Jonathan Horowitz
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Toronto
I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure-stream) at the University of Toronto. I am interested in the effect of educational institutions on position in the labor market and communities, and the resulting effects on inequality and political participation.
My research investigates how schooling–especially higher education–affects the credentialing and sorting of graduates, provides a central location which draws students towards them, and is a social system for producing network ties. My work appears in the American Sociological Review, Social Problems (forthcoming), Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Sociological Forum, and Socius.
Most of my courses are on the sociology of stratification and education. My teaching strategy utilizes active-learning and flipped classroom principles, focusing on teaching analytic skills and help students apply those skills to different case studies. Students taking my courses focus considerable time on mapping the relationship between course concepts, moving deliberately through skill-building activities in groups to build student abilities, confidence, and autonomy.
Prior to my time at UNC, I earned a Master’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies, worked as a community/union organizer, and coordinated a violence prevention program based at a rape crisis center. I also completed research on sexual violence prevention programming in higher education, focusing specifically on fraternity/sorority systems.