Academic articles

This paper received the 2008 Best Student Paper Award from the ASA Section on Children and Youth
This paper has been published in Qualitative Sociology

Outside Class: A Historical Analysis of American Children's Competitive Activities

This paper appeared in Karen Sternheimer's volume, Childhood in American Society and a version of it is also a dissertation chapter

Trophies, Triumphs, and Tears: Children's Experiences with Competitive Activities

This paper appeared in Sociological Studies of Children and Youth and a version of it is also a dissertation chapter

*Please note that articles under review or in progress are available by request.

Under Review

"Graceful Girls, Aggressive Girls, and Pink Girls: Classed Femininity and Children's Afterschool Activities." Revise and Resubmit at Gender & Society.
“Racial Trends in University Commencement Speakers from 1946-2003: Heroes, Race, and Higher Education.” Revise and Resubmit at Poetics.
“Raising American, Middle Class Children in a Competitive Culture.” Accepted for submission to Oxford University Press volume on Dilemmas of the Middle Class Around the World. (ed. Katherine S. Newman).

Papers and Projects in Progress