The purpose of the Section on Sociology of Education is to foster the development of this aspect of sociology and its application through the study of the ways in which formal schooling influences individuals and the ways society affects educational institutions.

Section Officers, 2004-2005

Chair: James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University

Chair elect: Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Indiana University

Past Chair: Kevin Dougherty, Columbia University

Secretary-Treasurer: George Farkas, Pennsylvania State University