Lara C. Perez-Felkner

Ph.D. Candidate (773) 256-6179 larap@uchicago.edu PDF download: CURRICULUM VITAE TEACHING: Spring 2009 Youth in Society: Theoretical and Methodological Analysis RELATED LINKS: The University of Chicago Social Sciences Division Dept. of Comparative Human Development

PERSONAL STATEMENT Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Comparative Human Development at The University of Chicago Dissertation Fellow, Spencer Foundation, 2007-2008 PRIMARY FIELDS OF INTEREST Education, Race and Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, School Culture, Persistence, Identity, Migration, Multiple methods EDUCATION 2009 (exp) Ph.D. The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2005 M.A. The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2001 B.A. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT with High Honors SELECTED HONORS AND GRANTS 2008                 Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship, University of Chicago 2007                 Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education, Spencer Foundation 2007                 Student Travel Grant, American Sociological Association 2006                 Collaborative Research Grant, Alliance for Graduate Education for the Professoriate / Social, Behavioral, and Economic sciences, National Science Foundation (with Richard P. Taub) 2005                 Alternate and Honorable Mention, Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship, Ford Foundation PUBLISHED WORK Schneider, B., Ford, T., and Perez-Felkner, L. “Social Networks and the Education of Children and Youth.” International Encyclopedia of Education. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Elsevier. In press. Perez-Longobardo, L*. “Review: Latino Crossings: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship.” Contemporary Sociology, Volume 34, Number 5, September 2005, pp. 490-491. Perez-Felkner, L., Felkner, J., Taub, R.P., and Papachristos, A. “Beyond Black and White: Evaluating Neighborhood Integration, 1970-2000.” Under review. Perez-Felkner, L. “Ambition, Adversity, and Attainment: Engendering Minority School Culture of Resilience.” In preparation. ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS: American Sociological Association, American Educational Research Association, Society for Research on Adolescence CURRICULUM VITAE Click here * Formerly Lara Perez-Longobardo The University of Chicago Contact Information: Lara Perez-Felkner NORC at the University of Chicago 1155 E. 60th Street 2nd floor, Rm. 269 Phone: 773-256-6179 Fax: 773-256-6177 E-mail: larap@uchicago.edu