Russell Sage Foundation Status Session

Agenda:

11:45: Lunch available 

12:00:  Introduction: Michèle Lamont  

12:05:  Framing the project: Cecilia Ridgeway (Stanford University)

The Significance of Status: What It Is and How It Shapes Inequality. 

12:15-1:15:  Session 1

Status Lenses: Mapping Hierarchy and Consensus in Status Beliefs

Lauren Valentino (Ohio State University)

The Architecture of Status Hierarchies: Variations in Structure and Why They Matter for Inequality

Michael Sauder (The University of Iowa), Fabien Accominotti (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Freda Lynn (The University of Iowa) 

Status, Symbols, and Politics: A Theory of Symbolic Status Politics

Tali Mendelberg (Princeton) 

Q&A 

1:15: Break

1:30-2:30:  Session 2

Downplaying Themselves, Upholding Men’s Status: Women’s Deference to Men in Wealthy Families

Annette Lareau (University of Pennsylvania)

“But the Fellows Are Simply Diversity Hires!” How Organizational Contexts Influence Status Beliefs

Sandra Portocarrero (Columbia University) ,

James T. Carter (Columbia University) 

Status and Development: How Social Hierarchy Undermines Well-Being

Poulomi Chakrabarti (Queen’s University) 

Q&A

2:30-3:00: Discussion

3:00-3:30: Recap and concluding comments, Cecilia Ridgeway (Stanford Univerisity) and Michèle Lamont(Harvard University) 

Please register to attend via Zoom or sign up by Wednesday, March 29, to attend in person in S153. Fill out the linked Zoom registration for remote attendance and Google form for in-person attendance (remember to note dietary restrictions).