Dr Alice Sullivan
- Qualifications and position:
- Faculty:
- Department:
- Summary:
- I am interested in social and educational inequalities, including inequalities of social class, gender and ethnicity. My published work includes papers on Bourdieu and cultural capital, rational choice theory, private and state schooling, single-sex and co-educational schooling, and education policy.
- Professional Activities:
- I am on the editorial boards of the following journals:
American Educational Research Journal
International Studies in the Sociology of Education
Longitudinal and Life course Studies
Race Ethnicity and Education
I also referee for many journals, including: American Journal of Sociology; British Educational Research Journal; British Journal of Sociology; Oxford Review of Education; Social Forces; Sociological Review.
- Conferences/presentations:
- 'Cultural Capital and Oxford Admissions.' Putting Bourdieu to Work Conference, University of Manchester, 29/05/08.
'White working class girls.' NUT Colloquium on White Working Class Pupil Achievement. 02/05/08.
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- Courses:
- Module leader: Understanding Education Research (Spring 2009)
Module team member:Sociology of Education, Gender: Theory and Practice in Education
Course team member:MA Sociology of Education
- Research Students:
- Ph.D. student: Jen-Ying Li 'Adolescents in Poverty and Secondary School Education in Taiwan'
I am keen to take on Ph.D. students working in areas related to my research interests.
- CV:
Publications
- Sullivan, A.(forthcoming) 'Academic self-concept, gender and single-sex schooling', British Educational Research Journal.
- Zimdars, A. and Sullivan, A. (forthcoming) 'Elite Higher Education Admissions in the Arts and Sciences: Is cultural capital the key?', Sociology.
- Lupton, R. and Sullivan, A. (2007) 'The London Context' T. Brighouse and L. Fullick (eds.) , Education in a Global City: Essays from London.. London, Bedford Way Papers.
- Sullivan, A. and Whitty, G. (2007) 'Social Inequalities in Education Policy in England' R. Teese, S. Lamb and M. Duru-Bellat (eds) ., Education and Equity: International Perspectives on Policy and Practice. Springer/Verlag..
- Sullivan, A. (2007) 'Cultural Capital, Cultural Knowledge and Ability', Sociological Research Online 12(6).,
- Sullivan, A. (2006) 'Students as Rational Decision-Makers: the question of beliefs and attitudes', London Review of Education 4(2), pp. 271-290..
- Sullivan, A. and Heath, A. (2003) 'Intakes and Examination Results at State and Private Schools' G. Walford (ed.), British Private Schools: research on policy and practice. Woburn Press, London. .
- Van der Werfhorst, H., Sullivan, A., Cheung, S-Y (2003) 'Social Class, Ability and Choice of Subject in Secondary and Tertiary Education in Britain', British Educational Research Journal 29(1), 41-62.
- Sullivan, A. (2002) 'Bourdieu and Education: How Useful is Bourdieu's Theory for Researchers?', Netherlands Journal of Social Sciences 38(2), 144-166..
- Sullivan, A. (2001) 'Cultural Capital and Educational Attainment' Sociology', Sociology 35(4), 893-912..
