Stephen Raudenbush, Ed.D., is
the Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor
in the Department of Sociology at the University
of Chicago and Chairman of the Committee
on Education. He received an Ed.D. in Policy
Analysis and Evaluation Research in 1984
from Harvard University and was a professor
in the School of Education at the University
of Michigan from 1998 until 2005.
Raudenbush is a leading scholar on quantitative methods for studying
child and youth development within social
settings such as classrooms, schools, and
neighborhoods. He is best known for his
work on developing hierarchical linear
models, with broad applications in the
design and analysis of longitudinal and
multilevel research.
Raudenbush has been
the
Scientific Director of the Project on
Human Development
in Chicago Neighborhoods, an ambitious
study of how family, neighborhood and
school settings shape the academic learning,
social development, mental health and
exposure to violence of children growing up
in Chicago. He is currently studying
the development of literacy and
math skills in early childhood with
implications for instruction; and methods for assessing
school and classroom quality. Raudenbush is a
member of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and the recipient of the
American Educational Research Association
award for Distinguished contributions
to educational research. |
