Faculty

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Assistant Professor of International Education and Educational Sociology

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Phone: 212-992-9374
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My research interests focus on cross-national studies of civic education and conceptions of citizenship, nationality, and ethnic identity among students and teachers. I teach courses in research methods, comparative education, cross-cultural socialization, and sociology of education.


Degrees Held

  • Ph.D. University of Michigan 2003
    Sociology
  • M.P.P. University of Michigan 2000
    Public Policy
  • M.A. University of Michigan 1999
    Sociology
  • A.B. Cornell University 1994
    Magna Cum Laude, Sociology and German Area Studies

Awards

  • 2007 : Gabriel Carras Research Award, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, for “Everyday Understandings of Citizenship in Germany”
  • 2006 : Spencer Foundation Grant, “Race, Nation, and Identity for New Americans,” Co-Principal Investigator, with Ann Morning
  • 2006 : Steinhardt School of Education Challenge IDEA Grant, Co-Principal Investigator, with Ann Morning
  • 2005 : Steinhardt School of Education Summer Research Grant Development Stipend, Principal Investigator
  • 2004 : German Academic Exchange Service/American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
  • 2004 : Steinhardt School of Education Research Challenge Grant, Principal Investigator
  • 2004 : The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Wiederaufnahme (Renewal) Fellowship

Publications

  • Blood and Culture: Race, Citizenship, and National Belonging in a Re-Imagined Germany. Duke University Press (contracted, expected publication date 2009).
  • Miller-Idriss, Cynthia. “Everyday Understandings of Citizenship in Germany.” Citizenship Studies. Volume 10, Number 5, November 2006, pp. 541-570.
  • Miller-Idriss, Cynthia. 2005. “Citizenship Education and Political Extremism in Germany: An Ethnographic Account.” In Wilde, Stephanie, ed. Political and Citizenship Education: International Perspectives. Wallingford, United Kingdom: Symposium Press, pp. 101-122.
  • "Challenge and Change in the German Vocational Education System since 1990.” Oxford Review of Education. Volume 28, Number 4, December 2002, pp. 473-490.
  • Miller-Idriss, Cynthia. 2006. “Dismantling the Nation, Debunking Pride: Discourse and Practice in German Civics Classrooms.” In: Perspectives on Citizenship Education: Theory - Research – Practice. Münster/New York: Waxmann, pp. 19-26.
  • Fox, Jon and Cynthia Miller-Idriss. “Everyday Nationhood.” Ethnicities. (forthcoming, 2008).
  • Fox, Jon and Cynthia Miller-Idriss. “The ‘Here and Now’ of Everyday Nationhood.” Ethnicities. (forthcoming, 2008).

Courses

Recent Courses Taught:

Sociology of Education in Developing Areas

Comparative Education Research: Qualitative Methods

Cross-Cultural Studies of Socialization

Comparative Education

Principles of Empirical Research

International Education Doctoral Seminar

Research Interests

  • My research interests focus on the relationships among education, nationalism, and ethnic conflict.