Francis Pearman

Francis Pearman

Assistant Professor
Assistant: John Baker
Office: CERAS 524

Biography

Francis A. Pearman is an Assistant Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. His research focuses on how poverty and inequality shape the life chances of children, especially in rapidly changing cities. Pearman holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University and a B.S. from the University of Virginia.

Other titles

Program affiliations

SHIPS (PhD): Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE)
SHIPS (PhD)
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Policy
SHIPS (PhD): Sociology of Education
(MA) POLS

Research interests

Early Childhood | Educational Policy | Poverty and Inequality | Race and Ethnicity | Research Methods | Sociology

Recent publications

Alvero, A. J., Giebel, S., & Pearman, F. A. (2024). Income and campus application disparities among European and non-European heritage Hispanic undergraduate applicants. PNAS Nexus, 3(9), pgae337.
Griffiths, C. M., Brady, S. T., & Pearman, F. A. (2024). Considering Race in Teacher Well-Being. EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS.
Greene-Bell, D. M., & Pearman, F. A. (2024). Racialized Closures and the Shuttering of Black Schools: Evidence from National Data. HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW, 94(2), 187–210.

Francis Pearman in the News & Media

Assistant Professor Francis Pearman discusses what happens to a neighborhood after a school shutters, and other ramifications for school leaders to consider when deliberating over school closures.
Research by Assistant Professor Francis Pearman finds that majority-Black schools are about three times as likely to close as schools with smaller enrollments of Black students, even when accounting for common reasons behind closures.