Oral History Interview: Pamela Oliver (1050)

Oral History Interview: Pamela Oliver (1050)

dc.contributor.interviewee	Oliver, Pamela
dc.contributor.interviewer	Lange, Robert
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-05T20:25:16Z
dc.date.available	2013-02-05T20:25:16Z
dc.date.issued	2009-11
dc.description	Abstract: In her three September/November 2009 interviews with Bob Lange, Pamela Oliver talks about her education and career in sociology and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the 1950s to the late 2000s. She chronicles both positive and negative influences that guided her on her path to academia, discussing mentors, her parents, growing up in LA, her personality, and experiences at Stanford, UNC, and Louisville. She also details major currents in her scholarship and teaching in social movements, differential law enforcement, and ethnic studies. She then evaluates a number of personalities and campus units, offering her perspectives on the future of UW. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program. Key Words: Los Angeles CA; race and class; the 1960s; Japanese-American internment; Vietnam protests; Stanford University; sociology; National Organization for Women (NOW); Francesca Cancian; feminism; University of North Carolina (UNC); Gerhard Lenski; Mancur Olson The Logic of Collective Action; James Wiggins; University of Louisville; Resource Mobilization Conference, Vanderbilt University; Gerald Marwell; Jane Allyn Piliavin; American Sociological Review (ASR); University of Wisconsin-Madison; committee service; Daniel Myers; Madison Police Chief Noble Wray; racism; differential law enforcement; teaching and pedagogy; Asian American Studies; spousal hires; merit raises; Gary Sandefur; Charles Hallaby; Donna Shalala.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/64738
dc.subject	Asian American Studies	en
dc.subject	UW-Madison Sociology	en
dc.title	Oral History Interview: Pamela Oliver (1050)	en
dc.type	Recording, oral	en