Barbara Schneider

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 worked for 18 years at the University of Chicago, holding positions as a Professor in Sociology and Human Development and as a senior researcher at NORC. Currently she continues to hold an appointment as a university faculty research associate at the University of Chicago and as senior fellow at NORC, where she is the principal investigator of the NSF funded center on Advancing Research and Communication in STEM. She also continues to direct the Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work at Michigan State University, an initiative that began at the University of Chicago where she was the co-director. She uses a sociological lens to understand societal conditions and interpersonal interactions that create norms and values that enhance human and social capital. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well being of adolescents as they move into adulthood. Professor Schneider has published 15 books and over 100 articles and reports on family, social context of schooling, and sociology of knowledge. Formerly she was the Editor of Sociology of Education. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

 

Recent Publications

Papers

Arora, V., Schneider, B., Thal, R., & Meltzer, D. (in press). Design of an intervention to promote entry of minority youth into clinical research careers by aligning ambition: The TEACH (Training Early Achievers for Careers in Health) research program. Journal of Social Issues.

Liu, H. Wang, Q., Keesler, V., Schneider, B. (in press). Nonstandard work schedules, work-family conflict and parental well-being: A comparison of married and cohabiting unions. Social Science Research. 

Crosnoe, R., & Schneider, B. (2010). Social capital, information, and social capital, information, and socioeconomic disparities in math coursework disparities in math coursework. American Journal of Education.

Schneider, B., Keesler, V. & Morlock, L. (2010) The effects of family on children’s learning and socialization. The nature of learning: Using research to inspire. Paris, France: OECD.

Books

Christensen, K., & Schneider, B. (Eds.). (2010). Workplace flexibility: Realigning 20th century jobs for a 21st century workforce. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Book Chapters

Perez-Felkner, L., Hedberg, E. C., & Schneider, B. (in press). The changing landscape for educational opportunity: Enhancing the public option for black youth. In D. Slaughter-Defoe, H. Stevenson, E. Arrington, & D. Johnson (eds.), Black educational choice in a climate of school reform: Consequences for K-12 student learning and development. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Schneider, B. (in press). Forward. In W. Hoy, C. Adams, & P. Forsyth (eds.), Foundations of collective trust in schools. New York: Teachers College Press.   

Offer, S., & Schneider, B. (2010). Multitasking among working families: A strategy for dealing with the time squeeze. In K. Christensen & B. Schneider (Eds.), Workplace flexibility: Realigning 20th century jobs to 21st century workers(pp. 43-56). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Jones, N., & Schneider, B. (2009). The influence of aspirations on educational and occupational outcomes. In A. Furlong (Ed.), Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Schneider, B. (2009). Challenges of transitioning into adulthood. In: Schoon, I. and Silbereisen, RK (Eds.), Transitions from School to Work: Globalization, Individualization, and Patterns of Diversity. (pp.265-290). New York: Cambridge University Press

 

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