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Cecilia L. Ridgeway

Cecilia L. Ridgeway

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Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
27141
World Ranking
4284
National Ranking
2383

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Jessie Bernard Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

Cecilia L. Ridgeway is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the social sciences, with significant work conducted in sociology and political science as well as gender studies. They have a particular emphasis on topics related to gender diversity and inequality.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Documenting the Routine Burden of Devalued Difference in the Professional Workplace," 2022, Gender & Society
  • "The Significance of Status: What It Is and How It Shapes Inequality," 2022, RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • "Sociology and Psychology," 2022, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology
  • "Diversifying Gender Categories and the Sex/Gender System," 2024, Annual Review of Sociology
  • "The Significance of Status: What It Is and How It Shapes Inequality," 2022, RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Ridgeway's work include:

  • Hazel Rose Markus
  • Rachel Korn
  • Joan C. Williams
  • Aliya Saperstein

Their publications are often found in these venues:

  • RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Gender & Society
  • Annual Review of Sociology
  • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology

The main fields of study for Ridgeway are within the social sciences, with specific subfields including sociology and political science, gender studies, social psychology, language and linguistics, and general health professions. Their work encompasses a range of topics such as:

  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Emotional Labor in Professions
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

They have been recognized with awards including the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association in 2009 and election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science the same year.

Best Publications

  • Unpacking the Gender System A Theoretical Perspective on Gender Beliefs and Social Relations

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Shelley J. Correll

  • Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Gender, Status, and Leadership

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Framed by Gender

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Interaction and the Conservation of Gender Inequality: Considering Employment

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Legitimacy as a Social Process

    Cathryn Johnson;Timothy J. Dowd;Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • THE GENDER SYSTEM AND INTERACTION

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Lynn Smith-Lovin

  • Why Status Matters for Inequality

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • The Social Construction of Status Value: Gender and Other Nominal Characteristics

    Cecilia Ridgeway

  • Framed Before We Know It: How Gender Shapes Social Relations

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Expectation states theory.

    Shelley J. Correll;Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Expectations, legitimation, and dominance behavior in task groups.

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Joseph Berger

  • Motherhood as a Status Characteristic

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Shelley J. Correll

  • The legitimation and delegitimation of power and prestige orders.

    Joseph Berger;Cecelia L. Ridgeway;M. Hamit Fisek;Robert Z. Norman

  • Status in Groups: The Importance of Motivation.

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • How do status beliefs develop ? The role of resources and interactional experience*

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Elizabeth Heger Boyle;Kathy J. Kuipers;Dawn T. Robinson

  • Consensus and the Creation of Status Beliefs

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Shelley Joyce Correll

  • Creating and spreading status beliefs.

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Kristan Glasgow Erickson

  • Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group Processes

    Michael A. Hogg;R. Scott Tindale

  • Nonverbal behavior, dominance, and the basis of status in task groups.

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway

  • Nonverbal Cues and Status: An Expectation States Approach

    Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Joseph Berger;LeRoy Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Hogg
Michael A. Hogg Claremont Graduate University
Robb Willer
Robb Willer Stanford University
Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood University of Southern California
Nilanjana Dasgupta
Nilanjana Dasgupta University of Massachusetts Amherst

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