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)
Achievements
- 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