Mary Kate Blake
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology
ASB 337
219.464.5869
marykate.blake@valpo.edu
Education
- Ph.D. – Sociology, University of Notre Dame
- M.A. – Sociology, University of Notre Dame
- M.A.Ed. – Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech
- B.A. – Marquette University
Contributions
Blake, Mary Kate. 2020. “Other Duties as Assigned: The Ambiguous Role of the High School Counselor.”
Sociology of Education 93(4):315-330
Blake, Mary Kate. 2019. “Self- And Group Racial/Ethnic Identification among Emerging Adults.” Emerging Adulthood 7(2):138-149.
Blake, Mary Kate. 2018. “All Talk and No Action? Racial Differences in College Behaviors and Attendance.” Sociological Perspectives 61(4):553-572.
Interests
My research interests include sociology of education, social stratification, racial and ethnic self-identification, and research methods. I have completed qualitative and quantitative projects exploring organizational and individual obstacles facing low-income and minority students in educational achievement and attainment. Other work is situated on the racial and ethnic identification process of multiracial individuals.
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Sociology
- Research Methods I — Quantitative Survey Methods
- Education & Society
- Inequality in America
- Gender
- The Family
- Urban Sociology
- Sociology of Pandemics