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Cecilia L. Ridgeway
Born
Edinburg, Texas
Alma materCornell University
Known forWork on gender and social stratification
Awards2005 Cooley-Mead Award and 2009 Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsStanford University
Thesis Affective Interaction as a Determinant of Musical Involvement  (1972)

Celia R. Ridgeway is an American sociologist and the Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences in the Sociology Department at Stanford University.[1] Ridgeway served as president of the American Sociological Association in 2013.[2]

Education and Career

Ridgeway received her Bachelor's degree with Honors and distinction in Sociology from the University of Michigan in 1967.[1] She went on to receive her Master's and PhD in Sociology and Social Psychology from Cornell University in 1969 and 1972 respectively.[1] She taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1972-1985, attaining the rank of associate professor in 1978. She went on to teach at the University of Iowa from 1985-1991, and was instrumental in the development of their social psychology department.[3] Her current position is at Stanford University.[1]

Sociological Contributions

Ridgeway's contributions to the field starts with her publications on status and status theory.[3] Ridgeway has written on nonverbal dominance cues and expectation states theory, looking at how both connect to and can be viewed through a status theory lens. Ridgeway is also known for her work on gender, and how it is a social status category. Her book, Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World, covers what gender inequality means in a modern context, how it is persisting in our society, and possible ways to change these inequalities.[4]

Ridgeway's most significant contribution to the field of study has been her creation of and work on status construction theory[3]. She published her work on this theory in 2007.[5] Status construction theory looks at one set of processes by which status beliefs are created and shared within society.[5] Status beliefs refers to the conceptions that are widely held about groups based on status markers such as sex or ethnicity.

Quotes

“We were not going to understand gender inequality or [other inequalities] unless we understood the interpersonal processes that mediated and enacted institutional structures and larger patterns of inequality.”[6]

“No set of questions is more fundamental to sociology than those about inequality—what is it, why is it, how does it come about, and what can we do to change it.”[6]

Awards

Ridgeway received the Cooley-Mead Award from the American Sociological Association in 2005 for her career contributions to social psychology.[3] In 2009, Ridgeway received the Jessie Bernard Award for her work on gender inequality and her mentorship of younger, female academics.[7]

Selected Bibliography

Notable books

  • Ridgeway, C. L. (2007). Status construction theory. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Ridgeway, C. L. (2011). Framed by gender: how gender inequality persists in the modern world. New York: Oxford University Press.

Notable articles

  • Ridgeway, C. L. (2014). Why Status Matters for Inequality. American Sociological Review, 79(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122413515997

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cecilia Ridgeway | Department of Sociology". sociology.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. ^ "Cecilia Ridgeway". American Sociological Association. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  3. ^ a b c d Lawler, Edward J. (2006). "Introduction of Cecilia Ridgeway: Recipient of the 2005 Cooley-Mead Award". Social Psychology Quarterly. 69 (1): 1–4.
  4. ^ Ridgeway, C. L. (2011). Framed by gender: How gender inequality persists in the modern world. Oxford University Press.
  5. ^ a b Ridgeway, Cecilia (2007). Status Construction Theory. John Wiley & Sons.
  6. ^ a b "Cecilia Ridgeway". American Sociological Association. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  7. ^ "Cecilia Ridgeway Award Statement". American Sociological Association. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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