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Melanie Gast
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Louisville
Education/Degree:
1 Sociology (University of California, Davis)
About
Dr. Gast is an assistant professor of sociology at University of Louisville (she was previously at DePaul University). She received her PhD from University of California, Davis and held a postdoctoral position at University of Notre Dame in the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO). She teaches courses on sociology of education and race/ethnicity. Her research focuses on how schools and community programs structure support opportunities for racial/ethnic minority youth and families.
Current Work
Dr. Gast's co-authored work examines information and resource gaps and the transition to college. In other projects, she analyzes college counseling norms in a diverse, urban high school and the inclusion of immigrant youth and parents in urban community programs. She has published in journals such as the Du Bois Review, Journal of Adolescent Research, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Social Science Research, Teachers College Record, and Urban Education.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Sociology