Name: Hugh Mehan
Professor, Department of Sociology; Director, CREATE
Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara, 1971

Field of Expertise: Mehan's research interests include classroom organization, educational testing, tracking and untracking, computer use in schools and the construction of identities such as the "competent student," the "learning disabled student," the "mentally ill patient" and the "genius."

Selected Publications:
With Doris Alvarez. "Providing Educational Opportunities for Underrepresented Students." In: D. Lapp (ed), Teaching All the Children. New York: Guilford Publications Inc. 2004.

With Amanda Datnow & Lea Hubbard. Extending School Reform: From One School to Many. New York: Routledge Falmer. (2002).