

This multidisciplinary doctoral program will equip you with critical theoretical foundations of education and social change as you develop expertise in qualitative and quantitative sociological research methods, sociological theory, and the sociology of education.
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The academic objectives of the doctorate are twofold:
The professional objectives of the doctorate are also twofold:
Noga Admon. Hispanic Students and the Decision to Attend a Community College.
Marci Borenstein (proposal). Organizing Immigrant Family Involvement: A Comparative Study of Two Urban Public Elementary Schools.
Jean Dauphinee. Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Reading Recovery: A Survey of Schools in New York and New Jersey.
Karly Sarita Ford. Seeking Their Own Kind: Educational Homogamy and Social Stratification.
Jehanzaib Khan. School or Madrassa? Parents’ Choice and the Failure of State-run Education in Pakistan.
Christina López (proposal). Moving Up the Education Ladder: Second-Generation Dominicans in Higher Education.
Steven Oliver. Exploring the Utilization of Institutional Support Structures by Black Males on a Predominantly White Campus.
Catherine Wynne. An Analysis of Institutional Commitment and Goal Commitment at a Community College.
The list below includes initial or current positions for graduates of the Sociology of Education doctoral program in the past decade.
If you are accepted as a full-time NYU Steinhardt PhD student without an alternate funding source, you are eligible for our competitive funding package, which includes a scholarship and tuition remission. Learn more about our funding opportunities.
If you have any additional questions about our degree, please feel free to contact us at steinhardt.socofed@nyu.edu.