Rate My Professor Robert Crosnoe

Crosnoe has published influential books such as Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed (Stanford University Press, 2006), Fitting In, Standing Out: Navigating the Social Challenges of High School to Get an Education (Cambridge University Press, 2011), The Starting Line (University of Texas Press, 2020), and The Journey into Adulthood in Uncertain Times (Russell Sage Foundation, 2025, with Shannon E. Cavanagh). Key articles include “Gender, Obesity and Education” (Sociology of Education, 2007) and “Children’s Early Child Care and Mother’s Later Involvement with Schools” (Child Development, 2012). His scholarship, with over 36,000 citations, has earned awards including the Distinguished Contributions to Interdisciplinary Understanding of Child Development Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (2019), President’s Associates Award for Teaching Excellence (2015), James S. Coleman Award for Best Paper in the Sociology of Education (American Sociological Association, 2010), Award for Early Career Contributions (Society for the Study of Human Development, 2007), and William T. Grant Faculty Scholar Award (2004). Crosnoe has served as President of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chair of the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association, and on NIH study sections and editorial boards.