Susan Auerbach
Susan Auerbach
Degrees: University, area of study, university, date
Ph.D., Education (Urban Schooling/Sociology of Education), UCLA, 2001
Phone: 818-677-2557
E-mail: susan.auerbach@csun.edu
Office: ED 2114
Teaching Interests: urban education, school-community relations, qualitative research methods, social and cultural foundations of education, multicultural education/diversity/cultural proficiency, educational policy
Research Interests: parent/family engagement in education, school-community partnerships, college access, accountability, social context of urban education
Publications:
Auerbach, S. (2007). From Moral Supporters to Struggling Advocates: Reconceptualizing parent roles in education through the experience of working-class families of color. Urban Education 42(3), 250-283.
Auerbach, S. (2006). “If the student is good, let him fly”: Moral support for college among Latino immigrant parents. Journal of Latinos and Education, 5(4), 275-292.
Tierney, W., & Auerbach, S. (2005). Toward developing an untapped resource: The role of families in college preparation. In W. Tierney, Z. Corwin, & J. Colyar (Eds.), Preparing for college: Nine elements of effective outreach (pp. 29-48). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Auerbach, S. (2004). Review essay on A. Lareau’s (2003) Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life. Harvard Educational Review 74(4), 431-440.
Auerbach, S. (2004). Engaging Latino parents in supporting college pathways: Lessons from a college access program. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 3(2), 125-145 (special invited issue of new peer reviewed journal).
Auerbach, S. (2002). “Why do they give the good classes to some and not to others?” Latino parent narratives of struggle in a college access program. Teachers College Record, 104(7), 1369-1392. (peer reviewed Tier I education journal)
Auerbach, S. (Ed.) (1994). Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (6 vol.). North Bellmore, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corp.. (high school-college reference)
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Personal Website; (Optional) www.csun.edu/~sa1063