Publications: Journal Articles
Milestones as Merit: Selecting the Elite in Early Childhood Independent School Admissions
Diaz, Estela, and Lauren A. Rivera, forthcoming. American Sociological Review.
Disparate Impact? Career Disruptions and COVID-19 Impact Statements in Tenure Evaluations
Rivera, Lauren A., Katherine Weisshaar, and András Tilcsik. 2024. Sociological Science 11(23):626-648
Not in My Schoolyard: Disability Discrimination in Educational Access
Rivera, Lauren A., and András Tilcsik, 2023. American Sociological Review 88(2): 284-321.
Honorable Mention, American Sociological Association Coleman Award for the best article in the sociology of education
Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation
Rivera, Lauren A., and András Tilcsik. 2019. American Sociological Review 84: 248-274.
American Sociological Association’s Granovetter Award for the best article in economic sociology (2020)
Runner up for the Academy of Management’s Saroj Parasuraman Award for the mostoutstanding publication on gender and diversity (2020)
When Two Bodies Are (Not) a Problem: Gender and Relationship Status Discrimination in Academic Hiring
Rivera, Lauren A. 2017. American Sociological Review 82: 1111-1138.
Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers’ Use of Educational Credentials
Rivera, Lauren A. 2011. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 29: 71-90.
Runner up for the American Sociological Association’s Coleman Award for the best article in sociology of education (2012)