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Sarah K. Bruch is an Associate Professor at the University of Delaware, holding joint appointments at the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. She serves as the Director of the Ph.D. Public Policy and Administration program and Associate Director of the Education and Social Policy PhD Program. Dr. Bruch is also a research affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and principal investigator of the Equity Implemented Partnership, a research-practice partnership with school districts in Iowa.
Dr. Bruch earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2012, and Master of Public Administration from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2005. Her academic journey began with a BA from the University of Washington (2002).
Dr. Bruch's research focuses on social stratification and public policy, with particular emphasis on integrating theoretical insights from relational and social theorists into the empirical study of inequalities. Her work examines how inequality comes about and how the tools of sociology and public policy can address or ameliorate it. She brings this approach to the study of social policy, education, race, politics, and citizenship. A defining feature of her approach is the use of a relational lens that focuses not only on the unequal distribution of goods or resources, but also on the relations and relational mechanisms that yield unequal outcomes.
Her current research includes three streams: first, U.S. social policies and their social and distributional impacts; second, schools as organized sites of racialized authority relations that shape life trajectories; and third, the interplay of racial and economic inequalities. These interests also inform her substantial program of engaged research on equity and inclusion in education, where she collaborates with practitioners to design, collect, and analyze data of student, faculty, and staff experiences of school and campus environments.
- William Foote Whyte Distinguished Career Award (2020)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institutional Legacy Award (2019)
- Breul Memorial Prize for Best Article in Social Service Review (2019)
- Alan C. Kerckhoff Award from Research Committee on Social Stratification
As an educator committed to advancing equity and inclusion in graduate education, Dr. Bruch has developed a series of doctoral professional development workshops and resource documents to support student success. She serves as a mentor to numerous graduate students and has led significant research partnerships that connect academic research with practical applications in educational settings. Her Equity Implemented Partnership with school districts in Iowa leverages social science and education policy research with practitioner knowledge to address persistent problems of policy and practice and improve students' educational opportunities and outcomes.
Dr. Bruch leads the Equity Implemented Partnership, a research-practice partnership with school districts in Iowa that uses a research-practice model to address persistent problems of policy and practice and improve students' educational opportunities and outcomes. She has also conducted extensive campus climate assessments at the University of Iowa, examining patterns and impacts of racial and international student disparities in experiences of campus climate, academic support, and financial conditions.
