Patricia Bromley is an Assistant Professor of International and Comparative Education at Stanford University and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford. She earned her B.A. in General Liberal Arts from the University of British Columbia; M.Sc. in International Studies from Rutgers University; and M.A. in Sociology and M.A. and Ph.D. in International and Comparative Education from Stanford University.
Her research spans a range of fields including organization theory, comparative education, and the sociology of education, covering the substantive topics of minority and human rights, nonprofits/civil society, and globalization.
Representative Publications
Sharkey, Amanda J., and Patricia Bromley. “Can Ratings Have Indirect Effects? Evidence From the Organizational Response to Peers’ Environmental Ratings.” American Sociological Review 80.1 (2015): 63-91.
Brandtner, Christof, Patricia Bromley, and Megan Tompkins-Stange. ““Walk the Line”: How Institutional Influences Constrain Elites.” How Institutions Matter!. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016. 281-309.
Bromley, Patricia. “The Rationalization of Educational Development: Scientific Activity Among International Nongovernmental Organizations.” Comparative Education Review 54.4 (2010): 577-601.