selected scholarly activity
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books
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chapters
- Maintaining status in new times. 32-44. 2022
- Inequality in Higher Education. 1699-1705. 2020
- Importing school forms across professional fields: An understudied phenomenon in the sociology of educatio. 300-310. 2019
- Maintaining status in new times. 49-60. 2016
- Out of the shadows: The global intensification of supplementary education. International Perspectives on Education and Society. iii-iii. 2013
- Seven: The new institutionalism goes to the market: The challenge of rapid growth in private K-12 education. 103-122. 2006
- Seven: The new institutionalism goes to the market: The challenge of rapid growth in private K-12 education 2006
- A revolution of expectations? Three key trends in the SAEP data. 149-165. 2005
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conferences
- Balance of Powers: Public Opinion on Control in Education. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 259-259. 2007
- Providing for the Priceless Student: Ideologies of Choice in an Emerging Educational Market. American Journal of Education. 523-547. 2005
- The Channeling of Student Competition in Higher Education: Comparing Canada and the U.S.. Journal of Higher Education. 89-106. 2005
- School Choice by Default? Understanding the Demand for Private Tutoring in Canada. American Journal of Education. 233-255. 2004
- The Long Arm of the Law: Effects of Labeling on Employment. Sociological Quarterly. 385-404. 2003
- The Paradox of Progressive Education: A Frame Analysis. Sociology of education. 269-269. 2002
- From Moral Duty to Cultural Rights: A Case Study of Political Framing in Education. Sociology of education. 1-1. 1999
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journal articles
- Cultural capital—field connections for three populations of Chinese students: a theoretical framework for empirical research. Chinese Sociological Review. 56:261-284. 2024
- A School Is Born: Correlates of Recent Births of Independent Schools in Ontario. Journal of School Choice. ahead-of-print:1-24. 2024
- Effects of summer numeracy interventions among French-language students in Ontario.. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. 56:195-204. 2024
- Estimating Causal Effects of Summer Programs on Early Numeracy: A Canadian, Multi-Site, Quasi-Experiment. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk. 28:326-350. 2023
- Student Achievement Trajectories in Ontario: Creating and validating a province-wide, multi-cohort and longitudinal database. International Journal of Population Data Science. 8:1843. 2023
- Does the early development instrument predict academic achievement in Ontario French schools?. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. 54:294-303. 2022
- Reproducing or Reducing Inequality? The Case of Summer Learning Programs. Canadian Journal of Education. 45:1055-1083. 2022
- Training and Employment of Classic and Semi-Professions: Intensifying versus Accommodating Logics. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 52:123-141. 2022
- Educationalization and Its Complexities: Religion, Politics, and Technology edited by Rosa Bruno-Jofre. University of Toronto Quarterly. 90:413-414. 2021
- The evolving prism: the role of nationalism in Canadian higher education. European Journal of Higher Education. 11:239-254. 2021
- COVID‐19 school closures and educational achievement gaps in Canada: Lessons from Ontario summer learning research. Canadian Review of Sociology, The. 58:165-185. 2021
- Can Digital Technology Bridge the Classroom Engagement Gap? Findings from a Qualitative Study of K-8 Classrooms in 10 Ontario School Boards. Social Sciences. 10:12-12. 2021
- Forecasting the impacts of the “future of work” on universities: a sociological perspective. On the Horizon. 28:63-71. 2020
- 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Findings: Policy Implications for Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:227-231. 2019
- Changes in the Prevalence of Child and Youth Mental Disorders and Perceived Need for Professional Help between 1983 and 2014: Evidence from the Ontario Child Health Study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:256-264. 2019
- Children’s Mental Health Need and Expenditures in Ontario: Findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:275-284. 2019
- Poverty, Neighbourhood Antisocial Behaviour, and Children’s Mental Health Problems: Findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:285-293. 2019
- Prevalence and Correlates of Youth Suicidal Ideation and Attempts: Evidence from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:265-274. 2019
- Six-Month Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Service Contacts among Children and Youth in Ontario: Evidence from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:246-255. 2019
- The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study—Methodology. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:237-245. 2019
- Tracking Children’s Mental Health in the 21st Century: Lessons from the 2014 OCHS. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64:232-236. 2019
- Work intensification and health outcomes of health sector workers. Personnel Review. 48:342-359. 2019
- The impact of speech and language problems in kindergarten on academic learning and special education status in grade three. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 21:75-88. 2019
- Structural Stratification in Higher Education and the University Origins of Political Leaders in Eight Countries. Sociological Forum. 33:974-999. 2018
- The Three Generations of Cultural Capital Research: A Narrative Review. Review of Educational Research. 88:331-365. 2018
- Behavior profiles of children with autism spectrum disorder in kindergarten: Comparison with other developmental disabilities and typically developing children. Autism Research. 11:410-420. 2018
- Open competition or balkanized coexistence? The effects of market segments on Toronto private schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 25:39-39. 2017
- Toronto: A new global city of learning. London Review of Education. 14:186-198. 2016
- Using the Early Development Instrument to examine cognitive and non-cognitive school readiness and elementary student achievement. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 35:63-75. 2016
- Les effets des programmes d'été de littératie: Les théories sur les opportunités d'apprentissage et les élèves « non traditionnels » dans les écoles de langue française en Ontario. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 40:189-189. 2015
- THE EFFECTS OF SUMMER LITERACY PROGRAMS: LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THEORY AND "NON-TRADITIONAL" STUDENTS IN ONTARIO FRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 40:189-222. 2015
- Effectively Maintaining Inequality in Toronto: Predicting Student Destinations in Ontario Universities. Canadian Review of Sociology, The. 51:22-53. 2014
- Are There Catholic School Effects in Ontario, Canada?. European Sociological Review. 29:871-883. 2013
- Summer Learning Inequality in Ontario. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 39:287-307. 2013
- Out of the shadows an introduction to worldwide supplementary education. International Perspectives on Education and Society. 22:xv-xxiv. 2013
- Supplementary education in a changing organizational field: The canadian case. International Perspectives on Education and Society. 22:155-170. 2013
- The stratification of universities: Structural inequality in Canada and the United States. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 30:143-158. 2012
- Exploring School Choice in Canada: Who Chooses What and Why?. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 37:459-477. 2011
- The mechanisms of hydrothermal deconstruction of lignocellulose: New insights from thermal–analytical and complementary studies. Bioresource Technology. 102:9272-9278. 2011
- No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life. By Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009. Pp. xviii+547. $35.00.. American Journal of Sociology. 117:325-327. 2011
- Exploring School Choice in Canada: Who Chooses What and Why?. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 37:459-477. 2011
- New Public Management and New Professionalism across Nations and Contexts. Current Sociology. 57:581-605. 2009
- Drifting Apart? The Institutional Dynamics Awaiting Public Sociology in Canada. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 34:623-654. 2009
- Education Research on Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 34:1138-1141. 2009
- Spin Cycle: How Research is Used in Policy Debates: The Case of Charter Schools. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 33:723-726. 2008
- Schools as Imagined Communities: The Creation of Identity, Meaning and Conflict in U.S. History. Edited by Deirdre Cobb‐Roberts, Sherman Dorn, and Barbara J. Shircliffe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Pp. xi+217. $24.95.. American Journal of Sociology. 113:574-576. 2007
- The Impact of Sector on School Organizations: Institutional and Market Logics. Sociology of education. 80:66-89. 2007
- The Franchising of Private Tutoring: A View from Canada. Phi Delta Kappan. 88:123-128. 2006
- Rampage: The social roots of school shootings. Sociological Research Online. 10. 2005
- Choice without markets: homeschooling in the context of private education. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 26:461-474. 2005
- Race in the Schoolyard. Contemporary Sociology. 33:244-245. 2004
- The Transformation of Private Tutoring: Education in a Franchise Form. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 29:419-438. 2004
- Activism and Conservation Behavior in an Environmental Movement: The Contradictory Effects of Gender. Society & Natural Resources. 16:909-932. 2003
- Homeschooling and Canadian Educational Politics: Rights, Pluralism and Pedagogical Individualism. Evaluation and Research in Education. 17:63-73. 2003
- The Market Approach to Education: An Analysis of America's First Voucher Program. Contemporary Sociology. 31:781-781. 2002
- Women, Class and Education. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 27:287-287. 2002
- Subcultural explanations and interpretations of school deviance. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 4:191-202. 1999
- Whatever Happened to Yesterday's Rebels? Longitudinal Effects of Youth Delinquency on Education and Employment. Social problems. 46:250-274. 1999
- Whatever Happened to Yesterday's Rebels? Longitudinal Effects of Youth Delinquency on Education and Employment. Social problems. 46:250-274. 1999
- Understanding Canadians' Declining Confidence in Public Education. Canadian Journal of Education. 24:265-265. 1999
- God in the Classroom: The Controversial Issue of Religion in Canada's Schools. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 24:271-271. 1998
- Globalization and Educational Reforms in Anglo-American Democracies. Comparative Education Review. 41:435-459. 1997
- Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education. Social Forces. 75:1417-1417. 1997
- Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education. Social Forces. 75:1417-1438. 1997
- Educating Women: Gender Inequalities among Canadian University Graduates*. Canadian Review of Sociology, The. 33:125-142. 1996
- Reproduction and Resistance in Canadian High Schools: An Empirical Examination of the Willis Thesis. British Journal of Sociology. 46:662-662. 1995
- Leaps of Faith: Shifting Currents in Critical Sociology of Education. American Journal of Sociology. 100:1448-1478. 1995
- Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform. Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques. 21:124-124. 1995
- Class dismissed? Student opposition in Ontario. Canadian Review of Sociology, The. 31:422-445. 1994
- In Search of Resistance and Rebellion among High School Dropouts. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 19:331-331. 1994
- Immanence Changes Everything: A Critical Comment on the Labour Process and Class Consciousness. Sociology. 26:439-453. 1992
- Inserting Gender into Burawoy's Theory of the Labour Process. Work, Employment and Society. 4:391-406. 1990