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D-Index
55
Citations
20773
World Ranking
1964
National Ranking
941

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Charles E. Merriam Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Gary Orfield is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research work is situated primarily within the social sciences, focusing on topics related to race, history, and American society, as well as American constitutional law and politics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

With more specialized subfields, their work extends to:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations

Major topics that feature prominently in Gary Orfield's research include:

  • Race, History, and American Society
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
  • Law, Rights, and Freedoms

Gary Orfield has collaborated notably with Patricia Gàndara, with established frequent coauthorship.

Among their notable academic contributions is the book published by Princeton University Press titled The Walls around Opportunity, released in 2022.

Recognition for their work includes receiving the Charles E. Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown V. Board of Education

    Gary Orfield;Susan E. Eaton

  • Inside the Double Bind: A Synthesis of Empirical Research on Undergraduate and Graduate Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

    Maria Ong;Carol Wright;Lorelle L. Espinosa;Gary Orfield

  • Why Segregation Matters: Poverty and Educational Inequality

    Gary Orfield;Chungmei Lee

  • Racial inequity in special education

    Daniel J. Losen;Gary Orfield;Civil Rights

  • Schools More Separate: Consequences of a Decade of Resegregation

    Gary Orfield

  • Losing Our Future: How Minority Youth Are Being Left behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis.

    Gary Orfield;Daniel Losen;Johanna Wald;Christopher B. Swanson

  • A Multiracial Society With Segregated Schools: Are We Losing the Dream?

    Erica Frankenberg;Chungmei Lee;Gary Orfield

  • Resegregation in American Schools.

    Gary Orfield;John T. Yun

  • Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards

    Erica Frankenberg;Genevieve Siegel‐Hawley;Jia Wang;Gary Orfield

  • Dropouts in America: Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis

    Gary Orfield

  • Racial Transformation and the Changing Nature of Segregation.

    Gary Orfield;Chungmei Lee

  • Tracking Achievement Gaps and Assessing the Impact of NCLB on the Gaps

    Jaekyung Lee;Gary Orfield

  • "Brown" at 50: King's Dream or "Plessy's" Nightmare?.

    Gary Orfield;Chungmei Lee

  • Historic Reversals, Accelerating Resegregation, and the Need for New Integration Strategies.

    Gary Orfield;Chungmei Lee

  • E Pluribus...Separation: Deepening Double Segregation for More Students

    Gary Orfield;John Kucsera;Genevieve Siegel-Hawley

  • Nclb Meets School Realities: Lessons From The Field

    Gail L. Sunderman;James S. Kim;Gary Orfield

  • Raising Standards or Raising Barriers?: Inequality and High Stakes Testing in Public Education

    Gary Orfield;Mindy L. Kornhaber

  • The Growth of Segregation in American Schools: Changing Patterns of Separation and Poverty Since 1968

    Gary Orfield;Sara Schley;Diane Glass;Sean Reardon

  • Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools: A Special Report from the Harvard Project on School Desegregation

    Gary Orfield;Mark D. Bachmeier;David R. James;Tamela Eitle

  • Educational benefits of diversity in medical school: a survey of students.

    Dean K Whitla;Gary Orfield;William Silen;Carole Teperow

  • Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action.

    Gary Orfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Gándara
Patricia Gándara University of California, Los Angeles
Sean F. Reardon
Sean F. Reardon Stanford University
William G. Tierney
William G. Tierney University of Southern California

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