Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Sociology of Law, Professions, Inequality.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Northwestern University
… → 1983
JD, Northwestern University
… → 1979
Sociology, MA, Northwestern University
… → 1976
Sociology, BA, Northwestern University
… → 1974
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Grants 2004 2007
- 1 Finished
The Changing Dynamics of Employment Discrimination Litigation 1988-2003
Searle Fund for Policy Research
6/1/04 → 7/1/07
Project: Research project
Research Output 1979 2019
Perceiving Discrimination: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in the Legal Workplace
Nelson, R. L., Sendroiu, I., Dinovitzer, R. & Dawe, M., Nov 1 2019, In : Law and Social Inquiry. 44, 4, p. 1051-1082 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
sexual orientation
discrimination
work organization
workplace
lawyer
Slow or spectacular death: Reconsidering the legal history of blockade and submarines in world war i
Nelson, R. L. & Waters, C., Jan 1 2019, In : University of Toronto Law Journal. 69, 4, p. 473-496 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
World War
death
international law
Law
history
Economic and sociological approaches to gender inequality in pay
Bridges, W. P. & Nelson, R. L., Jan 1 2018, The Sociology of Economic Life, Third Edition. Taylor and Francis, p. 173-197 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
gender
market
economics
affirmative action
hiring
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Triangles, networks, and hollow cores: The complex geometry of Washington interest representation
Salisbury, R. H., Heinz, J. P., Nelson, R. L. & Laumann, E. O., Jan 1 2018, The Politics of Interests: Interest Groups Transformed. Taylor and Francis, p. 130-149 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
representation of interests
mathematics
interest group
textbook
public policy
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Diversity in practice: Race, gender, and class in legal and professional careers
Headworth, S., Nelson, R. L., Dinovitzer, R. & Wilkins, D. B., Jan 1 2016, Cambridge University Press. 439 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
professional career
gender
commitment
people of color
upper class