Laura T. Hamilton

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Laura T. Hamilton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura T. Hamilton has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Education and 10 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Laura T. Hamilton's work include Higher Education Research Studies (13 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (5 papers) and School Choice and Performance (4 papers). Laura T. Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (13 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (5 papers) and School Choice and Performance (4 papers). Laura T. Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Venezuela and North Macedonia. Laura T. Hamilton's co-authors include Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Brian Sweeney, Kelly Nielsen, Brian Powell, Elizabeth Armstrong, Simon Cheng, Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Josipa Roksa, Paula England and Claudia Geist and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Laura T. Hamilton

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Paying for the Party

2013 500 citations Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton Harvard University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura T. Hamilton United States	18	1.2k	1.0k	653	443	342	32	2.3k
Philomena Essed United States	19	2.1k 1.8×	627 0.6×	493 0.8×	300 0.7×	382 1.1×	39	3.0k
Kenneth Plummer United States	17	1.2k 1.0×	602 0.6×	298 0.5×	590 1.3×	558 1.6×	40	2.3k
Elizabeth R. Cole United States	23	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	469 0.7×	1.0k 2.3×	662 1.9×	40	3.3k
Stephen Frosh United Kingdom	27	1.3k 1.1×	868 0.8×	360 0.6×	599 1.4×	857 2.5×	130	2.8k
Mary Romero United States	22	1.3k 1.1×	325 0.3×	449 0.7×	228 0.5×	267 0.8×	61	2.0k
Scott Coltrane United States	16	2.0k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	327 0.5×	385 0.9×	473 1.4×	26	2.9k
Mary Ann Mason United States	20	906 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	367 0.6×	444 1.0×	238 0.7×	52	2.1k
Maureen Perry‐Jenkins United States	29	1.9k 1.6×	991 1.0×	427 0.7×	887 2.0×	619 1.8×	56	3.1k
Karen Pyke United States	17	1.3k 1.1×	583 0.6×	230 0.4×	258 0.6×	235 0.7×	18	1.8k
Marybeth Mattingly United States	14	920 0.8×	540 0.5×	179 0.3×	221 0.5×	224 0.7×	34	1.5k

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All Works

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Armstrong, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2024). “It’s Complicated”: How Black and White Women Innovate with Situationships at Midlife. Social Problems. 72(4). 1373–1390. 2 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., et al.. (2024). Racialized Horizontal Stratification in US Higher Education: Politics, Process, and Consequences. Annual Review of Sociology. 50(1). 475–499. 2 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., et al.. (2023). The For-Profit Side of Public U: University Contracts with Online Program Managers. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 10. 6 indexed citations

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Kizilcec, René F., Rachel Baker, Elizabeth Bruch, et al.. (2023). From pipelines to pathways in the study of academic progress. Science. 380(6643). 344–347. 13 indexed citations

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Smith, Christian Michael, et al.. (2023). Promising or Predatory? Online Education in Non-Profit and For-Profit Universities. Social Forces. 102(3). 952–977. 4 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., et al.. (2022). “Diversity is a corporate plan”: racialized equity labor among university employees. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 46(6). 1204–1226. 7 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T. & Kelly Nielsen. (2021). Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities. 6 indexed citations

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Eaton, Charlie, Adam Goldstein, Laura T. Hamilton, & Frederick F. Wherry. (2021). Student Debt Cancellation IS Progressive: Correcting Empirical and Conceptual Errors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T. & Elizabeth A. Armstrong. (2021). Parents, Partners, and Professions: Reproduction and Mobility in a Cohort of College Women. American Journal of Sociology. 127(1). 102–151. 15 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., et al.. (2021). Tolerable Suboptimization: Racial Consequences of Defunding Public Universities. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 7(4). 561–578. 5 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., et al.. (2019). Hegemonic Femininities and Intersectional Domination. Sociological Theory. 37(4). 315–341. 76 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T. & Simon Cheng. (2017). Going Greek: The Organization of Campus Life and Class-Based Graduation Gaps. Social Forces. 96(3). 977–1008. 16 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T.. (2016). Parenting to a Degree: How Family Matters for College Women's Success. 18 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T.. (2014). The Revised MRS. Gender & Society. 28(2). 236–264. 28 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Elizabeth A. & Laura T. Hamilton. (2013). Paying for the Party. Harvard University Press eBooks. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hamilton, Laura T. & Elizabeth A. Armstrong. (2012). The (Mis)Education of Monica and Karen. Contexts. 11(4). 22–27. 2 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., Claudia Geist, & Brian Powell. (2011). Marital Name Change as a Window into Gender Attitudes. Gender & Society. 25(2). 145–175. 54 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Elizabeth A., Laura T. Hamilton, & Paula England. (2010). Is Hooking Up Bad for Young Women?. Contexts. 9(3). 22–27. 75 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T. & Elizabeth A. Armstrong. (2009). Gendered Sexuality in Young Adulthood. Gender & Society. 23(5). 589–616. 312 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Laura T., Simon Cheng, & Brian Powell. (2007). Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment. American Sociological Review. 72(1). 95–116. 128 indexed citations

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