PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor 2022 – Present
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
University of Alabama
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2022
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, & AWARDS
Office for Research & Economic Development (ORED) Small Grants ($6,000) 2022
AERA-NSF Dissertation Grant, American Educational Research Association ($25,000) 2021
Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford Graduate School of Education ($18,000) 2021
NERD$ Mini-grant, Edunomics Lab, Georgetown University ($5,000) 2021
Semi-Finalist, NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship 2021
Dissertation Support Grant, Stanford Graduate School of Education ($3,000) 2021
Karr Family Fellowship, Stanford University ($25,000) 2018, 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Fahle, E. M., Reardon, S. F., Kalogrides, D., Weathers, E. S., & Jang, H. (2020). Racial
segregation and school poverty in the United States, 1999-2016. Race and Social
Problems, 12(1), 1-15. (*Media Coverage: Science Journal for Kids)
http://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-019-09277-w
Jang, H. & Reardon, S. F. (2019). States as sites of educational (in)equality: State contexts and
the socioeconomic status achievement gradient. AERA Open, 5(3), 1-22.
http://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419872459
Book Chapters
Park, H. & Jang, H. (2020). Does grandparents’ education matter for grandchildren’s education
in Korea? In Park, H. & Woo, H. Korean Families Yesterday and Today. Ann Arbor, MI:
The University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10195705
Non Peer Reviewed Articles and Briefs
Reardon, S. F., Fahle, E., Jang, H., & Weathers, E. (2022). Why school segregation matters (a
lot). Educational Leadership, 80(4). https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/why-school-
desegregation-still-matters-a-lot
Jang, H. (2022). Trends in Racial Economic Segregation and its Geographic Decomposition,
1991-2020. The Segregation Index Brief. http://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-
content/uploads/2022/09/Trends-in-Racial-Economic-Segregation-brief.pdf
Owens, A., Reardon, S. F., Kalogrides, D., Jang, H., Tom, T. (2022). Trends in Racial/Ethnic
and Economic School Segregation, 1991-2020. The Segregation Index Brief.
http://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Trends-in-Racial-Ethnic-
Segregation_FINAL.pdf
Manuscripts Under Review
Reardon, S. F., Weathers, E., Fahle, E. M., Jang, H., & Kalogrides, D. Is separate still unequal?
New evidence on school segregation and racial academic achievement gaps. Invited to
resubmit and under review. American Sociological Review.
https://cepa.stanford.edu/wp19-06 (*Media Coverage: Washington Post, Forbes)
Jang, H. Racial economic segregation among U.S. public schools, 1991-2020. Under review.
https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SegPaper01.pdf
Jang, H. & DiSalvo, R. W. Separate, but better? Measuring funding progressivity and its
association with school segregation. Under review. https://doi.org/10.26300/d31n-ha59
Manuscripts in Preparation
Jang, H. Reducing racial economic segregation: A simulation study comparing different intra-
district student transfer assignment strategies.
Jang, H. & Johnson, A. Hispanic students in rural America: Focusing on social and educational
experience.
DATABASES
Reardon, S.F., Owens, A., Kalogrides, D., Jang, H., & Tom, T. (2022). Longitudinal School
Demographic Dataset, 1991-2020, Version 1.0-beta. http://segindex.org
Reardon, S. F., Ho, A. D., Shear, B. R., Fahle, E. M., Kalogrides, D., Jang, H., & Chavez, B.
(2021). Stanford Education Data Archive (Versions 3.0, 4.0, and 4.1).
http://purl.stanford.edu/db586ns4974.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Jang, H. (2022). Reducing Racial Economic Segregation: A Simulation Study Comparing
Different Intra-District Desegregation Strategies. Paper presented at the meeting of the
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Washington, D.C.
Jang, H. (2022). Racial Economic Segregation among U.S. Public Schools, 1991-2019. Poster
invited to the meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego,
California.
Jang, H. (2022). Reducing Racial Economic Segregation: A Simulation Study Comparing
Different Intra-District Student Assignment Strategies. Paper presented at the meeting of
the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Denver, Colorado.
Jang, H. (2021). Racial economic segregation among U.S. Public Schools, 1991-2018. Paper
presented at the meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Virtual.
TEACHING
Instructor, University of Alabama
Large-Scale Data Analysis in Ed Leadership Research (AEL 661) 2023
Segregation and Educational Inequality in America (AEL 697) 2023
Educational Finance Theory and Practice (AEL 608) 2022
Teaching Assistant, Stanford University
Using Data to Describe the World (EDUC 430C; SOC 258C) 2020, 2021
Statistical Analysis in Education: Regression (EDUC 400B) 2020
Introduction to Data Analysis and Interpretation (EDUC 200A) 2018
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
American Educational Research Association (AERA) – Divisions A, L, and G
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)