Graduate Students Win More Awards

July 9, 2012

The Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education Sciences prepares young education science scholars to provide solid evidence of “what works” in education. A select group of doctoral students in sociology, economics, psychology, and political science design, carry out, and analyze specialized research in education issues. They continue to do award-winning work. Lauren Schudde (sociology) received fellowship awards this spring: a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship; an AERA Dissertation Grant; and an Association for Institutional Research (AIR) fellowship. Anna Haskins (sociology) received a Ford Foundation dissertation fellowship to complete her research on The Effects of Families, Schools and the Penal System on Racial Inequality in Educational Outcomes. Seong Won Han, sociology, was awarded an AERA Dissertation Grant for 2012-2013 to complete her doctoral thesis "Cross-National Study of Students' STEM Career Aspirations: Evidence from PISA." Katie Broton (sociology) received an NSF fellowship to support her graduate study. Jill Bowdon (sociology) was selected as a 2012-13 Institute for Research on Poverty Dissertation Fellow and will receive support to complete her dissertation on The Emergence of the Black-White Test Score Gap. More information is available here.