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Dr. Brian Holzman is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development at Texas A&M University. His research examines the pathway from middle school to and through college, paying particular attention to educational equity and structural barriers among first- and second-generation immigrants, English learners, students of color, and students from socioeconomically marginalized backgrounds. Dr. Holzman’s ongoing work includes a study of recent immigrant students and school structures that enable their English language acquisition, as well as a study of pathways to and through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in the wake of a state policy change to high school graduation requirements. He is also co-principal investigator of a National Science Foundation-funded middle school text messaging field experiment that aims to improve parent engagement and child academic and socioemotional outcomes. Dr. Holzman completed his graduate education at Stanford University, earning a master’s degree in sociology and a Ph.D. in sociology of education and higher education administration. Prior to joining Texas A&M, Dr. Holzman worked as a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist at the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice University.
Education
Ph.D., Sociology of Education and Higher Education Administration, Stanford University (2016)
M.A., Sociology, Stanford University (2014)
B.S., Sociology, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Holzman, B., Klasik, D., & Baker, R. (2020). Gaps in the College Application Gauntlet. Research in Higher Education, 61(7), 795–822.
Jackson, M., & Holzman, B. (2020). A Century of Educational Inequality in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(32), 19108–19115.
Book Chapters
Turley, R. L., & Holzman, B. (2021). Three Lessons from a Research-Practice Partnership in Education. In D. P. Gitterman & N. Britto (Eds.), The Intersector: How the Public, Nonprofit, and Private Sectors Can Address America’s Challenges. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Flores, S. & Holzman, B., & Oseguera, L. (2020). Data Quality in the Evaluation of Latino Student Success. In R. T. Teranishi, B. M. D. Nguyen, C. M. Alcantar, & E. R. Curammeng (Eds.), Measuring Race: Why Disaggregating Data Matters for Addressing Educational Inequality. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Holzman, B. (2017). Appendix B. Invisible Colleges: The Absence of Broad-Access Institutions in National Postsecondary Datasets. In R. W. Scott & M. W. Kirst (Eds.), Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Scott, R. W., Holzman, B., Ris, E., & Biag, M. (2017). The Changing Ecology of Higher Education in the San Francisco Bay Area. In R. W. Scott & M. W. Kirst (Eds.), Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Other Publications and Presentations
Baumgartner, E., Holzman, B., & Sánchez, S. (2021). An Alternative Approach to Measuring Student Immigrant Generation. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Gul, M., Holzman, B., & Stice, K. (2020). Optimal Subsidies for Increasing Two-Year and Four-Year College Graduation Rates. Houston, TX: Education Research Center, College of Education, University of Houston.
Holzman, B., & Duffy, H. (2020). Transitioning to College and Work, Part II: A Study of Potential Enrollment Indicators. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Gul, M., Salazar, E. S., & Kennedy, C. C. (2020). Transitioning to College and Work, Part III: Labor Market Analysis in Houston and Texas. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., & Hanson, V. S. (2020). Summer Melt and Free Application for Federal Student Aid Verification. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., & Lewis, B. (2020). House Bill 5 and High School Endorsements: How Do They Align to College Admissions? Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Lewis, B., & Chukhray, I. (2020). School-to-Work Linkages in Texas. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Salazar, E. S., & Chukhray, I. (2020). Inequalities in Postsecondary Attainment by English Learner Status: The Role of College-Level Course-Taking. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Wu, J., Zhang, M., Martinez, M. J., & Stice, K. (2020). Tracking Eighth Graders' Post-Secondary Outcomes in Texas. Houston, TX: Education Research Center, College of Education, University of Houston.
Chukhray, I., Holzman, B., Ankoor, N., & Li, D. (2019). Finishing What My Parents Started: College Aspirations among EMERGE Students. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Chukhray, I., & Li, D. (2019). Who Applies to EMERGE? Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Stroub, K., Kennedy, C. C., & Lewis, B. (2019). The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B. (2018). Transitioning to College and Work, Part I: Where are high school seniors from 2006–2008 now? Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
AWARDS
Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Poverty Research, University of California-Davis (2020-2021)
COURSES TAUGHT
EDAD 690. Theory of Educational Administration Research
Statistics and Data Analysis I
Fall 2023
EHRD 690. Theory of Educational Human Resource Development Research
Statistics and Data Analysis I
Fall 2022, Fall 2023
EDAD 688. Proseminar: Analysis of Critical Issues in Education
Education, Society, and Inequality
Fall 2022