Miriam Sergent-Leventhal Social Science
Matriculating Down: Habitus and Transition for the Private School Elite
Studies of educational outcomes have focused on what prevents disadvantaged students from succeeding, leaving reproduction of educational elites in a black box. Miriams research will focus on how students from elite private schools fare in a large public university, particularly the University of Michigan and Cal Berkeley. Relying on Bourdieus concept of habitus, Miriam will interview graduates of elite high schools who now attend large, public universities. In doing so, she hopes to gain insight into how the elite maintain (or possibly do not maintain) their position of power, providing broader context for discussions of social stratification.
Major: Sociology | Linguistics
Mentor: Mentor: John Lie, Sociology