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Robert Maranto Data-verified
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23 h-index
272 pubs
1,719 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Robert Maranto's research focuses on educational policy and practice, with a particular emphasis on school choice, cyber education, and diversity in higher education. His work has investigated the unique characteristics and student populations within cyberschools, including comparisons between special education and general education students and the factors influencing student choices to attend these institutions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maranto has also examined issues of equity in charter school closures and the roles of Black women principals. In the realm of higher education, his research includes an empirical examination of diversity requirements in academic job markets.
With a substantial scholarly record, Maranto has published 265 works and accumulated 1,698 citations, earning him a designation as a highly cited researcher. His h-index stands at 23. He leads a research group and collaborates with several faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Dennis Beck and Martha Bradley-Dorsey, on shared publications. His recent work continues to explore timely educational topics, reflecting his ongoing activity in research.
Metrics
- h-index: 23
- Publications: 272
- Citations: 1,719
Selected Publications
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Political Science Majors Are More Tolerant of Controversial Speech (2026)
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Class on Campus: Student SES and Tolerance of Controversial Speech (2025)
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Beyond the Usual Civil Rights Paradigms: Introduction to the Special Issue on Race, Ethnicity, and School Choice (2025)
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The Notorious SBG: Administrators’ Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading Practices (2025)
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How marginalized identities are related to cyber charter school enrollment (2025)
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Introduction to the Special Section the Role (If Any) of the U.S. Federal Government in Education Research (2025)
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Do Gradebooks Lean Left?Relationships between Grades and Ideology in American Higher Education (2025)
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Call for Manuscripts for June 1, 2025 <i>Journal of School Choice</i> Special Issue: Race, Ethnicity, and School Choice (2025)
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The Crucible of Desegregation: The uncertain search for educational equity (2025)
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The <i>Journal of School Choice</i> Will Not Censor: Better Schooling, and Democracy, Require ideologically Diverse Social Science (2025)
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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Cyber Schooling: An Exploratory Study (2024)
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Review of <i>How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, and American Education</i> (2024)
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Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter? (2024)
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Review of “The Value Gap: How gender, generation, personality, and politics shape the values of American university students” (2023)
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Does Psychology’s Progressive Ideology Affect Its Undergraduates? A National Test (2023)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo
6 shared publications
- School Choice in Europe
- International Differences in School Responses to COVID-19
- School Choice in Europe
- JOURNAL OF SCHOOL CHOICE SPECIAL ISSUE: School Choice in Europe
- COVID-19 and Schooling in the U.S.: Disruption, Continuity, Quality, and Equity
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Dennis Beck
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- Is cyber like in-person? Relationships between student-student, student-teacher interaction and student achievement in cyber schools
- Choosing cyber during COVID
- Forced choice? Is bullying pushing non-binary students into cyber schools?
- How marginalized identities are related to cyber charter school enrollment
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Cyber Schooling: An Exploratory Study
Martha Bradley-Dorsey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Charter School Closing Inequities: Do automatic closure laws target Black charter entrepreneurs and Black students?
- Campus Speech Codes Are Not (mainly) White Savior Behavior
- How marginalized identities are related to cyber charter school enrollment
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Cyber Schooling: An Exploratory Study
Tommaso Agasisti
4 shared publications
- School Choice in Europe
- School Choice in Europe
- JOURNAL OF SCHOOL CHOICE SPECIAL ISSUE: School Choice in Europe
- Introduction: school choice in Europe
M. Danish Shakeel
University of Buckingham (GB)
3 shared publications
- Introduction to the Special Issue: Elitism, Populism, and School Choice
- Does Charter School Mission Affect Survival and Growth? An Addendum to White and Huang’s <i>Census of Charter School Foci and Models</i><sup>1</sup>
- Family Change, Schools, and School Choice
Matthew Woessner
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (US)
3 shared publications
- Still Pluralist After All These Years? Considering Whether Political Science Fosters Tolerance for Dissent or Merely Promotes Leftist Values
- Does Psychology’s Progressive Ideology Affect Its Undergraduates? A National Test
- Do Gradebooks Lean Left?Relationships between Grades and Ideology in American Higher Education
Bich Tran
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (US)
3 shared publications
- Is cyber like in-person? Relationships between student-student, student-teacher interaction and student achievement in cyber schools
- Choosing cyber during COVID
- Forced choice? Is bullying pushing non-binary students into cyber schools?
Ian Kingsbury
Freedom House (US)
2 shared publications
- Charter School Closing Inequities: Do automatic closure laws target Black charter entrepreneurs and Black students?
- Does testing environment matter for virtual school students?
Tom Clark
2 shared publications
- Choosing cyber during COVID
- Forced choice? Is bullying pushing non-binary students into cyber schools?
David T. Marshall
2 shared publications
- Introduction
- COVID-19 and Schools
Charles L. Glenn
2 shared publications
- International Differences in School Responses to COVID-19
- COVID-19 and Schooling in the U.S.: Disruption, Continuity, Quality, and Equity
Jonathan Wai
Arkansas Department of Education (US)
2 shared publications
- The Notorious SBG: Administrators’ Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading Practices
- Does Psychology’s Progressive Ideology Affect Its Undergraduates? A National Test
Sarah Ruth Morris
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- The Notorious SBG: Administrators’ Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading Practices
- Defiant school choice? Educational freedom, access, and Arkansas’s AP African American studies controversy
Liu Feng
1 shared publication
- Choosing cyber during COVID
T. A. Clark
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Is cyber like in-person? Relationships between student-student, student-teacher interaction and student achievement in cyber schools
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