research

Social organization of classroom and schools

Grade span configuration

School transitions

Social capital

Adolescent peer networks 

Carolan, B.V. (2018).  Extracurricular activities and achievement growth in kindergarten through first grade: The mediating role of non-cognitive skills.  Early Childhood Research Quarterly. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.06.004  

Carolan, B. V. (2017).  Friends’ plans for college and adolescents’ educational expectations: An instrumental variable approach.  International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, doi: 10.1080/02673843.2017.1371615 

Carolan, B. V. & Lardier, D. T.  (2017). Adolescents’ friends, parental social closure,  and educational outcomes. Sociological Focus, 51(1), 52-68. doi: /10.1080/00380237.2017.1341247 

Carolan, B. V. (2013). Social networks and education: Theory, methods and applications.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc. Student and instructor website available at: http://www.sagepub.com/carolan/