Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities

William G. Tierney is University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. His many books include Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity (coedited with Zoë B. Corwin and Amanda Ochsner); The Problem of College Readiness (coedited with Julia C. Duncheon), also published by SUNY Press; and Rethinking Education and Poverty. Suneal Kolluri is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Riverside. He received his PhD in Urban Education and Sociology from the University of Southern California.

• List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Education, Equity, and the Promise of Seeing RelationallySuneal Kolluri and William G. Tierney1. Toward a Relational Sociology of EducationSuneal Kolluri and William G. Tierney2. Embedding Networks in Fields: Toward an Expanded Model of Relational Analysis in EducationJoseph J. Ferrare3. Which Truths Shall We Speak to Power? Relational Sociology in Qualitative Research on Educational StratificationJulie R. Posselt4. Relational Sociology and Race Relations: Pushing the Conversation in Higher EducationAntar A. Tichavakunda5. Reconsidering the Role of College Advisors as Key Relationship Brokers in High School NetworksHoori S. Kalamkarian, anthony lising antonio, Tamara Gilkes Borr, and Jesse Foster6. Why Study with Friends? A Relational Analysis of Students' Strategies to Integrate Social and Academic LifeJanice McCabe7. What Can Relational Sociology Reveal about College Writing and Remediation?Michael LanfordContributorsIndex

"This is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the inequity that currently exists in the US educational system, as well as a sensibly researched path for improvement." — CHOICE"I have read few books in my lengthy career where I said to myself: It's long past time for both scholars and practitioners in the field of education to embrace this innovative theoretical lens both in their scholarship and their everyday practices. But this is such a book. It will be a needed 'awakening' for most scholars and practitioners and, in turn, is likely to have a profound impact over time on their scholarship." — Clifton Conrad, coauthor of Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority-Serving Institutions