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Education
2014 (Expected) Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2012 M.S., Ed. Psychology (Quantitative Methods), University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 M.S., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 B.A., Sociology and Spanish (double major), Pepperdine University

• 2013 Honorable Mention, Graduate Student Paper Award, Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association
• 2013 Summer Fellowship, Issues-Oriented Research, Mathematica Policy Research ($10,500)
• 2012 Dissertation Fellowship, Institute of Education Sciences Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (2 years: ~$65,000)
• 2011 Fellowship, Integrating Research Ethics and Scholarship Program, The Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison ($3,000)
• 2008 Sociology Department Nominee, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Fiel, J., Shoji, M., and Gamoran, A. Forthcoming. “An Intervention Approach to Building Social Capital: Effects on Grade Retention” in Li, Yaojun (Ed.) The Handbook of Research Methods and Applications on Social Capital. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.