Ken Spenner, Secondary Faculty

Ken Spenner

Secondary Faculty
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1977
mailing address: 344 Soc-Psych Durham, NC 27708
office: 344 Soc-Psych
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phone: (919) 660-5625, (919) 660-5763

research interests | publications | courses | curriculum vita

Research Summary:
 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.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. with (2008). Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy, 1-47.
  2. with (Accepted, 2008). “Capital Conversion and Accumulation: A Social Portrait of Legacies at an Elite University.”. Research in Higher Education, 50(7).
  3. with "“Within-College Human Capital and Racial Ethnic Differences in Academic Performance.”."  American Sociological Association (2 papers), 2008
  4. with "“A Social Portrait of College Legacy Admissions.”."  American Sociological Association, 2008
  5. "American Sociological Association, 2008 (2 papers)."  2008

Courses (Fall 2009):

  • Sociol 158.01, Markets and marketing Synopsis
    Soc/psych 126, WF 02:50 PM-04:05 PM