Cecilia L. Ridgeway
Cecilia L. Ridgeway | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BA)
Cornell University (MA) Cornell University (PhD) |
| Known for | Work on gender and social status |
| Awards | 2005 Cooley-Mead Award and 2009 Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Affective Interaction as a Determinant of Musical Involvement (1972) |
Cecilia L. Ridgeway is an American sociologist and the Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences, emerita in the Sociology Department at Stanford University. 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 American Sociological Association in 2013. She also edited Social Psychology Quarterly from 2001 to 2003. She was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.