PSTC | Postdoctoral Research Associate

Alexandra Cooperstock is an award winning sociologist that explores how racial/ethnic and class inequalities are produced and perpetuated in neighborhoods and schools, and how policy contexts influence the neighborhood-school nexus. This work contributes to research on social stratification, the sociology of education, community and urban sociology, public policy, and the field of social and spatial demography. Her research has been funded by the Russell Sage Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Science Foundation. She has been published in general interest, special interest, and interdisciplinary journals including Social Forces, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Frontiers in Education, City & Community, as well as the Oxford Handbook of Family Policy.

Before beginning her doctoral research, Alexandra was a K-12 teacher. She worked in both public and charter schools and was awarded Teach for America's Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award.

Alexandra received her Ph.D. in Sociology with a minor in Demography from Cornell University, and a B.A. in Sociology and Women's Studies from the University of Michigan where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Scholarly Interests

Social stratification, the sociology of education, community and urban sociology