About Karlyn Gorski

Karlyn Gorski is an Assistant Instructional Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Her research concerns adolescents’ experiences of schooling, and learning experiences across the official and unofficial curriculum. She draws on intensive ethnographic research to explore how youth navigate the formal and informal structures of schooling.

Karlyn received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago, where she completed an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Her research has been featured in the American Journal of Education, Sociological Forum, and Youth & Society. She is a recipient of the 2022 Wayne C. Booth Prize for Excellence in Teaching, the Best Graduate Student Paper Prize for the Educational Problems section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (2022), and the Best Graduate Student Paper Prize for the Sociology of Education section of the American Sociological Association (2020). She holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Chicago (2018) and a BA in Public Policy Studies from the University of Chicago (2014).