Katerina Bodovski

Katerina Bodovski

Assistant Professor of Education

Educational Theory & Policy
310F 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

• Comparative and International Education

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): 139-156.

Katerina Bodovski & Rachel Durham (equal contribution by the authors) (2010). Parental Practices and Achievement of Mexican and Chinese Immigrant Children in the U.S.: Assimilation Patterns? Research in Comparative and International Education, 5(2): 156-175.

Katerina Bodovski & Min-Jong Youn. (2010) Love, Discipline and Elementary School Achievement: The Role of Family Emotional Climate, Social Science Research, 39(4): 585-595.

Katerina Bodovski & Min-Jong Youn. (2011) The Long Term Effects of Early Acquired Skills and Behaviors on Young Children's Achievement in Literacy and Mathematics, Journal of Earl Childhood Research, 9(1): 4-19.

Emily Greenman, Katerina Bodovski & Katherine Reed. (2011) "Neighborhood Characteristics, Parental Practices and Children's Math Achievement in Elementary School," Social Science Research. 40(5): 1434-1444.

Katerina Bodovski & Min-Jong Youn (2012). "Students' Mathematics Course Taking and Achievement in 8th Grade: The Role of School Readiness," International Journal of Sociology of Education, 1(2): 97-122.

Katerina Bodovski, Inbal Nahum-Shani & Rachael Walsh. (2013) "School Climate and Students' Early Mathematics Learning: Another Search for Contextual Effects," American Journal of Education, 119(2): 209-234.

Katerina Bodovski. (forthcoming) "Corporal Punishment," in J. Ainsworth and J. G. Golson (Eds.) Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide. SAGE Publications.

Katerina Bodovski. (forthcoming) "Early Parental Practices and Adolescents' Emerging Habitus," British Journal of Sociology of Education.

Katerina Bodovski, Stephen Kotok, and Adrienne Henck. (forthcoming) "Universal patterns or the tale of two systems? Mathematics achievement and educational expectations in post-socialist Europe," Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education.

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.

American Educational Research Association. "Students' Mathematics Achievement and Course-taking in 8th Grade: The Role of School Readiness?" 2010 - 2012, $34,185.

Population Research Institute Seed Grant, Penn State, 2012. "Youths' Math Self-Concept, Achievement and Educational Expectations in Eastern Europe: Change or Continuity after the Fall of Communism?" $10,000.

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