Joseph L. Boselovic

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Joseph L. Boselovic is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Institute for the Study of Education, Democracy & Justice. The Institute for the Study of Education, Democracy & Justice. Dr. Boselovic is a sociologist of education whose research uses qualitative methods to explore the intersections of schooling, housing and family life.

In one strand of research, he explores how social context and policy shape how families choose schools and what these decisions can tell us about parents’ class- and race-based orientations toward schooling and parenting.

In a second line of work, Dr. Boselovic seeks to advance our understanding of the social forces driving contemporary patterns of school segregation and identify policies and practices to alleviate educational inequalities.

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Education

Ph.D. in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
M.S.Ed. in Education, Culture, and Society, University of Pennsylvania
B.A. in English, William & Mary

Activities and Honors

George Peabody Scholar in Sociology of Education, Johns Hopkins University, 2024

Peer Co-Teaching Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2024

Dean's Teaching Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2022

Selected Publications

DeLuca, S., Papageorge, N.W., & Boselovic, J.L. (2024). Exploring the trade-off between surviving and thriving: Heterogeneous responses to adversity and disruptive events among disadvantaged Black youth. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 10(1), 103-131. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2024.10.1.05.

DeLuca, S., Papageorge, N.W., Boselovic, J.L., Gershenson, S., Gray, A., Nerenberg, K.M., Sausedo, J., & Young, A. (2021). “When anything can happen”: Anticipated adversity and postsecondary decision-making. National Bureau of Economic Research, WP 29472. 

Mirón, L., Beabout, B.R., & Boselovic, J.L. (Eds.) (2015). Only in New Orleans: School Choice and Equity Post-Hurricane Katrina. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.