Stanford University | What types of institutions are doing a better job graduating minorities? A comparative analysis for African American, Hispanic, and white students in the U.S. in the last two decades Abstract | HS&B
NELS:0P | 11/1/01-10/31/03 |
Zena Mello
Pennsylvania State University | Across time and place: The development of adolescents' educational and occupational expectations in the context of parental and neighborhood socioeconomic status Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/03-5/31/04 |
Stephen Meyer
University of Chicago | Understanding the Impact of Organizational Differentiation in High-Poverty Schools: An Integrated Model of its Consequences and Effects on Student Achievement Abstract | PROSPECTS
| 10/1/99-9/30/00 |
R. Sam Michalowski
City University of New York | The organizational context of school violence and disruption: A national perspective Abstract | SASS
| 5/1/02-12/31/03 |
Catherine Mobley
University of Maryland | Community colleges and the school-to-work transition: A multilevel analysis Abstract | HS&B
IPEDS | 11/1/95-10/31/96 |
Jeanine Molock
University of Delaware | Selection bias in multilevel linear models Abstract | NELS:88
| 11/1/00-8/31/01 |
Juan Moran
University of Illinois | Examining depth and dimensionality of achievement: Application of the Unified Cognitive-Psychometric Diagnosis Model to the TIMSS 4th grade science data Abstract | TIMSS
| 5/1/99-2/28/01 |
Stephen Morgan
Harvard University | Endogenous, contextual , or correlated: Does adolescent interaction mediate the effect of school inputs on learning outcomes? Abstract | NELS:88
HS&B | 11/1/97-6/30/00 |
Nancy Morse-Kelly
Temple University | Secondary school students and sex equity, 1969-1994 Abstract | NELS:88
HS&B | 9/1/95-8/31/97 |
David Most
University of California, Los Angeles | Funding and finishing the PhD: The role of various patterns of graduate support mechanisms Abstract | GSS
R&D | 7/1/01-6/30/02 |
Ann Mullen
Yale University | Gender, race, and class and the new dimensions of stratification in higher education Abstract | B&B
| 1/1/97-6/1/98 |
Patricia Muller
Indiana University | Mathematics and science achievement growth trajectories: Racial-ethnic and gender differences in the precollege years Abstract | NELS:88
| 8/1/98-7/31/99 |
Thomas Nix
University of Alabama | Comparison of low, moderate, and high effectiveness schools: A value-added longitudinal assessment of consistent school effectiveness in American suburban, secondary public schools Abstract | NELS:88
| 5/1/99-8/31/00 |
Anne Nordstrom
Boston College | The effect of alternative tracking systems on post-secondary attainment of high school students Abstract | HS&B
| 10/1/95-9/30/96 |
Colin Ong-Dean
University of California, San Diego | Parents' role in the diagnosis and accomodation of disabled children in the educational context Abstract | SDDB
U.S. Census | 9/1/02-8/31/03 |
Susan Paik
University of Illinois, Chicago | Educational productivity in Korea and the United States Abstract | TIMSS
| 5/1/98-4/30/01 |
Gregory Palardy
University of California, Santa Barbara | An improved model for the equitable evaluation of school effectiveness: An application of multilevel latent variable growth modeling Abstract | NELS:88
| 3/1/01-6/30/03 |
Eunai Park
University of California, Santa Barbara | The relationship among parental involvement, adolescents' aspirations and adolescents' academic achievement Abstract | NELS:88
| 4/1/99-2/28/01 |
Kevin Payne
University of Missouri | The problem of multiple levels in social inquiry: An application to educational policy analysis Abstract | SDDB
NAEP | 9/1/00-4/30/02 |
Lisa Pellerin
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Urban youth and schooling: A dynamic and contextual study of student disengagement Abstract | NELS:88
HSES | 5/1/99-4/30/00 |
Robert Petrin
University of Chicago | The distribution and effects of instruction for high school math and science Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/98-2/28/01 |
Patricia Polanski
University of North Carolina-Greensboro | Why some at-risk students do not dropout: An ecological -developmental model of educational persistence Abstract | NELS:88
| 2/15/98-9/30/98 |
Derek Price
American University | Systems of inequality: Student indebtedness and early labor market incorporation Abstract | B&B
| 5/1/98-3/31/99 |
Sara Rab
University of Pennsylvania | Following swirling students: Examining college retention from a systems perspective Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/03-5/31/04 |
Sheri Ranis
Teachers College, Columbia University | Making sense of the postsecondary aspirations of disadvantaged youth: The concept of planfulness Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/00-9/30/01 |
Robert Ream
University of California, Santa Barbara | On the move: Student mobility as a contributing factor in achievement stratification between Mexican-Americans and non-Latino Whites Abstract | NELS:88
| 7/1/99-12/31/01 |
Sarah Reber
Harvard University | Court-ordered desegregation plans: Implications for segregation, 'white flight', residential segregation, and school finance Abstract | CCD
| 11/1/01-10/31/03 |
Linda Renzulli
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | In the tradition of local control: Charter school initiatives in the US Abstract | CCD
PSS | 5/1/00-7/30/01 |
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
University of Chicago | The math and science gender gap in international context: Looking for patterns and particulars Abstract | TIMSS
| 6/15/98-6/15/00 |
Kate Riordan
Pennsylvania State University | An assessment of factors that account for the socioeconomic and racial gaps in children's school readiness: An analysis using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class Abstract | ECLS
| 5/1/00-1/31/02 |
Vincent Roscigno
North Carolina State University | Families, friends, and schools: The Black-White achievement gap and its reproduction Abstract | CCD
NELS:88 | 10/1/95-9/30/96 |
Jodie Roth
University of Michigan | Teenage childbearing and high school dropouts: The role of school experiences Abstract | NELS:88
| 2/1/94-11/30/94 |
Paul Schvaneveldt
University of North Carolina, Greensboro | The role of parents, peers, and academic achievement, and involvement in substance use in determining pathways to success in early adulthood Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/98-9/30/99 |
Christina Sentovich
University of South Florida | Teacher satisfaction in public, private, and charter schools: The influence of workplace conditions and professionalization Ð a multilevel analysis Abstract | SASS
| 5/1/02-6/30/03 |
Jamie Shkolnik
University of California, San Diego | Ability grouping in secondary schools; The tradeoff between efficiency and peer group effects Abstract | LSAY
| 3/1/96-8/31/97 |
Becky Smerdon
University of Michigan | How the academic and social organization of high schools either marginalize or encompass students at-risk of school failure Abstract | NELS:88
| 7/1/97-12/31/98 |
Margaret Smith
University of Delaware | The cognitive levels of mathematics tasks during instruction: A video study of the treatment of mathematics tasks in eighth-grade classrooms in the United States, Germany, and Japan Abstract | TIMSS
| 9/1/98-8/31/99 |
Elizabeth Stearns
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | The relationship between school racial composition and dropout Abstract | HSES
| 9/1/00-8/31/01 |
Susan Stone
University of Chicago | Understanding adolescent, family, and school determinants of changes in parental involvement between 8th and 10th grades: Evidence from the Student Life in High Schools Project and the NELS:88. Abstract | NELS:88
| 2/1/97-8/30/99 |
Debra Suarez
SUNY-Albany | Heritage language maintenance and its relationship with second language instruction Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/96-9/30/97 |
Brian Surette
University of North Carolina | An empirical model of post-secondary schooling, vocational training, employment, and wages Abstract | NLSY
HEGIS | 7/1/94-6/31/95 |
Christopher Swanson
University of Chicago | A study of educational and residential mobility in America's high schools Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/97-6/1/99 |
Peter Teitelbaum
University of California, Berkeley | The impact of graduation requirements on student coursetaking and achievement Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/1/99-9/30/01 |
George Terhanian
University of Pennsylvania | The relationship between school policies, practices, and resources and reading proficiency: Evidence from the1994 National and Trial State Assessments of Educational Progress Abstract | NAEP
CCD | 5/1/98-5/1/99 |
Bridget Terry Long
Harvard University | The effect of state in-kind subsidies on investment in higher education Abstract | NPSAS
NELS:88 | 6/1/99-5/31/00 |
Pamela Theroux
Teachers College, Columbia University | Parent involvement and adolescent achievement: Defeated by divorce? Abstract | NELS:88
| 8/1/96-2/28/98 |
Amy Thoreson
University of Chicago | Trends in African American - White differences in academic achievement and post-high school education Abstract | NLS
HS&B | 6/1/00-12/31/01 |
Paige L. Tompkins
Mississippi State | Teacher burnout and attrition in the U.S. teacher corps Abstract | SASS
TFS | 11/1/94-10/31/95 |
Herbert Turner
University of Pennsylvania | Are advanced high school mathematics courses predictors of earnings in the labor market? Abstract | HS&B
| 11/1/00-6/1/02 |
Kazuaki Uekawa
University of Chicago | Children's achievement and social backgrounds: An international comparison Abstract | TIMSS
| 1/1/98-12/31/99 |
Clare Von Secker
University of Maryland | Using hierarchical linear growth models to evaluate protective mechanisms that mediate science achievement Abstract | NELS:88
| 10/16/98-5/16/99 |
Erica Walker
Harvard University | Off track?: Students' advanced math course-taking patterns in high school Abstract | NELS:88
| 9/1/00-8/31/01 |
Marjorie Wallace
Michigan State University | Making sense of the links: From government policy to student achievement Abstract | BTS
NAEP | 5/1/02-4/30/04 |
Sandra Way
University of Arizona | For their own good? The effects of school discipline on student behavior and academic achievement Abstract | NELS:88
| 5/1/02-4/30/03 |
Harold Wenglinsky
New York University | The promises and pitfalls of privatization: A comparison of public and private secondary schools Abstract | NELS:88
| 6/1/94-5/30/95 |
Susan Wiley
University of California, Santa Barbara | The influence of school leadership and school professional community on student achievement Abstract | NELS:88
| 11/1/96-10/31/97 |
George Wimberly
University of Chicago | Links between social capital and educational attainment among African American adolescents Abstract | NELS:88
| 12/1/98-6/30/00 |
Ying Zhou
Penn State University | Examining the influences on faculty departure using NSOPF-99 Abstract | NSOPF
| 7/1/02-6/30/03 |
Keith Zvoch
University of New Mexico | Parental involvement: A test of factorial invariance across and within family type Abstract | NELS:88
| 1/1/99-6/30/00 |
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