These are select articles that serve as useful assigned readings for graduate courses or for those just getting introduced to the theory.
Cohen, E. G., & Lotan, R. A. (1995). Producing equal-status interaction in the heterogeneous classroom. American Educational Research Journal, 32(1), 99-120.
Shows how status theories can be used in applied settings.
Pugh, M. D., & Wahrman, R. (1983). Neutralizing sexism in mixed-sex groups: Do women have to be better than men?. American Journal of Sociology, 88(4), 746-762.
Useful for understanding the perpetuation of gender inequality and how to reduce it.
Ridgeway, C. L. (2014). Why status matters for inequality. American Sociological Review, 79(1), 1-16.
An overview of why those interested in inequality might attend to status.
Thye, S. R. (2000). A status value theory of power in exchange relations. American Sociological Review, 65(3), 407-432.
Shows that status is inherently valuable.
Webster, M., & Slattery Walker, L. (2022). Status and Expectation Processes. M. Webster, Jr. & L. Slattery Walker, Unequals. The Power of Status and Expectations in Our Social Lives, 1-24.
An overview of the theoretical research program.
Webster, M., & Dippong, J. (2022). Six ways to measure status and expectations. Unequals: The Power of Status and Expectations in Our Social Lives, 70-91.
Shows different methodological approaches to measuring status.