Brian Holzman

Dr. Brian Holzman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development and, by courtesy, the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University. His research examines the pathway from middle school to and through college, paying particular attention to educational equity and structural barriers among first- and second-generation immigrants, English learners, students of color, and students from socioeconomically marginalized backgrounds. Dr. Holzman’s ongoing work includes a Brady Education Foundation-funded study of recent immigrant students and school structures that enable their English language acquisition, as well as a study of pathways to and through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in the wake of a state policy change to high school graduation requirements. His research has been published in Research in Higher Education, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and two dozen research reports released by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Before entering the professoriate, Dr. Holzman worked as a postdoctoral fellow and a research scientist at Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium, a practitioner-oriented research center that collaborated with local school districts. He completed an M.A. in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education and Higher Education Administration at Stanford University.

Courses Taught at Texas A&M

• EDAD 620: Educational Program Evaluation
• EDAD 688: Education Policy Speaker Seminar
• EDAD 688: Education, Society, & Inequality
• EDAD 690: Proposal II
• EDAD 690: Statistics and Data Analysis I
• EHRD 690: Statistics and Data Analysis I

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