William Carbonaro

Contact Information

William Carbonaro
1016 Flanner Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
PHONE: (574) 631-3633
E-MAIL: wcarbona@nd.edu
WEB SITE: http://www.nd.edu/~wcarbona/

Degrees

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Sociology)
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Sociology)
M.A., Washington University in St. Louis (Political Science)
B.A.,Washington University in St. Louis (Major – Political Science)

Honors/Awards

1997 Award for Outstanding Paper by a Graduate Student, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association.

2002 Outstanding Reviewer, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

2003-4 National Academy of Education Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Educational research interests

Sociology of Education, Social Stratification, Research Methods and Statistics

Select Publications

Carbonaro, William. 2006. “Cross-National Differences in the Skills-Earnings Relationship: The Role of Skill Demands and Labor Market Institutions.” Social Forces 84:1819-1842.

Carbonaro, William. 2006. “Public-Private Differences in Achievement among Kindergarten Students: Differences in Learning Opportunities and Student Outcomes.” American Journal of Education 113:31-65.

Carbonaro, William. 2005. “Explaining Variable Returns to Cognitive Skill across Occupations.” Social Science Research 34:165-188.

Carbonaro, William. 2005. “Tracking, Student Effort, and Academic Achievement.” Sociology of Education 78:27-49.

Bio

William Carbonaro received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin
and joined the Notre Dame Sociology Department as an Assistant Professor
in Fall 2000. A winner of a National Academy of Education Postdoctoral
fellowship in 2003, his research focuses on inequality within the
educational system and labor markets. His work has appeared in the
highly regarded journals Sociology of Education and the American
Sociological Review.