Current Sociology PhD Students

Sociology: sociology of education, language in society, literacy, restorative justice

Isabella Burns is a doctoral student in sociology at George Mason University and a graduate teaching assistant.

Her studies focus on educational equity, violence in education institutions, and restorative justice. Her research emphasizes understanding and addressing the systemic inequalities in public education and enacting policy changes to create more equitable learning environments for all students.

Her recent contributions include running a workshop on the benefits of translingual writing instruction for ESL students at ODU's 45th Annual Spring Conference on the Teaching of Writing and working as a member of the Sociological Forum Pedagogy Committee, where she helps curate pedagogical materials into modules for educators to apply SF scholarship to classroom teaching and discussion.

Before beginning the Ph.D. program, she spent two years as an early intervention literacy instructor.