Robert K. Ream

Interim Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education,

University of California, Riverside

Robert K. Ream is interim associate dean and associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). He joined the UCR faculty after postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton University and the RAND Corporation. Ream was also formerly a graduate research assistant for PACE. His research interests include social capital and the social dynamics of racial, social class, and linguistic inequality in K–12 and higher education settings. His work appears in scholarly journals including American Educational Research Journal, Sociology of Education, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Social Forces, and Teachers College Record. While on leave from UCR, Ream served as an associate program officer at the Spencer Foundation in Chicago. Before embarking on a career in research, Ream served as a legislative aide to former California state senator Gary K. Hart.

updated 1999

Contributing topics

College access & postsecondary success

Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health

Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes

Commentary by Robert K. Ream

November 16, 2016 : To Close the Bachelor’s Degree Gap Among Hispanic Youth, Policymakers Must Consider How Parent Networks Matter

Publications by Robert K. Ream

May 1999

The Educational Consequences of Mobility for California Students and Schools

Although all students change schools when they are promoted from one school level to another, some students also move from one school to another for reasons other than promotion. The practice of students making non-promotional school changes is…

March 1999

The Educational Consequences of Mobility for California Students and Schools