I am a professor of sociology and educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. I do research on education across the life course-- from four-year-old kindergarten through graduate and professional education. Projects I help to lead include High School & Beyond (with Chandra Muller and Rob Warren; sites.utexas.edu/hsb/) and the Madison Education Partnership (with Beth Vaade and Katie Eklund; http://mep.wceruw.org/).