Publications: Journal Articles
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
Beyond the Company Line: Studying Workplace Inequalities Ethnographically
Rivera, Lauren A. 2023. Research in the Sociology of Work 35:183-195. PDF
Glass Floors and Glass Ceilings: Sex Homophily and Heterophily in Job Interviews
Rivera, Lauren A., and Jayanti Owens. 2021. Social Forces 99(4): 1363-1393.
Employer Decision Making
Rivera, Lauren A. 2020. Annual Review of Sociology 46(1): 215-232.
The Cycle of Workplace Bias and How to Interrupt It
Stephens, Nicole, Lauren A. Rivera, and Sarah Townsend, 2020. Research in Organizational Behavior 40: 1-12.
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.
Class Advantage, Commitment Penalty: The Interplay of Social Class and Gender in an Elite Labor Market
Rivera, Lauren A., and András Tilcsik. 2016. American Sociological Review 81: 1097-1131.
American Sociological Association’s Sex & Gender Distinguished Article Prize (2017)
Go with Your Gut: Emotion and Evaluation in Job Interviews
Rivera, Lauren A. 2015. American Journal of Sociology 120: 1339-89.
American Sociological Association’s Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Outstanding Article Prize (2016)
Hiring as Cultural Matching: The Case of Elite Professional Service Firms
Rivera, Lauren A. 2012. American Sociological Review 77: 999-1022.
American Sociological Association’s Geertz Award for the best article in sociology of culture (2013)
American Sociological Association’s Granovetter Award for the best article in economic sociology (2013)
Diversity within Reach: Recruitment versus Hiring in Elite Firms
Rivera, Lauren A. 2012. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 639: 70-89.
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)