Barbara Schneider
John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor
Erickson Hall, 516B
Biography
Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah Chair University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. She has used a sociological lens to understand societal conditions and interpersonal interactions that create norms and values that enhance human and social capital for the past thirty years. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents as they m
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Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1979
M.S., National Louis University, 1976
B.S., National Louis University, Sociology, with honors 1967
Publications
Schneider, B., Krajcik, J., Lavonen, J., Salmela-Aro, K. (Expected publication 2020) Learning Science: Crafting Engaging Science Environments. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Schneider, B. (Eds.). (July 2018) Handbook of the sociology of education in the 21st century. New York: Springer. Kim, S., Klager, C., and Schneider, B. (2019).
The Effects of Alignment of Educational Expectations and Occupational Aspirations on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from NLSY79. The Journal of Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2019.1615333
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