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Biography
I am an organizational sociologist with longstanding interests in educational sequences, lifelong learning, alternative educational forms, and the formal organization of knowledge. At Stanford I convene the Pathways Network (pathways.stanford.edu) and the Futures Project on Education and the Learning Society (learningsociety.io).
Other titles
Professor, Graduate School of Education
Professor (By courtesy), Sociology
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Program affiliations
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Data Science
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Policy
SHIPS (PhD): Higher Education
SHIPS (PhD): Organization Studies
SHIPS (PhD): Social Sciences in Education
SHIPS (PhD): Sociology of Education
(MA) POLS
(MA) MA/MBA
(MS) EDS
Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Research interests
Alternative Schooling | Educational Policy | Higher Education | Leadership and Organization | Lifelong Learning
Recent publications
Sendroiu, I., & Stevens, M. (2025). What was the Cold War? Theorizing a Medium Durée: Introduction to a special issue of Social Science History, 'What Was the Cold War?'. SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY.
Levine, E. J., & Stevens, M. L. (2024). Neither state nor market: competitive emulation in higher education. STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
Stevens, M. L. (2024). Financing Higher Education in America. CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS, 53(2), 103–107.
