A former high school social studies teacher, Dr. Rubin conducts ethnographic research on issues at the intersection of classroom life and social inequality. Her current work focuses on detracking in the classrooms of diverse schools and students' constructions of civic identity. Recent publications include "There's still not justice": Youth civic identity development amid distinct school and community contexts, Teachers College Record (2007), Unpacking detracking: When progressive pedagogy meets students' social worlds, American Educational Research Journal (2003), and Critical voices in school reform: Students living through change (2003, RoutledgeFalmer), with Elena Silva.