Stephen Raudenbush
Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Chair in Committee on Education, University of Chicago
Stephen Raudenbush is the Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Sociology, the College and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and Chairman of the Committee on Education at the University of Chicago.
He is interested in statistical models for child and youth development within social settings such as classrooms, schools, and neighborhoods. He is best known for his work developing hierarchical linear models, with broad applications in the design and analysis of longitudinal and multilevel research. 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 National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the recipient of the American Educational Research Association award for Distinguished Contributions to Educational Research.
Raudenbush received a B.A. in Social Studies, an Ed.M in Administration, and an Ed.D. in Policy Analysis and Evaluation from Harvard University in 1968, 1980, and 1984 respectively.