Sociology of Education
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University of Oxford
 
Contact:
  Littlegate House, St. Ebbes
Oxford, OX1 1PT
England
  Telephone: (+44)1865 286170 Fax: (+44)1865 286171
  Email: Enquiries@sociology.ox.ac.uk Web: http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk
  Chair: Anthony Heath,
Director of Graduate Studies: Diego Gambetta
  Aministrative Assistant(s):
 
Degrees Offered: MSc, MPhil, PhD Academic Year System: Trimester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Home: £2870,
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Home: £2870, Out of State: £7482, in addition to the University fees there are college fees of up to £2000
Alternative Tuition Structure: Home: £2870, Out of State: £7482, in addition to the University fees there are college fees of up to £2000
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Tuition Waiver, Fellowships from outside sources, Fellowships from the university, Research Assistantships (under faculty members' grants)
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 7
Admission Deadline: February 28
Financial Support Deadline:
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 70
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students:
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: N/A
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: N/A
Graduate Record Examination:
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 8 PHDs: 4
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Education, Political Sociology, Race/Class/Gender, Rational Choice, Stratification/Mobility, Work and Labor Markets, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Microcomputing
 
Full–Time Faculty
Chan, Tak-Wing (PhD, Oxford 1994) Stratification/Mobility, Demography, Quantitative Methodology; Assistant Professor.
Chattoe, Edmund (MA, Oxford 1992) Microcomputing, Qualitative Methodology; Lecturer
Evans, Geoffrey A. (PhD, Oxford 1988) Political Sociology, Stratification/Mobility; Associate Professor.
Firth, David (PhD, London 1987) Statistics, Quantitative Methodology; Professor.
Fisher, Stephen D. (PhD, Oxford 1999) Political Sociology, Statistics; Associate Professor.
Fitzpatrick, Ray (MA) Medical Sociology; Professor.
Gambetta, Diego (PhD, Cambridge 1983) Rational Choice, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Associate Professor.
Hamill, Heather (PhD, Oxford 2002) British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow.
Harper, Sarah H. (PhD, Oxford 1985) Aging/Social Gerontology, Qualitative Methodology, Family; Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor University of Chicago.
Heath, Anthony (PhD, Cambridge 1970) Political Sociology, Education, Race/Class/Gender; Professor and Department Chair.
Jackson, Michelle (PhD, Oxford 2002) Lecturer.
Mills, Colin (MSc, Imperial College 1983) Stratification/Mobility, Work and Labor Markets; Associate Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Anderson, Robert C. (PhD, McMaster 1998) Political Sociology, Industrial Sociology; Senior Research Fellow Faculty from another institution.
Barron, David (PhD, Cornell 1992) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Quantitative Methodology, Social Networks; Associate Professor, Affiliated with Business School.
Breen, Richard (PhD, Cambridge 1981) Stratification/Mobility, Mathematical Sociology, Education; Professor, Part-time.
Coleman, David (PhD) Demography; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Social Policy and Social Work.
Frazer, Elizabeth (PhD, Oxford) Political Sociology, Sex and Gender, Qualitative Methodology; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Politics.
Gallie, Duncan I. (PhD, Oxford 1977) Work and Labor Markets; Professor.
Goldthorpe, John H. (PhD, Stockholm 1990) Stratification/Mobility; Professor.
Halsey, Chelly H. (PhD, London 1954) Education; Emeritus.
Hamill, Heather (PhD, Oxford 2001) Criminal Justice, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Community; Research Officer.
Hill, Peter (PhD, Stirling 2000) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Criminal Justice, Law and Society; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow.
Hood, Roger (PhD, Cambridge 1963) Criminal Justice, Criminology/Delinquency; Professor, Affiliated with: Criminology.
Hudson, Alan (MSc, London) Work and Labor Markets; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Continuing Education.
Jacobs, Sheila (PhD, Oxford 1996) Occupations/Professions, Quantitative Methodology, Stratification/Mobility; Lecturer.
Lalljee, Mansur (PhD) Social Psychology; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Psychology.
MacDonald, Kenneth I. (MA, Oxford 1968) Quantitative Methodology, Stratification/Mobility, Political Sociology; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Social Policy and Social Work.
Marshall, Gordon (PhD, Oxford 1978) Stratification/Mobility, Comparative Sociology/Historical Sociology; Professor.
McBarnet, Doreen (PhD) Law and Society; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Social-Legal Studies.
Offer, Avner (PhD, Oxford) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Theory, Economy and Society; Professor, Affiliated with: Social and Economic History.
Payne, Clive (MA, Oxford 1978) Quantitative Methodology, Statistics, Political Sociology; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Politics.
Sullivan, Alice (PhD, Oxford 2000) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Sex and Gender; Postdoctoral Fellow British Academy.
Surender, Rebecca (PhD, Oxford 1998) Medical Sociology, Social Welfare/Social Work, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Associate Professor, Affiliated with Social Policy and Social Work.
Swift, Adam (PhD, Oxford) Theory, Comparative Sociology/Historical Sociology, Stratification/Mobility; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Politics.
Walford, Geoffrey (PhD) Education, Race/Class/Gender, Stratification/Mobility; Professor, Affiliated with: Education.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Hamill, Heather Hoods and Provos-Crime and Punishment in West Belfast
Wong, Emily Family Strategy: A Study of Inter-Generational Mobility in Hong Kong