Kimberly Goyette

Kimberly Goyette

  • College of Liberal Arts

    Sociology

    Professor

    Affiliated Faculty

    Programs
    • Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

    Director

    Programs
    • Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society
Office Location

Gladfelter Hall, 737

Expertise

Education, Stratification, Race/ethnicity, Asian Americans, Vietnam

Biography

I have been interested in how education works to both reinforce inequalities and provide opportunities since my transition from a public high school in a small town to an Ivy League university. Most of my research focuses on how social background and race shape educational experiences. For example, my dissertation concerned variation in how Asian American students negotiate the transition from high school to college. My recent work has focused on whether social background and occupational expectations account for rising college expectations over time, and how social background relates to application behaviors and choice of college majors.

In related projects, I'm also looking at how race affects the elementary and secondary schools families choose for their children, and the implications that these choices may have for racial residential segregation. In the years to come, I'll be beginning research on higher education in Southeast Asia. I'm interested in how increasing privatization and internationalization of universities in these countries affects access to postsecondary education and the fields of study available.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

  • Goyette, Kimberly, Danielle Farrie, and Joshua Freely. May 2012. “This School’s Gone Downhill: Racial Change and Perceived School Quality among Whites.” Social Problems 59(2):155-176.
  • Goyette, Kimberly. 2012. “Stratification and the Emergence of the Postsecondary Private Education Sector in Vietnam.” Comparative Education Review 56(2):197-222.
  • Sakamoto, Arthur, Kimberly Goyette, and ChangHwan Kim. 2009. "Socioeconomic Attainments of Asian Americans." Annual Review of Sociology 35:255-76.
  • Goyette, Kimberly. 2008. "College for Some to College for All: Social Background, Occupational Expectations, and Educational Expectations over Time." Social Science Research 37(2): 461-84.
  • Goyette, Kimberly. 2008. "Race, Social Background, and School Choice Options." Equity & Excellence in Education 41(1):114-29. 

Courses Taught

  • Sociology of Education
  • Research Design and Methods
  • Data Analysis
  • Statistical Methods in Sociology