Claudia Buchmann

Associate Professor
Department of Sociology  
391 Bricker Hall
190 North Oval Mall
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210-1353

• Curriculum Vita   

• Links to Papers

• Claudia Buchmann, Thomas A. DiPrete and Anne McDaniel. 2008. "Gender Inequalities in Education." Annual Review of Sociology, forthcoming.


• Claudia Buchmann and Thomas A. DiPrete. 2006. “The Growing Female Advantage in College Completion: The Role of Parental Resources and Academic Achievement.” American Sociological Review, forthcoming August 2006.

• Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann. 2006. “Gender Specific Trends in the Value of Education and the Emerging Gender Gap in College Completion.” Demography 43:1-24.

• Claudia Buchmann and Emilio Parrado. 2006. “Educational Achievement of Immigrant-Origin and Native Students:  A Comparative Analysis Informed by Institutional Theory.” Pp. 345-377 in The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science, forthcoming.

• Kenneth I. Spenner, Claudia Buchmann, and L. Richard Landerman. 2005. “The Black-White Achievement Gap in the First College Year:  Evidence from a New Longitudinal Case Study.” In The Shape of Inequality: Social Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, vol. 22:187-216.

• Emily Hannum and Claudia Buchmann. 2005. “Global Educational Expansion and Socio-Economic Development:  An Assessment of Findings from the Social Sciences.” World Development 33:333-54.

• Claudia Buchmann and Ben Dalton. 2002. “Interpersonal Influences and Educational Aspirations in Twelve Countries: The Importance of Institutional Context.” Sociology of Education 75:99-122.

• Claudia Buchmann. 2002. “Measuring Family Background in International Studies of Education: Conceptual Issues and Methodological Challenges.” Pp. 150-97 in Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational Achievement, National Research Council, Board on International Comparative Studies in Education. Andrew C. Porter and Adam Gamoran, editors. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

• Claudia Buchmann. 2002. “Getting Ahead in Kenya: Social Capital, Shadow Education and Achievement.” Research in Sociology of Education 13:133-59.

• Claudia Buchmann and Emily Hannum. 2001. “Education and Stratification in Developing Countries: A Review of Theories and Research.” Annual Review of Sociology 27:77-102.

• Claudia Buchmann. 2000. “Family Structure, Parental Perceptions and Child Labor in Kenya: What Factors Determine Who is Enrolled in School?” Social Forces 78:1349-78.

• Claudia Buchmann and Dan Brakewood. 2000. “Labor Structures and School Enrollments in Developing Societies: Thailand and Kenya Compared.” Comparative Education Review 44:175-204.

• Link to Course Syllabi

• Social Inequality (undergraduate) (SOC 463)
• Contemporary World Societies (SOC 597)
• Social Stratification (graduate seminar) (SOC 761)