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Tracy L. Steffes is a Professor of Education and History at Brown University, serving as Chair of the Education Department. Her research focuses on the intersection of public schooling, state governance, and social inequality in twentieth-century U.S. history. She has authored two major books, including Structuring Inequality (2024) and School, Society, & State (2012), and has received prestigious fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, and others. Her current project explores the historical role of for-profit businesses in public education.
- Education: PhD in History from the University of Chicago (2007), MA (1999), and BA (1998) in History.
- Research Interests: Educational inequality, state-building, policy history, and the political economy of metropolitan development.
Her teaching spans courses on the history of American education, urban schools, and twentieth-century U.S. political history. She is affiliated with organizations such as the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians.
Recent work examines how school, housing, and tax policies shaped metropolitan inequality, blending historical analysis with contemporary policy relevance.
