Heather Price
Areas of Interest
Sociology of Education, Community & Urban Sociology, Children & Youth, Policy
Publications
Price, Heather. (February 2012). “Principals’ attitudes and behaviors matter: How principals’ relationships with their teachers affect school climate” Educational Administration Quarterly, doi:10.1177/0013161X11417126. First published online: August 18, 2011.
Price, Heather. (Forthcoming). “The Role of Principal Relationships on Teacher and School Attitudes and Behaviors” for edited volume by Theo Wubbels, Jan van Tartwijk, Perry den Brok and Jack Levy.
Kelly, Sean and Heather Price. (Forthcoming). “Changing Patterns of Engagement in the Transition to High School” for the Engaging Youth in Schools: Evidence-Based Models to Guide Future Innovations, An NSSE Yearbook series, David J. Shernoff and Janine Bempechat, ed.
Kelly, Sean and Heather Price. (2011). “The Correlates of Tracking Policy: Opportunity Hoarding, Status Competition, or a Technical-
Functional Explanation?” American Educational Research Journal, 48:560-585.
Price, Heather. (2010). “Does No Child Left Behind really capture school quality? Evidence from an urban school district” Educational Policy, 24:779-814.
Kelly, Sean and Heather Price. (2009). “Vocational Education: A Clean Slate for Disengaged Students?” Social Science Researcher, 38:810-825.
Profile
PhD., Sociology, University of Notre Dame, completed August 2011
Dissertation, “School Networks as Social Resources: The Relationship of School Resources and School Community to School Effectiveness”, Committee Chair: Dr. Mark Berends
Ph.D. Qualifying exam in education, 2009
Ph.D. Qualifying exam in statistics and methods, 2008
M.A., Sociology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Post-B.A., Secondary Education – Mathematics, Cardinal Stritch University
B.S., Secondary Education, UW – Milwaukee, Broad Field Social Studies: Sociology, History, Geography
B.A., Ethnic Studies, UW – Milwaukee
Price’s current research examines the role of faculty networks on school community indicators, school attitudes and behaviors among teachers and students. She also examines the impact of charter school organization on school community, engagement, and segregation.
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
http://nd.academia.edu/heatherprice
