Karolyn Tyson
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
at time of fellowship
2005 to 2006
Karolyn Tyson, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will combine data from several studies to write a book that examines how school environment and cultural beliefs about education influence student performance, especially among black and low-performing children. Using interviews with students, parents and school staff, as well as ethnographies and test score data, Tyson will construct a theory outlining the developmental trajectory of these disadvantaged students.