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William Bielby, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois - Chicago

Email: wbielby@uic.edu
Full CV

Education:

1970  B.S. Electrical Engineering (High Honors), University of Illinois--Urbana.

1972  M.A. Social Sciences (Economics), University of Illinois--Urbana.

1976  Ph.D. Sociology, University of Wisconsin.

Research:

  • Quantitative Methods
  • Organizations
  • Media & Popular Culture
  • Labor Markets & Discrimination
  • Social Stratification
  • Gender & Race

Selected Publications:

2005 William T. Bielby
"Betty Dukes, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Expert Report." In Robert L. Nelson and Laura Beth Neilsen (eds.), Handbook on Employment Discrimination Research: Rights and Realities. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Press 2005, forthcoming,

2005 Arleen Leibowitz, William T. Bielby, Jonathan S. Leonard, Patricia A. Roos, J.H. (Rip) Verkerke, and John E. Rolph
Analyzing Information on Women-Owned Small Business in Federal Contracting. (Report of Steering Committee for the Workshop on Women-Owned Small Business in Federal Contracting.) Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

2004 William T. Bielby
"Rock in a Hard Place: Grass-Roots Cultural Production in the Post-Elvis Era." American Sociological Review, Vol. 69, No. 1: 1-13.

2004 William T. Bielby
"Social Science Accounts of the Maternal Wall: Applications in Litigation Contexts." Thomas Jefferson Law Review, Vol. 26: 15-26, Fall 2003.

2004 Denise D. Bielby and William T. Bielby
"Audience Aesthetics and Popular Culture." Pp. 295-317 in Roger Friedland and John Mohr (eds.), Matters of Culture: Cultural Sociology in Practice. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

2003 William T. Bielby
"Can I Get A Witness? Challenges of Using Expert Testimony on Cognitive Bias in Employment Discrimination Litigation." Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2: 377-400, Symposium Issue on "Litigating the Glass Ceiling and the Maternal Wall: Using Stereotyping and Cognitive Bias Evidence to Prove Gender Discrimination."

 

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