Name: Benjamin Le
Email: bgl3705@nyu.edu
Program: Sociology of Education
Research Interests: Intersection of race/ethnicity and language, English Learners, bilingual education, secondary and post-secondary outcomes
Principal Advisor: Dr. Mercy Agyepong
Research Description/Bio:
Ben is a third-year doctoral student in the Sociology of Education program. His current research is exploring the opportunities and outcomes for students classified as English Learners through a quantitative intersectional framework. He is primarily interested in exploring how student identities, such as race/ethnicity and gender, interact with their English Learner status, creating disparate outcomes and access to core content for different racialized and gendered groups of English Learners in New York City.
Still, Ben hopes to explore other research topics related to English Learner and multilingual student outcomes in New York City. For example, Ben plans to explore how different models of bilingual education may be benefiting some groups of students more than others. He also continues to explore more qualitative research which has highlighted how language becomes racialized and how language has been used to racialize the speakers. Ben’s experiences as a volunteer and private tutor in Southern California and his time as Fulbright English Teaching assistant in Madrid has pushed him to explore how differently racialized groups may benefit or be harmed by their language practices due to the sociolinguistic hierarchy.
Ben is originally from Southern California, and enjoys his time getting to know New York City, spending time with friends, and cooking.
Presentation:
AERA 2023: Analyzing 6-Year Graduation Rates at the Intersection of EL Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender.