Sonia Xiarui Giebel

Curriculum Vitae

Stanford University sgiebel@stanford.edu

Graduate School of Education (206) 393-7241
520 Galvez Mall
Stanford, CA 94305

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Sociology of Education, Higher Education 2023 (Expected)

Certificate in Quantitative Research in Education
Stanford University
M.A., Sociology 2021 (Expected)
Stanford University
B.A., English, with honors, Minors in Sociology and Education 2014
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Haverford College

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sociology of Education | Race and Ethnicity | Gender | Qualitative Methods | Data Science

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Chaturapruek, S., Dalberg, T., Thompson, M., Giebel, S., Harrison, M., Johari, R., Stevens,
M., Kizilcec, R. (2021) “Studying Undergraduate Course Consideration at Scale” AERA
Open.
Alvero, A., Antonio, A., Arthurs, N., Domingue, B. Gebre-Medhin, B. Giebel, S., Stevens, M.
(2020). “AI and Holistic Review: Informing Human Reading in College Admissions” In
Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (pp. 200-206).
Stevens, M. & Giebel, S. (2020). “The Paradox of the Global University” in The World Class
University edited by S. Rider and M. Peters. New York, NY: Springer.

Under Review
Giebel, S. “Where’s the Multiracial Group?”: How University Practices Construct Multiracial
Identities
Alvero, A. Giebel, S. Gebre-Medhin, B., Antonio, A., Stevens, M., Domingue, B.
“Essay Content is Strongly Related to Household Income and SAT Scores: Evidence
from 60,000 Undergraduate Applications”
Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal Opinion, The Economist

In Preparation
Gebre-Medhin, B., Giebel, S., Alvero, A., Antonio, A., Domingue, B., Stevens, M. “Application
Essays and the Performance of Merit in US Selective Admissions.”
Giebel, S. & Alvero, A. “Surfacing Gender Patterns in Undergraduate Materials: Implications for
Student Pathways and Equity”

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, & AWARDS

Stanford University Community Impact Award 2021

Honors profound dedication to the university and overall Stanford community
Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford University
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship $147,300 2020
Awarded to graduate students pursuing interdisciplinary research
Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University
Institute of Education Sciences Fellowship $60,000 2019
Program in Quantitative Education Policy Analysis
Awards fund doctoral student training in quantitative education policy analysis.
Center for Education Policy Analysis, Stanford University
East Asia Graduate Summer Grant $6,500 2019
Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement (SPICE) Grant $2,300 2019
Awards fund student-led projects that promote intellectual community on campus.
Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University
I. James and Viola Quillen Fellowship $12,441 2017
Award funds doctoral student training in the GSE.
Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Vietnam $14,000 2014
Quảng Nam University, Tam Ky, Vietnam
Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society 2014
Magill-Rhoads Scholar 2010-
Awarded for academic and philanthropic excellence 2014
Haverford College

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (Virtual) 2021

Giebel, S. & Alvero, A. “Gender and the Pursuit of Academic Inspiration:
Lessons from Undergraduate Application Materials”
Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting (Virtual) 2020
Giebel, S. & Alvero, A. “Surfacing Gender Patterns in Undergraduate
Application Materials”

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American Sociological Association Annual Meeting (Virtual) 2020

Giebel, S. “Both, Either, or Neither: The Classification of Multiracial
Undergraduate and the Specter of Institutional Interests”
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (Virtual ) 2020
Giebel, S. “Both, Either, or Neither: The Classification of Multiracial
Undergraduate and the Specter of Institutional Interests”
Sociology of Education Annual Meeting, Pacific Grove, CA 2020
Giebel, S., Alvero, A., Gebre-Medhin, B. “Application Essays and the
Performance of Merit in US Selective Admissions.”
The World Class University, A Contested Concept, Uppsala, Sweden 2019
Giebel, S. “The Paradox of the Global University”
European Group on Organizational Studies (EGOS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2019
Stevens, M. & Giebel, S. “The Paradox of the Global University”
Theory and Data in History of Education Colloquium, Stanford University 2019
Giebel, S. “The Paradox of the Global University”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate School of Education, Stanford University 2019-

Student Narratives Lab Present
Principal Investigators: Mitchell Stevens, Anthony Antonio
Graduate School of Education, Stanford University 2017-
Students Pathways Lab Present
Principal Investigator: Mitchell Stevens
Graduate School of Education, Stanford University 2017-2018
Civic Life of Cities
Principal Investigator: Walter W. Powell
Research Assistant, Sociology Department, Bryn Mawr College 2013-2014
Advisors: David Karen, Robert Washington
Publication: Karen, D., & Washington, R. E. (2015). Sociological perspectives on
sport: The games outside the games.

ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant | Stanford University

EDUC 288/SOC 271: Organizational Analysis Winter 2019,
Teaching Assistant for Walter W. Powell. Provided teaching and grading Winter 2020
support.
EDUC 199A-C: Undergraduate Honors Seminar Academic
Teaching Assistant for Ari Kelman. Provided teaching support and Year 2019-
mentorship for undergraduate students pursuing an honors thesis. 2020

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EDUC/SOC 273: Gender and Higher Education: National and International Spring 2018
Perspectives
Teaching Assistant for Christine Min Wotipka. Provided teaching and
grading support, and led weekly discussion sections
EDUC 220D/HIST 258E: History of School Reform: Origins, Policies, Fall 2018
Outcomes, and Explanations
Teaching Assistant for David Labaree. Provided teaching and grading
support, and led weekly discussion sections

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

President, Stanford Graduate School of Education Student Guild 2019-2021

Mentor, Stanford Graduate School of Education Mentorship Program 2019-2021
Director, Sociology and Education Network, Stanford University 2018-2020
Academic Chair, Stanford Graduate School of Education Student Guild 2018-2019
Cohort Representative, Stanford Graduate School of Education Student Guild 2017-2018

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Sociological Association

American Educational Research Association (Division J)
Association for the Study of Higher Education
Sociology of Education Association

NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Graduate Writing Tutor, Hume Center, Stanford University 2018-2020

Admission Counselor, Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment, International 2015-2017
Liaison, Haverford College
• Read & assessed ~3,000 applications; helped decide every application
• Assessed applications for and organized annual fly-ins for 60 students from
underrepresented backgrounds
• Coordinated Multicultural Recruitment Intern program
• Traveled (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Chile; Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, Portland, OR), met with students and college counselors
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Quảng Nam University, Tam Kỳ, Vietnam 2014-2015
• Teacher in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Languages departments
• Co-taught Interpretation, Public Speaking, and Phonetics courses
• Led weekly English clubs for both staff and students
Reporter at The Philadelphia Public School Notebook Summer 2013
• Reported on the financial crisis in Philadelphia public schools
• Interviewed students, teachers, politicians, School Reform Commission
• Published bi-weekly
Undergraduate Writing Tutor, Haverford College 2013-2014

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