Curriculum Vitae
Floyd Morgan Hammack
Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences in the Professions
SteinhardtSchool of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New YorkUniversity
246 Greene Street, Suite 300
New York, NY10003
(212) 998-5542
Education Dates Degree
FloridaStateUniversity 9/68 8/71 Ph.D.
Tallahassee, Florida
Dissertation: "SystemEnvironment Relations in Schools: A Study of Secondary School Guidance," Department of Sociology, FloridaStateUniversity, 1973. Sponsor: Dr. Robert E. Herriott.
University of Oregon 1/67 - 8/68 M.A.
Master's Thesis: "A Theory of Student Deviance: Teacher
Expectations, SelfEvaluation, and Peer Influences," Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1969. Sponsor: Dr. Walter E. Schafer.
University of Oregon 1/64 12/66 B.A.
Eugene, Oregon (Sociology)
PortlandStateUniversity 9/62 12/63
Portland, Oregon
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Professional Experience
Interim Chair, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions, School of Education, New YorkUniversity, from July, 2000 to August, 2001.
Director, Program in Sociology of Education, Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences in the Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human development. New YorkUniversity, 1975 to 2009.
Fellow, The Center for the Study of American Culture and Education, School of Education, New York University, 1997 to 2000.
Instructor to Professor of Educational Sociology and Higher Education, Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences in the Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.New YorkUniversity, 1971 to present.
Instructor, Department of Sociology, FloridaStateUniversity, 1970.
Research Assistant, Summer Research Institute, AmericanCollege Testing Program, Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Robert Herriott, Director, 1970.
Research Assistant, Institute for Comparative, Experimental Research on Behavioral Systems. Dr. Robert Aggar, Director. University of Oregon, 19671968.
Professional Affiliations
American Educational Research Association
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Honors, Awards, and Grants
Spencer Foundation Grant in support of The NYU Seminar on the Future of the Comprehensive High School, 1998-2001. $52,000.
School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts Professions Research Challenge Grant Award for "Selective Public High Schools: A Preliminary Investigation," 1993-1995. $3000.
Dean's Development Fund Grant, School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts Professions, 19791980. $3000.
United States Office of Education Graduate Training Fellowship (Sociology of Higher Education), Department of Sociology, FloridaStateUniversity, 19681971.
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Alpha Kappa Delta (National Sociology Honorary Society)
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Grant, awarded through the Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 19651966.
Publications
Books and Editorial Projects
The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis, 6th Edition. Jeanne H. Ballantine and Floyd M. Hammack. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2009. 7th Edition, 2012.
Quest Editor, Special Issue of Teachers College Record on Small Secondary Schools. With Brian Carolan, Vol. 110, No. 9, (September) 2008.
The ComprehensiveHigh School Today. Floyd. M. Hammack, editor. New York: Teachers College Press, 2004.
Teaching Sociology of Education. Published and distributed by the TeachingResourcesCenter, American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., 1978 (with Jeanne Ballantine, Richard Arum, Edith King, Caroline H. Persell and Theodore Wagenaar). Revised edition, 1984. Third revision, 1989. Fourth revision, 1996. Fifth revision, 2000. Sixth revision, 2004.
Education and Society: A Reader. (edited with Kevin J. Dougherty). San Diego: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1990.
Book Chapters and Papers
“Social Capital, Financial Knowledge, and HispanicStudentCollege Choices.” Research in Higher Education. 51, 3, (May, 2010) 195-219. (With Noga O’Connor and Marc Scott).
“Paths to Legislation or Litigation for Educational Privilege: New York and San Francisco Compared.”American Journal of Education 116 (May, 2010), 371-395.
“Teaching at the Secondary Level.” Pp. 811-821 Lawrence J. Saha and Gary Dworkin (Eds.), The International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching, 831-841.Springer, 2009 (with Dana Grayson).
“For the Record: EditorsIntroduction to a Special Issue on Small Secondary Schools.”. Teachers College Record, 110, 9 (September, 2008), 1739-1743 (with Brian Carolan).
“Off the Record--Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Observations on the SmallHigh School Movement” Teachers College Record, 110, 9 (September, 2008): 2067-2072.
“The Channeling of Student Competition in Higher Education: Comparing Canada and the U.S.” The Journal of Higher Education 76, 1 (January/February, 2005): 89-106 (with Scott Davies).
“Where Are We Now in High School Reform?” The LREI Progressive Educational Bulletin, 15, 1 (Fall, 2004): 24-25.
“Introduction.” Pp.1-5 in The ComprehensiveHigh School Today.New York: Teachers College Press, 2004.
“What Should Be Common and What Should Not?” Pp.6-25 in The ComprehensiveHigh School Today.
“Does the ComprehensiveHigh School Have a Future?” Pp.129-142 in The ComprehensiveHigh School Today.
"Higher Education." Pp. 321-327 in Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia. David L. Levinson, Peter W. Cookson, and Alan Sadovnik (Eds.). New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002.
“Educational Organizations.” Pp. 760-772 in The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery (Eds.), Second Edition. New York: Macmillan/Gale Group, 2000 (with Kevin J. Dougherty).
“Internet Resources: How Instructors Are Using the World Wide Web In Teaching the Sociology of Education.” Pp. 21-30 in Jeanne Ballantine, Richard Arum, Floyd M. Hammack, Edith King, Caroline Hodges Persell, and Theodore C. Wagenaar, Teaching Sociology of Education: Syllabi and Instructional Materials, 5th Edition, 2000. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, TeachingResourcesCenter (with Caroline Hodges Persell). Revised and reprinted in 6th Edition, 2004.
“Elisabeth Antoinette Irwin." 1999. Pp. 692-693, Volume 11, in American National Biography. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, New York: OxfordUniversity Press.
“Ethical Issues in Teacher Research.” Teachers College Record, 99(Winter, 1997): 247-265.
"Micro-Sociology." Pp. 1871-1884 in Burton R. Clark and Guy R. Neave (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Higher Education, Volume 3 Analytical Perspectives. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1992 (with Barbara Heyns).
"Educational Organizations." Pp. 535-541 in Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgatta (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Macmillan, 1992 (with Kevin J. Dougherty).
"The Other Side of College: The Nonacademic Effects of College." Pp. 455-461 in Dougherty and Hammack, (Eds.), Education and Society: A Reader. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1990.
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"The Structure of American Elementary and Secondary Education." Pp. 147-157 in Kevin J. Dougherty and Floyd M. Hammack (Eds.), Education and Society: A Reader. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1990.
"Beyond Remediation: School-Based Strategies for Reducing Educational Risk." Research Brief #3. Contributor. Office Research, Evaluation and Assessment, New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, New York, 1990.
"From Grade to Grade? Promotion Policies and AtRisk Youth." Pp. 74-89 in Joan Lakebrink (ed.), Children at Risk. Springfield, IL.: Charles C. Thomas, 1989.
"The Decline in Critical and Historical Sensibility Among College Students: What Has Changed?" The Gallatin Review, 7 (Winter, 19871988):2733.
"Large School Systems' Dropout Reports: An Analysis of Definitions, Procedures and Findings." Teachers College Record 87; (Spring, 1986): 324341. Reprinted in Gary Natriello, ed., School Dropouts: Patterns and Policies. New York: Teachers College Press, 1986, pp. 2037.
"Education for Nursing: Problems and Prospects," New YorkUniversity Education Quarterly, XIII (Winter, 1982): 814. Revised and reprinted as "The Changing Relationship Between Education and Occupation: The Case of Nursing," in Kevin J. Dougherty and Floyd M. Hammack, (Eds.), Education and Society: A Reader. San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1990.
"Colleges Attended by Graduates of Elite Boarding Schools," The Educational Forum XLIV (May, 1980): 483490 (with Peter Cookson, Jr.).
"Contradictions of Work: The New Left Professors," Socialist Review No. 42, 8 (Nov./Dec., 1978): 93102 (with Berenice Fisher).
"Confusions and Possibilities in the Study of the Functions of Public Schooling," The Generator 8 (Fall, 1978): 812.
Reviews
Review of Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts, by Willian A. Fischel. American Journal of Sociology, 116, 3 (November 2010) 1040-1042.
Review of Someone Has to Fail: The Zero-Sum Game of Public Schooling, by David F. Labaree. Teachers College Record, November, 2010. ID Number: 16229.
Review of Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement, by Anthony S. Bryk and Barbara Schneider. American Journal of Education, 111 (November 2004): 132-134.
Review of Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing he Context of Higher Education. by Robert A, Ibarra. American Journal of Education. 109 (May, 2001): 397-400.
Review of Changing the Odds: Open Admissions and the Life Chances of the Disadvantaged, by David E. Lavin and David Hyllegard. The Annals of the AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science, 560 (November, 1998): 218-219.
Review of Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition, by Vincent Tinto. Thought and Action, 4 (Spring, 1988): 139141.
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Two Looks at Sorting In U.S. Education" (review of Keeping Track, by Jeannie Oakes and Choosing Elites by Robert Klitgaard), Phi Delta Kappan 68 (December, 1986): 332334
Review of Liberating Education, by Zelda F. Gamson and Associates. American Journal of Education 94 (November, 1985): 128134.
Review of The New American Dilemma: Liberal Democracy and School Desegregation, by Jennifer L. Hochschild. Contemporary Sociology 14 (July, 1985): 506507.
Review of Organization Without Authority, by Ann Swidler. Social Forces, 61 (March, 1983): 967968.
Review of Towards the Community University: Case Studies of Innovation and Community Service, edited by David C.B. Teather, European Journal of Education 18 (3, 1983): 271273.
Review of Learning to Labor: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs, by Paul E. Willis, American Journal of Education 88 (August, 1980): 510518.
Review of Education and Jobs: The Imbalancing of the Social Machinery, by Gregory D. Squires. American Journal of Education 88 (February, 1980): 277-281.
"The 'Value' of a College Education," Review Essay, School Review 86 (August, 1978): 669679.
"Rethinking Revisionism," History of Education Quarterly 16 (Spring, 1976): 5361.
Other Papers and Publications
“High School Reform, Again.” Commentary published in Teachers College Record, May 2, 2005. Available at:
“Legislation or Litigation for Educational Exclusion and Accommodation: New York and San Francisco Compared.” Presented at the November 16, 2004 to the New YorkUniversity Education Workshop.
“How Have Changes in Postsecondary Education Affected Secondary Education?” Prepared for presentation at the February 5th, 1999 meeting of the Spencer Foundation supported NYU Seminar on the Future of the ComprehensiveHigh School. School of Education, New York University.
“Seminar on the Future of the ComprehensiveHigh School: A Memorandum for Discussion.” Prepared for the Spencer Foundation supported NYU Seminar on the Future of the ComprehensiveHigh School. School of Education, New York University, July, 1998.
"Treating Our Kids Like Trash." Oped article. New York Newsday. A23, July 17, 1995.
"The Institutional and Organizational Context of Faculty Motivation to Teach." 1995. School of Education, New York
"Selective Public High Schools: A Preliminary Investigation." 1994. School of Education, New York University.
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"Protecting Human Subjects, As Teachers Turn to Research." Letter, Chronicle of Higher Education, 26, February 20, 1991.
Papers read at Professional Meetings
“Schools for Social Mobility: What it Takes for Kids to Succeed in High Achieving Schools.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, 2011.
“Schools for Social Mobility: What it takes for Poor Kids to Succeed in High Achieving Schools.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, 2010.
“Legislation or Litigation for Educational Exclusion: New York and San Francisco Compared.” Paper read at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August, 2005.
“The Hecht-Calandra Bill: Legislation for Educational Exclusion and Accommodation.” Paper read at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 2005.
“Does the ComprehensiveHigh School Have a Future?” Paper read at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April, 2004
“Changing Forms of Competition in Higher Education: Comparing Canada and the U.S.” revised (with Scott Davies). Paper read at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2001.
“The ComprehensiveHigh School Ideal: Its Myth and Reality for Contemporary Reform.” Paper read at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA, April, 2001.
“How Instructors are Using the World Wide Web in Teaching the Sociology of Education.” Paper read at the Teaching Workshop: Teaching the Sociology of Education. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 2000 (with Caroline Hodges Persell)
“Changing Forms of Competition in Higher Education: Comparing Canada and the U.S.” Paper read at the Annual meetings of the Canadian Anthropology and Sociology Association, Edmonton, May, 2000 (with Scott Davies).
“How Has Growth in Higher Education Enrollments Affected Comprehensive High Schools?” Paper read at the Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 2000.
“Current Prospects for the ComprehensiveHigh School.” Paper presented at the John Dewey Society SIG sponsored session, Perspectives on the ComprehensiveHigh School in the United States. Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 2000.
“Comprehensiveness: A Comparison of Research on High Schools and Community Colleges.” With Thomas Bailey. Presented at CommunityCollegeResearchCenter, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity, May 12, 1999.
“The Deconstruction of the AmericanComprehensiveHigh School.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 1997.
"Complexities of Student Aspirations in a Selective PublicHigh School." Presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New York City, 1996.
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"Selective PublicHigh Schools and the Death of Comprehensiveness in U.S. Secondary Schooling." Presented at the Greater New York Sociologists of Education meeting, April 16, 1996.
"Wither the ComprehensiveHigh School?" Presented to the ColumbiaUniversity Seminar on Innovations in Education. March 20, 1996.
"Selective Public High Schools: A Preliminary Investigation." Presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA., 1994.
"Ethical Issues in Teacher Research," Presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, 1993.
"What's So Special About Regular Education." Keynote Speech, Community District Four, Special Education Staff Development Day. September 6, 1990.
"Large School Systems' Dropout Reports: An Analysis of Definitions, Procedures and Findings," presented at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, 1986.
“The Success Ideologies of White and Minority University Graduates: Attributions of Higher Education`s Contribution to Career Advancement in the Business Sector," presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, 1984 (with Samuel Long and others).
"The Impact of Higher Education on the Career Paths of Minority Students Majoring in Business: A Comparative Study of Three Universities," presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, 1984 (with Samuel Long and others).
"Education for Nursing: Problems and Prospects, A Sociological Perspective," presented at the annual meetings of the American Nurses Association, Washington, D.C., 1982.
"Private School Graduation and College Attendance: Patterns of Transition," presented at the annual meetings of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington, D.C., 1981 (ERIC citation number Ed. 203 816).
"Corporations and Collective Goods: Notes on Corporate Philanthropy and the Ethics of Social Responsibility," presented at the annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Toronto, 1981 (with David Kamens).
"Private Secondary School Graduation, Ability and College Attendance: Further Evidence of Institutional Constraints in Educational Stratification," presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York City, 1980.
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"Selected Characteristics of Colleges Attended by Graduates of Elite Secondary Boarding Schools," presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meetings, Boston, 1980 (with Peter Cookson, Jr.).
"Bureaucracy and the Professionalization of Guidance: An Examination of Hypotheses Drawn from The Educational DecisionMakers," presented at the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, New York City, 1979.
"Private Secondary Schooling and College: Implications for Employment," presented at the annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, 1978 (with Peter Cookson, Jr.).
Reports and Consultation
Consultant, PROJECT ACHIEVE, New York City Board of Education, 1990, 1991
Consultant to Office of Research, Evaluation and Assessment, New York City Board of Education, 1984 to 1990.
Member, University Consultants on Admission to High School, High School Division, New York City Board of Education; coauthor of report, "High School Admission and the Improvement of Schooling," 1986.
Consultant, New York City Dropout Study Project, funded by the New York Alliance for the Public Schools, 19851986.
"PrivateSecondary School Characteristics and Selectivity of Colleges Attended by their Graduates." Final Report to the Dean's Development Fund, School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts Professions, New YorkUniversity, 1981.
"An Examination of Sex Equity in New York City Secondary Occupational and Vocational Programs." A report commissioned by the Sex Equity Project of the Equal Opportunity Office of the Board of Education of the City of New York, 1979.
Professional Service
Presentor, “The Teachers College Record Special Issue on Small Schools.” Sociology of Education Special Interest Group session, American Educational Research Association annual meetings, San Diego, April, 2009.
Discussant, “Postsecondary Engagement: Choices and Constraints in Higher Education.” Sociology of Education Special Interest Group session, American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, April, 2009
Discussant, “Is Meritocracy in Public Education a Myth?” Thematic Session, Eastern Sociological Association annual meeting, Baltimore, March, 2009.
Chair, “Education in International and Cross-National Context” session, American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago, 2007.
Discussant, “Small Secondary Schools: Exploring the Outcomes of Innovation Symposium,” American Educational Research Association annual meetings, San Francisco, 2006.
Chair, “From High School to College: The Effects of Social Stratification on Educational Attainment” session, American Educational Research Association annual meetings, Montreal, April, 2005.
Member, Willard Waller Award Selection Committee, Sociology of Education Section, American Sociological Association, 2004.
Organizer/Chair, The Future of Comprehensive High Schools: A Reconsideration of James Bryant Conant’s Contribution Symposium, American Educational Research Association annual meetings, San Diego, 2004.
Chair, “Teaching and Working in Academia,” Refereed Roundtables Session, Sociology of Education Section, American Sociological Association annual meetings, Atlanta, 2003.
Discussant, “Processes, Correlates, and Indicators of School Change” Session. American Educational Research Association annual meetings, Chicago. 2003.
Reviewer, Division L and Sociology of Education SIG, American Educational Research Association annual meetings, 2002.
Reviewer, Focused Dialogues sessions, Association for the Study of Higher Education annual meeting, 2001.