Martha Cecilia Bottia

Research Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Martha Cecilia Bottia is a research associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include the effects of school racial and socioeconomic composition on educational outcomes; the impact of the implemented curriculum on racial and socioeconomically diverse students; and the role of K–12 school structural characteristics on college STEM outcomes. She also researches illicit drugs and terrorist organizations, and the education of immigrant students. She has also published in such journals as Economics of Education Review, Review of Educational Research, Sociology of Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education, Social Justice Research, Elementary School Journal, Social Forces, Social Problems, Homicide Studies, and Teachers College Record. Bottia received her PhD in public policy from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

updated 2024

Contributing topics

Educator workforce & effectiveness

Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes

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