Comparative Inequality and Inclusion Cluster Seminar (Zoom)

"Comparative Inequality and Inclusion Cluster: Status Session"

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12:00-12:15 | Introductory Remarks and Framing the Project

• Michèle Lamont, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.
• Cecilia Ridgeway, Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University.
  "The Significance of Status: What It Is and How It Shapes Inequality"

12:15-1:15 | Session 1

• Lauren Valentino, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University.
  "Status Lenses: Mapping Hierarchy and Consensus in Status Beliefs"
• Michael Sauder, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Iowa.
  Fabien Accominotti, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  Freda Lynn, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Iowa.
  "The Architecture of Status Hierarchies: Variations in Structure and Why They Matter for Inequality"
• Tali Mendelberg, John Work Garrett Professor of Politics, Department of Politics, Princeton University.
  "Status, Symbols, and Politics: A Theory of Symbolic Status Politics"

1:30-2:30 | Session 2

• Annette Lareau, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania.
  "Downplaying Themselves, Upholding Men’s Status: Women’s Deference to Men in Wealthy Families"
• Sandra Portocarrero, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Management Division, Columbia Business School.
  James T. Carter, PhD Candidate in Management, Columbia Business School.
  "'But the Fellows Are Simply Diversity Hires!' How Organizational Contexts Influence Status Beliefs"
• Poulomi Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University.
  "Status and Development: How Social Hierarchy Undermines Well-Being"

2:30-3:00 | Discussion

3:00-3:30 | Concluding Comments

• Michèle Lamont, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.
• Cecilia Ridgeway, Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University.

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Max Calleo
mcalleo@wcfia.harvard.edu

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