As a sociologist of international and comparative education, my research agenda broadly examines the transnational and historical sociology of organizational structures, policies, and leadership in education, especially as related to racial and gender inequality.
My dissertation investigates how higher education systems invoke and engage with categories of race, ethnicity, and sexuality through formal structures, integrating critical theories from ethnic and gender studies with theories of organizational behavior. Additional projects extend along three main lines of inquiry: diversity and inequality in higher education; the recursive relationship between organizations and education; and text as data in education research.
Throughout my work, I maintain an eye to policy applications as part of my dual goals of communicating work that is useful to practitioners and policymakers, as well as generating knowledge that works in service of more equitable education experiences. Please contact me for a copy of my CV, which contains a detailed list of research experiences.
Dissertation: “The institutionalization of contested identities in university structure: Global, national, and historical trends”
- D’Apice, Hannah K. and Christine Min Wotipka. “Contested diversity?: The institutionalization of LGBTQ-supportive structures in U.S. higher education.” Sociology of Education, online first publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380407251407954
- D’Apice, Hannah K. “Indigenous-supportive structures in global higher education: Comparing courses of study and policies for access in 501 universities worldwide.” (Draft available on request.)
- D’Apice, Hannah K. “Ethnoracial counterspaces in historically White institutions: Types, trajectories, and mechanisms of continuity.” (Draft available on request.)
Diversity and inequality in higher education
- D’Apice, Hannah K.*, Jieun Song*, and Christine Min Wotipka. 2024. “A milestone in pursuit of gender equality: Predicting first women presidents in U.S. higher education institutions, 1980–2018.” Sociology Compass, 18, 4, e13204. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13204 [*Equal contributions]
- Lee, Seungah S., and Hannah K. D’Apice. “Globalizing diversity?: An examination of the adoption and institutionalization of diversity offices in universities worldwide, 1989-2023.” (Under review.)
- Wotipka, Christine W., and Hannah K. D’Apice. “Predicting first women presidents in international higher education.” (Draft available on request.)
- D’Apice, Hannah K., Kendall Cole, Abigail Kahn, and Eujin Park. “From commodification to transformation: Identifying structures and policies to ensure minoritized students’ thriving in higher education following Students for Fair Admissions.” (Draft available on request.)
- D’Apice, Hannah K., and Christine Min Wotipka. “Overcoming the presidential color line: Predicting the first Black presidents in U.S. higher education institutions, 1980–2018.” In preparation.
- D’Apice, Hannah K. “Racialized knowledge and racial triangulation: Two cases of Asian-American studies.” In preparation.
The recursive relationship between organizations and education
- Choi, Minju*, Hannah K. D’Apice*, Nadine Ann Skinner*, and Patricia Bromley. 2023. “World culture, education, and organization.” In The Oxford Handbook on Education and Globalization, eds. Xavier Dumay and Eric Mangez (p. 119–146). Oxford University Press. [*Equal contributions]
- Choi, Minju*, Hannah K. D’Apice*, and Nadine Ann Skinner*. 2021. “The rise of the organisational society in Canadian and US textbooks: 1836–2011.” Globalisation, Societies and Education, 19, 1: 7–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2020.1814700 [*Equal contributions]
Text as data in education research
- D’Apice, Hannah K. and tavis d. jules. 2025. “Textual analysis in comparative and international education research.” In The Bloomsbury Handbook of Research Methods in Comparative and International Education, eds. Matthew A. M. Thomas, tavis d. jules, Robin Shields, and Michele Schweisfurth. Bloomsbury.
- D’Apice, Hannah K. and Patricia Bromley. 2023. “Climate change discourse in US history textbooks from California and Texas.” Environmental Education Research, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2206595
- D’Apice, Hannah K. “Inclusion of Indigenous groups in cross-national textbooks, 1950–2010.” Under journal review. (Draft available on request.)
Public scholarship
- Cole, Kendall, Hannah K. D’Apice, Abigail J. Kahn, Eujin Park, and OiYan Poon. 2024. “Sustaining and building on diversity and equity efforts: A moral imperative in higher education post-SFFA.” Stanford Graduate School of Education Public Scholarship Collaborative. [Note: Authors contributed equally and are listed in alphabetical order.]
- Wotipka, Christine Min, Hannah K. D’Apice, Jieun Song. 2024. “A gender milestone: First women presidents in U.S. higher education institution.” Sociology Lens Insights. https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/culture/women-presidents-higher-education/49572
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