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Jonathan Horowitz

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Sociology

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  • Assistant Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Sociology

BIO

Jonathan Horowitz is an Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure-stream) at the University of Toronto. He is interested in the effect of educational institutions on position in the labor market and communities, and the resulting effects on inequality and political participation.

His research investigates how schooling–especially higher education–affects the credentialing and sorting of graduates, provides a central location which draws students towards them, and is a social system for producing network ties. His work appears in the American Sociological Review, Social Problems (forthcoming), Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Sociological Forum, and Socius.

Horowitz earned his PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to his time at UNC, he earned a Master’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies, worked as a community/union organizer, and coordinated a violence prevention program based at a rape crisis center. He also completed research on sexual violence prevention programming in higher education, focusing specifically on fraternity/sorority systems.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor (Tenure Stream)
    University of Toronto, Department of Sociology, Toronto, Canada2020 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Sociology
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States2017
  • M.A., Sociology
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States2012
  • M.S., Human Development and Family Studies
    University of Wisconsin, United States2009
  • B.A., Psychology
    Grinnell College, Grinnell, United States2003

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education, Chapel Hill, United States2019 - 2020
    Postdoctoral Research
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, United States2017 - 2020
    Postdoctoral Fellowship

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