209:. The theory argues that social differences between people can become treated as bases of status inequality when 1) resource inequality exists between people who differ on a social category (e.g., men and women) and 2) when members of the lower-resource category are less influential in social encounters than members of the high-resource group. When both occur, a person is likely to adopt status beliefs about members of these groups generally. Status beliefs refer to the conceptions of social value (e.g., perceived competence or honor) that are widely held about groups based on status markers such as sex or ethnicity. Ridgeway's work has been used to further research on inequality and the creation/perpetuation of inequality based on ones perceived status within society.
216:, argues that gender is a fundamental social category that people use to relate to one another in social interaction. She argues gender stereotypes are so hard to change (and consequently gender inequality is so stable) because gender stereotypes are so frequently recreated and validated by other people in repeated face-to-face encounters.
205:. Ridgeway's research explored the emergence of social hierarchies through socially valid status symbols and nonverbal dominance cues. Ridgeway's most significant contribution to status research was her creation of and subsequent empirical tests of
588:
155:. She is known for her research on gender and status processes, specifically on how large, societal-level gender and status inequalities are recreated in face-to-face interaction. Ridgeway served as president of the
1370:
581:
1400:
574:
484:
533:
1410:
189:
from 1985 to 1991, acclaimed by her colleagues for her contributions to the social psychology program there. Her current position is at
Stanford University.
240:, received the Outstanding Recent Contribution In Social Psychology Award from the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association.
352:
232:
for her work on gender inequality and her mentorship of younger, female academics. She won the
Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award from the
182:
459:
1415:
1395:
1390:
1385:
299:
Ridgeway, C. L., and
Correll, S. J. (2004) Unpacking the Gender System: A Theoretical Perspective on Gender Beliefs and Social Relations.
1405:
598:
233:
156:
89:
1330:
1380:
224:
Ridgeway received the Cooley-Mead Award from the
American Sociological Association in 2005 for her career contributions to
225:
960:
161:
206:
202:
912:
864:
797:
731:
624:
833:
268:
Ridgeway, C. L. (1991). The Social
Construction of Status Value: Gender and Other Nominal Characteristics.
1375:
678:
174:
52:
1318:
1264:
1246:
1157:
1139:
1073:
948:
930:
894:
773:
648:
630:
618:
984:
869:
485:"Rising to the top: Cecilia Ridgeway's path to the presidency of the American Sociological Association"
386:
Lawler, Edward J. (2006). "Introduction of
Cecilia Ridgeway: Recipient of the 2005 Cooley-Mead Award".
278:
Ridgeway, C. L. (1997). Interaction and the
Conservation of Gender Inequality: Considering Employment.
1020:
566:
1151:
996:
684:
642:
636:
229:
212:
Ridgeway is also known for her work on gender, and how it operates as a source of status. Her book,
1342:
1270:
1175:
1115:
1085:
852:
838:
152:
116:
185:
from 1972 to 1985, attaining the rank of associate professor in 1978. She went on to teach at the
1103:
1061:
1055:
900:
815:
690:
411:
403:
186:
178:
62:
57:
1312:
1258:
1252:
1228:
1163:
1145:
1014:
906:
749:
743:
713:
660:
612:
177:
in 1967. She went on to receive her master's and PhD in sociology and social psychology from
1282:
1193:
1026:
978:
966:
942:
924:
888:
809:
791:
785:
767:
755:
725:
395:
1348:
1276:
1234:
1127:
1008:
1002:
972:
954:
858:
803:
779:
672:
666:
173:
Ridgeway received her bachelor's degree with honors and distinction in sociology from the
41:
561:
328:
151:
and the Lucie Stern
Professor of Social Sciences, Emerita in the Sociology Department at
508:
1294:
1222:
1216:
1169:
1121:
1109:
1097:
1091:
1079:
1038:
936:
918:
761:
737:
696:
654:
1364:
1300:
1187:
990:
827:
415:
198:
78:
1336:
1306:
1181:
821:
719:
1324:
1240:
1067:
846:
17:
399:
1199:
1133:
1032:
148:
106:
407:
283:
273:
197:
Ridgeway's contributions to the field starts with her publications on
123:
74:
446:
Framed by gender: How gender inequality persists in the modern world
256:
Framed by gender: how gender inequality persists in the modern world
238:
Framed by Gender: How Gender
Inequality Persists in the Modern World
214:
Framed by Gender: How Gender
Inequality Persists in the Modern World
570:
129:
Affective Interaction as a Determinant of Musical Involvement
88:
2005 Cooley-Mead Award and 2009 Jessie Bernard Award from the
236:
due to her feminist scholarship in 2008. In 2012, her book,
288:
Ridgeway, C. L. (2014). Why Status Matters for Inequality.
1371:
Presidents of the American Sociological Association
1209:
1048:
881:
706:
605:
296:(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122413515997
122:
112:
102:
84:
69:
48:
36:
29:
181:in 1969 and 1972 respectively. She taught at the
582:
8:
329:"Cecilia Ridgeway | Department of Sociology"
589:
575:
567:
26:
1401:University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty
534:"Social Psychology Past Award Recipients"
313:
7:
381:
379:
377:
375:
373:
323:
321:
319:
317:
284:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2657301
258:. New York: Oxford University Press.
1411:Social Psychology Quarterly editors
274:https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/70.2.367
460:"Cecilia Ridgeway Award Statement"
25:
599:American Sociological Association
538:American Sociological Association
513:Sociologists for Women in Society
464:American Sociological Association
357:American Sociological Association
234:Sociologists for Women in Society
183:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
157:American Sociological Association
90:American Sociological Association
228:In 2009, Ridgeway received the
1:
509:"SWS Feminist Lecturer Award"
290:American Sociological Review
280:American Sociological Review
1416:21st-century American women
1396:Stanford University faculty
1391:People from Edinburg, Texas
1386:American women sociologists
388:Social Psychology Quarterly
162:Social Psychology Quarterly
1432:
448:. Oxford University Press.
431:Status Construction Theory
429:Ridgeway, Cecilia (2007).
400:10.1177/019027250606900101
207:status construction theory
1406:Cornell University alumni
203:expectation states theory
159:in 2013. She also edited
138:
95:
444:Ridgeway, C. L. (2011).
433:. John Wiley & Sons.
254:Ridgeway, C. L. (2011).
865:Leonard S. Cottrell Jr.
798:Robert Morrison MacIver
732:William Fielding Ogburn
625:Franklin Henry Giddings
679:James P. Lichtenberger
333:sociology.stanford.edu
175:University of Michigan
53:University of Michigan
1381:American sociologists
1319:Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
1265:Patricia Hill Collins
1247:Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
1158:Seymour Martin Lipset
1140:William Julius Wilson
1074:Hubert M. Blalock Jr.
931:Robin M. Williams Jr.
895:Dorothy Swaine Thomas
834:Carl Cleveland Taylor
774:Henry Pratt Fairchild
649:George Elliott Howard
631:Albion Woodbury Small
619:William Graham Sumner
562:Stanford Faculty Page
244:Selected bibliography
1152:James Samuel Coleman
997:Arnold Marshall Rose
822:Rupert Bayless Vance
685:Ulysses G. Weatherly
643:George Edgar Vincent
637:Edward Alsworth Ross
301:Gender & Society
230:Jessie Bernard Award
169:Education and career
1289:Cecilia L. Ridgeway
1271:Evelyn Nakano Glenn
1176:Maureen T. Hallinan
1116:Matilda White Riley
1086:William Foote Whyte
853:E. Franklin Frazier
165:from 2001 to 2003.
153:Stanford University
145:Cecilia L. Ridgeway
117:Stanford University
31:Cecilia L. Ridgeway
1331:Christine Williams
1104:James F. Short Jr.
1062:John Milton Yinger
1056:Alfred McClung Lee
949:Robert E. L. Faris
901:Samuel A. Stouffer
816:George A. Lundberg
691:Charles A. Ellwood
597:Presidents of the
353:"Cecilia Ridgeway"
282:, 62(2), 218–235.
272:, 70(2), 367–386.
226:social psychology.
187:University of Iowa
179:Cornell University
63:Cornell University
58:Cornell University
1358:
1357:
1259:Arne L. Kalleberg
1253:Frances Fox Piven
1229:William T. Bielby
1164:William A. Gamson
1146:Stanley Lieberson
1015:William H. Sewell
985:Charles P. Loomis
907:Florian Znaniecki
750:Luther L. Bernard
744:Emory S. Bogardus
714:John Lewis Gillin
661:Frank W. Blackmar
613:Lester Frank Ward
303:, 18(4), 510–531.
142:
141:
97:Scientific career
16:(Redirected from
1423:
1343:Cecilia MenjĂvar
1283:Erik Olin Wright
1194:Alejandro Portes
1027:Mirra Komarovsky
1021:William J. Goode
979:Wilbert E. Moore
967:George C. Homans
943:Howard P. Becker
925:Robert K. Merton
889:Robert C. Angell
873:
842:
810:Dwight Sanderson
792:Edwin Sutherland
786:Frank H. Hankins
768:F. Stuart Chapin
756:Edward B. Reuter
726:John M. Gillette
591:
584:
577:
568:
549:
548:
546:
545:
530:
524:
523:
521:
520:
505:
499:
498:
496:
495:
481:
475:
474:
472:
471:
456:
450:
449:
441:
435:
434:
426:
420:
419:
383:
368:
367:
365:
364:
349:
343:
342:
340:
339:
325:
263:Notable articles
134:
27:
21:
18:Cecilia Ridgeway
1431:
1430:
1426:
1425:
1424:
1422:
1421:
1420:
1361:
1360:
1359:
1354:
1349:Prudence Carter
1277:Randall Collins
1235:Michael Burawoy
1205:
1128:Herbert J. Gans
1044:
1009:Reinhard Bendix
1003:Ralph H. Turner
973:Pitirim Sorokin
955:Paul Lazarsfeld
877:
867:
859:Talcott Parsons
836:
804:Stuart A. Queen
780:Ellsworth Faris
702:
673:Edward C. Hayes
667:James Q. Dealey
601:
595:
558:
553:
552:
543:
541:
532:
531:
527:
518:
516:
507:
506:
502:
493:
491:
483:
482:
478:
469:
467:
458:
457:
453:
443:
442:
438:
428:
427:
423:
385:
384:
371:
362:
360:
351:
350:
346:
337:
335:
327:
326:
315:
310:
265:
251:
246:
222:
195:
171:
147:is an American
132:
49:Alma mater
44:
42:Edinburg, Texas
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1429:
1427:
1419:
1418:
1413:
1408:
1403:
1398:
1393:
1388:
1383:
1378:
1373:
1363:
1362:
1356:
1355:
1353:
1352:
1346:
1340:
1334:
1328:
1322:
1316:
1313:Michèle Lamont
1310:
1304:
1298:
1295:Annette Lareau
1292:
1286:
1280:
1274:
1268:
1262:
1256:
1250:
1244:
1238:
1232:
1226:
1223:Barbara Reskin
1220:
1217:Douglas Massey
1213:
1211:
1207:
1206:
1204:
1203:
1197:
1191:
1185:
1179:
1173:
1170:Amitai Etzioni
1167:
1161:
1155:
1149:
1143:
1137:
1131:
1125:
1122:Melvin L. Kohn
1119:
1113:
1110:Kai T. Erikson
1107:
1101:
1098:Alice S. Rossi
1095:
1092:Erving Goffman
1089:
1083:
1080:Peter H. Rossi
1077:
1071:
1065:
1059:
1052:
1050:
1046:
1045:
1043:
1042:
1039:Lewis A. Coser
1036:
1030:
1024:
1018:
1012:
1006:
1000:
994:
988:
982:
976:
970:
964:
961:Everett Hughes
958:
952:
946:
940:
937:Kingsley Davis
934:
928:
922:
919:Herbert Blumer
916:
910:
904:
898:
892:
885:
883:
879:
878:
876:
875:
862:
856:
850:
844:
831:
825:
819:
813:
807:
801:
795:
789:
783:
777:
771:
765:
762:Ernest Burgess
759:
753:
747:
741:
738:Howard W. Odum
735:
729:
723:
717:
710:
708:
704:
703:
701:
700:
697:Robert E. Park
694:
688:
682:
676:
670:
664:
658:
655:Charles Cooley
652:
646:
640:
634:
628:
622:
616:
609:
607:
603:
602:
596:
594:
593:
586:
579:
571:
565:
564:
557:
556:External links
554:
551:
550:
525:
500:
489:Stanford Daily
476:
451:
436:
421:
369:
344:
312:
311:
309:
306:
305:
304:
297:
286:
276:
264:
261:
260:
259:
250:
247:
245:
242:
221:
218:
194:
191:
170:
167:
140:
139:
136:
135:
126:
120:
119:
114:
110:
109:
104:
100:
99:
93:
92:
86:
82:
81:
71:
70:Known for
67:
66:
50:
46:
45:
40:
38:
34:
33:
30:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1428:
1417:
1414:
1412:
1409:
1407:
1404:
1402:
1399:
1397:
1394:
1392:
1389:
1387:
1384:
1382:
1379:
1377:
1376:Living people
1374:
1372:
1369:
1368:
1366:
1350:
1347:
1344:
1341:
1338:
1335:
1332:
1329:
1326:
1323:
1320:
1317:
1314:
1311:
1308:
1305:
1302:
1301:Paula England
1299:
1296:
1293:
1290:
1287:
1284:
1281:
1278:
1275:
1272:
1269:
1266:
1263:
1260:
1257:
1254:
1251:
1248:
1245:
1242:
1239:
1236:
1233:
1230:
1227:
1224:
1221:
1218:
1215:
1214:
1212:
1208:
1201:
1198:
1195:
1192:
1189:
1188:Jill Quadagno
1186:
1183:
1180:
1177:
1174:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1162:
1159:
1156:
1153:
1150:
1147:
1144:
1141:
1138:
1135:
1132:
1129:
1126:
1123:
1120:
1117:
1114:
1111:
1108:
1105:
1102:
1099:
1096:
1093:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1081:
1078:
1075:
1072:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1060:
1057:
1054:
1053:
1051:
1047:
1040:
1037:
1034:
1031:
1028:
1025:
1022:
1019:
1016:
1013:
1010:
1007:
1004:
1001:
998:
995:
992:
991:Philip Hauser
989:
986:
983:
980:
977:
974:
971:
968:
965:
962:
959:
956:
953:
950:
947:
944:
941:
938:
935:
932:
929:
926:
923:
920:
917:
914:
911:
908:
905:
902:
899:
896:
893:
890:
887:
886:
884:
880:
871:
866:
863:
860:
857:
854:
851:
848:
845:
840:
835:
832:
829:
828:Kimball Young
826:
823:
820:
817:
814:
811:
808:
805:
802:
799:
796:
793:
790:
787:
784:
781:
778:
775:
772:
769:
766:
763:
760:
757:
754:
751:
748:
745:
742:
739:
736:
733:
730:
727:
724:
721:
718:
715:
712:
711:
709:
705:
698:
695:
692:
689:
686:
683:
680:
677:
674:
671:
668:
665:
662:
659:
656:
653:
650:
647:
644:
641:
638:
635:
632:
629:
626:
623:
620:
617:
614:
611:
610:
608:
604:
600:
592:
587:
585:
580:
578:
573:
572:
569:
563:
560:
559:
555:
539:
535:
529:
526:
514:
510:
504:
501:
490:
486:
480:
477:
465:
461:
455:
452:
447:
440:
437:
432:
425:
422:
417:
413:
409:
405:
401:
397:
393:
389:
382:
380:
378:
376:
374:
370:
358:
354:
348:
345:
334:
330:
324:
322:
320:
318:
314:
307:
302:
298:
295:
291:
287:
285:
281:
277:
275:
271:
270:Social Forces
267:
266:
262:
257:
253:
252:
249:Notable books
248:
243:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
219:
217:
215:
210:
208:
204:
200:
193:Contributions
192:
190:
188:
184:
180:
176:
168:
166:
164:
163:
158:
154:
150:
146:
137:
130:
127:
125:
121:
118:
115:
111:
108:
105:
101:
98:
94:
91:
87:
83:
80:
79:social status
76:
72:
68:
64:
61:
59:
54:
51:
47:
43:
39:
35:
28:
19:
1337:Aldon Morris
1307:Ruth Milkman
1288:
1210:2001–present
1182:Neil Smelser
913:Donald Young
720:W. I. Thomas
542:. Retrieved
540:. 2010-10-26
537:
528:
517:. Retrieved
515:. 2018-02-13
512:
503:
492:. Retrieved
488:
479:
468:. Retrieved
466:. 2010-09-22
463:
454:
445:
439:
430:
424:
391:
387:
361:. Retrieved
359:. 2012-11-09
356:
347:
336:. Retrieved
332:
300:
293:
289:
279:
269:
255:
237:
223:
213:
211:
196:
172:
160:
144:
143:
128:
113:Institutions
96:
56:
1325:Mary Romero
1241:Troy Duster
1068:Amos Hawley
868: [
847:Louis Wirth
837: [
639:(1914–1915)
633:(1912–1913)
627:(1910–1911)
621:(1908–1909)
615:(1906–1907)
149:sociologist
1365:Categories
1200:Joe Feagin
1134:Joan Huber
1033:Peter Blau
544:2018-04-26
519:2018-05-01
494:2018-05-01
470:2018-04-09
394:(1): 1–4.
363:2018-02-14
338:2018-02-14
308:References
1049:1976–2000
882:1951–1975
707:1926–1950
606:1906–1925
416:144609717
107:Sociology
408:20141724
73:Work on
1351:(2023)
1345:(2022)
1339:(2021)
1333:(2020)
1327:(2019)
1321:(2018)
1315:(2017)
1309:(2016)
1303:(2015)
1297:(2014)
1291:(2013)
1285:(2012)
1279:(2011)
1273:(2010)
1267:(2009)
1261:(2008)
1255:(2007)
1249:(2006)
1243:(2005)
1237:(2004)
1231:(2003)
1225:(2002)
1219:(2001)
1202:(2000)
1196:(1999)
1190:(1998)
1184:(1997)
1178:(1996)
1172:(1995)
1166:(1994)
1160:(1993)
1154:(1992)
1148:(1991)
1142:(1990)
1136:(1989)
1130:(1988)
1124:(1987)
1118:(1986)
1112:(1985)
1106:(1984)
1100:(1983)
1094:(1982)
1088:(1981)
1082:(1980)
1076:(1979)
1070:(1978)
1064:(1977)
1058:(1976)
1041:(1975)
1035:(1974)
1029:(1973)
1023:(1972)
1017:(1971)
1011:(1970)
1005:(1969)
999:(1969)
993:(1968)
987:(1967)
981:(1966)
975:(1965)
969:(1964)
963:(1963)
957:(1962)
951:(1961)
945:(1960)
939:(1959)
933:(1958)
927:(1957)
921:(1956)
915:(1955)
909:(1954)
903:(1953)
897:(1952)
891:(1951)
874:(1950)
861:(1949)
855:(1948)
849:(1947)
843:(1946)
830:(1945)
824:(1944)
818:(1943)
812:(1942)
806:(1941)
800:(1940)
794:(1939)
788:(1938)
782:(1937)
776:(1936)
770:(1935)
764:(1934)
758:(1933)
752:(1932)
746:(1931)
740:(1930)
734:(1929)
728:(1928)
722:(1927)
716:(1926)
699:(1925)
693:(1924)
687:(1923)
681:(1922)
675:(1921)
669:(1920)
663:(1919)
657:(1918)
651:(1917)
645:(1916)
414:
406:
220:Awards
199:status
133:(1972)
131:
124:Thesis
103:Fields
85:Awards
75:gender
872:]
841:]
412:S2CID
404:JSTOR
65:(PhD)
60:(MA)
55:(BA)
201:and
77:and
37:Born
396:doi
1367::
870:de
839:de
536:.
511:.
487:.
462:.
410:.
402:.
392:69
390:.
372:^
355:.
331:.
316:^
294:79
292:,
590:e
583:t
576:v
547:.
522:.
497:.
473:.
418:.
398::
366:.
341:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.