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Biography
Dr. Ramirez conducts cross-national studies on the role of education in the formation of world society and the influence of world society on educational developments. These studies include topics such as patterns of women's access to higher education, the role of education and science in economic development, the interrelationships among education, citizenship, and human rights, and the impact of globalization on universities. Grants from the National Science Foundation (Sociology Program), the Spencer Foundation, and the Bechtel Initiative on Global Growth and Change have supported both research on education, science, and development and studies of the globalization of human rights and the challenge of human rights education. Ramirez has been a recipient of a Spencer Foundation Mentor Network award and a Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Studies of the Behaviroal Sciences (2006-07).
Recent honors include election into the Sociological Research Assocation (2016) and Honorary Fellow iin the Comparative and International Educaiton Society (2018). In the fall of 2017 Ramirez will be a fellow at the Scandinivian Center for Advanced Studies in Sweden.
Recent honors include election into the Sociological Research Assocation (2016) and Honorary Fellow iin the Comparative and International Educaiton Society (2018). In the fall of 2017 Ramirez will be a fellow at the Scandinivian Center for Advanced Studies in Sweden.
Other titles
Professor, Graduate School of Education
Professor (By courtesy), Sociology
Program affiliations
Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE)
SHIPS (PhD): Sociology of Education
SHIPS (PhD): Global and Comparative Education
(MA) GCE/IEPA
(MA) MA/MBA
Research interests
Higher Education | International and Comparative Education | Leadership and Organization | Sociology
Recent publications
Gavrila, S. G., Overbey, L., & Ramirez, F. O. (2025). In the Name of Diversity: Analyzing the Adoptions of Diversity-Related Offices in US Higher Education, 1968-2020. MINERVA.
Lee, S. S., Wotipka, C. M., Ramirez, F. O., & Song, J. (2024). To STEM or not to STEM: A cross-national analysis of gender and tertiary graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math, 1998-2018. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY.
Lerch, J. C., Schofer, E., Frank, D. J., Longhofer, W., Ramirez, F. O., Wotipka, C. M., & Velasco, K. (2021). Women's participation and challenges to the liberal script: A global perspective. INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY.
