New Faculty Profile

Argun Saatcioglu

Argun Saatcioglu is excited to be joining the KU Sociology Department as Professor this fall. He has been a KU faculty member since 2007 in the Education Policy Unit at the School of Education and Human Sciences, with a courtesy appointment in Sociology. His scholarly and teaching interests are broadly in the areas of sociology of education, sociology of organizations and work, and quantitative methods, with a principal focus on equity along lines of class, race, ethnicity, gender, and dis/ability. His recent work has appeared in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, American Journal of Sociology, Sociological Inquiry, and Educational Policy. Argun is currently working on two projects, one on how AI-driven work automation in labor markets affects students’ reading and math achievement, the other on how economic and racial inequity in social mobility prospects are related to student views on the utility of schooling and related academic outcomes. He is also the director of the newly formed Center for Research on Education and Work (CREW) under KU’s Institute for Policy & Social Research. Argun is thrilled about the opportunity to continue his career in the Sociology Department.