Pamela E. Oliver

Pamela E. Oliver
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (PhD), Stanford University (BA)
Known forStudies of critical mass, analysis of racial injustice
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis The Second Exchange System: An Experiment in Coalition Formation  (1977)

Pamela E. Oliver is an American sociologist most well known for her contributions to theories of social action and her studies of racial injustice in the legal system. She is a Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.