Brian Pyong An Date: October 23, 2012 Office: 493 Lindquist Center North Iowa City, IA 52242 (319) 335-6390 brian-an@uiowa.edu EDUCATION University of Wisconsin, Madison Ph.D. in Sociology 2009 University of Wisconsin, Madison M.S. in Sociology 2004 University of Washington, Seattle B.A. in Sociology 2000 POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies 2010 Present University of Notre Dame Postdoctoral Research Associate 2009 10 Center for Research on Educational Opportunity at the Institute for Educational Initiatives. AREAS OF INTEREST Sociology of education, higher education, social stratification, family, and race/ethnicity ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS Salisbury, Mark H., Brian P. An, and Ernest T. Pascarella. In press. The effect of study abroad on intercultural competence among undergraduate college students. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. An, Brian P. In press. The impact of dual enrollment on college-degree attainment: Do low-ses students benefit? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. doi:10.3102/0162373712461933.
Brian An 2 Padgett, Ryan D., Mark H. Salisbury, Brian P. An, and Ernest T. Pascarella. 2010. Required, practical, or unnecessary? An examination and demonstration of propensity score matching using longitudinal secondary data. New Directions for Institutional Research 2010 (S2):29 42. doi:10.1002/ir.370. An, Brian P. 2010. The relations between race, family characteristics, and where students apply to college. Social Science Research 39 (2):310 323. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.08.003. An, Brian P., and Adam Gamoran. 2009. Trends in school racial composition in the era of unitary status. In From the courtroom to the classroom: The shifting landscape of school desegregation, ed. C. E. Smrekar and E. B. Goldring, 19 47. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. GRANTS Spencer Foundation Small Grant (with Liz Hollingworth) (Under review) Iowa Measurement Research Foundation Grant Program ($32,587) 12 Old Gold Summer Fellowship ($6,000) Edna Jones Johnson Memorial Fund ($500) 2010 FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship (Finalist) 2012 Institute for Higher Education Policy and Lumina Foundation, Young Academic Fellows AERA Division J Outstanding Dissertation Award (Finalist) 2010 U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship 2007 09 PAPERS/POSTERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Byun, Soo-yong and Brian P. An. Trends in socioeconomic achievement gaps in an era of increased accountability: A comparative study of the United States and South Korea. Paper presented at the meeting of the Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association, Charlottesville. An, Brian P. The impact of dual enrollment on time-to-degree completion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver. An, Brian P. The role of academic motivation and engagement on the relation between dual enrollment and college performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Charlotte. An, Brian P., and Jeffrey Grigg. Resources that link high schools to college: accounting for socioeconomic gaps in college application. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Charlotte. 2012 2012
Brian An 3 Salisbury, Mark, Ernest T. Pascarella, and Brian P. An. The effect of study abroad on intercultural competence among undergraduate college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Charlotte. An, Brian P., and Kia Sorensen. The dynamic nature of the college-choice process: The impact of family disruption on college expectations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. An, Brian P. The impact of dual enrollment on college persistence and attainment. Poster presented at the meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC. An, Brian P. The impact of dual enrollment on college persistence and attainment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. An, Brian P., and Jeffrey Grigg. The role of a school on a student's college decisions: Differences by family background. Poster presented at the meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC. Sorensen, Kia, and Brian P. An. Families, neighborhoods, and educational attainment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans. Hulleman, Chris S., Brian P. An, Bryan L. Hendricks, and Judith M. Harackiewicz. Interest development, achievement, continuing motivation: The pivotal role of utility value. Poster presented at the meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC. Gamoran, Adam, Claire Smrekar, and Brian P. An. Beyond the tipping point in magnet school enrollment: Issues of racial diversity after unitary status in Nashville. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Gamoran, Adam, and Brian P. An. Effects of school segregation and school resources in a changing policy context. Paper presented at the meeting of the Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association, Los Angeles. Gamoran, Adam, Claire Smrekar, and Brian P. An. "We have so much here, and it still isn't enough": School resources and student achievement after court-ended desegregation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal. 2009 2009 2008 2008 2007 2006 2005 2005 INVITED PAPERS AND ADDRESSES An, Brian P. Potential-outcomes framework: An introduction. Presentation to the seminar in Impact of College on Students,, February. An, Brian P. Crossed random effects models. Presentation to the seminar in Sociology of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November. 2009
Brian An 4 MEDIA ENGAGEMENT My research has been cited in publications including Chronicle of Higher Education. COURSES TAUGHT (F = Fall, S = Spring, X = Summer) EPLS:5130. Sociology of education (Graduate seminar). EALL:5150. Introduction to educational research. EPLS:5240. Topics in education: Racial, class, and gender inequalities in education (Graduate seminar). EPLS: 6370. Quantitative methods for policy analysis (Graduate course) EPLS:5142. Sociology of higher education (Graduate seminar). EALL:5150. Introduction to educational research. EPLS:5240. Topics in education: Analyzing secondary data (Graduate course). EPLS:5130. Sociology of education (Graduate seminar). F2012 F2012 S2012 S2012 F F F2010 F2010 University of Notre Dame 63240. Sociology of education II: School and organizational effects on educational outcomes (Graduate seminar). S2010 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (International and National) Program Committee, Association for the Study of Higher Education 2013 Program Chair, American Sociological Association, Sociology of Education 2013 Editorial Board Member, Sociology of Education 2012 15 Session Chair, American Educational Research Association 2012 Program Committee, International Sociological Association, Research Committee 28 Proposal Reviewer, American Educational Research Association 12 Proposal Reviewer, Association for the Study of Higher Education 2010 11
Brian An 5 Manuscript Reviewer: Most Recent Year of Review American Educational Research Journal 2012 American Sociological Review 2012 Educational Researcher 2012 Equity and Excellence in Education 2012 Ethnic and Racial Studies 2009 Family Relations 2010 Journal of Research on Adolescence Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 2010 Social Forces 2012 Sociological Quarterly Sociology of Education Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review Social Science Journal 2012 Social Science Research 2012 Studies in Higher Education 2012 Teachers College Record 2012 Youth & Society 2012 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE () Collegiate Teaching Award review committee 2012 Collegiate Teaching Award review committee Student Award committee (School, Culture, and Society) Student Computing Fee committee 2010 11 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS Member: American Educational Research Association American Sociological Association Association for the Study of Higher Education International Sociological Association, Research Committee 28 Population Association of America AFFILIATIONS Faculty Associate Schools, Culture, and Society Higher Education and Student Affairs (courtesy appointment) Sociology (courtesy appointment) Center for Research on Undergraduate Education 2010 Present
Brian An 6 STUDENT COMMITTEES Dissertation: Michelle L. Kronfeld (Chair) Thomas Castle (Chair) Clint Huntrods (Co-chair) Jorge A. Chavez-Rojas Nkechi C. Onwuameze Christopher A. Peckover Yu Su Zebing Wu Eric Reed 2012 Mark H. Salisbury Academic Advisor Ph.D. Wei-Lin Chen Sarah J. Hassebroek Academic Advisor M.A. Hye Won Ahn * Pending the student's decision to accept admissions to the graduate program at the Educational Policy and Leadership Studies. Comprehensive Examination Ph.D. David Biagas (Sociology) 2012 Christopher Peckover 2012 Jui-Sheng Wang (Chair) Zebing Wu (Chair) Justin A. Ball Nkechi C. Onwuameze Comprehensive Examination M.A. Ashley M. Oehlerking