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Pamela E. Oliver is an American sociologist most well-known for her contributions to theories of social action and her studies of racial injustice in the legal system. She is a Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison .
1960 or 1961 (age 62–63) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Alma mater. Florida A&M University. Years active. 1985–present. Pam Oliver (born 1960 or 1961) [1] is an American sportscaster known for her work on the sidelines for various National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL) games.
Feel free to email her at pamela.oliver@wisc.edu. She has an NSF-funded research project that is compiling unique data on Black protests in the 1990s and 2000s. Her research has two main branches: collective action and social movements, and racial disparities in criminal justice.
SHORT VERSION (combines social movements and criminal justice) Pamela Oliver is professor emerita of sociology at the University of Wisconsin. She served as the chair of the Department of Sociology twice and was a member of the Asian American Studies Faculty Advisory Committee for many years.
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BA, 1971, Sociology, Stanford MA, 1972, Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PhD, 1977, Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Political Sociology, Race and Ethnic Studies, Social Movements and Collective Behavior, Deviance, Law, and Social Control
Soc 181 Honors Introduction: The Sociological Imagination Soc 220 Ethnic Movements in the US Soc 357 Methods of Sociological Inquiry Soc 913 Seminar in Social Change: Social Movements Soc 924Seminar in Political Sociology: Social Movements
Oliver, Pamela E. “The Ethnic Dimensions in Social Movements.”Mobilization: An International Quarterly. Volume 22, Issue 4 (December 2017) pages 395-416 Oliver, Pamela E. 2011. “Data to Bring Justice: Addressing Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.” In Public Sociology: Research Action and Change, edited by Philip Nyden, Leslie Hossfelt, and...
891. 1988. Rewards and punishments as selective incentives for collective action: theoretical investigations. P Oliver. American journal of sociology 85 (6), 1356-1375. , 1980. 850. 1980. How events enter the public sphere: Conflict, location, and sponsorship in local newspaper coverage of public events.
1.63K Posts, 1.73K Following, 1.66K Followers · Professor Emerita of Sociology, U of Wisconsin Madison she/her (they/them ok too) I study #SocialMovements, especially US Black movement in the 1990s and 2000s. I also research & advocate on racial disparities in the criminal legal system.
