BA in English

Blake Silver, 2011

Blake Silver is an associate professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and director of educational pathways & faculty development in the Honors College. He also serves as the director of the education and health research hub in the Center for Social Science Research.

Silver received a PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Fellow. His research focuses on culture, social stratification, and higher education, addressing questions about the role of colleges and universities in contesting and reproducing inequality.

Silver is the author of The Cost of Inclusion: How Student Conformity Leads to Inequality on College Campuses and Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education (both with the University of Chicago Press).

His current projects examine college students' educational pathways, the senior-year transitions of second-generation immigrant students, and campus art and architecture. His research has been supported by the American Sociological Association, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, ACPA-College Student Educators International, the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, and the NASPA Foundation.