Ruth N. López Turley Professor Rice University

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1 Updated 5/30/2014 Ruth N. López Turley Professor Rice University Department of Sociology MS Main Street Houston, TX (713) Education Ph.D. (Nov 2001), Harvard University, Sociology. Dissertation: Neighborhood Effects on Children: Mechanisms, Interactions, and Relative Deprivation Committee: Christopher Jencks, Christopher Winship, Katherine Newman M.A. (March 1999), Harvard University, Sociology. Thesis: The Children of Teenage Mothers Committee: Christopher Winship, Orlando Patterson, Theda Skocpol B.A. (June 1996), Stanford University, Spanish and Sociology. Thesis: Ethnic Collective Action and Ethnic Organizations on College Campuses Advisor: Susan Olzak Research and Teaching Interests Educational Inequality, Social Stratification, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Cluster-Randomized Trials Professional Positions Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2014-present Associate Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2013-present Director, Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2011-present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, TX, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Anna Julia Cooper Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI,

2 Turley 2 Research Associate, New England Research Institutes (NERI), Center for Statistical Analysis and Research, Watertown, MA, Publications (student names italicized) Dworkin, A. Gary and Ruth N. López Turley United States of America. Pp in The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education, edited by P.A.J. Stevens and A.G. Dworkin. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Fiel, Jeremy, Anna Haskins, and Ruth N. López Turley Reducing School Mobility: A Randomized Trial of a Relationship-Building Intervention. American Educational Research Journal, 50(6): National Research Council Monitoring Progress toward Successful K-12 STEM Education: A Nation Advancing? Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Alvarado, Steven Elías and Ruth N. López Turley College Bound Friends and College Application Choices: Heterogeneous Effects for Latino and White Students. Social Science Research, 41(6): Gamoran, Adam, Ruth N. López Turley, Alyn Turner, and Rachel Fish Differences between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Families in Social Capital and Child Development: First-Year Findings from an Experimental Study. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30(1): Gamoran, Adam, Ruth N. López Turley, and Jeremy Fiel Evidence-Based School Interventions to Reduce Achievement Inequality. The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development, edited by R. King and V. Maholmes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Turley, Ruth N. López and Matthew Desmond Contributions to College Costs by Married, Divorced, and Remarried Parents. Journal of Family Issues, 32(6): [cited in the New York Times, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Inside Higher Ed, Washington Post, Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post, and nine other media outlets] Crosnoe, Robert and Ruth N. López Turley K-12 Educational Outcomes of Immigrant Youth. The Future of Children, 21(1): Turley, Ruth N. López, Matthew Desmond, and Sarah Bruch Unanticipated Educational Consequences of a Positive Parent-Child Relationship. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72: Turley, Ruth N. López and Geoffrey Wodtke College Residence and Academic Performance: Who Benefits from Living on Campus? Urban Education, 45(4): [in March 2011, ranked as the 2nd most read article in the journal]

3 Turley 3 Turley, Ruth N. López College Proximity: Mapping Access to Opportunity. Sociology of Education, 82(2): Desmond, Matthew and Ruth N. López Turley The Role of Familism in Explaining the Hispanic-White College Application Gap. Social Problems, 56(2): Deil-Amen, Regina and Ruth N. López Turley A Review of the Transition to College Literature in Sociology. Teachers College Record, 109(10): Turley, Ruth N. López, Martín Santos, and Cecilia Ceja Social Origin and College Opportunity Expectations across Cohorts. Social Science Research, 36(3): Turley, Ruth N. López When Parents Want Children to Stay Home for College. Research in Higher Education, 47(7): * LaMontagne, Anthony D., J. Michael Oakes, and Ruth N. López Turley Long- Term Ethylene Oxide Exposure Trends in US Hospitals: Relationship with OSHA Regulatory and Enforcement Actions. American Journal of Public Health, 94(9): * LaMontagne, Anthony, J. Michael Oakes, and Ruth N. López Turley Long- Term Ethylene Oxide Exposure Trends in US Hospitals in Relation to OSHA Regulatory Activity. Epidemiology, 14(5):S114-S115. Turley, Ruth N. López When Do Neighborhoods Matter? The Role of Race and Neighborhood Peers. Social Science Research, 32(1): Turley, Ruth N. López Are Children of Young Mothers Disadvantaged Because of Their Mother s Age or Family Background? Child Development, 74(2): Turley, Ruth N. López Is Relative Deprivation Beneficial? The Effects of Richer and Poorer Neighbors on Children s Outcomes. Journal of Community Psychology, 30(6): Papers in Progress (student names italicized) Turley, Ruth N. López and Carla Stevens. Lessons from a School District-University Research Partnership: The Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC). Under review. Turley, Ruth N. López, Adam Gamoran, Alyn Turner, and Rachel Fish. Causal Effects of Social Capital on Children s Behavior. Under review. * These publications resulted from work at the New England Research Institutes.

4 Turley 4 Fiel, Jeremy, Anna Haskins, and Ruth N. López Turley. The Neighborhood Context of Parent Involvement. Under review. Alvear, Sandra and Ruth N. López Turley. Immigration Policies, Youth and their Families. Educational Policy and the Socialization of Youth for the 21 st Century. Teachers College Press. Shifrer, Dara, Ruth N. López Turley, and Holly Heard. Do Teacher Financial Awards Boost Student Achievement in an Urban, Disadvantaged School District? Under review. Grants Funded The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (9/1/13-8/31/15), Houston Education Research Consortium, a partnership between Rice University and the Houston Independent School District, Principal Investigator ($1.8 million). The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (9/1/11-8/31/13), for establishing the Houston Education Research Consortium, a partnership between Rice University and the Houston Independent School District, Principal Investigator ($1.3 million). National Institutes of Health (NIH), R01 Grant (8/17/11-7/31/15), Mentoring Functions in Scientist Development, Co-Investigator (PIs: John Rodgers, Baylor College of Medicine, and Michelle Hebl, Rice University) ($1.4 million). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Administrative Supplement (9/1/10-8/31/11). Social Capital and Children s Development: An Experimental Study, Co-Principal Investigator with Adam Gamoran ($255,612). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Diversity Supplement for supporting minority graduate assistants (5/09-4/13). Social Capital and Children s Development: An Experimental Study, Co-Principal Investigator with Adam Gamoran ($205,970). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R01 Grant (7/08-6/13). Social Capital and Children s Development: An Experimental Study, Co-Principal Investigator with Adam Gamoran ($3.3 million). The University of Wisconsin Graduate School (7/06-6/07). College Application Patterns of Hispanic Youth: The Role of College Proximity and High School Peers, Principal Investigator ($26,992). Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project, Co-sponsored by NSF, Ford, Mellon, Hewlett and Spencer Foundations, as well as institutional support from the Office of Population Research at Princeton University (12/05-12/06). College

5 Turley 5 Application Patterns of Hispanic Youth: The Role of College Proximity and High School Peers, Principal Investigator ($24,000). National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (1/05-12/05). When College Proximity Matters, Principal Investigator ($50,000). The University of Wisconsin Graduate School (7/04-6/05). When College Proximity Matters, Principal Investigator ($29,077). Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (11/03-11/04). The Wisconsin Child Support Policy Research Project, Principal Investigators: Maria Cancian, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, and Tom Kaplan, Institute for Research on Poverty ($31,389). Russell Sage Foundation (7/03-6/04). Toward Equal Opportunity? Changes in the Effect of Socioeconomic Background on Educational Attainment, Principal Investigator ($27,758). Awards and Recognition Honored Instructors Award, University Housing, University of Wisconsin, in recognition of invaluable contribution to student learning, Honored Instructors Award, University Housing, University of Wisconsin, in recognition of invaluable contribution to student learning, Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence, University of Wisconsin, selected by TRIO students (low-income, first generation college students) for having a positive impact on their lives, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Faculty Honorary Member, selected by student members of the Board, Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 2006, selected by students and faculty, based on teaching evaluations. Teaching Academy Fellow, University of Wisconsin, selected in 2005, recognizing excellence in teaching. Exceptional Professor Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2004, based on a survey of 700 freshmen choosing professors who passionately engage their students in the course material and genuinely work for their students success. Graduate Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association, Section on the Family, Honorable Mention (2001). When Do Neighborhoods Matter? The Interaction of Neighborhood Income, Family Income, and Race in Producing Children s Outcomes.

6 Turley 6 Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University ( ). Additional Training U.S. Dept. of Education, IES Research Training Institute: Cluster Randomized Trials, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, June 17-29, 2007 (30 fellows selected from 170 applicants). International Service Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (RGC), Proposal Reviewer, Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies Panel, Israel Science Foundation, Proposal Reviewer, Higher Education, National Service Board of Directors, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), which works to advance and disseminate research on causal effects of education practices, interventions, programs, and policies, 2013-present. Chair, Minority Fellowship Selection Committee, American Educational Research Association (AERA), , Chair-designate (appointed by President-elect). Early Career Award Selection Committee, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Division G (Social Context of Education), Editorial Board (appointed), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, National Research Council of the National Academies, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Evaluation Framework for Successful K-12 STEM Education (appointed), National Science Foundation, Proposal Evaluator, Sociology, National Research Council, Reviewer, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Editorial Board (appointed), Sociology of Education, Coleman Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association, Sociology of Education Section, National Science Foundation, Proposal Evaluator, Sociology, 2008.

7 Turley 7 Local Service Council Member (elected), Sociology of Education Section, American Sociological Association, Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award Selection Committee (formerly DuBois-Johnson-Frazier), American Sociological Association, Social Science Research Council, Sociology Field Reviewer for Transitions to College Project, Manuscript Referee, American Sociological Review, Child Development, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Family Issues, Housing Studies, Population Studies, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Psychology of Education, Social Science and Medicine, Social Science Research, Sociological Methods and Research, Sociology of Education Keynote Speaker, Breakthrough Houston, Annual Luncheon, April 25, Keynote Speaker, Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals, Annual General Managers Luncheon, April 11, Keynote Speaker, YES Prep Public Schools All Staff Day, August 12, Advisory Board, Families Empowered, 2011-present. Academic Advisory Board, Children at Risk Institute, a policy and research collaborative promoting solutions to the challenges faced by children, including oversight of the Growing Up in Houston publication and the Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2011-present. Keynote Speaker, The Patterns of Social and Education Inequality: Aiming to Close Socioeconomic Gaps in Achievement and Attainment, The Future of Fort Bend s Children Conference, sponsored by The George Foundation and Fort Bend s Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, TX, Feb 28, Center for Houston s Future, K-12 Data Group for Center s Indicator Program, 2011 Counting on Quality of Place: Human Capital/Education benchmark report. University Service Centennial Campaign Video, Underrepresented Minority Steering Committee, 2013-present. Committee on Examinations and Standing, Presidential Appointment,

8 Turley 8 Community Dialogue Luncheon, Multicultural Community Relations, Closing the Achievement Gap in Houston, December 2, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Corporate Forum speaker, Houston Education Research Consortium, November 15, Social Science Advisory Board Meeting speaker, Houston Education Research Consortium, November 3, Families Weekend Lecture Series, Evidence-based School Interventions to Reduce Achievement Inequality, October 21, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Advisory Board Meeting speaker, Houston Education Research Consortium, September 14, Faculty Senate, Presidential Appointee, Rice University, Committee on the Status of the Faculty, Office of the Provost for Academic Affairs, Rice University, 2011-present. Faculty Address to all Incoming Students, Orientation Week, Rice University, August 16, Social Science Dean s Advisory Board, Rice University, McNair Scholars Program Faculty Mentor, University of Wisconsin, Pathways Scholars Program Mentor, University of Wisconsin, Chancellor s Scholarship Program Mentor, University of Wisconsin, Advisory Team, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) 2008 Spring Symposium on First Generation College Students. Institute for Research on Poverty, Poverty Studies Cluster Hire Committee, Faculty Speaker, University of Wisconsin College Access Program (CAP), Academic Skills Development Workshop for minority or economically disadvantaged high school students, July 13, Faculty Speaker, 2007 Wisconsin Alumni Association s Founder s Day Dinner, San Antonio Chapter, San Antonio, TX, March 30, Speaker, 2006 UW Teaching and Learning Symposium, Increasing Student Dialogue and Discussion in Large-enrollment Courses, May 18, 2006.

9 Turley 9 Panelist for the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) Forum, Affordability and Access in American Higher Education in the 21 st Century, February 1, Faculty Welcome Address, Multicultural Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (M-SOAR) University of Wisconsin, June 20, Guest Speaker, Forefront Leadership Program for underrepresented and first-generation college students from Curie Metropolitan High School, Chicago, IL, Welcome Address, Hispanic Youth Career Fair for middle and high school students, sponsored by Academic Services, UW Office of Admissions, Panel on Latino Education, University of Wisconsin, Office of Student Academic Affairs, College of Letters and Science, Institute for Research on Poverty, Executive and Proposal Planning Committee, Faculty Senate, University of Wisconsin, Speaker on Course Development, Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning, UW Teaching Academy, June 7-10, Department Service Faculty Search Committee, Co-Chair, Department of Sociology, Rice University, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University, 2011-present. Teaching and Service Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University, present. Postdoctoral Selection Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, Rice University, present. Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Consulting Service External Evaluator for Engaging Sophomores: Graduation Roadmap, Individual Development Grant, U.S. Dept. of Education, Developing Hispanic-Serving

10 Turley 10 Institutions Program, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX ($3.2 million), External Evaluator for Hispanic-Serving Institutions aiming to recruit, support, and graduate poor Hispanic students, U.S. Dept. of Education, Title V Cooperative Development Grant, Laredo Community College and Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX ($713,000), Students Supervised Advisees: Sandra Alvear, Amanda Bancroft, Jill Bowdon, Alicia Dean, Dominique Dust, Jeremy Fiel, Rachel Fish, Courtney Luedke, William Oliver, David Rangel, William Rothwell, Vansa Shewakramani, Megan Shoji Postdoctoral Fellows: Daniel Bowen, Dara Shifrer, Diego Torres Dissertations: James Benson, Matthew Desmond, Caroline Faulkner, Sean Kelly, Carolina Milesi, Julie Minikel-Lacocque, Carrie Obenland, Martín Santos, Luisa Schwartzman Master s Theses: Brian An, Jill Bowdon, Cecilia Ceja, Alicia Dean, Dominique Dust, Jeremy Fiel, Rachel Fish, Mami Fujii, Jeffrey Grigg, Victoria Healey-Etten, Junia Howell, Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Courtney Luedke, David Rangel, Michelle Robinson, Lauren Schudde, Vansa Shewakramani, Megan Shoji Undergraduate Theses: Adrianna Chrestopoulos, Kelsey Enriquez, Matthew Minami, Rebba Moore, Adara Robbins, Sergio Romero, Geoffrey Wodtke Invited Presentations Causal Effects of Social Capital on Children s Behavior, Reducing School Mobility: A Randomized Trial of a Relationship-Building Intervention, and The Neighborhood Context of Family Engagement in Schools, The People s University of China (Renmin University) and Peking University, Beijing, China, May 12-14, School District-University Partnerships, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Sociology of Education Keynote Panel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 14, Reducing Student Mobility in Hispanic Elementary Schools through a Randomized Intervention, Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, Notre Dame University, April 18, Author Meets Critic Session: Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, University of Chicago Press, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, April 6-9, 2011.

11 Turley 11 The Role of Familism in Explaining the Hispanic-White College Application Gap, Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, March 18, Latinos Staying Home for College, Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project Research Seminar, Princeton University, Office of Population Research, Princeton, NJ, August 17-19, Neighborhood Effects on Adolescent Development, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Research Workshop on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Montreal, Canada, August 12, Proximidad Residencial y Elección de Universidad en EEUU, Departamento de Sociología VI, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España, June 28, College Proximity: Mapping Access to Opportunity, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 10, College Proximity: Mapping Access to Opportunity, National Academy of Education Annual Meeting, Teachers College, Columbia University, October 21, When Parents Want Children to Stay Home for College, Northwestern University, Department of Sociology, Evanston, IL, February 10, 2005 A Review of the Transitions to College Literature in Sociology, Meeting of the Transitions to College Committee, Social Science Research Council, New York, NY, July 1-2, 2004 Selected Presentations Understanding Achievement Gaps in the Houston Independent School District, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 27-May 1, Building and Sustaining Family Engagement in Low-Income, Ethnic Minority School Communities, Symposium devoted to the Social Capital Project, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 27-May 1, Four papers presented at this symposium: (1) Sustained Effects of a Family Engagement Strategy on Parent Social Networks, (2) Parent-Teacher Relationships Over Time: Engagement Efforts in Low-Income Latino Communities, (3) The Neighborhood Context of Family Engagement in Schools, and (4) Reducing Inequality in Family Engagement. The Neighborhood Context of Parent Involvement in Schools, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sociology of Education Session, Denver, CO, August, 2012.

12 Turley 12 Causal Effects of Social Capital on Child Outcomes, International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Hong Kong, China, May 10-13, Responding to the Challenges of Disadvantaged Populations: Engaging Families to Promote School Success, Symposium devoted to the Social Capital Project, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 13-17, Four papers presented at this symposium: (1) A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Engaging in Research with Latino Families, (2) Promoting Latino Parent Involvement in Title I Schools, (3) Engaging Families in a High-Mobility Context, and (4) Family-School Intervention Effects on Grade Retention. Reducing Student Mobility through a Randomized Intervention, Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, March 22, Parent Social Networks, the Parent-Child Bond, and Children s Social Adjustment, Symposium devoted to the Social Capital Project, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 1, Five papers presented at this symposium: (1) Building Social Capital through a Multi- Family Program: Theory and Evidence, (2) FAST Effects on Child Adjustment and the Parent-Child Bond, (3) The Moderating Effects of Social Capital on Gender Differences in Child Outcomes, (4) Social Capital, Ethnicity, and Child Outcomes, and (5) Social Capital and Mobility. Effects of a Multi-Family Intervention on Social Capital and Child Outcomes, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington DC, March 3, Social Capital and Child Outcomes: Testing Causal Effects through a Cluster- Randomized Trial, International Sociological Association World Congress, Research Committee 28, Session on Application of Experiments in Social Stratification and Mobility Research, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 14, Developing Family-School Social Capital in Latino Communities: First-Year Results from a Mixed-Methods Study, Session devoted to the Social Capital Project, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 1, Four papers presented at this session: (1) Measuring Social Capital, (2) Emergence of Social Capital, (3) Social Capital and Acculturation, and (4) Impact of Social Capital. Parent Involvement and Child Development: First-Year Results from a School- Randomized Trial in Latino Communities, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington DC, March 4, Staying Home for College: An Explanation for the Hispanic-White Education Gap, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sociology of Education Session, New York City, August 13, 2007.

13 Turley 13 Affiliations College Proximity: Mapping Access to Opportunity, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sociology of Higher Education Session, Montreal, Canada, August 14, When Parents Want Children to Stay Home for College, International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Oslo, Norway, May 6, Toward Equal Opportunity? Changes in the Effect of Socioeconomic Background on Educational Attainment, International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7-9, Wasted Talent: Why Some High-Achieving Students Don t Apply to College, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Entering and Exiting Higher Education Session, Atlanta, Georgia, August 16-19, Is Relative Deprivation Beneficial? The Effects of Richer and Poorer Neighbors on Children s Outcomes, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Section on Sociology of Children, Anaheim, California, August 18-21, When Does Relative Deprivation Matter? Why Living in a Rich Neighborhood Is Associated with Higher Test Performance but Lower Self-Esteem, International Sociological Association Working Group on Social Indicators (Rich and Poor: Disparities, Perceptions, and Consequences), Berlin, Germany, October 13-14, Affiliate, Los Angeles Education Research Institute, 2011-present Affiliate, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, Affiliate, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), Affiliate, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE), Affiliate, Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences (ITP), Affiliate, Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), 2002-present