Jacob Hibel -- PSU Sociology

EDUCATION

Penn State University, State College PA
Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography, Expected Spring 2009
Major Area: Demography of American Educational Inequality
Minor Area: Quantitative Research Methods
Dissertation Title: "Effects of Performance-Based Organizational Differentiation on the Educational Productivity and Equality of American
Elementary Schools"
Committee: George Farkas (co-chair),Michelle Firsco (co-chair), Alan Booth, Emily Greenman, and Paul Morgan

Penn State University, State College PA
M.A. in Sociology and Demography, Dec. 2005
Thesis Title: "Cognitive, Non-Cognitive, and Contextual Determinants of
Early Special Education Placement"
Committee: George Farkas (chair), David Baker, and Paul Morgan

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
B.A. in Sociology, May 2003
Honors Thesis Title: "Quantity of Exposure to Summer Academic Intervention and
Summer Learning Loss"
Chair: Karl Alexander

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Early-Life Course Stratification Processes, Sociology of Education (school readiness, early academic inequality, school organizational
practices), Sociology of Families and Family Demography, Immigration and Inequality, Quantitative Research Methods

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Graduate
Certificate in Quantitative Methodology (requirements completed), Expected Spring 2009
American Education Research Association Dissertation Research Grant ($15,000), 2008-09
Graham Endowed Scholar, 2003-06
Penn State Social Science Statistics Partnership Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2004-05

Undergraduate
James S. Coleman award for outstanding academic achievement by an undergraduate Sociology major, 2003
Certificate in Social Inequality Studies, 2003
Departmental Honors in Sociology, 2003

PUBLICATIONS

Hibel, Jacob, Susan Faircloth, and George Farkas (Forthcoming). "Unpacking the Placement of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in
Special Education Programs and Services in the Early Grades: School Readiness as a Predictive Variable", Harvard Educational Review

Morgan, Paul, George Farkas, and Jacob Hibel (Forthcoming). "Matthew Effects for Whom?", Learning Disabilities Quarterly

Morgan, Paul, Michelle Frisco, George Farkas, and Jacob Hibel (Forthcoming). "A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of the Effects of
Special Education Services", The Journal of Special Education

Farkas, George and Jacob Hibel (2007). "Inequality in School Readiness." In Booth, A. and A.C. Crouter (Eds.) , Early Disparities in School
Readiness: How Do Families Contribute to Successful and Unsuccessful Transitions into School?. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW AND RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Hibel, Jacob, George Farkas, and Paul Morgan. "Who is Placed into Special Education?", Revise and Resubmit to Sociology of Education

Hibel, Jacob. "Generational Status Differentials in Ethnic Minority Children's School Readiness", Revise and Resubmit to Journal of Early
Childhood Research

Asbury, Kathryn, David Almeida, Jacob Hibel, Nicole Harlaar, and Robert Plomin. "Clones in the classroom: A daily diary study of the
nonshared environmental (NSE) relationship between MZ differences in school experience and MZ differences in school achievement", Under
Review

Booth, Alan, Cassandra Dorius, Jacob Hibel, and Douglas Granger. "Parents' Cortisol, Estradiol, and Testosterone and Parent-Child
Relationship Quality", In Progress

Faircloth, Susan and Jacob Hibel. "Outcomes Associated with Participation in Head Start among American Indian and Alaska Native
Students", In Progress

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Faircloth, Susan and Jacob Hibel (2008) "A Comparison of the Academic Outcomes of American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start
Participants and Non-Participants as Reported in the Kindergarten Cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study". Paper to be presented at
the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Orlando, November

Booth, Alan, Jacob Hibel, Cassandra Dorius, and Douglas Granger (2008) "Testosterone, Estradiol, and the Quality of Mother's and Father's
Parenting". Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, August

Hibel, Jacob, Paul Morgan, and George Farkas (2008) "Factors Predicting Children's Placement into Special Education". Paper to be presented
at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New York, March

Morgan, Paul, Michelle Frisco, George Farkas, and Jacob Hibel (2008) "Effects of Special Education Services on Children's Learning and
Behavior: A Propensity Score-Matching Analysis". Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research
Association, New York, March

Faircloth, Susan, Jacob Hibel, and George Farkas (2007) "School Readiness: A Determinant of Special Education Placement among Young
American Indian and Alaska Native Students". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration,
Alexandria, VA, November

Morgan, Paul, George Farkas, and Jacob Hibel (2007) "Matthew Effects for Whom?". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Education Research Association, Chicago, March

Hibel, Jacob (2007) "Roots of Assimilation: Generational Status Differentials in Ethnic Minority Children's School Readiness". Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, March

Hibel, Jacob, Paul Morgan, and George Farkas (2006) "Who is Placed into Special Education?". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Montreal, August

INVITED TALKS

"Special Education in the Elementary School Frog Pond"
Penn State Sociology of Education Brownbag Series Feb. 8, 2007

"Developing a Contextual Model of Special Education Placement"
Penn State Methodology Center Brownbag July 2005

"Good Computing Practices" (with Kyle A. Joyce)
Penn State Social Science Statistics Partnership Seminar Feb. 17, 2005

"Introduction to Stata"
Penn State Social Science Statistics Partnership Seminar Feb. 3, 2005

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS

Research Assistantships with Dr. George Farkas Summer 2005, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Research Assistantship with Dr. Alan Booth Spring 2006-Spring 2007
Research Assistantships with Drs. David Almeida and Susan Faircloth Fall 2005
Research Assistantships with Drs. George Farkas and Sean Reardon Fall 2003- Spring 2004

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Intermediate Social Statistics (SOC 470) Summer 2008 (scheduled)
Instructor, Sociology of Education (SOC/EDTHP 416) Summer 2007
Teaching Assistant, Social Problems (SOC 005) Summer 2004

STATISTICAL/SOFTWARE SKILLS

Software: SPSS, Stata, AMOS, HLM
Methods: Multivariate Regression, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Event History Analysis, Demographic Techniques (e.g., life
table calculation), Missing Data Imputation, Propensity Score Matching

SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES

Population Research Institute Summer Methodology Conference Committee, Penn State
University 2004- 08
Graduate Admissions Committee, Sociology Department, Penn State University 2007-08
Reviewer, AERA Annual Meeting, School Contexts and Communities Section 2008
Statistics and Methods Committee, Sociology Department, Penn State University 2006-07
Faculty Recruitment Committee, Sociology Department, Penn State University 2006-07
Website Builder and Administrator, National Study of Daily Experiences 2005-07

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Sociological Association
American Educational Research Association

REFERENCES

George Farkas
Department of Education
University of California, Irvine
2001 Berkeley Place
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
E-mail: gfarkas@pop.psu.edu
Phone: (814)-865-6428

Alan Booth
Department of Sociology
The Pennsylvania State University
211 Oswald Tower
University Park, PA 16802
E-mail: axb24@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-1141

Michelle Frisco
Department of Sociology
The Pennsylvania State University
211 Oswald Tower
University Park, PA 16802
E-mail: mfrisco@pop.psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-5507

Paul Morgan
Department of Educational & School Psychology & Special Education
The Pennsylvania State University
227 Cedar Building
University Park, PA 16802
E-mail: plm17@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-2287