Janet Schofield
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
U.S.A.
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Professor Schofield has research interests in the effect of computers on classroom social processes, school desegregation, and intergroup relations. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association (Divisions 8, 9, 15, and 48). She received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize for her book "Black and White in School" and has served on boards and committees at the National Academy of Sciences as well as on APA's Council of Representatives |
 Books:
- Hawley, W. D., Crain, R. L., Rossell, C. H., Smylie, M. A., Fernandez, R. R., Schofield, J. W., Tompkins, R., Trent, W. T., & Zlotnik, M. S. (1983). Strategies for effective desegregation: Lessons from research. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath.
- Schofield, J. W. (2006). Migration background, minority-group membership and academic achievement. Berlin, Germany: Social Science Research Center. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung). Also published in German as Migrationshintergrund, Minderheitenzugehörigkeit und Bildungserfolg.
- Schofield, J. W. (1995). Computers and classroom culture. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Schofield, J. W. (1982). Black and white in school: Trust tension or tolerance? New York: Praeger. A revised and updated edition of this book was published by Teachers' College Press in 1989.
- Schofield, J.W., & Davidson, A.L. (2002). Bringing the Internet to school: Lessons from an urban district. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Journal Articles:
- Alexander, K. M. & Schofield, J. W. (in press). Understanding and mitigating stereotype threat’s negative influence on immigrant and minority students’ academic performance. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie.
- Davidson, A. L., Schofield, J. W., & Stocks, J. E. (2001). Professional cultures and collaborative efforts: A case study of technologists and educators working for change. The Information Society, 17, 21-32.
- Hausmann, L. R.M., Schofield, J. W., & Woods, R. L. (2007). Sense of belonging as a predictor of intentions to persist among African American and White first-year college students. Research in Higher Education, 48(7), 803-839.
- Schofield, J.W. & Hausmann, L.R.M. (2004). School desegregation and social science research. American Psychologist, 59(6), 538-546.
Other Publications:
- Linn, R. L., Borman, K. M., Haertel, E. H., Hanushek, E. A., Schofield, J. W., Trent, W. T., Welner, K. G., & Chi, W. (2007). Race-conscious policies for assigning students to schools: Social science research and the Supreme Court cases. Washington, DC: National Academy of Education.
- Schofield, J. W. (2007). Increasing the generalizability of qualitative research. In M. Hammersley (Ed.), Educational research and evidence-based practice (pp. 181-203). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Schofield, J. W. (2006). Internet use in schools: Promise and problems. In R. K. Sawyer (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (pp. 521-534). New York: Cambridge University Press. (Chinese language edition is in press and Japanese edition is planned).
- Schofield, J. W. (2006). Realizing the Internet’s educational potential. In J. Weiss, J. Nolan, J. Hunsinger, & P. Trifonas (Eds.), Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments (pp. 301-327). The Netherlands: Springer.
- Schofield, J.W. (2006). The colorblind perspective in school: Causes and consequences. In J.A. Banks & C.A. McGee Banks (Eds.) Multicultural education: Issues and perspectives (6th ed), (pp. 271-295). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Schofield, J. W. (2004). Fostering positive intergroup relations in schools. In J. A. Banks & C. A. McGee Banks (Eds), Handbook of research on multicultural education (2nd ed., pp. 799-812). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
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