2026 Lawrence D. Bobo: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	37	6039	5612	2874	2623	104	21240

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Lawrence D. Bobo is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the Social Sciences, focusing on several interconnected subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, as well as Law.

Their research encompasses a range of topics related to law and society, identity, and social dynamics. Key areas of study include Law, Rights, and Freedoms, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Law in Society and Culture, Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research, Social and Intergroup Psychology, and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research.

Recent publications highlight their ongoing contributions to these fields. They include the following papers:

"Unfair by Design: The War on Drugs, Race, and the Legitimacy of the Criminal Justice System" (2024) published in Social research
"New Bridges to Build: A Note on the Social Psychology of Race, Racism, and Discrimination" (2023) published in Social Psychology Quarterly
"AAPOR Awards for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement" (2021) published in Public Opinion Quarterly

Bobo has also authored book work, with "Deadly Injustice" published by New York University Press eBooks in 2020.

Collaborations with fellow researchers form a notable aspect of their scholarship. Frequent coauthors include:

Evelyn Higginbotham
Victor Thompson
Devon Johnson
Amy Farrell
Patricia Y. Warren

Their work has appeared across multiple academic venues, with repeated publications in:

Social research
Social Psychology Quarterly
Public Opinion Quarterly

Lawrence D. Bobo has received recognition through several fellowships and honors:

Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2017)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)
Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2007)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)

Best Publications

Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations

Howard Schuman;Charlotte G. Steeh;Lawrence Bobo

3636
Citations
Perceptions of racial group competition: Extending Blumer's theory of group position to a multiracial social context

Lawrence Bobo;Vincent L. Hutchings

2158
Citations
RACE, SOCIOPOLITICAL PARTICIPATION, AND BLACK EMPOWERMENT

Lawrence Bobo;Franklin D. Gilliam

1557
Citations
Whites' opposition to busing: Symbolic racism or realistic group conflict?

Lawrence Bobo

1338
Citations
Opposition to race-targeting: Self-interest, stratification ideology, or racial attitudes?

Lawrence Bobo;James R. Kluegel

1230
Citations
Prejudice as Group Position: Microfoundations of a Sociological Approach to Racism and Race Relations

Lawrence D. Bobo

1222
Citations
Group Conflict, Prejudice, and the Paradox of Contemporary Racial Attitudes

Lawrence Bobo

922
Citations
EDUCATION AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE TESTING THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE SOPHISTICATION AND TARGET GROUP AFFECT

Lawrence Bobo;Frederick C. Licari

902
Citations
Racism, conservatism, affirmative action, and intellectual sophistication : A matter of principled conservatism or group dominance ?

Jim Sidanius;Felicia Pratto;Lawrence Bobo

871
Citations
Attitudes on Residential Integration: Perceived Status Differences, Mere In-Group Preference, or Racial Prejudice?

Lawrence Bobo;Camille L. Zubrinsky

827
Citations
Social Dominance Orientation and the Political Psychology of Gender: A Case of Invariance?

Jim Sidanius;Felicia Pratto;Lawrence Bobo

625
Citations
Racialized politics : the debate about racism in America

David O. Sears;Jim Sidanius;Lawrence Bobo

536
Citations
A TASTE FOR PUNISHMENT: Black and White Americans' Views on the Death Penalty and the War on Drugs

Lawrence D. Bobo;Devon Johnson

418
Citations
Dimensions of Tolerance: What Americans Believe about Civil Liberties.

Lawrence Bobo;Herbert McClosky;Alida Brill

365
Citations
Unfair by Design: The War on Drugs, Race, and the Legitimacy of the Criminal Justice System

Lawrence D. Bobo;Victor Thompson

365
Citations
Prismatic Metropolis: Race and Residential Segregation in the City of the Angels

Camille L. Zubrinsky;Lawrence Bobo

313
Citations
The Real Record on Racial Attitudes

Lawrence D. Bobo;Camille Z. Charles;Maria Krysan;Alicia D. Simmons

276
Citations
Race, Racism, and Discrimination: Bridging Problems, Methods, and Theory in Social Psychological Research

Lawrence D. Bobo;Cybelle Fox

273
Citations
Racial attitudes in America: Trends and interpretations, Rev. ed.

Howard Schuman;Charlotte Steeh;Lawrence Bobo;Maria Krysan

245
Citations
Urban Inequality: Evidence From Four Cities

Alice O'Connor;Chris Tilly;Lawrence D. Bobo

213
Citations
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES Racism, Conservatism, Affirmative Action, and Intellectual Sophistication: A Matter of Principled Conservatism or Group Dominance?

Jim Sidanius;Felicia Pratto;Lawrence Bobo

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Schuman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jim Sidanius Harvard University

Felicia Pratto University of Connecticut

Reynolds Farley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Claude M. Steele Stanford University

G. William Domhoff University of California, Santa Cruz

Seymour Sudman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

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