Application essays and the ritual production of merit in US selective admissions
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Ben Gebre-Medhin: Ben Gebre-Medhin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mount Holyoke College who focuses on the relationship between universities, academic identities, and social inequality. His recent work concentrates on the qualitative components of holistic review, and his forthcoming book asks how a handful of wealthy, elite, private universities in the U.S. came to compete over free virtual courses during the MOOC movement. Prior to completing a postdoc at Stanford University, his work was supported by the U.S. Department of Education (Javits Fellowship) and the National Academy of Education (NAEd/Spencer Foundation).
Sonia Giebel: Sonia Giebel is a doctoral candidate in Sociology of Education and Higher Education at Stanford University. She is interested in how different dimensions of identity, including race and gender, are understood and deployed during key academic transitions, especially the undergraduate admissions process. Sonia's work has been supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, the Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship, and the Fulbright Program.
AJ Alvero: AJ Alvero is a computational sociologist at the University of Florida interested in language, race/ethnicity, culture, and education. His current research leverages computational techniques to analyze college admissions essays and model the social patterns within them.
Anthony Lising Antonio: Dr. anthony lising antonio's research focuses on stratification and postsecondary access, racial diversity and its impact on students and institutions, student friendship networks, and student development.
Benjamin W. Domingue: Ben Domingue is an assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is interested in psychometrics and quantitative methods.
Mitchell L Stevens: Mitchell Stevens is Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University, where he co-directs the Pathways Lab (pathwayslab.stanford.edu).