Name: Fabian Barch
Email: fb1034@nyu.edu
Program: Sociology of Education
Research Interests: student houselessness, critical race theory, educational opportunity gaps, and research/practice partnerships
Principal Advisor(s): Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng
Research description/bio: Fabian Barch is an eighth-year doctoral student in the Sociology of Education program. His research focuses on issues of inequality related to race, geography, wealth, and educational opportunity. His dissertation explores the relationship between student houselessness and learning outcomes.
Fabian earned his BA in Education Studies and French, with a minor in Psychological and Brain Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis in 2016. He is passionate about promoting access to educational opportunities and high-quality schooling for all students.
Selected Awards, Publications, and Presentations:
Publications:
Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian and Fabian Barch. 2020. “Teacher Work Conditions among Public and Private Schools: A Comparative Perspective” Background paper prepared for the 2021 Global Education Monitoring Report. UNESCO: Paris.
Presentations:
Barch, Fabian. “Establishing Community Context: Using Demographic and Transportation Insights to Build Community Profiles” New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, September 2022
Barch, Fabian, and Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng. “Estimating the Effects of Classroom Racial Composition on Teachers’ Perceptions of Working Conditions” AERA, April 2020 (Canceled due to Covid-19)