Shana Pribesh, Assistant Professor

Educational Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Shana Pribesh is an assistant professor in Educational Curriculum and Instruction. Shana obtained her doctorate from The Ohio State University in sociology. She is interested in the structural aspects of educational inequality and has worked on studies of student/teacher racial matching as well as the consequences of residential and school moving on educational performance. Dr. Pribesh also holds a half-time appointment with the Program for Research and Evaluation in Public Schools (PREPS) at Old Dominion University. With PREPS, she is currently investigating smaller learning communities in four local high schools, evaluating the ACCESS College Foundation program, and participating in a study of the GEAR-UP program in another local school district. Shana has two decades of educational research experience having working with the American Institutes for Research, RAND, and the University of Michigan. Dr. Pribesh teaches graduate courses in research methods and classroom assessment.

Selected Publications

• Gill, B., Hamilton, Lockwood, J.R., L., Zimmer, R., Marsh., J, Hill, D., Pribesh, S.P.. (2005). Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time: Operations and Achievement in Edison Schools. RAND Corporation. Santa Monica: CA.
• Downey, D.B. and Pribesh, S. (2004). When Race Matters: Teachers' evaluations of students' behavior. Sociology of Education 77(4): 267-282.
• Ross, C.E., Mirowsky, J. and Pribesh, S. (2002). Disadvantage, Disorder, and Urban Mistrust. City and Community 1(1): 59-82.
• Ross, C.E., Mirowsky, J., and Pribesh, S. (2001). Powerlessness and the Amplification of Threat: Neighborhood disadvantage, disorder, and mistrust. American Sociological Review 66(4): 568:591.
• Pribesh, S. and Downey, D.B. (1999). Why Are Residential Moves Associated with Poor School Performance? Demography 36(4): 521-534.
• Downey, D.B., Powell, B., Steelman, L.C., and Pribesh, S. (1999). Much Ado About Siblings: Change models, sibship size, and intellectual development. American Sociological Review 64(2): 193-198.

Professional Affiliations

• American Sociological Association (1995-present).
• American Educational Research Association (1997-present).
• American Evaluation Association (2005-present).

Professional Activities

• Ad hoc reviewer: Journal of Health and Social Behavior
• Demography
• Sociology of Education
• Ambulatory Pediatrics
• Sociological Inquiry