Professor Barbara Schneider will be honored for addressing real problems in practice through exemplary career research contributions in the field of sociology of education.
She was selected to receive the Elizabeth G. Cohen Distinguished Career in Applied Sociology of Education Award. The award is given every two years by the Sociology of Education SIG (special interest group) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Schneider, who is the John A. Hannah Chair at MSU, receives the distinction during the 2011 AERA meeting in New Orleans.