Publications: Journal Articles

Spoon, Katie, Joanna Mendy, Maria Martinez, Mirta Galesic, Daniel Larremore, Aaron Clauset, and Lauren A. Rivera. Forthcoming. PNAS Nexus.

Rivera, Lauren A. Forthcoming. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Sølvberg, Lisa M.B., and Lauren A Rivera. 2025. British Journal of Sociology 76(3): 590-604.

Diaz, Estela, and Lauren A. Rivera. 2025. American Sociological Review 90(3): 455-492.

• American Sociological Association Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Devah Pager Outstanding Article Award

• American Sociological Association Social Psychology Outstanding Recent Contribution Award

• Sociology of Education Association Best Paper Award

Rivera, Lauren A., Katherine Weisshaar, and András Tilcsik. 2024. Sociological Science 11(23): 626-648

Rivera, Lauren A. 2023. Research in the Sociology of Work 35:183-195. PDF

Rivera, Lauren A., and András Tilcsik, 2023. American Sociological Review 88(2): 284-321.

• American Sociological Association Sociology of Disability in Society Outstanding Publication Award

• Honorable Mention, American Sociological Association Coleman Award for the best article in the sociology of education

Rivera, Lauren A., and Jayanti Owens. 2021. Social Forces 99(4): 1363-1393.

Rivera, Lauren A. 2020. Annual Review of Sociology 46(1): 215-232.

Stephens, Nicole, Lauren A. Rivera, and Sarah Townsend, 2020. Research in Organizational Behavior 40: 1-12.

Rivera, Lauren A., and András Tilcsik. 2019. American Sociological Review 84: 248-274.

• American Sociological Association’s Granovetter Award for the best article in economic sociology

• Runner up for the Academy of Management’s Saroj Parasuraman Award for the most outstanding publication on gender and diversity

Rivera, Lauren A. 2017. American Sociological Review 82: 1111-1138.

Rivera, Lauren A., and András Tilcsik. 2016. American Sociological Review 81: 1097-1131.

• American Sociological Association’s Sex & Gender Distinguished Article Prize

Rivera, Lauren A. 2015. American Journal of Sociology 120: 1339-89.

• American Sociological Association’s Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Outstanding Article Prize

Rivera, Lauren A. 2012. American Sociological Review 77: 999-1022.

• American Sociological Association’s Geertz Award for the best article in sociology of culture

• American Sociological Association’s Granovetter Award for the best article in economic sociology

Rivera, Lauren A. 2012. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 639: 70-89.

Rivera, Lauren A. 2011. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 29: 71-90.

• Runner up for the American Sociological Association’s Coleman Award for the best article in sociology of education

Rivera, Lauren A. 2010. Qualitative Sociology 33: 229-55.

Rivera, Lauren A. 2008. American Sociological Review 73: 613-634.

• American Sociological Association’s best graduate student article award in political sociology