Simone Ispa-Landa
· Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy...Northwestern University · Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Active 2003–2024
About
Simone Ispa-Landa is an associate professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University, where she also holds the position of associate professor of sociology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She is a faculty fellow at Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research. Her research focuses on sociology of education, school policy and practice, race and gender, stigma processes, student status hierarchies, sexual violence and prevention, and qualitative methods. Ispa-Landa's publications address issues of race and gender inequality and peer status hierarchies within educational settings. She employs qualitative methods to explore the lived experiences of students and teachers concerning social policies, with particular attention to themes of isolation, exclusion, and violence in K-12 and higher education environments. Her recent projects include partnership-oriented, engaged studies that examine social dynamics and potential avenues for change in educational contexts.
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