S. Michael Gaddis

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology

Assistant Professor of Sociology

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  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology

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1.

Discrimination in the Credential Society: An Audit Study of Race and College Selectivity in the Labor Market

Social Forces, 93(4):1451-79.
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2021
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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education, credentials, race, discrimination, inequality, employment, labor markets, higher education, audit study

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An Introduction to Audit Studies in the Social Sciences

Gaddis, S. Michael. 2017. “An Introduction to Audit Studies in the Social Sciences.” In Audit Studies: Behind the Scenes with Theory, Method, and Nuance, edited by S. M. Gaddis, Springer.
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 24 Aug 2017
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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Audit Studies, Correspondence Audits, Discrimination, Field Experiments

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Moving to the City: An Audit Study Examining the Consequences of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination on Residential Segregation

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 May 2015 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2020
S. Michael Gaddis, Nicholas DiRago and Raj Ghoshal
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and Goucher College
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race, discrimination, audit, experiment, residential segregation, craigslist, racial discrimination, inequality, audit study

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How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 27 May 2017
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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Racial Discrimination, Inequality, Names, Audit Studies, Survey Experiments, Field Experiments

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Signaling Class: Two Survey Experiments Examining Social Class Perceptions from Names Used in Racial-Bias Experiments

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2022
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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racial discrimination, social class, names, audit studies, survey experiments, field experiments

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Dynamic Racial Triangulation: Examining the Racial Order Using an Experiment on Discrimination by White Millennials

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 May 2019 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2020
S. Michael Gaddis and Raj Ghoshal
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and Goucher College
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race/ethnicity, inequality, racial order, correspondence audit, discrimination

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3Ms of 3G: Testing Three Mechanisms of Three-Generational Educational Mobility in the U. S.

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 06 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2019
Jonathan Daw, S. Michael Gaddis and Anne Roback Morse
Pennsylvania State University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and Pennsylvania State University
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intergenerational mobility, educational attainment, education, mobility, inequality, grandparents

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Social Capital in the Creation of Cultural Capital, Habitus, and Achievement: Access vs. Mobilization for Low-Income and Racial Minority Adolescents

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Apr 2018
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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social capital, cultural capital, habitus, academic achievement, educational inequality

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Assessing Immigrant Generational Status from Names: Evidence for Experiments Examining Racial/Ethnic and Immigrant Discrimination

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Mar 2019
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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racial/ethnic discrimination, inequality, names, immigration, audit studies, experiments

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Audit Studies of Housing Discrimination in the United States: Established, Emerging, and Future Research

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2021
S. Michael Gaddis and Nicholas DiRago
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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housing, discrimination, race, audit studies, field experiments

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'I Don't Agree with Giving Cash': A Survey Experiment Examining Support for Public Assistance

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Apr 2015
Colin Campbell and S. Michael Gaddis
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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welfare, public assistance, poverty, survey experiment

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Discrimination Against Black and Hispanic Americans is Highest in Hiring and Housing Contexts: A Meta-Analysis of Correspondence Audits

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Jan 2022
S. Michael Gaddis, Edvard Larsen, Charles Crabtree and John Holbein
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Dartmouth College and University of Virginia
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racial/ethnic discrimination, correspondence audit, field experiment, meta-analysis

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Contextualizing Public Stigma: Endorsed Mental Health Treatment Stigma on College and University Campuses

Social Science & Medicine 197, 183-191
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2018
S. Michael Gaddis, Daniel Ramirez and Erik Hernandez
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology and Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology
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Stigma, Mental Health, Higher Education, Institutional Context

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Racial/Ethnic Perceptions from Hispanic Names: Selecting Names to Test for Discrimination

Socius, 3:1-11, 2017
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 May 2017 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2017
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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Names, Audit Studies, Survey Experiments, Field Experiments, Discrimination

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Enhancing Big Data in the Social Sciences with Crowdsourcing: Data Augmentation Practices, Techniques, and Opportunities

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 27 May 2017
Nathaniel Porter, Ashton Verdery and S. Michael Gaddis
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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Big Data, Mechanical Turk, MTurk, Crowdsourcing

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Searching for a Roommate: A Correspondence Audit Examining Racial/Ethnic and Immigrant Discrimination among Millennials

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2021
S. Michael Gaddis and Raj Ghoshal
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and Goucher College
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race/ethnicity, immigration, inequality, correspondence audit, discrimination

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The Transmission of Educational Advantage across Three Generations: Grandparent Effects and Spousal Mediation in the Second Generation

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Dec 2016
S. Michael Gaddis and Jonathan Daw
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and Pennsylvania State University
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Intergenerational Mobility, Educational Attainment, Mobility, Inequality, Grandparents

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Cognitive-Behavioral Disconnect Bias in the Study of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination: A Method to Examine and Measure Respondents’ Alignment of Predicted and Actual Behavior

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Jan 2022
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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race/ethnicity, discrimination, social desirability bias, survey experiment, field experiment, attitudinal fallacy, predicted behavior, social psychology

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Despite Positive Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination is Prevalent Among Millennials

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Mar 2021
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts and the Reproduction of Urban Spatial Inequality: Disparities Within Large U.S. Cities in March and April 2021 by Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Composition

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 19 Nov 2021
Nicholas DiRago, Meiying Li, Thalia Tom, Will Schupmann, Yvonne Carrillo, Colleen M. Carey and S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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COVID-19, disparities, inequality, neighborhood, pandemic, race, socioeconomic, spatial, urban, vaccine

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Understanding the 'How' and 'Why' Aspects of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination: A Multi-Method Approach to Audit Studies

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Jul 2019
S. Michael Gaddis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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race/ethnicity, discrimination, field experiment, survey experiment, correspondence audit

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Can Adolescents Acquire Cultural Capital Through Social Capital Access and Exposure? Longitudinal Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Ties to College-Educated Adults

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
S. Michael Gaddis and Joseph Murphy
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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cultural capital, social capital, educational inequality, socioeconomic status

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Correspondence Audit Studies are Necessary to Understand Discrimination

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 29 Mar 2021
S. Michael Gaddis and Charles Crabtree
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology and Dartmouth College
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audit, audit studies, correspondence audit, discrimination

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Job Characteristics, Job Preferences, and Physical and Mental Health in Later Life

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 5:1-18.
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2021
Jessica Hardie, Jonathan Daw and S. Michael Gaddis
Hunter College, CUNY, Pennsylvania State University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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health, employment, job characteristics, job preferences, mental health, SES

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The Generational Boundaries of Educational Advantage: Does Great-Grandparent Educational Attainment Predict Great-Grandchild Early Academic Achievement?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Apr 2021
Megan Evans, Jonathan Daw and S. Michael Gaddis
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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great-grandparents, education, academic achievement, multigenerational mobility, intergenerational transmission, stratification

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Variations in Endorsed and Perceived Mental Health Treatment Stigma Across U.S. Higher Education Institutions

Stigma and Health, 5(3):323-330.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2021
S. Michael Gaddis, Daniel Ramirez and Erik Hernandez
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology and Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology
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Stigma, Mental Health, Higher Education, College Students, Institutional Context

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Changes in the Amount and Type of Social Science Research on Discrimination: 1950 to 2015

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Dec 2021
Charles Crabtree, S. Michael Gaddis, John Holbein and Edvard Larsen
Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, University of Virginia and University of Oslo
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discrimination, inequality, social science

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Frontiers of Sociological Research on Networks, Work, and Inequality

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Jul 2021
Steve McDonald, S. Michael Gaddis, Lindsey Trimble O'Connor and Lindsay Hamm
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, California State University Channel Islands and Purdue University - Department of Sociology
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networks, employment, inequality, work, social capital

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Changes Over Time in COVID-19 Vaccination Inequalities in Eight Large U.S. Cities

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Jan 2022
S. Michael Gaddis, Colleen M. Carey and Nicholas DiRago
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology, Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Sociology
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COVID-19, disparities, inequality, neighborhood, pandemic, socioeconomic, spatial, urban, vaccine