Leadership

Barbara Schneider, Ph.D.
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor
Department of Educational Administration
Michigan State University

Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and a professor of sociology of education. Her research interests focus on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well being of adolescents as they move into adulthood. Relying on multiple research methods, she has examined how schools can become more effective in reducing persisting academic achievement gaps among children of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Concerned with issues of social justice and inequality, she uses a sociological lens to understand societal conditions and interpersonal interactions that create norms and values that enhance human and social capital.

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