Katerina Bodovski

Assistant Professor of Education

Educational Theory & Policy
300 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: kxb918@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-1865
Fax: 814-865-1480

Introduction

Katerina Bodovski is Assistant Professor of Educational Theory and Policy and a faculty research associate of the Population Research Institute at Penn State. Katerina received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Penn State in 2007. She obtained both her M.A. in Sociology and her B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Her research focuses on gaining an understanding of the factors shaping student behavior and educational achievement, related to family practices, neighborhood characteristics and school settings. In addition to her academic training, Katerina also has experience with applied research. Before coming to Penn State she was employed for five years at the Center of Children and Youth at Brookdale Institute of Human Development in Jerusalem, Israel.

Areas of Expertise

• Sociology of Education

• Stratification and Inequality

• Immigration

• Sociology of Children

• Race and Ethnicity

Publications (Full CV available here)

Katerina Bodovski & Talal Dolev (2002) "Evaluation of the Invitation to a Dialogue Program to Enhance Social Interaction Among Russian Immigrant Youth and Non-Immigrant Israelis. The Findings from Three Years Study". National Insurance Institute: Jerusalem, Israel.

Paula Kahan-Strawcinski & Katerina Bodovski (2002). "The HILA Program-Complementary Education for School Drop-Outs: An Evaluation Study". JDC-Brookdale Institute. State of Israel, Ministry of Education, Youth at Risk Section.

Katerina Bodovski & Aaron Benavot. (2006) Unequal Educational Outcomes among First-Generation Immigrants: The Case of Youth from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. Research in Comparative and International Education, 1(3): 253-270.

Katerina Bodovski & George Farkas. (2007) Do Instructional Practices Contribute to Inequality in Achievement? The Case of Mathematics Instruction in Kindergarten. The Journal of Early Childhood Research. Vol. 5 (3): 301-322.

Katerina Bodovski & George Farkas. (2007). Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement and Instruction. The Elementary School Journal. Vol. 108(2): 115-130.

Katerina Bodovski & George Farkas. (2008) "'Concerted Cultivation' and Unequal Achievement in Elementary School." Social Science Research. 37(3): 903-919.

Katerina Bodovski. (2010) Parental Practices and Educational Achievement: Social Class, Race, and Habitus, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(2).

Katerina Bodovski & Min-Jong Youn. (forthcoming) Students' Behavior and Academic Achievement: Longitudinal Approach. Journal of Early Childhood Research.

Honors and Awards

Population Research Institute Seed Grants, Penn State, "Parental Practices and Students' Achievement: Contextual Effects?" (Co-PI: Emily Greenman), 2008, $3,600

Faculty Research Initiation Grant, College of Education, Penn State. "Cognitive Stimulation at Home, Family Emotional Climate, and Children's Academic Achievement in the Elementary School", 2008-2009, $8,500

Children, Youth and Family Consortium, Penn State. "Parental Practices and Students' Achievement in the Elementary School: Neighborhood Effects?" (Co-PI: Emily Greenman), 2009, Level I, $5,000

Children, Youth and Family Consortium, Penn State. "Parental Practices and Students' Achievement in the Elementary School: Neighborhood Effects?" (Co-PI: Emily Greenman), 2009-2010, Level II, $13,990

Foundation for Child Development. "Home and School Contexts, and Children's Achievement in the Early Elementary Years", 2009-2010, $46,918.

Professional Positions

• Assistant Professor of Educational Theory and Policy, Department of          Education Policy Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007 -
• Faculty Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007 -
• Research Coordinator and Senior Research Assistant, JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Center of Children and Youth, Jerusalem, Israel, 1997 - 2002

Teaching Experience

• Graduate courses: Quantitative Studies in Education, Proseminar in EDTHP, Research Design, Children and Childood in Sociological Perspective
• Undergraduate courses: Sociology of Education; Introductory Sociology

Education

• Ph.D. in Sociology from The Pennsylvania State University

• M.A. in Sociology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem