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CURRICULUM VITAE April 2015

1) Name: Scott Davies

2) Business Address

Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,

University of Toronto

3) Educational Background:

Bachelor of Arts: University of Toronto June 1986 (sociology and psychology)

Masters of Arts: McMaster University Sept. 1987, Department of Sociology

Ph.D.: University of Toronto Sept. 1992, Department of Sociology

4) Current Status:

Rank: Full Professor

Title: Nominated for Canada Research Chair (decision in May 2015)

5) Professional Organizations:

American Sociological Association, Canadian Sociological Association, American Educational

Research Association, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Society for Research

on Child Development, Canadian Labour Market and Skills Research Network

6) Employment History:

Full Professor with Tenure, nominated for Canada Research Chair, Department of Leadership,

Higher and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Ontario Research Chair in Educational Achievement and At-Risk Students, May 2008-July 2014,

McMaster University

Full Professor (tenured), Dept of Sociology, McMaster University, July 2006-2014

Associate Professor (tenured), Dept. of Sociology, McMaster University, July 1998- June 2006

Assistant Professor (untenured), Dept. of Sociology, McMaster University, July 1994- June 1998.

SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow and Sessional Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology,

University of British Columbia, 1993-94.

Sessional Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto and Department of Sociology,

Ryerson Polytechnical University, 1992-93.

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7) Scholarly and Professional Activities

a) Editorial Boards:

- 2011-2014, American Educational Research Journal

- 2013-2016: Child Development Perspectives

- 2010-2012: Sociology of Education

- 2004 -2010: Associate Editor, Canadian Public Policy

- 2003-2006: Sociology of Education

- 2006-present: American Journal of Education

- 2001-2013: Sociological Inquiry

- 1998- 2000: Sociology of Education

b) Grant and Personnel Committees:

2011-present: member of research committee, Education Policy Research Initiative

2011-present: member of research committee, National Reading Campaign

2009-present: Research Network funded by Mental Health Commission of Canada

2009: Conference Selection Committee, Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network

2009-present: Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Knowledge Mobilization Laboratory

2008-9: Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Equity Inventory Committee

- Chair of judging panel, Sociology of Education Book Award, American Sociological Association,

2014.

- Judge for National Reading Campaign for “Aboriginal Reading Resources” research grant

- Member of judging panel, Sociology of Education Book Award, American Sociological

Association, 2010.

- Program Committee member, Canadian Labour Market and Skills Research Network, 2009.

- Member of judging panel, Sociology of Education Book Award, American Sociological

Association, 2006.

- Member of judging panel, Vandercamp Prize, Canadian Public Policy, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010

- Member of judging panel "Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award", Sociology of Education

section, American Sociological Association, 2000.

c) Executive Positions:

d) Journal Referee

- American Sociological Review(7), American Journal of Sociology(5), Social Forces(6), Social

Problems(6), Sociological Forum(2), Acta Sociologica, Sociological Inquiry(26), Sociology of

Education(36), Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (4),Canadian Review of

Sociology (4) Canadian Journal of Sociology(5), Canadian Journal of Economics(1), Canadian

Public Policy(2 prior to editorship, 3 after), Journal of Youth Studies(1), Sociological Focus (2),

Sociological Perspectives, Journal of Higher Education(3), Canadian Journal of Higher

Education(3), Perceptual and Motor Skills: Psychological Reports(1), American Journal of

Education(13), Oxford Review of Education, Canadian Ethnic Studies(2), Journal of Women and

Minorities in Science and Engineering, Theory and Society, Research in Social Stratification and

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Mobility, Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis (2), Teachers College Record, Journal for the

Scientific Study of Religion, Alberta Educational Research Journal, Ethnography in Education,

Asia Pacific Education Review, Higher Education, Comparative Education Review, American

Journal of Educational Research (5), Journal of International Migration and Integration, Berkeley

Journal of Education, Education Research International, Justice Quarterly, European Sociological

Review, Sociological Theory (2), Peabody Journal of Education.

Manuscript Reviewer:

- University of Toronto Press, Canadian Policy Research Network, Human Resources and Social

Development Canada, Oxford University Press Canada, Oxford University Press USA , Higher

Education Quality Council of Ontario, Routledge Press.

e) External Grant Reviews:

- Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada, 2005, 2006, 2007(2), 2008(2), 2009-10,

2013-14.

- MITACS 2013

- Canadian Council on Learning, 2006

- Max Bell Foundation, 2010

- National Science Foundation, 2010

- Research Grant Council of Hong Kong 2012

- MITACS accelerate internship proposal, 2013

8) Areas of Interest:

Sociology of Education, Education Policy, Research Methods, Social Inequality, Organizations

9) Honours:

2011: Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, January-May.

2006: Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, September-December.

2006: Invited Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia, January.

2002: June-July. Invited Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (declined)

2001: Winner (with Neil Guppy) of R.W.B. Jackson Award for most outstanding English language

article, Canadian Education Researchers Association, for “Understanding Canadians’ Declining

Confidence in Public Education.”

2001: Jan-June. Visiting Professor, University of Toronto

2000: Sept-Dec. Visiting Scholar, Stanford University

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1998. Winner (with Neil Guppy) of "International Study of the Year" award for 1997, International

Studies SIG, American Educational Research Association (AERA), for "Globalization and

Education Reform in Anglo-American Democracies."

1993-4: Social Sciences and Humanities Post Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia.

1990-1992: Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Fellowship.

10) Courses Taught (Past 5 years)

a) Undergraduate

2013-14: Soc 4k03 Sociology of At-Risk Youth



2010-11: Soc 4k03 Sociology of At-Risk Youth (on leave in term II)

2009-10: Soc 4k03 Sociology of At-Risk Youth, Soc 4bb3 Special Topics in Soc of Education

- many undergraduate reading courses

b) Graduate

2014-15: Sociology of Education, Special Topics in Educational Leadership

2013-14: Soc 713 Sociology of Education



2010-11: Soc 713 Sociology of Education (on leave term II)


- many graduate reading courses

- In all years: chair and committee member for comprehensive exams

11) Contributions to Teaching Practice

a) Pedagogic Innovation (Pathways to Education Placement)

b) Leadership in Delivery of Educational Programs (impetus for Pathways bridging course)

c) Nominated for McMaster Excellence in Graduate Supervision (2006 and 2013)

12) Graduate Supervision

a) Masters

- Stephanie Howells (2004-6, thesis on school bullying programs, completed August 2006)

- Jessica Higginbottom (2002-3, completed 2003, coursework MA)

- Wardatul Akman (1998-9, completed 1999, coursework MA)

- Janice Aurini (2001-2002, completed 2002, coursework MA)

- Hillary Arnold (2006, coursework MA)

- Suzanne Tomasczyk (2008-9, coursework MA)

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- Darren Cyr (entered 2009, completed 2010)

- Emily Milne (entered 2009, thesis completed 2011)

- Roger Pizarro-Milian (entered Sept 2010, completed 2011)

- Meaghan Valant (entered Sept 2010, completed December 2011)

- Nicole Malette (thesis completed August 2013)

- Norin Taj (MRP beginning summer 2015

- Hetal Katai (MEd thesis beginning summer 2015)

b) Doctoral:

- Linda Quirke (defended May 2006, organizational analysis of new private schools)

- David Zarifa (defended Sept 2008, comparative structural analysis of higher education)

- Stephanie Howells (defended Dec 2012, analysis of fear of school violence)

- Hillary Arnold (entered Sept 2006, withdrew to take Policy Analysis position, 2013)

- Vicky Maldonado (entered Sept 2007, withdrew to take Policy Analysis position, 2013)

- Christina Deroche (entered Sept 2009, completed January 2013)

- Darren Cyr (entered Sept 2010, defended October 2014)

- Lindsay DeClos (took over summer 2011, completed January 2013)

- Johanne Jean-Pierre (took over summer 2011)

- Roger Pizarro-Milian (entered Sept 2011)

- Jessica Rizk (entered Sept 2013)

iii) Supervisory Committees:

- Dave Walters (PhD, defended 2002, transitions from school to employment)

- Nick Liodakis (PhD, defended 2002, effects of class, race, gender on labour market outcomes)

- Deanna Behnke-Cooke (PhD, 1996-2005, defended 2005, on social movements in education)

- Kerry Turcotte (2000-5, on notions of agency in intellectual disputes)

- Elka Walsh (PhD, defended July 2007, on quality assurance programs in higher education)

- Anna Janzen (2002-4, defended MA on Jan 2004, on business strategies in the cheese industry)

- Chantal Wall (University of Waterloo, 2009-2011, defended Feb 2011)

- Jongman Hong (PhD, defended 2013)

- Sandra Bortolin (PhD, defended 2013)

- Josephine Dionisio (PhD2008-withdrew 2012)

- John McLevey (PhD, defended 2013)

- Julie Ray (MA thesis, defended Oct 2012)

- Lindsay Duclos (PhD, defended, 2013)

- Johanne Jean Pierre (PhD, entered 2010)

- Mike Holland (PhD, University of Waterloo, entered 2013)

- Emily Milne (PhD, University of Waterloo, entered 2011)

- Claudia Diaz (PhD, Political Science, McMaster entered 2012)

- Cathlene Hiller (PhD, Waterloo, entered 2012)

iv) External Examiner:

- PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, 2013

- PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, 2010

- PhD, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, 2008

- PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta 2003

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- PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, 2004

- MSc, Faculty of Heath Sciences, McMaster University, 2007

v) Internal Examiner

a. McMaster University

- Department of Anthropology, 2009

- 3 others, departments of economics and religious studies, 1990’s

b) OISE Dissertation Proposals

- 3 in 2014-5

c)Post-Doctoral

Caroline Parkin, Lawson Fellow, Offord Centre for Child Studies

d)Clinical Professional

n/a

e) Other

- Visiting doctoral student, Lucianne Muniz Barbosa (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011-

12 academic year

13) Lifetime Research Funding

(type, agency, amount, purpose, title)

Georgiades, Kathy, Michael Boyle and 10 others, including Scott Davies. 2014. “School Influences

on Child and Youth Mental Health.” $236,008. Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Davies, Scott and Neil Guppy. 2013-14. “The Reading Practices of At-Risk and Advantaged

Children: A Qualitative Comparison of School Year and Summer Reading in British Columbia and

Alberta.” National Reading Campaign. $20,000.

Aurini, Jance and Scott Davies. 2013-2018.” "A Multi-Method Examination of Summer Learning

Inequality" SSHRC Insight Grant 435-2013-0730, $299,233.

Boyle, Michael, Kathy Georgiades, and 29 others, including Scott Davies. 2013 “Ontario Child

Health Study Sequel.” $5,000,000. Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Pizarro-Milian, Roger, Scott Davies and David Zarifa. 2013. ”Barriers to Differentiation? Applying

Organizational Studies to Ontario Higher Education.” Ontario Human Capital Research and

Innovation Fund (OHCRIF), Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, $6,501.

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Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2010-13. “Measuring and Reducing Summer Setback in Ontario:

A Multi-method Investigation of Inequalities in Student Achievement.” SSHRC Standard Research

Grant 410-2010-1786. $90,090.

Davies, Scott, Abigail Payne and Magdalena Janus. 2010-12. “Creating Longitudinal Data on

Students’ Early Years.” SSHRC Research Development Initiative grant. $34,000 over 2 years.

Davies, Scott and several others. 2010. Awarded Vendor of Record (VOR) Status for Offord Centre

for Child Studies, Ontario Ministry of Education.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2010. “The Ontario Summer Literacy Learning Study, Phase II.”

Contract with Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Education. $150,000

Aurini, Janice, Julian Dierkes and Scott Davies. 2009. “The Worldwide Growth of Supplemental

Education: An International Workshop.” SSHRC Aid to Workshops, $10,920.

Anisef, Paul, Scott Davies, Robert Sweet, and David Walters. 2009. “Post-secondary Access

Pathways of Immigrant Youth.” SSHRC, $121,604

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2009. “Student Well-Being: A Review of Definitions, Indicators,

and Evaluations.” Ministry of Education, $25,000.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2009. “The Ontario Summer Learning Pilot Study.” Contract with

Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Education. $16,000

Davies, Scott and Magdalena Janus. 2008. “A Systematic on Longitudinal Studies of SES Impacts

on Children’s Cognitive and Behavioural Outcomes. “ HRSDC contract 9755-08-0013, $33,000.

Davies, Scott and Kathy Short. 2008. “The School-Based Mental Health Learning Forum.” Centre

of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health. $30,000.

Davies, Scott. 2006. “Profiles of Private Post Secondary Education Providers in Canada.” Canadian

Council on Learning. $5,000.

Walters, David and Scott Davies. 2006. “Fields of Study and Transitions from School to Work.”

SSHRC Regular Grant, $55,000.

Davies, Scott and Neil Guppy. 2005. “School Choice in Canada: A Sociological Investigation of

Structures and Processes.” SSHRC Regular Grant, 3 years, $91,043 (file # 410-2005-2066)

Guppy, Neil, Scott Davies, and 5 others. 2005. “Analyzing Change in Education.” Society for

Advancing Excellence in Education, $300,000.

Davies, Scott. 2002. “Educational Innovations in the New Economy: The Rise of Tutoring

Businesses and New Sector Private Schools.” SSHRC INE Grant, $44,000.

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Davies S. "The Schooled Society: Recent Educational Innovations in Private Tutoring and Public

Corrections." $1,200 for operating and travel. New Approaches to Lifetime Learning, OISE/UT.

Guppy N. and Davies S. "Reforms and Reformers in Canadian Education". SSHRC grant, $60,000

for 1995-1999, operating, equipment and travel.

Guppy, N. and Davies, S. "Education in Canada: Recent Trends and Future Challenges." $60,000,

Statistics Canada, 1993-97, operating.

Davies, Scott. "Exploring Trends in the Transition from School to Work for Canadian Post

Secondary Graduates 1978-88" Department of Secretary of State, Ottawa, Canada, 1991-2. I was

principal contractor for this $12,000 project (operating).

Davies, Scott. 2004 “Studying the Transformation of Private Tutoring Businesses.“ McMaster Arts

Research Board grant, $4,500 for operating and travel.

Davies, Scott. 1994. "The Role of Religion in Canadian School Choice Movements." McMaster

Arts Research Board grant, $5,000 for 1995-97 (operating and travel).

14) Lifetime Publications

a)Peer Reviewed:

i) Books:

Davies, Scott and Neil Guppy. 2006, 2010, and 2013. The Schooled Society: An Introduction to the

Sociology of Education (first, second and third editions). Toronto: Oxford University Press. 275,

313, and 333 pages. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Guppy, Neil and Scott Davies 1998. Education in Canada: Recent Trends and Future Challenges.

Ottawa: Statistics Canada (203pp, xxxix); also published in French as L'Education Au Canada:

Tendances Recentes et Defis a Relever. (Ottawa: Statistics Canada; 226pp, xlii)

ii) Contributions to Books:

Davies, Scott. 2011. “Education.” Chapter 12, p284-308, In New Society: Sociology for the 21st

Century (6th

edition), edited by Robert J. Brym. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2006. “Rethinking 'Macro' and 'Meso' Levels of Institutional

Analysis: The Case of International Education Corporations.” In The Impact of Comparative

Education Research on Institutional Theory, edited by David Baker and Alex Wiseman. Elsevier

Science, Ltd.

Davies, Scott, Janice Aurini, and Linda Quirke. 2006. "Institutional Theory Goes To the Market:

The Challenge of New Forms of Private Education." in The New Institutionalism and the Study of

Education, edited by Heinz Meyer and Brian Rowan. Albany: SUNY Press.

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Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2006. “Do Educational Markets Promote Innovation? An

Organizational Analysis of Private Schools in Toronto.” In School Sector Effects on Educational

Outcomes, edited by Maureen Hallinan. Notre Dame University Press.

Davies, Scott. 2005. “A Revolution of Expectations? Three Key Trends in the SAEP Data.” Pages

149-165, chapter 6 in Preparing for Post Secondary Education: New Roles for Governments and

Families, edited by Robert Sweet and Paul Anisef. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.

Davies, Scott and Neil Guppy. 1998. "Race and Canadian Education." in Vic Satzewich (ed).

Racism and Social Inequality in Canada: Concepts, Controversies and Strategies of

Resistance.Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing Inc.

iii) Journal Articles:

Davies, Scott, Janice Aurini, Johanne Jean-Pierre and Emily Milne. “Les effets des programmes

d’été de littératie : Les théories d’opportunités d’apprentissage et les élèves « non-traditionnels »

dans les écoles ontariennes francophones.” (The Effects of Summer Literacy Programs: Learning

Opportunity Theory and “Non-Traditional” Students in Ontario French Language Schools).

Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2015, forthcoming.

Davies, Scott, Vicky Maldonado and David Zarifa. 2014. “Effectively Maintaining Inequality in

Toronto: Predicting University Destinations of Toronto District School Board Graduates.”

Canadian Review of Sociology 51(1):22-53.

Davies, Scott. 2013. “Are there Catholic School Effects in Ontario, Canada?” European

Sociological Review 29(4): 871-883.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2013. “Summer Learning Inequality in Ontario.” Canadian Public

Policy. 39(2) 287-307.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2012. “The Stratification of Universities: Structural Inequality in

Canadian and American Higher Education.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 30(2):

143-158.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. “School Choice in Canada: Who Chooses What and

Why?” Canadian Public Policy 37(4): 459-477.

Davies, Scott. 2009. “Drifting Apart? The Institutional Dynamics Awaiting Public Sociology in

Canada.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 34(3):623-654.

Leicht, Kevin, Tony Walter, Ivan Sainsaulieu and Scott Davies. 2009. “New Public Management

and New Professionalism across Nations and Contexts.” Current Sociology 57(4):581-605.

Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2007. “The Impact of Sector on School Organizations: The Logics

of Markets and Institutions.” Sociology of Education 80(1):66-89.

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Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. 2007. “Balance of Powers: Public Opinion on Control in

Education.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 32(2):259-278.

Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2005. “Providing for the Priceless Student: Ideologies of Choice in

an Emerging Educational Market.” American Journal of Education 111(4):523-547.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2005. “Choice Without Markets: Homeschooling in Context of

Private Education.” British Journal of Sociology of Education 26(4):461-474.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2005. “Home Schooling and Canadian Educational Politics:

Rights, Pluralism, and Pedagogical Individualism.” Evaluation and Research in Education

17(2&3):63-73.

Davies, Scott and Floyd Hammack. 2005. "Channelling Competition in Higher Education:

Comparing Canada and the US". Journal of Higher Education 76(1):89-106.

Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2005. “Innovation in Educational Markets: An Organizational

Analysis of Private Schools in Toronto.” Catholic Education 8(3):274-304.

Davies, Scott. 2004. “School Choice by Default? Understanding the Demand for Private Tutoring

in Canada.” American Journal of Education 110(3):233-255.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2004 “The Transformation of Private Tutoring: Education in a

Franchise Form.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 29(3):419-438.

Davies, Scott and Julian Tanner. 2003. “The Long Arm of the Law: A Test of Labelling Theory."

Sociological Quarterly 44(3):385-404.

Tindall, David and Scott Davies. 2003. “Activism and Conservation Behaviour in an

Environmental Movement: The Contradictory Effects of Gender.” Society and Natural Resources.

16(10):909-932.

Davies, Scott. 2002. “The Paradox of Progressive Education: A Frame Analysis” Sociology of

Education 75(4):269-286.

Quirke, Linda and Scott Davies. 2002. “The New Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: The

Impact of Tuition Increases at an Ontario University.” Canadian Journal of Higher Education

32(3):85-110.

Guppy, Neil and Scott Davies. 1999. “Understanding Canadians’ Declining Confidence in Public

Education” Canadian Journal of Education 24(3):265-280.

Davies, Scott. 1999. "From Moral Duty to Cultural Rights: A Case Study of Political Framing in

Education." Sociology of Education 72(1):1-21.

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Davies, Scott. 1999. "Subcultural Explanations and Interpretations of School Deviance."

Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal. 4(2):191-202.

Tanner, Julian, Scott Davies and Bill O'Grady. 1999. "Whatever Happened to Yesterday's Rebels?

Longitudinal Effects of Teenage Delinquency on Education and Occupational Outcomes." Social

Problems 46(2):250-274.

Davies, Scott, and Neil Guppy. 1997. "Globalization and Educational Reforms in Anglo- American

Democracies" Comparative Education Review. 41(4):435-59.

Davies, S., and Neil Guppy. 1997. "Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities."

Social Forces 73(4):131-151.

Guppy N. and Davies S. (1996) "Labour Market Dynamics in the Teaching Profession" Education

Quarterly Review 3(4):33-43.

Davies S, Mosher C., and O'Grady B. (1996) "Educating Women: Gender Inequalities Among

Canadian University Graduates." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 33(2): 125-

142.

Davies, S. (1995). "Leaps of Faith: Shifting Currents in Critical Sociology of Education." American

Journal of Sociology 100(6):1448-1478.

Davies, S. (1995). "Reproduction and Resistance in Canadian High Schools: An Empirical

Examination of the Willis Thesis." British Journal of Sociology 46(4):662:687.

Davies S. (1994). "Class Dismissed? Student Opposition in Ontario" Canadian Review of Sociology

and Anthropology 31(3):421-444.

Davies S. (1994). "In Search of Resistance and Rebellion Among High School Dropouts."

Canadian Journal of Sociology 19(3):331-350.

Tanner J., Davies S., and O'Grady B. (1992). "Immanence Changes Everything: A Critical

Comment on the Labour Process and Class Consciousness" Sociology 26(3): 439-453.

Davies S. (1990) "Inserting Gender into Burawoy's Labour Process Theory." Work, Employment

and Society 4 (3): 391-406.

iv) Journal Abstract

N/A

v) Other

b)Not Peer-Reviewed

i) Books

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Aurini, Janice, Julian Dierkes and Scott Davies (editors). 2013. Out of the Shadows: The Global

Intensification of Supplementary Education. Emerald.

Forsey, Martin, Scott Davies and Geoffrey Walford (editors). 2008. The Globalization of School

Choice? Symposium Books: Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, Oxford.

Levitt, Cyril, Scott Davies and Neil McLaughlin (eds). 1999. Mistaken Identities: The Second

Wave of Controversy over "Political Correctness." New York: Peter Lang.

ii) Contributions to Books

Aurini, Janice, Scott Davies and Julian Dierkes. 2013. “Out of the Shadows? Introduction to the

Volume.” In Out of the Shadows: The Worldwide Rise of Supplementary Education. Emerald.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2013. “The Changing Organizational Field of Education: The Case

of Canadian Supplementary Education.” In Out of the Shadows: The Worldwide Rise of

Supplementary Education. Emerald.

Davies, Scott and Roger Pizarro Milian. 2013. “School Choice.” in Blackwell Encyclopedia of

Sociology, Second edition, edited by George Ritzer. Blackwell Publishing.

Davies, Scott and Jal Mehta. 2013. “Educationalization” in Sociology of Education: An A to Z

Guide, edited by James Ainsworth. Sage.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2009. “Institutional Theory and the Weberian Tradition.” Chapter 1

in Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education, edited by Cynthia Levine-Rasky.

Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Davies, Scott and Vicky Maldonado. 2009. “Changing Times, Stubborn Disparities: Explaining

Socio-economic Stratification in Canadian Schooling.”Chapter 11, p158-170 in Social Inequality in

Canada: Patterns, Problems, and Policies (5th

edition) edited by Edward Grabb and Neil Guppy.

Toronto: Prentice Hall.

Guppy, Neil and Scott Davies. 2009. "School’s Out for Summer: Should it Be?”." chapter __, p__

in Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems, and Policies (5th edition) edited by Edward

Grabb and Neil Guppy. Toronto: Prentice Hall.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2008. “Higher Education.” Pages 292-4 In The Routledge

International Encyclopedia of Education, edited by Gary McCulloch and David Crook. London:

Routledge.

Davies, Scott and Stephanie Howells. 2008. “Private Schools.” In Encyclopedia of the Life Course

and Human Development. Forthcoming. Edited by Deborah Carr. Cengage Learning. Farmington

Hills, MA.

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Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2008. “School Choice as Concerted Cultivation: The Case of

Canada” In The Globalization of School Choice? Edited by Martin Forsey, Scott Davies and

Geoffrey Walford. Symposium Books: Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, Oxford.

Davies, Scott. 2008. “Education.” Chapter 12, p308-333 In New Society: Sociology for the 21st

Century (5th


Davies, Scott and Dave Walters. 2008. “The Value of a Sociology Degree” Chapter 2, p 10-18 in

Society in Question (5th


Davies, Scott. 2007. “School Choice.” P 4014 to 4016 in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology,

Edited by George Ritzer. Blackwell Publishing.

Davies, Scott. 1999, 2004. "Stubborn Disparities: Explaining Class Inequalities in Schooling."

chapter 13, p138-150 in Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems, and Policies (3rd and 4th

editions) edited by James Curtis, Edward Grabb, and Neil Guppy. Toronto: Prentice Hall.

Guppy, Neil, Scott Davies and Alison Ludditt. 1999. "A New Twist in Education Reform: Bringing

the Market to Schools." chapter 14, p151-158 in Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems,

and Policies (3rd edition) edited by James Curtis, Edward Grabb, and Neil Guppy. Toronto:

Prentice Hall.

Davies, Scott, Cyril Levitt and Neil McLaughlin. 1999. "Introduction: Two Waves of Debate over

Rights, Regulation and Reason." in Levitt, Cyril, Scott Davies and Neil McLaughlin (eds).

Mistaken Identities: The Second Wave of Controversy over "Political Correctness." New York:

Peter Lang.

Davies Scott. (1994). "Cultural Theories of Class Inequality in Canadian Education" in L. Erwin

and D. MacLennan (eds.) Sociology of Education in Canada: Critical Perspectives on Theory,

Research and Practice. Toronto: Copp Clarke Longman Ltd.

Davies S., Mosher C., and O'Grady B. (1994). "Exploring Trends in the Transition from Education

to Employment for Canadian Post Secondary Graduates 1978-88" in L. Erwin and D. MacLennan

(eds.) Sociology of Education in Canada: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice.

Toronto: Copp Clarke Longman Ltd.

iii) Journal Articles

iv)Journal Abstracts

N/A

v)Other (Government Reports):

Pizarro Milian, Roger, Scott Davies and David Zarifa. 2014. “Barriers to Differentiation: Applying

Organizational Studies to Ontario Higher Education.” A Report Submitted to the Ontario Ministry

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of Training, Colleges and Universities. Funded by the Ontario Human Capital Research and

Innovation Fund (OHCRIF).

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2014. The Ontario Summer Learning Literacy Project 2013.

Council of Directors of Education, for the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2012. The Ontario Summer Learning Literacy Project 2012.

Council of Directors of Education, for the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. The Ontario Summer Learning Literacy Project 2011 (Phase

III). Council of Directors of Education, for the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. “Reframing the Debate about Gender Gaps in Education.”

Human Resources and Skill Development Canada.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2010. The Ontario Summer Learning Literacy Project 2010 (Phase

II). Council of Directors of Education, for the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2010. “The Ontario Summer Learning Pilot Project Phase 1 Final

Report.” Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, Ministry of Education, March.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2010. “Student Wellbeing: A Review of Definitions, Indicators,

and Evaluations.” Final Report for Ministry of Education. January.

Davies, Scott and Magdalena Janus. 2009.” A Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Impact of

Family SES on Child Cognition and Social-Emotional Well-Being.” Report to Human Resources

and Social Development Canada (HRSDC). Ottawa.

Short, Kathy, Scott Davies, Sam Gardner and Caroline Parkin. 2009. Final Report on the School-

Based Mental Health Learning Forum Pilot Project. Ottawa: Centre of Excellence for Child and

Youth Mental Health.

Davies, Scott with Olusore Anita Taylor. 2006. “A Profile of Private Post Secondary Providers in

Canada.” Canadian Council on Learning. Ottawa.

Guppy, Neil, Robert Crocker, Scott Davies, Claire LaPointe and Larry Sackney. 2005. Parent and

Teacher Views on Education: A Policy Maker’s Guide. Society for the Advancement of Excellence

in Education: Kelowna, British Columbia.

Sweet, Robert, Paul Anisef, Peggy Ng, Paul Gallagher, and Scott Davies, 2002. “Exploring the

Role of Parents’ in Planning for Post-Secondary Education” Report to Council of Ministers of

Education, Canada.

Davies, Scott, Bill O’Grady, and Clayton Mosher. 1992. "Exploring Trends in the Transition from

School to Work for Canadian Post Secondary Graduates 1978-88" Department of Secretary of

State, Ottawa.

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v)Other (Reprints):

Davies, Scott and Dave Walters. 2012. “The Value of a Sociology Degree” Chapter 2, p 13-26,

chapter 2 in Society in Question (6th


Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2006. “The Franchising of Private Tutoring: A View From

Canada.” Phi Delta Kappan (October):123-128.

Davies, Scott. 2004. "Stubborn Disparities: Explaining Class Inequalities in Schooling." in Social

Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems, and Policies (4th edition) edited by James Curtis,

Edward Grabb, and Neil Guppy. Toronto: Prentice Hall.

Davies, S. 2000/1. “Les Miracles de la foi: la transformation des courants critiques en sociologie de

l’education.” Education et Societes: Revue Internationale de Sociologie de L’Education 5:93-116.

v)Other: Magazine Articles

Quirke, Linda and Scott Davies, 2005. "The Changing Face of Private Education" Our

Kids Go to School:25,129.

Quirke, Linda and Scott Davies, 2004. “Principals’ Choice: New For-Profit Schools in Toronto.

Dialogue.

Davies, Scott, Janice Aurini and Linda Quirke. 2002. “New Markets for Private Education in

Canada. Education Canada 42(3):36-41.

Davies, Scott, 1998. "We should try a few charter schools." Hamilton Spectator January 7, A9.

Davies, Scott and Margaret Denton.1997. "The Employment of Masters and Ph.D. Graduates from

Eleven Sociology Departments." Society / Societe 21(1):9-14.

Davies, Scott. 1997. "The Ironies of Multicultural Education" Organization for Quality Education

Newsletter, May.

Davies, Scott 1997. "After the Cuts: The Next School Reform Controversy" McMaster Courier,

December 8.

Davies, Scott, 1997. "The Real Fight for Education Reform." Hamilton Spectator, Oct 28, A9

Davies, Scott. and Neil Guppy. 1993. "The Market Comes to School: Debates on School Choice"

Policy Options 14(9):24-27.

Davies, Scott, Clayton Mosher, and Bill O'Grady. 1992. "Canadian Sociology and Anthropology

Graduates in the 1980's Labour Market, Part I: 1986 Graduates in 1988" Society / Societe 1992 16

(1):1-6.

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Davies, Scott, Clayton Mosher, and Bill O'Grady. 1992. "Canadian Sociology and Anthropology

Graduates in the 1980's Labour Market, Part II: 1982 Graduates in 1987" Society / Societe 1992 16

(2)39-46.

v)Other: Book Reviews

Davies, Scott. 2014. Review of Making Failure Pay: For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and

Public Schools by Joy P. Koyama. Journal of Education Research Online 6(1):160-162.

Davies, Scott. 2011. Review of No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite

College Admission and Campus Life By Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009. American Journal of Sociology 117(1):325-327.

Davies, Scott. 2009. Review of Education Research on Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for

Scientific Rigor by Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Annette Lareau, and Sheri Ramis. Canadian

Journal of Sociology.

Davies, Scott. 2008. Review of Spin Cycle: How Research is Used in Policy Debates: The Case of

Charter Schools (Russell Sage Foundation/Century Foundation) by Jeffrey Henig. Canadian


Davies, Scott. 2008. Review of Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector

Education by Stephen J. Ball. Teachers College Record (February).

http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=14932

Davies, Scott. 2007. Review of Schools as Imagined Communities: The Creation of Identity,

Meaning and Conflict in U.S. History. Edited by Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Sherman Dorn and

Barbara J. Shircliffe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. American Journal of Sociology

113(2):574-576.

Davies, Scott. 2005. Review of “Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings” by Katherine S.

Newman. Basic Books, 2005. Sociological Research Online.

www.socresonline.org.uk/10/3/reviews/davies.html.

Davies, Scott. 2005. Review of ‘Governing Education.' By Benjamin Levin. Canadian Journal of

Sociology Online, July - August 2005. http://www.cjsonline.ca/reviews/goveduc.html.

Davies, Scott. 2004. Review of William K. Cummings’ The Institutions of Education: A

Comparative Study of Educational Developments in the Six Core Nations. Canadian Journal of

Sociology Online, http://www.cjsonline.ca/reviews/comped.html.

Davies, Scott. 2004. Review of “Race in the Schoolyard” by Amanda Lewis. Contemporary

Sociology 33(2):244-246.

https://univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca/Redirect/www.cjsonline.ca/reviews/goveduc.html

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Davies, Scott. 2003. Review of C.M.A. Deer, Higher Education in England and France Since the

1980s.' Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, November- December 2003.

<http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/cjscopy/reviews/highered.html>

Davies, Scott. 2002. Review of “The Market Approach to Education” By John Witte.

Contemporary Sociology 31(6)781-782.

Davies, Scott. 2002. Review of “Women, Class and Education” by Jane Thompson, Canadian


Davies, Scott. 2000. Review of “On Their Own?” By Stuart Crysdale, Canadian Review of

Sociology and Anthropology 37(3):349-51.

Davies, Scott. 2000. Review of R.D. Gidney’s From Hope to Harris: The Reshaping of Ontario’s

Schools (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), D.W. Livingstone et al Public Attitudes

Towards Education in Ontario, 1998: The Twelfth OISE/UT Survey (Toronto, University of

Toronto Press, 1999. Posted June 2000 at http://www.ualberta.ca/~cjscopy/reviews/hope.html.

Davies, Scott. 1999. Review of The Reformation of Canada's Schools by Mark Holmes. In

Canadian Journal of Sociology Online > http://www.ualberta.ca/~cjscopy/reviews/schools.html.

Davies, Scott. 1998. Review of "God in the Classroom: the Controversial Issue of Religion in

Canada's Schools" by Lois Sweet, Canadian Public Policy,24(2):275.

Davies, Scott. 1995. Review of “Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform”.by

Michael Fullan. Canadian Public Policy 21(1):124-5.

Davies, Scott. 1994. Review of “Transitions: Schooling and Employment in Canada,” edited by P.

Anisef and P. Axelrod. Canadian Journal of Sociology 19(2):257-259.

c)Accepted for Publication

i)Books:

ii) Contributions to Books:

Davies, Scott. Forthcoming. “Education.” In New Society: Sociology for the 21st Century (7

th


iii) Refereed Journal Articles:

d)Submitted for Publication

Pizarro Milian, Roger, Scott Davies and David Zarifa. “Barriers to Differentiation”.

Davies, Scott and Jessica Rizk. “The Third Generation of Cultural Capital Research.” Proposal

submitted to Annual Review of Sociology.

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Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. “Political Elites and Structural Inequality in Higher Education:

Comparing Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.” Under review.

Davies, Scott, Magdalena Janus and Eric Duku. “It Takes a Whole Child to Achieve.” Under

review.

Cyr, Darren and Scott Davies. “Neighbourhood Disorder and School Outcomes in a De-

industrializing City.“ Under review.

Davies, Scott, Darren Cyr and Jessica Rizk. “Exploring Patterns of Educational Achievement Gaps:

Where Do They Come From?” Chapter for The Sociology of Education in Canada: Contemporary

Debates and Perspectives, edited by Wolfgang Lehmann, Oxford University Press.

Davies, Scott and Roger Pizarro Milian. “Maintaining Status in Times of Change: The Interplay of

Institutional Forces and Stratification among Anglo-American Universities.” Chapter for The

Handbook of Sociology of Higher Education, edited by James Cote and Andy Furlong. Routledge.

e)Unpublished Documents

Mehta, Jal and Scott Davies (editors). Education in a New Society: Renewing the Sociology of

Education. Advance Book contract, University of Chicago Press.

Davies, Scott and Amy Binder. “Importing School Across Societal Domains: Frames, Hybrids, and

Institutional Effects”

Davies, Scott and Jessica Rizk. “Three Forms of Cultural Capital and One Strategic Testing

Ground.”

Davies, Scott and Mark McKerrow. “Effects of Summer Interventions on Early Numeracy.”

15) Presentations at Meetings

a) Invited

Davies, Scott. 2014. “Large Scale Data Analysis in Ontario Education: Three Current Studies and

One Proposal.” Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, March 7.

Davies, Scott. 2014. “Three Examples of Socially Engaged Research in Ontario Education” and

“Aims and Challenges of Socially Engaged Research.” Faculty of Education, York University,

April 8.

Davies, Scott. 2013. “Achievement Gaps and Learning Outside of School: Possibilities and Limits

of Interventions.” Toronto Public Library, September.

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Davies, Scott. 2013. “Three Forms of Cultural Capital and One Strategic Testing Ground.”

University of British Columbia, September.

Davies, Scott. 2013. “Research & Ontario K-12 Education: Emerging Avenues and Challenges.”

Symposium of the Ontario Research Chairs. Glendon College, May.

Davies, Scott. 2012. “Achievement Gaps and Non-School Learning: Possibilities and Limits of

Summer Interventions:” Toronto District School Board Parent Involvement Advisory Committee:,

Toronto, November.

Davies, Scott. 2012. “Non-School Learning Gaps: Possibilities and Limits of Summer

Interventions.” Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Education, Toronto, June

Davies, Scott. 2012. “Academic Placements and Community Engagement: Tutoring Youth in North

Hamilton.” Community Engaged Education: An Idea Exchange, McMaster University, June

Davies Scott. 2012. “Non-School Learning Gaps: Possibilities and Limits of Summer

Interventions.” Ontario Research Chair Symposium. Toronto, March.

Davies, Scott. 2012 “Cultural Capital and Summer Learning Gaps.” Wilfred Laurier University,

January.

Davies, Scott. 2012 “Cultural Capital and Summer Learning Gaps.” University of Windsor,

January.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. “Reframing the Debate about Gender Gaps in Education.”

Ottawa: Human Resources and Skill Development Canada, October.

Davies, Scott and Jal Mehta. 2011.”The Deepening Interpenetration of Schooling in Modern Life.”

Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. May 5.

Mehta, Jal and Scott Davies. 2011. “The Expanding Interpenetration of Education in Modern Life.”

Joint Sociology-Education Workshop, April 21, Harvard University.

Davies, Scott. 2011. “Are there Catholic School Effects in Canada?” Penn State University, March.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. “Summer Learning Inequality in Canada.” Education and

Inequality Workshop, Dept of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Jan 14.

Davies, Scott. 2010. “Interventions in Schools.” Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster

University. June.

Davies, Scott, Magdalena Janus, Eric Duku and Ashley Gaskin. 2010. “Unpacking EDI Effects on

EQAO Scores.” Presentation to the Education Quality and Accountability Office, Toronto, May.

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Davies, Scott, Magdalena Janus, Eric Duku and Ashley Gaskin. 2010. “Tracking At-Risk Students

in the Early Grades: Linking Ontario EDI & EQAO Data.” Presentation to Crown Wards

Conference, McMaster University, April.

Davies, Scott. 2009. “Reducing Student Achievement Gaps in the Knowledge Economy.” Council

of Ontario Universities (October, University of Toronto).

Davies, Scott. 2009. “Building Capacity for Research on Post High School Pathways: A Strategy

for Ontario.” Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (June).

Davies, Scott. 2009. “The Ontario Research Chair in Educational Achievement and At-Risk

Students.” Cabinet of Assistant Deputy Ministers, Ontario (February).

Davies, Scott and Kathy Short. 2009. “Mental Health in Schools.” Ontario Education Research

Symposium (February, Toronto).

Binder, Amy and Scott Davies. 2008. “Importing School Across Societal Sectors.” Department of

Sociology, Yale University (presented by Amy Binder).

Davies, Scott. 2008. “Seeking School Choice in Canada.” Workshop on Privatization and Public

Services, Peter Wall Institute, University of British Columbia. May.

Davies, Scott. 2008. “Market Norms in Canadian Education.” Department of Sociology, University

of Western Ontario. April.

Davies, Scott 2008. “Reflections on Ivory Tower Blues.” Ontario Undergraduate Students Alliance

Annual Partners Dinner. Toronto, April.

Davies, Scott. 2007. “Seeking School Choice in Canada: Family Characteristics and Contextual

Effects.” Canadian Labour Market and Skills Research Network, Toronto, June.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2006. “Exploring the Moral Boundaries of School Choice: A

Mixed Method Approach.” International Conference on the Globalization of School Choice,

University of Western Australia. December.

Davies, Scott. 2006. “The Stratification of Universities: Comparing Canada and the United States.”

Department of Sociology, Boston University. December.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2006. “Exploring the Moral Boundaries of School Choice: A

Mixed Method Approach.” Culture Workshop, Department of Sociology, Harvard University,

October.

Davies, Scott. 2006. “School Choice and Inequality in Canadian Education.” Offord Centre for

Child Studies, McMaster University, April.

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Davies, Scott. 2006. “Emerging Inequalities and Organizations in Canadian Education.”

Department of Sociology, University of Waterloo. March.

Davies, Scott. 2006. “Providing for the Priceless Child: Ideologies of Choice in an Emerging

Educational Market.” University of Western Australia, January.

Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2005. “New Private Schools in Toronto.” Ontario Ministry of

Education, October.

Davies, Scott. “Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education in Canada.” Invited talk at Sociology

of Education SIG meeting, American Education Research Association, April 13, 2005, Montreal.

Davies, Scott. Address to Board of Directors, Bannockburn School, Toronto, May 24, 2005

Davies, Scott. 2004. “What Some Parents Want: New Private Schools in Toronto.” Presented at the

“Turnaround Strategies in Education” conference, Toronto, November 30.

Davies, Scott. 2004. “Institutional Theory Goes to the Market: An Organizational Analysis of New

Forms of Private Education.” Department of Higher Education in the Professions and Humanities,

New York University.

Davies, Scott. 2004. “Choice Without Markets: Homeschooling in Context of Private Education.”

Montreal: 72e Congres De L’Acfas des Saviors.

Davies, Scott. “Privatization of Education in Canada.” Department of Sociology, University of

Alberta, September 2003.

Davies, Scott. 2002. “Great Expectations: The Changing Contours of Educational Inequality in

Canada.” Invited paper for Plenary Session on Social Inequality, annual meetings of the Canadian

Sociology and Anthropology Association, Toronto, May.

Davies, Scott. “The Rise of New Forms of Private Education.” Department of Sociology, McGill

University, March 2002.

Davies, Scott, Janice Aurini and Linda Quirke. “New Forms of Private Education: The Rise of

Tutoring Businesses and New Sector Private Schools.” Centre for the Study of Education and

Work, OISE/UT, March 2002.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. The Rise of For-Profit Education: The Case of Private Tutoring

Businesses. Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, March 2001.

Davies, Scott. “The Politics of Education.” Spencer Foundation, Atlanta, March 2000.

b)Contributed (since 2000)

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Janus, Magdalena, Labonte, Eric Duku and Scott Davies. 2014. “Do speech and language

impairment in kindergarten predict Grade 3 academic outcomes?” Development 2014: A Canadian

Conference on Developmental Psychology. May, Carleton University.

Davies, Scott and Jessica Rizk. 2014. “Three Forms of Cultural Capital and One Strategic Testing

Ground.” Accepted for Presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological

Association, August.

Davies, Scott and Jessica Rizk. 2014. “The Third Generation of Cultural Capital Research.” Annual

Meetings of the Canadian Sociological Association, May.

Kokis, Judi, Scott Davies and Janice Aurini. “LNS Summer Learning Program (SLP) for Students.”

Ontario Education Research Symposium, Toronto, Feb 19, 2014

Aurini, Janice, Emily Milne and Scott Davies. 2014. “Schools, Cultural Mobility, and Social

Reproduction: The Case of Progressive Discipline.” American Association of Behavioral and

Social Sciences. Las Vegas, February.

Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. 2013. “Political Elites and Structural Inequality in Higher

Education: Comparing Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.” American Sociological

Association, New York, August.

Davies, Scott. 2012. “Are there Catholic School Effects in Ontario, Canada?” American

Sociological Association, Denver, August.

Davies, Scott, Vicky Maldonado and David Zarifa. 2012. “Effectively Maintaining Inequality in


American Sociological Association, Denver, August.

Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. 2012 “Political Elites and Structural Inequality in Higher

Education: Comparing Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.” Canadian Sociological

Association, Waterloo, May.

Davies, Scott, Vicky Maldonado and David Zarifa. 2012 “Effectively Maintaining Inequality in


Canadian Sociological Association, Waterloo, May.

Davies, Scott, Magdalena Janus, and Eric Duku. 2012. Does it Take the Whole Child to Achieve?

Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive School Readiness on Elementary Achievement.” American

Education Research Association, Vancouver, April.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. “Summer Learning Inequality in Canada.” American

Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August.

Davies, Scott, Magdelena Janus, and Eric Duku. 2011. “Using the EDI to Predict Primary School

Achievement in Ontario.” Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, April.

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Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2011. “Summer Learning Inequality in Canada.” Eastern

Sociological Society, Philadelphia, February.

Davies, Scott and Darren Cyr. 2011.”Neighbourhood Disorder and School Achievement

in a Canadian City.” Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, February.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2010. “The Stratification of Universities: Structural Inequality in

Canadian and American Higher Education”. Annual meetings of the American Sociological

Association, Atlanta, August.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2010. “The Changing Organizational Field of Education:

The Case of Canadian Supplementary Education.” Presentation to the International Workshop on

Supplementary Education, University of Waterloo, June.

Maldonado, Vicky and Scott Davies. 2010. “Vertical and Horizontal Stratification: University

Pathways of Native-Born and Immigrant High School Students in Toronto.” 2010. Metropolis.

Montreal, March

Cyr, Darren and Scott Davies. 2010. “Neighbourhood Disorder and School Ecologies: An

Exploratory Study from a Canadian City.” Presented to the Annual Meetings of the Eastern

Sociological Society, Boston, March.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2010. “Seasonal Learning in Canada: Exploring Findings from an

Ontario Pilot Study.” Presented to the Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society,

Boston, March.

Davies, Scott, Janice Aurini, Stephen Sliwa, Brent McIntyre and Trista Baker. 2010. “Summer

Learning Programs in Renfrew County DSB: Using Research to Boost Achievement and Narrow

Gaps.” Ontario Education Research Symposium, Toronto. February.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2008. “The Stratification of Universities: Comparing Canada and

the U.S.”. Meetings of the Canadian Sociology Association, Vancouver, June.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2007. “Organizational Authority and the Marketplace: Rethinking

the Relationship Between Competition and Classroom Effectiveness.” Annual Meetings of the

Eastern Sociological Society. Philadephia. March.

Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. 2006. “Balance of Powers: Public Opinion on Control in

Education.” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, August.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2006. “The Stratification of Universities: Comparing Canada and

the U.S.”. Meetings of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, April.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2006. “Seeking School Choice: Correlates and Moral Boundaries.”

Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, February.

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Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2005. “Providing for the Priceless Student: Ideologies of Choice in

an Emerging Private School Market.” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association,

Philadelphia, August.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2005. “Home Schooling and Canadian Educational Politics:

Rights, Pluralism, and Pedagogical Individualism.” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological

Association, Philadelphia, August.

Davies, Scott and Janice Aurini. 2005. “Rethinking 'Macro' and 'Meso' Levels of Institutional

Analysis: The Case of International Education Corporations.” Annual Meetings of the Canadian

Sociology and Anthropology Association, London ON, May.

Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. 2005. “Balance of Powers: Public Opinion on Education.”

International Workshop on the Professions, McMaster University, April.

Davies, Scott and Linda Quirke. 2004. “The New Institutionalism, Market Theory, and Private

Schools: How Institutions Shape Choice.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American

Sociological Association, San Francisco, August.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2004. “Choice Without Markets: Homeschooling in Context of

Private Education.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological

Association, San Francisco, August.

Aurini, Janice and Scott Davies. 2003. “The Transformation of Private Tutoring: Education in a

Franchise Form.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology

Association, Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, June.

Davies, Scott. 2002. “School Choice by Default? Understanding the Demand for Private Tutoring

in Canada. Paper presented to the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association,

Chicago, August.

Davies, Scott. 2002. “Great Expectations: The Changing Contours of Educational Inequality in

Canada.” Paper presented to the annual meetings of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology

Association, Toronto, May.

Davies, Scott. 2002. “University for Many, College for All? A Preliminary Analysis of the SAEP

Data.” Paper presented to the annual meetings of the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Toronto, May.

Davies, Scott and Floyd Hammack. 2001. "Changing Forms of Competition in Higher Education:

Comparing Canada and the US". Paper presented to the annual meetings of the American

Sociological Association, Anaheim, August 2001.

Davies, Scott. 2000. "Social Criticism and Sociology of Education." presented to the annual

meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington DC, August 2000.

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Davies, Scott and Julian Tanner. 2000. "The Long Arm of the Law: A Test of Labelling Theory."

presented to the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington DC,

August.

Davies, Scott and Floyd Hammack. 2000. "Changing Forms of Competition in Higher Education:

Comparing Canada and the US". Paper presented to the annual meetings of the Canadian

Anthropology and Sociology Association, Edmonton, May.

16) Patents, Inventions and Copyrights

-N/A

17) Administrative Responsibilities

External Personnel Committees:

- Promotion Referee, Department of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, 2014

- Promotion Referee, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 2013

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Department of Sociology, American University, 2013

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, 2012

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Dept of Education Studies, Swarthmore College, 2011

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, 2010

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Department of Sociology, University of North Florida, 2010

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Department of Sociology, York University, 2010.

- Tenure and Promotion Referee, Steinhardt School, New York University, 2009

- Referee for Endowed Chair, Hong Kong University, 2009

- Tenure Referee, Department of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, 2009

- Tenure Referee, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, 2009

- Appointment Renewal Referee, Swarthmore College, 2007

- Promotion Referee, University of Calgary, Department of Sociology, 2007

- Tenure Referee, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Education, Dept of Sociology, 2001.

i) Department

- OISE:

- Selection Committee for Student Development Services

- Research Standing Committee

- OISE Council

McMaster:

-External Chair Selection, 2013-14

-Selection Committee, 2013-14

- Planning Committee, 2012-13

- Graduate Committee, 2012-13

- Graduate Admissions, 2012-13

- Visiting Speakers, 2012-14

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- Tenure and Promotion, 2011-14

- Strategic Planning Committee, 2009, 2010, 2011

- Graduate Student Publishing Workshop co-organizer, 2009.

- Selection Committee, 2008

- Research Excellence Committee, 2007

- Graduate Committee, 2002-2006

- Graduate Admissions committee, 2002-2005

- Selection Committee, 2001-2

- Chair, Undergraduate Committee, 1998-2000

- Member of Department Executive, 1998-2000

- Elected Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1998-9, 1999-2000

- Member of Undergraduate Committee, 1995-8

- Chair, Occupations and Organizations Comprehensive Exam Area, 1996-2003, 2005

- Chair, Sociology of Education Comprehensive Exam Area, 1997-present

ii) Faculty of Social Science:

- Experiential Education Governing Council, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14

- Chair Selection, Department of Economics, 2008-9

- Faculty Council, 2007

- Faculty Council, 2001-2002

- Member of Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy Committee, 1998-2000

- Member of Retention and Recruitment Committee, 1995-8

iii) University Committees:

-Chair of Research Integrity Tribunal, 2013-14

-Vice-Chair Senate Student Appeals, 2012-13

- University Senate, 2012-13

- Senate Student Appeals, 2012-13

-Research Misconduct Policy Committee, 2012-13

- Research Misconduct Tribunal, 2010.

- Offord Centre Cabinet, 2008-present

- Research Misconduct Committee, 2002-present.

- Member, McMaster University Faculty Association Executive, tenure portfolio, 1997-99

- Elected member of Undergraduate Council, 1997-8.

- Member of Tenure Teaching Dossier Committee, 1998-99

- Member of Tenure Drafting Committee, 1998-99

- Member of Diplomas and Certificates Committee, 1997-8