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Dr. Brian Holzman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development and, by courtesy, the Department of Sociology 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 Brady Education Foundation-funded 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. His research has been published in Research in Higher Education, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and two dozen research reports released by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Before entering the professoriate, Dr. Holzman worked as a postdoctoral fellow and a research scientist at Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium, a practitioner-oriented research center that collaborated with local school districts. He completed an M.A. in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education and Higher Education Administration at Stanford 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 W. R. Scott & M. W. Kirst (Eds.), Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Scott, W. R., Holzman, B., Ris, E., & Biag, M. (2017). The Changing Ecology of Higher Education in the San Francisco Bay Area. In W. R. Scott & M. W. Kirst (Eds.), Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Other Publications and Presentations
Holzman, B., Kennedy, C. C., Thomas, T., Chin, A., Potochnick, S., & Cortes, K. (2024). Who Goes to Newcomer Schools? Las Americas Middle School. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Lewis, B., & Ma, H. (2024). STEM Endorsement Completion and the Pathway to College. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
Holzman, B., Lewis, B., & Ma, H. (2024). The Role of Guidance Counselors in Narrowing the Gender Gap in STEM Endorsements. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
Holzman, B., Lewis, B., & Ma, H. (2024). Who Chooses the High School STEM Endorsement in HISD High Schools? Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
Holzman, B., Lewis, B., & Ma, H. (2024). Who Lives in a STEM Desert? Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
Holzman, B., Thomas, T., Kennedy, C. C., Chin, A., Potochnick, S., & Cortes, K. (2024). Who Goes to Newcomer Schools? Liberty High School. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Kennedy, C. C., & Holzman, B. (2024). Educational Outcomes of High School Newcomer Students in HISD. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Lee, J., Holzman, B., & Chin, A. (2024). Patterns and Factors Shaping English Language Acquisition among Middle School Newcomer Students in Houston ISD. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
Lee, J. S., Kennedy, C. C., Holzman, B., & Chin, A. (2024). The Effect of Attending Las Americas Middle School on Early High School Outcomes. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
Thomas, T., Kennedy, C. C., Holzman, B., & Potochnick, S. (2024). High School Choices and Contexts of Newcomer Students in HISD. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.
Holzman, B., Thrash, C., & Chukhray, I. (2023). Understanding the Effect of HISD’s EMERGE Program on Student Outcomes. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
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.
Holzman, B., Klasik, D., & Baker, R. (2021). Race and Income Gaps in Academic Qualifications and SAT/ACT Taking Shape Inequalities in College Enrollment. Sociology Policy Briefs, Policy Brief No. 02-2021.
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. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
Holzman, B., Stroub, K., Kennedy, C. C., Lewis, B., & Stice, K. (2020). The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes. Houston, TX: Education Research Center, College of Education, University of Houston. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
Holzman, B., Chukhray, I., & Li, D. (2019). Who Applies to EMERGE? Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [published with student]
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. [published with student]
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
Visiting Poverty Scholar, Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy, University of California, Irvine (2024-2025)
Law and Governance in Higher Education Mentoring Roundtables, Pennsylvania State University (2023)
Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Poverty Research, University of California-Davis (2020-2021)
COURSES TAUGHT
EDAD 620. Educational Program Evaluation
Summer I 2025
EDAD 688. Proseminar: Analysis of Critical Issues in Education
Education Policy Speaker Seminar
Fall 2024
EDAD 688. Proseminar: Analysis of Critical Issues in Education
Education, Society, and Inequality
Fall 2022
EDAD 690. Theory of Educational Human Resource Development Research
Proposal II (Ed.D.)
Spring 2025
EDAD 690. Theory of Educational Administration Research
Statistics and Data Analysis I (Ed.D.)
Fall 2023
EHRD 690. Theory of Educational Human Resource Development Research
Statistics and Data Analysis I (Ph.D.)
Spring 2025
EHRD 690. Theory of Educational Human Resource Development Research
Statistics and Data Analysis I (Master's)
Fall 2022, Fall 2023