Samuel R. Lucas, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California-Berkeley and an affiliate of the University of California's Survey Research Center and the Department of Sociology and Demography, has research interests in social stratification, sociology of education, research methods, and research statistics.

MAILING ADDRESS:

Sociology Department
University of California-Berkeley
410 Barrows Hall #1980
Berkeley, California 94720-1980

E-MAIL:

Lucas E-mail Policy lucas@demog.berkeley.edu

OFFICE HOURS:

Tuesdays 1:30-3:30pm

INSTITUTIONAL LINKS

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley Sociology

Sociology Faculty

Sociology Graduate Students

Sociology Staff

Sociology Events

Berkeley Demography

Published Books (Click cover for more information)

Information on 
Theorizing Discrimination in an Era of Contested PrejudiceInformation on 
Tracking Inequality Information on 
Inequality By Design

Latest Published Papers (Click cover for more information or full text)

Stratification Theory, Socioeconomic Background, and Educational Attainment" How Changes in Families and Schools Are Related to Trends in Black-White Test Scores" Uncorrected Proof of "Race and Track Location in U.S. Public
Schools"

Professor Lucas' Figures from Everyday Antiracism

Professor Lucas' curriculum vitae


Recent, Current, and Future Teaching

Fall 2007 -- Sociology 113 -- Sociology of Education

Fall 2007 -- Sociology 271C -- Methods of Sociological Research: Applied Regression

Spring 2008 -- Sociology 24 -- Sociology of Discrimination

Spring 2008 -- Sociology 271B -- Methods of Sociological Research: Basic Statistics

Spring 2008 -- Sociology 280G -- Seminar in Social Stratification and Class Analysis

Fall 2008 -- Sociology 113 -- Sociology of Education

Fall 2008 -- Sociology 271A -- Methods of Sociological Research: Graduate Level Introduction

Spring 2009 -- Sociology 105 -- Introduction to Sociological Methods

Spring 2009 -- Sociology 280G -- Seminar in Social Stratification and Class Analysis

Spring 2009 -- Sociology 290 -- Seminar in the Sociology of Discrimination

Fall 2009 -- Sociology 271A -- Methods of Sociological Research: Graduate Level Introduction

Spring 2010 -- Sociology 5 -- Evaluation of Evidence

Spring 2010 -- Sociology 280G -- Seminar in Social Stratification and Class Analysis


Service of Potential Interest

Disciplinary: Guest Editor, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Special Issue on New Developments in Education Transitions Research

National: Member, Committee on Methods for Assessing Discrimination, National Academy of Sciences

National: Member, Committee on Representation of Minority Children in Special Education, National Academy of Sciences

National: Member, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 Technical Review Panel,, United States Department of Education

Disciplinary: Member, Grutter v. Bollinger Amicus Brief Task Force, American Sociological Association