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Ken I Spenner, Faculty and Professor
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Ken I Spenner
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Short Description of Research
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Faculty and Professor
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344 Soc-Psych |
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919-660-5625, 919-660-5614 |
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919-660-5623 |
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Stratification/Mobility,
Social Organization,
Social Psychology
Organizational Change
Market Transitions
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| My current research involves a multi-year panel study of racial and ethnic differences in academic performance. A substantial body of research documents a gap in performance among different groups, yet the reasons why are only partly clear. Our research design follows two cohorts of Duke University undergraduates, the incoming classes of 2001 and 2002, surveyed before coming to Duke and approximately, annualy thereafter until exit from Duke. Empirical comparisons examine differential in human, cultural and social capital, negative stereotyping and identity dynamics, social networks, and residential, social and academic climates as these evolve during the undergraduate years.
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Selected Publications/Recent
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- A. Y. Bryant, K. I. Spenner & N. Martin, with J. Sautter, The Campus Life and Learning Project: A Report on the College Career. 95 pp. Durham, NC: Duke University (June 2007).
- North Carolina Sociological Association - 1999, 2006
(2006).
- K. Spenner, C. Buchmann, and L. R. Landerman, The Black-White achievement gap in the first college year: evidence from a new longitudinal case study.,
in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, edited by D. Bills and A. Portes, vol. 22 (2005),
pp. 187-216, New York: Elsevier..
- Southern Sociological Society
(2005).
- American Sociological Association
(2005).
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Course Descriptions
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Sociology
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