Pamela Oliver

Expert on collective action, social movements, news coverage of protests, and racial disparities in criminal justice

Professor Emerita of Sociology College of Letters and Science Work: 608-262-6829 pamela.oliver@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @PamOliver1180

Topics

Theory and research on social movements, protests and demonstrations, riots and related phenomena; emphasis on U.S. with some knowledge of global movements
Media (old and new) and social movements; news coverage of Madison protests in 1990s
Interactions between police and protesters; repression of protest and movements
Racial disparities in criminal justice with emphasis on Wisconsin
Dynamics of crowds and riots
Civil rights movement, ethnic-racial movements & conflict in U.S. (including Asian, Latino, American Indian & African American movements)

Member, Governor's Commission to Reduce Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice
Member, Dane County Task Force on Racial Disparities
Member, Dane County Advisory Board on Disproportionate Minority Contact (Juveniles)
John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Social Movements