Ben Gebre-Medhin
Biographic Data
| ID | 302969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Gebre-Medhin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Gebre-Medhin |
| SIGNATURE | BEN GEBRE-MEDHIN |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Holyoke College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8140-0406 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Application essays and the ritual production of merit in US selective admissions
US colleges and universities are defined by their exclusivity, and the most prestigious schools reject most of those who apply. Yet these same schools also widely advertise their inclusiveness, encouraging students from all backgrounds to submit applications and highlighting evaluation protocols that identify many characteristics worthy of consideration for admission. We surface this paradox and use it as motivation to theorize a little studied c…
Signaled or Suppressed? How Gender Informs Women's Undergraduate Applications in Biology and Engineering
How does gender inform initial academic commitments and narrative self-presentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields during the college application process? Analyzing 60,000 undergraduate applications to the University of California, the authors surface two key findings. First, extant gender segregation of academic disciplines also manifests in intended major choice. Additionally, gender and SAT Math scores toget…
Association, Service, Market: Higher Education in American Political Development
US higher education has enjoyed growing attention from social scientists and historians. We integrate recent scholarship by framing a political and historical sociology of the sector. We show how higher education has been central to projects of nation building and social provision throughout the course of American political development. US higher education has three institutional configurations: an associational one, defined by voluntary intermur…
Association, Service, Market: Higher Education in American Political Development
US higher education has enjoyed growing attention from social scientists and historians. We integrate recent scholarship by framing a political and historical sociology of the sector. We show how higher education has been central to projects of nation building and social provision throughout the course of American political development. US higher education has three institutional configurations: an associational one, defined by voluntary intermur…
Application essays and the ritual production of merit in US selective admissions
US colleges and universities are defined by their exclusivity, and the most prestigious schools reject most of those who apply. Yet these same schools also widely advertise their inclusiveness, encouraging students from all backgrounds to submit applications and highlighting evaluation protocols that identify many characteristics worthy of consideration for admission. We surface this paradox and use it as motivation to theorize a little studied c…
Signaled or Suppressed? How Gender Informs Women's Undergraduate Applications in Biology and Engineering
How does gender inform initial academic commitments and narrative self-presentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields during the college application process? Analyzing 60,000 undergraduate applications to the University of California, the authors surface two key findings. First, extant gender segregation of academic disciplines also manifests in intended major choice. Additionally, gender and SAT Math scores toget…
Association, Service, Market: Higher Education in American Political Development
US higher education has enjoyed growing attention from social scientists and historians. We integrate recent scholarship by framing a political and historical sociology of the sector. We show how higher education has been central to projects of nation building and social provision throughout the course of American political development. US higher education has three institutional configurations: an associational one, defined by voluntary intermur…
Application essays and the ritual production of merit in US selective admissions
US colleges and universities are defined by their exclusivity, and the most prestigious schools reject most of those who apply. Yet these same schools also widely advertise their inclusiveness, encouraging students from all backgrounds to submit applications and highlighting evaluation protocols that identify many characteristics worthy of consideration for admission. We surface this paradox and use it as motivation to theorize a little studied c…
Signaled or Suppressed? How Gender Informs Women's Undergraduate Applications in Biology and Engineering
How does gender inform initial academic commitments and narrative self-presentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields during the college application process? Analyzing 60,000 undergraduate applications to the University of California, the authors surface two key findings. First, extant gender segregation of academic disciplines also manifests in intended major choice. Additionally, gender and SAT Math scores toget…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Career Development and Diversity (1 works) · Commission (1 works)