Preliminary Thesis Defense by Ksenia Tenisheva

On the 21st of October 2016, at the meeting of the Department of Sociology, St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ksenia Tenisheva held her preliminary Ph.D. Thesis defense.

In her dissertation, Ksenia has analyzed the effects of various aspects of the social context on academic performance and strategies of students: how the success of students is associated with academic aspirations of their friends, social status of their parents, school environment, extracurricular activities and their ethnic status. This research is based on the data collected at several group projects conducted by SESL, which helped her to study the problem in great detail.

Congratulations to Ksenia with her successful preliminary thesis defense!