Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Bryer, Ellen.  2025. "The View from the Top: The Relationship Between Parental Education and Graduate Enrollment." The Journal of Higher Education.

Adames, Alexander, and Ellen Bryer. 2024. “The Development of Racial Wealth Gaps in Early Adulthood.” Social Science Research 120.

Gross, Nora, Ellen Bryer, Charlotte Jacobs, and Jarvis Goosby. 2024. “‘Heated, Polarized, and Annoying’: The Characteristics and Consequences of Affective Polarization in Independent High Schools.” Democracy and Education 32(2).

Bryer, Ellen. 2022. “My Debt? Our Debt?: Ambiguity and Advantage in Family Financial Assistance for Graduate School.”  Sociological Forum 37(3).

Bryer, Ellen. 2022. “‘Not Nearly as Bad’: Social Comparisons and Responsibility in Debt Management.” Socius 8.

Working Papers

Bryer, Ellen, and Maya Kaul. 2025. “A Degree of Choice: The Role of Occupations in Educational Decision-Making.” (EdWorkingPaper: 25-1252). The Annenberg Institute at Brown University. 

Bryer, Ellen, Catherine Mata, Lindsay Page, and Katharine Meyer. 2025. “Behind the Scenes: Faculty-Staff Collaboration in a Student Success Effort.” (EdWorkingPaper: 25-1314.)  Annenberg Institute at Brown University.