The Sociology of Education

Jeanne Ballantine is university professor of sociology at Wright State University. She received her master's degree from Columbia University and her PhD from Indiana University. Jeanne has taught in a number of venues including Japan, Brazil, Spain, Italy Rwanda (as a Fulbright scholar), Semester at Sea and Wittenberg University in Ohio. Her primary areas of scholarship are sociology of education, applied sociology, global studies, and global women's issues.Floyd Hammack is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Education Program at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He edited The Comprehensive High School Today (Teachers College Press, 2004), and recently published Schooling for Social Mobility: High School Reform for College Access and Success, in the Journal of School Choice.Jenny Stuber is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Florida. In addition to her book, Inside the College Gates (2011), her research has appeared in Sociological Forum, The Journal of Contemporary Sociology, The International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and Teaching in Higher Education.