Rate My Professor Sean Reardon

Sean Reardon is the Endowed Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, a Professor (by courtesy) of Sociology, and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. His research investigates the causes, patterns, trends, and consequences of social and educational inequality, particularly focusing on residential and school segregation, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement and educational success. Additionally, he develops methods for measuring social and educational inequality—including segregation and achievement gaps—and causal inference in educational and social science research. Reardon holds an Ed.D. (1997) and M.Ed. (1992) in Educational Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an M.A. in International Peace Studies (1991), and a B.A. summa cum laude in the Program of Liberal Studies with a minor in Honors Mathematics (1986), both from the University of Notre Dame. He has been Professor at Stanford since 2004, after serving as Assistant Professor at The Pennsylvania State University (1999-2004). From 2009 to 2021, he directed the Stanford Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Program in Quantitative Education Policy Analysis.