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Ramirez,
Francisco
Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology
Social Sciences, Policy, and Educational Practice Area Chair |
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" . . . we see national development increasingly defined in terms of individual welfare, rather than simply in terms of national economic growth and, concurrently, a push to use universal access to primary education as a key measure of both individual welfare and national development. This rationalization--that individual welfare, particularly individual access to quality education is at the very center of development - creates the foundation on which to build broader, normative arguments for education and development."
Dr. Ramirez conducts cross-national studies on the role of education in the formation of world society and the influence of world society on educational developments. These studies include topics such as patterns of women's access to higher education, the role of education and science in economic development, and the interrelationships among education, citizenship, and human rights. Grants from the National Science Foundation (Sociology Program), the Spencer Foundation, and the Bechtel Initiative on Global Growth and Change have supported both research on education, science, and development and studies of the globalization of human rights and the challenge of human rights education. Ramirez is also a recipient of a Spencer Foundation Mentor Network award. |
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* BA (Social Science), De La Salle University, 1966;
* MA (Sociology), Stanford University, 1970;
* PhD (Sociology), Stanford University, 1974 |
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| * Assistant Professor-Professor of Sociology, San Francisco State University (1973-1987) |
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* Since 1987.
* Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology (1987-1990);
* Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology (1990- ) |
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| * Globalization and impact of human rights regime;rise of human rights education and analysis of civics, history, and social studies textbooks; transformations in the status of women in society and in higher education; universities as institutions and organizations;education, science and development |
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* World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspectives (Ed 136/306D/Soc)
* Education and Society (Ed 220C/Soc 130/230
* Education and the Status of Women: Comparative Perspective (Ed 197)
* Workshop on Comparative Educational and Political Systems (ED 387A,B, C)
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* Workshop: Comparative Studies of Educational Systems (Ed 387 A, B) |
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* “Human Rights and Citizenship: The Emergence of Human Rights Education” (with D. Suarez) pp. 43-64 in Carlos Alberto Torres, ed. Critique and Utopia: New Developments in the Sociology of Education in The Twenty-First Century Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 2007.
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* “Higher Education as An Institution” (with J. Meyer, D. Frank, and E. Schofer) pp. 187-221 in Patricia Gumport,, ed. The Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University. 2007.
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* “Beyond Achievement and Attainment Studies: Revitalizing A Comparative Sociology of Education” Comparative Education 42: 1-19 2006.
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* “Student Achievement and National Economic Growth” (with X. Luo, E. Schofer, and J. Meyer). American Journal of Education 113: 1-29. 2006.
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* ”Growing Commonalities and Persistent Differences in Higher Education: Universities Between Globalization and National Tradition” pp. 123-141 in Heinz-Dieter Meyer and Brian Rowan, eds. The New Institutionalism in Education: Advancing Research and Policy. SUNY: University Press. 2006
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* Science and the Modern World Polity: Institutionalization and Globalization (with G. Drori, J. Meyer, and E. Schoefer, 2003)Stanford University Press. 2003.
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* "Slowly but Surely? The Global Expansion of Women's Participation in Science and Engineering Fields of Study" in Sociology of Education (with C. Wotipka, 2001)
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* "What Counts as History? A Cross-National and Longitudinal Study of University Curricula" in Comparative Education Review (with D. Frank, S. Wong & J. Meyer, 2000)
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* "The Effects of Science on National Economic Development, 197--1990" in American Sociological Review (with E. Schofer & J. Meyer, 2000)
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* Selected Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, 2006-07
* Associate Editor,American Sociological Review (2004-07)
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* Phone: (650) 723 8421
* Email: ramirez@stanford.edu
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