About the Editors and Authors

Abstract

Emily Hannum is Assistant Professor of Sociology and (by courtesy) Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on education, poverty, and social inequality, particularly in China. Recent publications include “Market Transition, Educational Disparities, and Family Strategies in Rural China: New Evidence on Gender Stratification and Development” (Demography, 2005) and “Global Educational Expansion and Socio-Economic Development: An Assessment of Findings from the Social Sciences” (with Claudia Buchmann, World Development, 2005). With Albert Park, she co-directs the Gansu Survey of Children and Families, a longitudinal study that investigates family, school, and community factors that support children's education and healthy development in rural Northwest China.

Citation

(2006), "About the Editors and Authors", Hannum, E. and Fuller, B. (Ed.) Children's Lives and Schooling across Societies (Research in the Sociology of Education, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 271-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3539(06)15014-4