Jordan Conwell
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Jordan Conwell is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. One strand of his research examines the relationship between educational opportunity and socioeconomic well-being across individuals’ lives, families’ generations, and historical time, often focusing on potential variation in these patterns by race, social class, and gender. His research on these topics has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Marriage and Family, Social Forces, and Sociology of Education, and has been supported by Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships from the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation and a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
Conwell also maintains a research interest in the scientific contributions and legacy of pioneer scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, particularly Du Bois’s writings on education and his research methods. Conwell’s research on Du Bois has appeared in The Journal of Negro Education and Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. He is currently co-authoring a book with sociologist Kevin Loughran that explores Du Bois’s methodological innovations and their implications for contemporary social science.
Conwell earned his B.A. in Sociology and Rhetoric from Bates College and his Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University.