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 2018
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
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Introduction
Headworth, S. & Nelson, R. L., Jan 1 2016, Diversity in Practice: Race, Gender, and Class in Legal and Professional Careers. Cambridge University Press, p. 1-34 34 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
profession
Law
discrimination
inclusion
people of color
Racial disparities in legal representation for employment discrimination plaintiffs
Myrick, A., Nelson, R. L. & Nielsen, L. B., Apr 26 2016, Beyond Elite Law: Access to Civil Justice in America. Cambridge University Press, p. 107-122 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
discrimination