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.
Pamela E. Oliver attended Stanford University, from which she graduated in 1971 with a BA in sociology and received highest honors.
In 1977, she obtained a PhD in Sociology from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, with a dissertation titled The Second Exchange System: An Experiment in Coalition Formation.
in the American Sociological Review in 1984 and "Rewards and Punishments as Selective Incentives for Collective Action: Theoretical Investigations."
Her more recent work is concerned with the analysis of racial injustice in the American criminal justice system, a topic she has addressed in more than 100 public presentations, panel discussions, and interviews.